Robert Hickey
@hickeymaster.bsky.social
Robert Hickey is a lecturer who is only interested in keeping the student at the centre of the learning. Without the student's I am just a man:-)
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“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
www.newyorker.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
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Writing is thinking.
i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Writing is thinking.
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Starting university can be overwhelming, but a sense of belonging makes all the difference. Sarah Hadlow of Nottingham Trent University shares how welcome workshops can help every student feel seen, supported and connected from day one. tinyurl.com/75www454 #AcademicSky #EduSky
Use welcome workshops to build student belonging
A guide to creating induction workshops in collaboration with students – with practical tips on building student confidence and trust
www.timeshighereducation.com
May 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Starting university can be overwhelming, but a sense of belonging makes all the difference. Sarah Hadlow of Nottingham Trent University shares how welcome workshops can help every student feel seen, supported and connected from day one. tinyurl.com/75www454 #AcademicSky #EduSky
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"You can no longer make students do the reading or the writing. So what’s left? Only this: give them work they want to do. And help them want to do it. What, again, is education? The non-coercive rearranging of desire." (Emphasis in original)
archive.ph/PfvmB
archive.ph/PfvmB
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April 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"You can no longer make students do the reading or the writing. So what’s left? Only this: give them work they want to do. And help them want to do it. What, again, is education? The non-coercive rearranging of desire." (Emphasis in original)
archive.ph/PfvmB
archive.ph/PfvmB
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Like climate change is real 😡😡😡
#climate #climatechange #globalwarming #climatecrisis #ClimateAction #momsky
#climate #climatechange #globalwarming #climatecrisis #ClimateAction #momsky
April 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Like climate change is real 😡😡😡
#climate #climatechange #globalwarming #climatecrisis #ClimateAction #momsky
#climate #climatechange #globalwarming #climatecrisis #ClimateAction #momsky
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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This is a digital coup — an unmissable TED Talk by Carole Cadwalladr.
this is courage. thank you @carolecadwalla
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
this is courage. thank you @carolecadwalla
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
youtu.be
April 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This is a digital coup — an unmissable TED Talk by Carole Cadwalladr.
this is courage. thank you @carolecadwalla
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
this is courage. thank you @carolecadwalla
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
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Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
April 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
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I contributed to this AI toolkit with a piece on Navigating AI in Open and Higher Education: Critical Guidelines and Practical Applications
floeproject.org/projects/ai-...
(check out the rest of the collection as well!)
floeproject.org/projects/ai-...
(check out the rest of the collection as well!)
Navigating AI in Open and Higher Education: Critical Guidelines and Practical Applications | FLOE
Flexible Learning for Open Education
floeproject.org
March 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I contributed to this AI toolkit with a piece on Navigating AI in Open and Higher Education: Critical Guidelines and Practical Applications
floeproject.org/projects/ai-...
(check out the rest of the collection as well!)
floeproject.org/projects/ai-...
(check out the rest of the collection as well!)
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Career Advice | Ungrading for Hope
Tony Perman shares four key benefits and how, at best, ungrading helps create a classroom community that can take a semester’s journey in tandem. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4hqaB20
Tony Perman shares four key benefits and how, at best, ungrading helps create a classroom community that can take a semester’s journey in tandem. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4hqaB20
Four powerful benefits of ungrading (opinion)
Tony Perman shares four key benefits and how, at best, ungrading helps create a classroom community that can take a semester’s journey in tandem.
bit.ly
March 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Career Advice | Ungrading for Hope
Tony Perman shares four key benefits and how, at best, ungrading helps create a classroom community that can take a semester’s journey in tandem. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4hqaB20
Tony Perman shares four key benefits and how, at best, ungrading helps create a classroom community that can take a semester’s journey in tandem. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4hqaB20
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Bring your research to life with Visual Thinkery!
We loved working with the University of Limerick to make assets for their work on social justice pedagogies in teacher education and school communities, using QR codes to link the physical with the digital.
Find this and more here:
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We loved working with the University of Limerick to make assets for their work on social justice pedagogies in teacher education and school communities, using QR codes to link the physical with the digital.
Find this and more here:
buff.ly/tV7I97t
March 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Bring your research to life with Visual Thinkery!
We loved working with the University of Limerick to make assets for their work on social justice pedagogies in teacher education and school communities, using QR codes to link the physical with the digital.
Find this and more here:
buff.ly/tV7I97t
We loved working with the University of Limerick to make assets for their work on social justice pedagogies in teacher education and school communities, using QR codes to link the physical with the digital.
Find this and more here:
buff.ly/tV7I97t
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University of Cambridge has been criticised for allowing bullying and harassment to become “entrenched and normalised”
#highered #EduSky
#highered #EduSky
Cambridge staff unhappy with response to bullying claims
Professor claims harassment has become ‘entrenched and normalised’ in some departments
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Another edu-myth that drives me crazy: Grades motivate students.
All the research shows that it's the opposite. Grades cause anxiety, cheating and giving up.
#sunchat
All the research shows that it's the opposite. Grades cause anxiety, cheating and giving up.
#sunchat
March 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Another edu-myth that drives me crazy: Grades motivate students.
All the research shows that it's the opposite. Grades cause anxiety, cheating and giving up.
#sunchat
All the research shows that it's the opposite. Grades cause anxiety, cheating and giving up.
#sunchat
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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
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Irish AI Advisory Council advice paper on education (Feb 2025) assets.gov.ie/319845/e1eaf... “much of the narrative around generative AI … has been around plagiarism detection. It is now clear that detection
methods do not and will not work“.
methods do not and will not work“.
assets.gov.ie
February 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Irish AI Advisory Council advice paper on education (Feb 2025) assets.gov.ie/319845/e1eaf... “much of the narrative around generative AI … has been around plagiarism detection. It is now clear that detection
methods do not and will not work“.
methods do not and will not work“.
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Join us for #LTHEchat at 8pm GMT/BST today. It will explore play-based learning with @lizcable.bsky.social. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2025/02/17/l...
#LTHEchat 319: Winning the Learning Game with Game-based Learning
Led by Liz Cable @lizcable.bsky.social There are a lot of terms associated with the use of games in learning, teaching and assessment. We’ve had previous #LTHEchats tagged game-based learning, gami…
lthechat.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Join us for #LTHEchat at 8pm GMT/BST today. It will explore play-based learning with @lizcable.bsky.social. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2025/02/17/l...
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Learn how the concept of continuous improvement, rooted in lean manufacturing techniques developed by Toyota in the 1950s, can transform #highereducation #teaching and #learning, from Sercan Demiralay: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/what-... #edusky #educhat
What can module leaders learn from Toyota?
How to use the plan-do-check-act cycle to improve student success, satisfaction and grades
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Learn how the concept of continuous improvement, rooted in lean manufacturing techniques developed by Toyota in the 1950s, can transform #highereducation #teaching and #learning, from Sercan Demiralay: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/what-... #edusky #educhat
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🌱 Attention STEM teachers - Soil Education MOOC begins 📅 March 3rd. Access practical tools showing connections to everyday life. 22 hrs commitment. For primary, secondary, formal & informal STEM educators. Supported by #Scientix & @eu_schoolnet
👉 Find out more: bit.ly/SoilMOOC
#LOESSMOOC
👉 Find out more: bit.ly/SoilMOOC
#LOESSMOOC
Soil Education MOOC begins March 3rd– practical tools showing connections to everyday life
Would you like to join a community of teachers dedicated to transforming STEM education for a sustainable future and gain practical tools, resources and strategies to teach soil health in an innova…
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February 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🌱 Attention STEM teachers - Soil Education MOOC begins 📅 March 3rd. Access practical tools showing connections to everyday life. 22 hrs commitment. For primary, secondary, formal & informal STEM educators. Supported by #Scientix & @eu_schoolnet
👉 Find out more: bit.ly/SoilMOOC
#LOESSMOOC
👉 Find out more: bit.ly/SoilMOOC
#LOESSMOOC
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There should be a campaign to force people to divest from Twitter. Companies, governments and government agencies, politicians, universities, learned societies, bands, celebs, whoever you can think of. It is completely unsafe. It is owned by fascist enemies of democracy and freedom.
February 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
There should be a campaign to force people to divest from Twitter. Companies, governments and government agencies, politicians, universities, learned societies, bands, celebs, whoever you can think of. It is completely unsafe. It is owned by fascist enemies of democracy and freedom.
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The Open University has published a framework for learning and teaching Critical AI Literacy Skills. Although the framework is intended for Open University staff and students, it is relevant for any organisation looking to develop inclusive training in AI literacy. about.open.ac.uk/sites/about....
about.open.ac.uk
February 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The Open University has published a framework for learning and teaching Critical AI Literacy Skills. Although the framework is intended for Open University staff and students, it is relevant for any organisation looking to develop inclusive training in AI literacy. about.open.ac.uk/sites/about....
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As an educator, it’s increasingly difficult to name a professional conviction or pedagogical commitment that justifies the use of generative AI. The daily use of AI must not overshadow tangible actions to redress our climate crisis lest we further erode our position as trusted stewards of learning.
Once again asking what problem this technology has solved or is expected to solve to force us to endure this. www.fastcompany.com/91253026/air...
Air pollution from AI could surpass that of all the cars in California
Massive data centers power large language models but produce fine particles linked to asthma, cancers, and premature deaths.
www.fastcompany.com
January 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
As an educator, it’s increasingly difficult to name a professional conviction or pedagogical commitment that justifies the use of generative AI. The daily use of AI must not overshadow tangible actions to redress our climate crisis lest we further erode our position as trusted stewards of learning.
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In Advice: The most frustrating aspect of generative AI for educators: This technology can truly help some students yet seriously weaken the reading and writing skills of many others. chroni.cl/3P5Zm2M
Advice | When AI Does the Reading for Students
The technology that powers ChatGPT is quickly transforming reading practices. What does that mean for your assignments?
chroni.cl
December 18, 2024 at 3:13 PM
In Advice: The most frustrating aspect of generative AI for educators: This technology can truly help some students yet seriously weaken the reading and writing skills of many others. chroni.cl/3P5Zm2M