Sophia Mavridi
@sophiamav.bsky.social
👩🏻💻SFHEA. Senior Lecturer in #EdTech & #TESOL De Montfort Uni. Digital Learning Lead. Researching L2 students’ #AI assisted writing. Thalassophile 🌊 #AIedu #EduSky #AcademicSky #PostDigital
📍Leicester, UK
LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/in/sophiamavridi
📍Leicester, UK
LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/in/sophiamavridi
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Sophia Mavridi
@sophiamav.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Starter pack with #ELT #TESOL #appliedlinguistics peeps to follow. You can follow individuals or the whole list. Add a comment with your bluesky handle if you want to be included. Hopefully organisations will be migrating here 🦋 as well. go.bsky.app/L9JMNA6
Haven’t been on here in months. Who’s still around?
October 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Haven’t been on here in months. Who’s still around?
Excited to be speaking at the Online Iatefl #LTSIG Open Forum about addressing AI bias. It’s time to move the conversation beyond shiny AI tools and focus on helping students engage more critically with AI.
📅 22 Feb, 2-4pm UK time
Free but need to register 🔗 www.iatefl.org/events/653
#AIEdu #ELT
📅 22 Feb, 2-4pm UK time
Free but need to register 🔗 www.iatefl.org/events/653
#AIEdu #ELT
February 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Excited to be speaking at the Online Iatefl #LTSIG Open Forum about addressing AI bias. It’s time to move the conversation beyond shiny AI tools and focus on helping students engage more critically with AI.
📅 22 Feb, 2-4pm UK time
Free but need to register 🔗 www.iatefl.org/events/653
#AIEdu #ELT
📅 22 Feb, 2-4pm UK time
Free but need to register 🔗 www.iatefl.org/events/653
#AIEdu #ELT
Also me 😂
December 19, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Also me 😂
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"The trick of finding writing time is to make writing time in the life you've already got. That's where you've got leverage. Stop imagining some other life as a "real" writer's life".
- Julia Cameron
#WritingSky #AcademicSky
- Julia Cameron
#WritingSky #AcademicSky
December 19, 2024 at 7:17 PM
"The trick of finding writing time is to make writing time in the life you've already got. That's where you've got leverage. Stop imagining some other life as a "real" writer's life".
- Julia Cameron
#WritingSky #AcademicSky
- Julia Cameron
#WritingSky #AcademicSky
Great advice about academic publishing. And it extends to other measurable end-of-year targets too. Rushing to “tick the box” before the holidays may lead to burnout, not quality. A rested brain in the new year will probably bring better ideas and better results.
#AcademicSky #wellbeing
#AcademicSky #wellbeing
You don't need to finish and submit your paper before the end of the year. You won't gain time if you do as nobody is going to review it over the holidays. And you know what, your paper is going to be so much better when you read through it with a well-rested brain in the new year.
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
December 17, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Great advice about academic publishing. And it extends to other measurable end-of-year targets too. Rushing to “tick the box” before the holidays may lead to burnout, not quality. A rested brain in the new year will probably bring better ideas and better results.
#AcademicSky #wellbeing
#AcademicSky #wellbeing
That’s good news!
As of today, @plos.org (and all of its journals) will no longer be posting to The Bad Place™️ #academicsky
December 17, 2024 at 1:55 PM
That’s good news!
I’ve been giving this more thought and am currently flirting with the idea of moving to #Substack. I have a self-hosted website where I used to blog, but my host provider has become overly expensive. Right now I mainly use it as a portfolio for edu clients to see my work and contact me (1/2)👇🏻
December 15, 2024 at 11:42 AM
I’ve been giving this more thought and am currently flirting with the idea of moving to #Substack. I have a self-hosted website where I used to blog, but my host provider has become overly expensive. Right now I mainly use it as a portfolio for edu clients to see my work and contact me (1/2)👇🏻
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😱💔 horrible to see what is happening to our friends and colleagues in UKHE. Some of the hardest working, good people I know. It just keeps getting worse and worse.
So compulsory redundancies are happening / have happened at:
⚠️ Goldsmiths
⚠️ Huddersfield
⚠️ Hull
⚠️ Keele
⚠️ Kent
⚠️ UCLan
⚠️ Brookes
⚠️ Arts University Plymouth
⚠️ Plymouth
⚠️ Sheffield Hallam
⚠️ York
And threatened in many others. Did we miss anyone? Or any that were avoided in the end? #UKHE
⚠️ Goldsmiths
⚠️ Huddersfield
⚠️ Hull
⚠️ Keele
⚠️ Kent
⚠️ UCLan
⚠️ Brookes
⚠️ Arts University Plymouth
⚠️ Plymouth
⚠️ Sheffield Hallam
⚠️ York
And threatened in many others. Did we miss anyone? Or any that were avoided in the end? #UKHE
UK HE shrinking
This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…
qmucu.org
December 14, 2024 at 9:31 AM
😱💔 horrible to see what is happening to our friends and colleagues in UKHE. Some of the hardest working, good people I know. It just keeps getting worse and worse.
Reposted by Sophia Mavridi
Starter pack with #ELT #TESOL #appliedlinguistics peeps to follow. You can follow individuals or the whole list. Add a comment with your bluesky handle if you want to be included. Hopefully organisations will be migrating here 🦋 as well. go.bsky.app/L9JMNA6
November 16, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Starter pack with #ELT #TESOL #appliedlinguistics peeps to follow. You can follow individuals or the whole list. Add a comment with your bluesky handle if you want to be included. Hopefully organisations will be migrating here 🦋 as well. go.bsky.app/L9JMNA6
New Cambridge Element free to read+download for 4 weeks! A useful read for understanding plagiarism in L2 writing, although I’d expected more on how digital & postdigital landscapes challenge notions of originality & authorship.
cup.org/3VAOyO9
#TESOL #AcademicSky
cup.org/3VAOyO9
#TESOL #AcademicSky
December 14, 2024 at 10:11 AM
New Cambridge Element free to read+download for 4 weeks! A useful read for understanding plagiarism in L2 writing, although I’d expected more on how digital & postdigital landscapes challenge notions of originality & authorship.
cup.org/3VAOyO9
#TESOL #AcademicSky
cup.org/3VAOyO9
#TESOL #AcademicSky
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Clearly we needed this word.
Enshittification - the gradual deterioration of a service or product - has been named Word of the Year by Macquarie Dictionary. If words are coined because we need them, what does this say about our times?
#language #edtech www.canberratimes.com.au/story/883076...
#language #edtech www.canberratimes.com.au/story/883076...
'Enshittification' selected as word of the year
The Macquarie Dictionary has chosen "enshittification" - a slang term referring to the deterioration of products and services...
www.canberratimes.com.au
December 10, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Clearly we needed this word.
Wrapped up to the max for my daily walk today. 6°C but feels like -1 according to my weather app! I’m not a cold weather person, but I love the crisp fresh air and the warmth of my cosy house waiting for me after ☕️🔥 #DailyWalks #Leicester #UK
December 9, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Wrapped up to the max for my daily walk today. 6°C but feels like -1 according to my weather app! I’m not a cold weather person, but I love the crisp fresh air and the warmth of my cosy house waiting for me after ☕️🔥 #DailyWalks #Leicester #UK
There’s a lot of truth in this. COVID was a collective trauma we were never given time to process. Instead, we snapped back to ‘normal’ even though things are far from normal. In education, the load hasn’t lightened, it keeps growing, and every new challenge adds to it. #EduSky
I'm not sure if this is helpful but I think covid was a trauma that we were never allowed to recover from. It was just like somebody flipped a switch one day and was like alright back to normal but things aren't normal and every new hardship no matter how minor is still adding weight to a heavy load
December 7, 2024 at 9:22 PM
There’s a lot of truth in this. COVID was a collective trauma we were never given time to process. Instead, we snapped back to ‘normal’ even though things are far from normal. In education, the load hasn’t lightened, it keeps growing, and every new challenge adds to it. #EduSky
I know I need to write today, but I just can’t seem to get going. Yesterday was a disaster writing-wise (though otherwise, it was a lovely day) #AcademicSky
December 7, 2024 at 3:36 PM
I know I need to write today, but I just can’t seem to get going. Yesterday was a disaster writing-wise (though otherwise, it was a lovely day) #AcademicSky
Serving as internal assessor for a PhD student’s annual review. Ready to get started 👩🏻💻
December 5, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Serving as internal assessor for a PhD student’s annual review. Ready to get started 👩🏻💻
@gabiwitthaus.bsky.social hi Gabi! Lovely to see you here 😊
December 4, 2024 at 8:39 AM
@gabiwitthaus.bsky.social hi Gabi! Lovely to see you here 😊
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New Cambridge Element
“Intercultural Communication in Virtual Exchange” free to read and download for 4 weeks! Grab you copy if interested👇🏻
cup.org/49bUouD
#tesol #appliedlinguistics #language
“Intercultural Communication in Virtual Exchange” free to read and download for 4 weeks! Grab you copy if interested👇🏻
cup.org/49bUouD
#tesol #appliedlinguistics #language
Intercultural Communication in Virtual Exchange
Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Intercultural Communication in Virtual Exchange
cup.org
December 3, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Please don’t ask students to cite AI outputs. It’s problematic and makes no sense. AI has no epistemic authority. It’s just generating strings of words based on probabilities. Acknowledging AI use is one thing, but citing it is entirely different.
#academia #AIEdu #AcademicSky
#academia #AIEdu #AcademicSky
One of the weirder scholarly practices regarding generative AI that seems to have been normalized is citing chatbots.
I say normalized because many univs & scholarly associations recommend it as an element of proper scholarship.
But it doesn't make sense when you consider what a citation means. 1/
I say normalized because many univs & scholarly associations recommend it as an element of proper scholarship.
But it doesn't make sense when you consider what a citation means. 1/
December 2, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Please don’t ask students to cite AI outputs. It’s problematic and makes no sense. AI has no epistemic authority. It’s just generating strings of words based on probabilities. Acknowledging AI use is one thing, but citing it is entirely different.
#academia #AIEdu #AcademicSky
#academia #AIEdu #AcademicSky
Taking time off with your family is never something to regret. It’s what keeps you grounded. The to-do list will always be there, but recharging with loved ones gives you the energy to tackle it. One thing that helps me: prioritise just one or two tasks for the day and let the rest wait #EduSky
Hey veteran teachers - do you have advice for newer teachers when they are feeling overwhelmed? I don’t want to regret taking some time off with my family for Thanksgiving, but now I feel like I should have plowed through my to-do list instead.
#EduSky
#EduSky
December 2, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Taking time off with your family is never something to regret. It’s what keeps you grounded. The to-do list will always be there, but recharging with loved ones gives you the energy to tackle it. One thing that helps me: prioritise just one or two tasks for the day and let the rest wait #EduSky
Realised Lost is on Netflix, so I’ve started rewatching it (first watched it in 2008). Not entirely sure how 2024 me will feel about it, but it’s fun revisiting the nostalgia. Kind of like how BlueSky reminds me of the old Twitter days. Anyone else rewatching it?
#nostalgia
#nostalgia
December 2, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Realised Lost is on Netflix, so I’ve started rewatching it (first watched it in 2008). Not entirely sure how 2024 me will feel about it, but it’s fun revisiting the nostalgia. Kind of like how BlueSky reminds me of the old Twitter days. Anyone else rewatching it?
#nostalgia
#nostalgia
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November 29, 2024 at 1:53 PM
I feel blessed to be able to work from home. It actually boosts my productivity, not the opposite. I’m also grateful to work in a culture where I feel trusted and not monitored.
But… 👇🏻1/2
#WFH #AcademicSky #EduSky
But… 👇🏻1/2
#WFH #AcademicSky #EduSky
December 1, 2024 at 10:49 AM
I feel blessed to be able to work from home. It actually boosts my productivity, not the opposite. I’m also grateful to work in a culture where I feel trusted and not monitored.
But… 👇🏻1/2
#WFH #AcademicSky #EduSky
But… 👇🏻1/2
#WFH #AcademicSky #EduSky
Going for a walk won’t solve everything, but it’s hard to think of a problem that feels worse after a good walk🚶🏻♀️ #DailyWalks #Leicester #UK
November 30, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Going for a walk won’t solve everything, but it’s hard to think of a problem that feels worse after a good walk🚶🏻♀️ #DailyWalks #Leicester #UK
Correct. And some don’t even realise they lack the confidence (or skills) to challenge AI’s persuasive tone.
One of the biggest reasons my students have trouble working with AI is confidence.
It takes confidence to push against an AI that always sounds confident.
It takes confidence to hold onto our voice when using AI.
It takes confidence to push against an AI that always sounds confident.
It takes confidence to hold onto our voice when using AI.
November 30, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Correct. And some don’t even realise they lack the confidence (or skills) to challenge AI’s persuasive tone.
@helenagalani.bsky.social hey Helena 👋🏼. I’ve added you to the starter pack.
November 30, 2024 at 9:52 AM
@helenagalani.bsky.social hey Helena 👋🏼. I’ve added you to the starter pack.