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
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.
youtu.be/Xz8wBkDzjjQ
youtu.be/Xz8wBkDzjjQ
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…
www.nature.com
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.
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...
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
mikecaulfield.substack.com
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.
www.newsobserver.com
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.
The last example in this article is horrifying and should've been the lede. This article illustrates the many dangers of #GenAI one-shot responses to complicated inputs. I wouldn't expect a #GenAI to capture all the nuance of epistemic activity across 40+ pages w/o significant human input.
An AI Bot Is Making Podcasts With Scholars’ Research. Many of Them Aren’t Impressed.
The product by Academia.edu, authors say, deceives listeners, mangles facts, and draws its own conclusions. Many have left the popular platform in protest.
www.chronicle.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Neat! I'm among educational psychology researchers. That tracks.
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Neat! I'm among educational psychology researchers. That tracks.
Evidence that my attention span won't totally go to hell as I get older! Huzzah!
"Understanding how and why attention lapses requires continued integration of findings across temporal scales and characterization of interactions between scales..." (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
"Understanding how and why attention lapses requires continued integration of findings across temporal scales and characterization of interactions between scales..." (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
A Temporal Hierarchy of Sustained Attention Dynamics - Monica D. Rosenberg, 2026
Maintaining focus is a critical component of attention. Our ability to do so, however, changes over time—developing across the life span, declining as tasks dra...
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February 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Evidence that my attention span won't totally go to hell as I get older! Huzzah!
"Understanding how and why attention lapses requires continued integration of findings across temporal scales and characterization of interactions between scales..." (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
"Understanding how and why attention lapses requires continued integration of findings across temporal scales and characterization of interactions between scales..." (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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New blog post, inspired by the excellent recent qualitative paper by Makel and colleagues: On the reliability and reproducibility of qualitative research.
I reflect on how I will incorporate realist ontologies in my own qualitative research.
daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/02/on-r...
I reflect on how I will incorporate realist ontologies in my own qualitative research.
daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/02/on-r...
On the reliability and reproducibility of qualitative research
With my collaborators, I am increasingly performing qualitative research. I find qualitative research projects a useful way to improve my un...
daniellakens.blogspot.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:46 AM
New blog post, inspired by the excellent recent qualitative paper by Makel and colleagues: On the reliability and reproducibility of qualitative research.
I reflect on how I will incorporate realist ontologies in my own qualitative research.
daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/02/on-r...
I reflect on how I will incorporate realist ontologies in my own qualitative research.
daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/02/on-r...
"Politicians should condemn financialization as not only harmful but also absurd. That will lose them support from several very rich donors but gain them support from many more constituents. Same goes for university leaders."
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Opinion | The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way.
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February 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
"Politicians should condemn financialization as not only harmful but also absurd. That will lose them support from several very rich donors but gain them support from many more constituents. Same goes for university leaders."
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Awful. This kind of behavior is reprehensible.
Duke's Scheyer: Staff got 'punched in the face' during UNC court storm
Duke coach Jon Scheyer said he had staff members "that got punched in the face" as North Carolina fans stormed the court to celebrate a late winning shot in the famed rivalry Saturday night.
www.espn.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Awful. This kind of behavior is reprehensible.
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When most people think of AI in education they probably don't think of scientific journals old enough to exist online as black and white photocopies. Here's a cover from the first volume of the Journal of AI in Education 1989/90. It contains a really signficant paper...
February 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM
When most people think of AI in education they probably don't think of scientific journals old enough to exist online as black and white photocopies. Here's a cover from the first volume of the Journal of AI in Education 1989/90. It contains a really signficant paper...
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Note that this in itself is a well-replicated finding. At least a dozen studies show that when researchers replicate qualitative research, or re-analyze it, they come to basically identical themes. There is nothing special about qualitative research with respect to replicability.
This is a great qualitative research paper. It sheds light on questionable research practices. But more importantly it demonstrates direct replications in qualitative research work as you would expect: independent teams reach basically the same conclusions royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
‘Don’t hate the players, hate the game’: qualitative insights from education researchers on questionable and open research practices
Abstract. Both questionable (e.g. p-hacking) and open (e.g. pre-registration) research practices are prevalent in education research. We sought to understa
royalsocietypublishing.org
February 7, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Note that this in itself is a well-replicated finding. At least a dozen studies show that when researchers replicate qualitative research, or re-analyze it, they come to basically identical themes. There is nothing special about qualitative research with respect to replicability.