Jeff Greene
@jeffgreene.bsky.social
Prof of Ed Psych & Learning Sciences at UNC-CH | Scholar, speaker, consultant studying how people learn in the digital world | APA & AERA Fellow | Journal & Handbook Editor | Book Author | Views are my own. https://linktr.ee/jeffgreene
Objectively good news for Philly basketball has been hard to come by the last 10 years or so. I'm going to just sit back and enjoy this, regardless of how silly the All-Star games are.
VJ Edgecombe leads Team Vince to 1-point win over Team Melo
Philadelphia rookie VJ Edgecombe led Team Vince to victory in the Rising Stars event at NBA All-Star Weekend.
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February 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Objectively good news for Philly basketball has been hard to come by the last 10 years or so. I'm going to just sit back and enjoy this, regardless of how silly the All-Star games are.
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1) All major guidelines on research synthesis (Cochrane, MARS) recommend that included studies are rated on quality, and that these should be transparent. We examine compliance in 100 reviews in Cochrane and Psychological Bulletin. Unsurprisingly, 100% of Cochrane reviews comply.
February 13, 2026 at 4:50 PM
1) All major guidelines on research synthesis (Cochrane, MARS) recommend that included studies are rated on quality, and that these should be transparent. We examine compliance in 100 reviews in Cochrane and Psychological Bulletin. Unsurprisingly, 100% of Cochrane reviews comply.
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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
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"Although this evidence should not be taken as a definitive indication that attitudes “cause” behaviors, it signals the potential that people’s considered evaluations around future participation in a behavior, such as..." (1/2)
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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February 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
"Although this evidence should not be taken as a definitive indication that attitudes “cause” behaviors, it signals the potential that people’s considered evaluations around future participation in a behavior, such as..." (1/2)
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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On the publication bias discourse, I regret that metascience has become a source of decontextualized, low-res, bean-counting-focused `science is in crisis' narratives. It is largely uncurious abt science, desperately lacking in theory & measurement. I'll quote a few takes I liked & add my thoughts🧵
February 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
On the publication bias discourse, I regret that metascience has become a source of decontextualized, low-res, bean-counting-focused `science is in crisis' narratives. It is largely uncurious abt science, desperately lacking in theory & measurement. I'll quote a few takes I liked & add my thoughts🧵
Provocative. Worth a read. "So, basically, the AI debate right now is two groups of honest people calling each other unfair names. The enthusiasts think the skeptics are too proud or too lazy to learn or outright dumb. The skeptics think the enthusiasts are gullible or selling something or..." (1/2)
Why Smart People Can’t Agree on Whether AI Is a Revolution or a Toy
The AI debate is broken because the forum is shared, but not our lives
www.thealgorithmicbridge.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Provocative. Worth a read. "So, basically, the AI debate right now is two groups of honest people calling each other unfair names. The enthusiasts think the skeptics are too proud or too lazy to learn or outright dumb. The skeptics think the enthusiasts are gullible or selling something or..." (1/2)
“If we don’t change course, many people’s closest confidant may soon be a computer. We need to wake up to the stakes and insist on reform before human connection is reshaped beyond recognition.”
Yes, and we need to reform the systems making people vulnerable to these threats.
Yes, and we need to reform the systems making people vulnerable to these threats.
We're All in a Throuple With A.L.
‘We’re All Polyamorous Now. It’s You, Me and the A.I.’
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:16 PM
“If we don’t change course, many people’s closest confidant may soon be a computer. We need to wake up to the stakes and insist on reform before human connection is reshaped beyond recognition.”
Yes, and we need to reform the systems making people vulnerable to these threats.
Yes, and we need to reform the systems making people vulnerable to these threats.
"Although this evidence should not be taken as a definitive indication that attitudes “cause” behaviors, it signals the potential that people’s considered evaluations around future participation in a behavior, such as..." (1/2)
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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February 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
"Although this evidence should not be taken as a definitive indication that attitudes “cause” behaviors, it signals the potential that people’s considered evaluations around future participation in a behavior, such as..." (1/2)
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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Evidence that talking to people with differing viewpoints leads to depolarization and positive experiences.
"Our research suggests that people with opposing attitudes often fail to appreciate that they are..."
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky (1/3)
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"Our research suggests that people with opposing attitudes often fail to appreciate that they are..."
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky (1/3)
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February 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Evidence that talking to people with differing viewpoints leads to depolarization and positive experiences.
"Our research suggests that people with opposing attitudes often fail to appreciate that they are..."
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky (1/3)
doi.org/10.1037/pspa...
"Our research suggests that people with opposing attitudes often fail to appreciate that they are..."
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky (1/3)
doi.org/10.1037/pspa...
Evidence that talking to people with differing viewpoints leads to depolarization and positive experiences.
"Our research suggests that people with opposing attitudes often fail to appreciate that they are..."
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky (1/3)
doi.org/10.1037/pspa...
"Our research suggests that people with opposing attitudes often fail to appreciate that they are..."
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky (1/3)
doi.org/10.1037/pspa...
February 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Evidence that talking to people with differing viewpoints leads to depolarization and positive experiences.
"Our research suggests that people with opposing attitudes often fail to appreciate that they are..."
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky (1/3)
doi.org/10.1037/pspa...
"Our research suggests that people with opposing attitudes often fail to appreciate that they are..."
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky (1/3)
doi.org/10.1037/pspa...
"Congress also put forth explicit spending requirements for the Institute of Education Sciences—a central education data collection and research agency that was gutted by the mass layoffs last spring."
How Congress’s Budget Could Hamper Trump ED Agenda
Democratic lawmakers pushed for several guardrails in an attempt to restrict how the White House doles out federal funds.
www.insidehighered.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:51 PM
"Congress also put forth explicit spending requirements for the Institute of Education Sciences—a central education data collection and research agency that was gutted by the mass layoffs last spring."
Expert-in-the-loop research. This is the way.
We have published the second short video of our series on hybrid collective intelligence. This time, @nikoz.bsky.social from @mpib-berlin.bsky.social presents how combining human expertise with AI insights can lead to better diagnostic accuracy in the medical domain.
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Human-AI collectives produce the most accurate differential diagnoses
YouTube video by HACID Project
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February 12, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Expert-in-the-loop research. This is the way.
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As an educational psychology and learning scientist, often I get asked who should or should not be using #GenAI and for what. In this post, based on research in expertise and learning, I provide a simple matrix for making those decisions. I know... (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
Who Should Use GenAI and for What?
Generative AI zoomers say we should use GenAI for everything, and GenAI doomers say we shouldn’t use it for anything. Most of us are in the middle of these two extremes.
www.psychologytoday.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:08 PM
As an educational psychology and learning scientist, often I get asked who should or should not be using #GenAI and for what. In this post, based on research in expertise and learning, I provide a simple matrix for making those decisions. I know... (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
Great new issue of Educational Psychologist just dropped! Wonderful articles on adaptive teaching experience, motivation theory (why do the same theories continue to dominate?), and a new model of goal revision! Available here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/hedp20/c... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
February 11, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Great new issue of Educational Psychologist just dropped! Wonderful articles on adaptive teaching experience, motivation theory (why do the same theories continue to dominate?), and a new model of goal revision! Available here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/hedp20/c... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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Nearly all Americans (94%) – including similar shares of both political parties – say it is at least somewhat important for people to “do their own research” to check the accuracy of the news they get.
February 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Nearly all Americans (94%) – including similar shares of both political parties – say it is at least somewhat important for people to “do their own research” to check the accuracy of the news they get.
As an educational psychology and learning scientist, often I get asked who should or should not be using #GenAI and for what. In this post, based on research in expertise and learning, I provide a simple matrix for making those decisions. I know... (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
Who Should Use GenAI and for What?
Generative AI zoomers say we should use GenAI for everything, and GenAI doomers say we shouldn’t use it for anything. Most of us are in the middle of these two extremes.
www.psychologytoday.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:08 PM
As an educational psychology and learning scientist, often I get asked who should or should not be using #GenAI and for what. In this post, based on research in expertise and learning, I provide a simple matrix for making those decisions. I know... (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
This is a joke, right? Historians?!?!?
Microsoft released a study showing the 40 jobs most at risk by AI:
February 11, 2026 at 12:46 PM
This is a joke, right? Historians?!?!?
"Intellectually humbler people seem to be more curious and better liked as leaders, and tend to make more thorough, well informed decisions. Intellectually humbler people also seem to be more open to cooperating with those whose views differ from their own." #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
Predictors and consequences of intellectual humility - Nature Reviews Psychology
Intellectual humility involves acknowledging the limitations of one’s knowledge and that one’s beliefs might be incorrect. In this Review, Porter and colleagues synthesize concepts of intellectual…
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February 11, 2026 at 12:34 PM
"Intellectually humbler people seem to be more curious and better liked as leaders, and tend to make more thorough, well informed decisions. Intellectually humbler people also seem to be more open to cooperating with those whose views differ from their own." #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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From the paper: "Overall, broad claims of generalized learning gains resulting from AI/LLMs appear premature; the current evidence is insufficient to support robust policy or practice recommendations."
Universities (including mine), take note.
Universities (including mine), take note.
New: "Effect of Artificial Intelligence on Learning: A Meta-Meta-Analysis" by Wagenmakers and colleagues revealing evidence for "severe publication bias and extreme between-study heterogeneity" in existing meta-analyses of the effects of AI on learning: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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February 10, 2026 at 9:25 PM
From the paper: "Overall, broad claims of generalized learning gains resulting from AI/LLMs appear premature; the current evidence is insufficient to support robust policy or practice recommendations."
Universities (including mine), take note.
Universities (including mine), take note.
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Civil conversations reduce attitude polarization more than people anticipate.
People with opposing attitudes toward cats and dogs, cancel culture, and Joe Biden underestimated how much their own and others’ attitudes would depolarize in spoken conversations.
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People with opposing attitudes toward cats and dogs, cancel culture, and Joe Biden underestimated how much their own and others’ attitudes would depolarize in spoken conversations.
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February 10, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Civil conversations reduce attitude polarization more than people anticipate.
People with opposing attitudes toward cats and dogs, cancel culture, and Joe Biden underestimated how much their own and others’ attitudes would depolarize in spoken conversations.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
People with opposing attitudes toward cats and dogs, cancel culture, and Joe Biden underestimated how much their own and others’ attitudes would depolarize in spoken conversations.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
"...there is a sort of learned helplessness even among critics that assumes reasoning in these things is completely uninspectable. That is not true, not by a long shot. And if that’s what we’re teaching our students we are doing them a grave disservice."
Caption Files and Attribution Reversal in LLMs
Another win for the "fancy search result" framework
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February 10, 2026 at 4:44 PM
"...there is a sort of learned helplessness even among critics that assumes reasoning in these things is completely uninspectable. That is not true, not by a long shot. And if that’s what we’re teaching our students we are doing them a grave disservice."
"The biggest takeaway from the study, he said, is that generative AI “is not universally bad for education or universally good for education. Its impact depends on the tasks that students are using it for.”
Are Instructors Warming to AI? A Study Says Yes.
A review of thousands of syllabi over five years shows a growing acceptance of the tool.
www.chronicle.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
"The biggest takeaway from the study, he said, is that generative AI “is not universally bad for education or universally good for education. Its impact depends on the tasks that students are using it for.”
Very cool idea to view research studies as opportunities for science communication! A more thoughtful approach to debriefing and other aspects of research might help the public better understand how science works and why it is valuable. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.1037/xge0...
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Very cool idea to view research studies as opportunities for science communication! A more thoughtful approach to debriefing and other aspects of research might help the public better understand how science works and why it is valuable. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.1037/xge0...
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Faculty have questions about UNC syllabus policy. Here are the answers. Syllabi are now public records. Searchable repositories are being developed. Syllabi must be posted one week before semester; past syllabi stay public. (Via Jane Sartwell) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #ncpol #nced
Faculty have questions about UNC syllabus policy. Here are the answers.
In a newly minted policy, all course syllabi across the UNC System are now public record. Questions remain.
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February 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Faculty have questions about UNC syllabus policy. Here are the answers. Syllabi are now public records. Searchable repositories are being developed. Syllabi must be posted one week before semester; past syllabi stay public. (Via Jane Sartwell) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #ncpol #nced
Helpful. I got one of these emails and was still mulling how to respond.
Perhaps you received a mysterious noreply email asking you to evaluate some publications 'for novelty'. Looked kinda dubious? Yup, that's the one.
So what's up with this 'metascience novelty indicators challenge'? 🧵
So what's up with this 'metascience novelty indicators challenge'? 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Helpful. I got one of these emails and was still mulling how to respond.