helenbeetham

@helenbeetham@mstdn.social
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Researcher, digital education and critical literacy
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what are the realities of the stories being told to us, and we're telling ourselves about the realities of AI? Another thought provoking discussion between
@helenbeetham Audrey Watters https://helenbeetham.substack.com/p/ai-realism
AI realism

Is it really easier to imagine the end of the world than alternatives to AI?

imperfect offerings

I gave a presentation at OpenEd24 in Providence, RI today. It was called "Against Hope." You can access the slide deck and a practice recording of the talk on my website here: https://robinderosa.net/higher-ed/against-hope-opened24/

#OpenEd24 #hope #OER #HigherEd #neoliberalism #GretaThunberg #climateChange #austerity #publicEducation #fascism

Against Hope: OpenEd24

On the afternoon of Wednesday, October 9th, I presented a f2f session at the 2024 Open Education conference in Providence, Rhode Island. I understand that for various reasons, many folks couldn&#82…

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Delighted that my review of @catherinecronin and @lauraczerniewicz' Higher Education for Good is now online: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42438-024-00511-2
Just in case anyone hasn't read the book, it's openly available here and worth whatever time you can spend with it https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0363
Review of Laura Czerniewicz and Catherine Cronin (Eds.). (2023). Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures - Postdigital Science and Education

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Today, @helenbeetham 's review of our book Higher Education for Good #HE4Good is published in Postdigital Science & Education. In a comprehensive essay, Helen describes the book as "a public event, a gathering, a diversely peopled conversation within and beyond its pages: the desperate throw of a lifeline or the hopeful throw of a dream, beyond the really existing universities of the present towards better alternatives."

@czernie & I thank you, Helen!

Link to review: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42438-024-00511-2

Review of Laura Czerniewicz and Catherine Cronin (Eds.). (2023). Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures - Postdigital Science and Education

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I am excited to have accepted a seat on the board of the Civics of Tech project

https://www.civicsoftechnology.org/aboutus

About Us — Civics of Technology

Learn more about our mission, origin story, and contributors!

Civics of Technology
another great post from @helenbeetham - in terms of employability, what should we really be supporting our students to do around GenAI? https://helenbeetham.substack.com/p/what-price-your-ai-ready-graduates
What price your 'AI-ready' graduates?

Perhaps we should be promoting AI-resilience instead

imperfect offerings

Mark Rowley, Commissioner of the Met Police, telling us about those 'ordinary citizens with legitimate concerns' we hear so much about:

"Around 70% have previous convictions for weapon possession, violence, drugs and other serious offences. Some have football banning orders. These are violent people taking to the streets under the guise of protest to engage in disorder."

It really is time to end the both-sidesism in the media.

This year, #ALTC24 will focus on “Doing, reflecting, improving, collaborating”. Some of our sessions will focus on the following theme - Inviting Improvement.
Register now to join us in Manchester https://buff.ly/3XXRJkP #altc
Conference Programme – ALT Annual Conference 2024

"AI amplifies thoughtlessness and a lack of care...The logics of ranking and superiority are buried deep in the make up of artificial intelligence; married to populist politics, it becomes another vector for deciding who is disposable"
https://danmcquillan.org/ai_thatcherism.html
AI as Algorithmic Thatcherism

I have a new post, 'Chips with Everything: what do we know about the new Labour Government's policy on AI?'
https://lnkd.in/g2-YjtcK

There is also an episode of our podcast series, Generative Dialogues, where I discuss some of the same issues with @markcarrigan
https://lnkd.in/gTWmm4Ju

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