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Drew Lewis @drew-lewis.com · 28d

Are you ready to align your grading practices with your values?

Join us December 17–18 for the Alternative Grading Institute (online), which will bring together faculty from across higher education for a two-day, hands-on experience in standards-based, specifications, and collaborative grading.

Alternative Grading Institute

www.centerforgradingreform.org

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Mark Mac Lean @marktmaclean.bsky.social · Sep 5

For your amusement.

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am fascinated by this guy who was a Higher Ed administrator and has now moved into teaching classes as a faculty member. He is documenting his whole journey on TikTok. Over the summer, he had so much excitement 🧵

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Firas Moosvi, PhD @firas.moosvi.com · Sep 4

I know the person who … 🤯

CCOL !!!

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UBC News @news.ubc.ca · Aug 25

Dean by day, cruciverbalist by night.

Dr. Mark MacLachlan discusses the science behind the art of his hobby as a crossword creator for @nytimes.com and more.

This scientist’s side hustle is creating crosswords for The New York Times - UBC News

Dean by day, cruciverbalist by night, Dr. Mark MacLachlan discusses the science behind the art of his hobby as a crossword creator for The New York Times and more.

news.ubc.ca

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Spencer Bagley @sbagley.bsky.social · Aug 19

Shaking my fist at @dccmath.bsky.social because his syllabus structure is so good that it is making me want to completely redesign my other syllabus.

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Firas Moosvi, PhD @firas.moosvi.com · Aug 19

That gif is so perfect 🤣

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Firas Moosvi, PhD @firas.moosvi.com · Aug 8

Everyone loves a good #ChartCrime, especially if it’s by OpenAI!

Enjoy !

www.theverge.com/news/756444/...

Also - “vibe graphing” 😂😂😂

OpenAI gets caught vibe graphing

An OpenAI staffer apologized for the “unintentional chart crime.”

www.theverge.com

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Firas Moosvi, PhD @firas.moosvi.com · Jul 22

AFAIK, the only major missing feature for instructors using JupyterBook (and the @jupyter.org) is a robust way to present notebooks slides.

Here, @quarto.org really has clean and tight workflow! 🎉

So I’ll be working on building a Jupyterbook with Quarto Live slides…

r-wasm.github.io/quarto-live/

Introduction – Quarto Live Documentation

r-wasm.github.io

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Robert Talbert @roberttalbert.bsky.social · Jul 17

I am in dire need of case studies from higher ed instructors using flipped learning in the humanities, fine arts, social sciences, or business for the 2nd edition of my book. If this is you, or you know someone or can reach someone like this, @ me and I'll send details. 🙏

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Firas Moosvi, PhD @firas.moosvi.com · Jun 14

Congratulations to Serene (my first grad student) for defending her masters thesis today 🥳🤩 !

Thesis: Instructor Perspectives on Alternative Grading at UBC ☂️!

Four adults posing for a picture after a Master defence presentation. From left to right: Dr. Silvia Bartolic (second reader), Serene Rodrigues (MA student!), Dr. Firas Moosvi (Co-Supervisor), and Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin (Co-Supervisor).

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · May 26

hey lovelies, I finally got around to publicly sharing my compilation of big tech energy and emissions data. I'll be using it in articles, posts etc but it's yours too, free to use (w/ attribution is nice)

ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...

a chart showing power consumption of big tech companies

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David Clark @dccmath.bsky.social · May 13

Alternative graders! I'm working on a blog post about "rookie mistakes" -- the things that new alt. graders most commonly do that cause them trouble.

My list so far:
- Unlimited reassessments
- Too many standards
- Super-duper complex system

What would you add?

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · May 7

2025. #DEI. "findings could help promote equity in STEM by ensuring greater focus on the fields in which women and girls are most underrepresented and negatively stereotyped." www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Divergence in children’s gender stereotypes and motivation across STEM fields | PNAS

STEM disciplines are traditionally stereotyped as being for men and boys. However, in two preregistered studies of Grades 1 to 12 students in the U...

www.pnas.org

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Jennifer Blaylock @jennblaylock.bsky.social · Mar 28

I am happy to announce the publication of the first part of a 2-part @jcmsjournal.bsky.social Teaching Media dossier on #ungrading that @lisawj.bsky.social and I co-edited. Please check out "Part I: Critical Reflections on Ungrading" here: quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jcms/teach... Part two coming soon!

Journal of Cinema and Media Studies - TeachingmediaFind us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterFollow us on Instagram

quod.lib.umich.edu

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Firas Moosvi, PhD @firas.moosvi.com · Mar 20

Charts are back…✨

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · Mar 20

Southbound crossings at the busiest border crossing in Western Canada are stable for USA license plates, but substantially down for B.C. ones, particular when it comes to one-off trips.

Today’s charts.

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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · Mar 7

As the (brand new!) head of the department that is doing the hiring, I can confirm that this position is available... please share and apply! Tagging #AcademicSky 🧪 for reach!

Carol Chen @carolchen.bsky.social · Mar 4

My alma mater, the University of British Columbia, Dept of Medical Genetics, is hiring for a tenure track junior faculty position specializing in chromatin regulation / gene regulatory mechanisms. Beautiful city and vibrant epigenetics research. Please share!

medgen.med.ubc.ca/assistant-pr...

Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) | Department of Medical Genetics | Life Sciences Institute (LSI) - Department of Medical Genetics

The Department of Medical Genetics, in collaboration with the Life Sciences Institute (LSI), invites applications for a full-time faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor, tenure track with...

medgen.med.ubc.ca

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Firas Moosvi, PhD @firas.moosvi.com · Feb 14

Next time! We’ll have you over at UBC 😊 have fun!

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Jesse Stommel (Jessifer) @jessifer.bsky.social · Feb 13

Looking forward to being back in Vancouver for Digital Pedagogy Lab next week.

I’m co-teaching about alternative assessment with the inimitable Martha Burtis.

bccampus.ca/event/digita...

Digital Pedagogy Lab 2025 (2025-02-18)

Are you ready to push the boundaries of teaching with technology? The Digital Pedagogy Lab is more than just another educational conference. It’s a dynamic, cohort-based community of practi...

bccampus.ca

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Firas Moosvi, PhD @firas.moosvi.com · Feb 13

Oh you’re coming to Vancouver! That’s so great! I’m over at UBC and somehow hadn’t heard of this!

Is your schedule pretty packed ? Let’s chat, if you’re up for it, maybe we could get a group from UBC together to talk!

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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · Feb 6

In other news, if you’re looking for a speaker on engaging all students, teaching STEM, teaching large classes, or need someone to offer mentor training or coaching, HMU!

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Firas Moosvi, PhD @firas.moosvi.com · Feb 6

This must be devastating. I know I’m devastated for you - I’m very sorry 😞

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2i2c @2i2c.org · Feb 5

2i2c has officially become part of the mybinder.org federation, introducing a new, cost-effective, and faster approach. We hope to make it easier for more people to join the federation by contributing a single-node BinderHub at 2i2c.mybinder.org.

More in our blog: https://2i2c.org/blog/2025/binde…

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Firas Moosvi, PhD @firas.moosvi.com · Feb 2

🤯

Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · Feb 2

Ontario post-secondary institutes (colleges + universities) operating income by source, 2001-02 to 2028-29 (projected).

This is kind of wild.

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Rissa Sorensen-Unruh @clarissasorensenunruh.com · Jan 3

Just saw 4 more articles that used final & final exam grades as statistical measures of improvement.

Please - for the love of all research everywhere - STOP using grades as a measure of anything.

Grades can’t be combined statistically b/c they have too many embedded factors - some defined some not

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Firas Moosvi, PhD @firas.moosvi.com · Jan 1

💯 this…

I’m right at the threshold, teetering on the brink, one way and then another.

Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · Dec 31

I think there's an age threshold where if you're below it, your primary emotion upon learning about a solid LaTeX rival like @typst.app is excitement, whereas if you're above it, that emotion is anxiety.

Guillaume Dalle @gdalle.bsky.social · Dec 30

Whenever I’m forced to use Microsoft Word, I say a little prayer to thank Donald Knuth for his many blessings. And then I get even more excited about @typst.app.

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