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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 26/04/2025

Convince more people to run?

Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 26/04/2025

This makes no sense. If your second preference is elected based on the distribution of your vote from your first preference, your vote isn’t wasted.

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 03/03/2025

I wrote to then NDIS minister Bill Shorten (also my local MP) urging him to expand the eligibility of the hearing services program as the cost of hearing aids is an equity issue. His staff refused to consider it as every problem needed the NDIS hammer which I can’t see how it helps.

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Stan Wonn 🏳️‍🌈🌹 @stanwonn.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

In solidarity with Canada and Mexico, I offer this still-timely reminder from Tommy Douglas. Douglas was a Canadian politician who helped launch universal healthcare in Canada.

Picture of Canadian politician Tommy Douglas and a quote from him: “Once more, let me remind you what fascism is. It need not wear a brown shirt or a green shirt. Fascism begins the moment a ruling
class, fearing the people may use their
political democracy to gain economic
democracy, begins to destroy political
democracy in order to retain its power
of exploitation and special privilege."

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Here’s something we see far too often - car paraphernalia lazily intruding on pedestrian space. When cars & their junk signage already hog so much of the street space. At very least plonk it in the parking lane!

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Jesse Stommel (Jessifer) @jessifer.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Criticism of technology has a history. We have to look back as we look forward. Our pushback on insidious tech (and especially edtech) has to be as nuanced as possible. 🧵

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 21/01/2025

The sending name not the email address

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 17/01/2025

Australian Universities are largely in crisis because international student fees were the only way to grow revenue and when faced with a pandemic and a housing crisis, the ability to do that has been severed. The government commissioned a review of the sector that only mentioned ‘learning’ 7 times.

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 17/01/2025

Two reasons (and I’m in Australia for context): very few academics want teaching to be the job, they got there by research and I think most want their jobs to be paid versions of PhD candidature; and accreditation is tied to research output by the government

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 17/01/2025

This means the degree product funds the institution and therefore the focus of effort is on the running of the products.

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 17/01/2025

I sometimes theorise that tertiary level education becoming a prerequisite for much of the workforce has meant that universities have become more accessible to the wider populace but to make that scale, we’ve had to economise higher education into a commodity product.

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Naththan @nathanpittman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Adding this to my Haymarket roundabout wishlist.

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 13/12/2024

Apparently we think alike! bsky.app/profile/adri...

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 13/12/2024

This would be perfect for the Haymarket roundabout.

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 13/12/2024

We need to do everything to stop Dutton and his insane nuclear power wish. I'm not opposed to nuclear on safety grounds, I'm opposed on the basis that its slower and more expensive. If only the incumbent PM was capable of making decisions rather than two way bets.

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Megan Cassidy-Welch @megancw.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Interested in co-editing a leading religious history journal? Here’s your chance! JRH is moving into its next phase - join us! EOIs due Jan 17 2025.

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 12/12/2024

I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that emergency management vetoed any chance of it being called North Melbourne because the probability of someone meaning the old North Melbourne is too high.

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Michelle Arrow @michellearrow.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

A must-read essay for anyone working in a university humanities department, by Andrew Dean: sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essays/welco...

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 07/12/2024

I was unemployed and had the opportunity to work overseas. Car registration was coming up and basically it was cheaper to scrap the car. When I got back a few months later, I didn’t have the income to buy a car and have learned to live without it. Car share was a helpful transition.

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Elaine Huber @elainehuber.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Great pic from final session of the #ascilite2024 conference thanks Chris Bridge of UNE

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

To be fair, Danny did it in support of the argument being made. #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

Anecdote that when he presented these findings previously, Danny Liu subsequently immediately proved how flawed a lot of the responses were. (Okay, I feel sorry for the academics). #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

Survey Q2: Has genAI made you rethink your assessment? 25% no. Coded from textual responses so not multi-tick but a lot of the yes is going to invigilation. #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

Study is a survey of 99 academics teaching in STEM. Q1: Have you tried putting your assessment into a LLM to see how it performs? A: 37% of academics said no. No significant variations over time or in categorisation of sub-disciplines. #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

Apology retracted, he just took a swipe at ancient history. Is showing a DALL-E generated rendition of a medieval battle. Although I do like this generated image of ChatGPT in the style of a medieval book illustration. #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

Next session. Christopher Bridge from UNE talking about STEM assessment redesign. I apologise in advance for any humanities snark about STEM in my posts about this. #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

There's the confession: the AI tutor is not a competent engineer. My question then is, can people who can't do the work, teach? #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

The hand grenade pin is completely out now: What if you couldn't use lectures or exams but only GPTs, what would teaching look like? #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

The hand grenade slide: - Teaching practices can often be grandfathered in, rigid, belief-based. DISCLAIMER: not a serious statement: What if I can verify student identity in the chatbot? Can I then use the chatbot to do assessment? #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

Chris is now describing a new model in construction whereby the model is pre-trained on micro-concepts and maps student understanding about the micro-concept before re-modelling to assist the student on gaps in next encounter. #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

Now talking about an experiment getting the students to speak the questions rather than type. Finding that when using voice to text, the questions are much longer. Hypothesis that we pre-form thoughts when we type in a way we don't when we speak. #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

Supplementary questions: Assessment driving not the use not the tech Falling back to prior learning strategies Students need to be taught how to use the tutor effecively. Big note: "its about the teaching not the tech!!" #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

Hypothesis: high capacity self-directed learners will gravitate up Bloom's. Finding: ALL learners gravitate to poor learning strategies. #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

Cheeky question by Chris, I've wondered similar a few times this week, "what if the other in "constructivism" is an AI chatbot, what does that mean for the theory?" #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

He's now pointing out the students like the tool but AI tokens do cost about $7.70 per student per semester. Perceived value by the students was between $10 to $20. #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

I did notice the quirk of including people meant when I replied to an off-conference thread last night it appeared in the other feed because I was listed as a participant in the feed. There was no way I could see to exclude those particular posts. #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

Chris is very generously offering to help people wanting to experiment with a tool like this and to share their findings, encouraging agile iteration. He's noting this tool will likely break in 6 months, its not a long-term solution. #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

Study is about building an AI tutor. Pointing to funce-bot.streamlit.app #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

Chris is showing a table of projects at UniMelb of AI as a roleplay. Notes Amanda Samson's project using the chatbot as a 'problem teacher' to simulate peer conversations. #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

Starting proposition: GPTs might enable new teaching. Strategies that previously didn't work, might work now; and educators need to experiment using agile design and inductive reasoning. #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

Nope, we need to train people that we have a collective responsibility for accessibility and inclusion. If they don't accomodate for disabled people, they need to learn what its like to be excluded. (Okay, I'm ranting). #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

The 2024 tag was the officially communicated one but the 24 tag is a natural variation so just needed to be included in case. #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

This session with Chris Honig "GenAI Teachers" is looking to be fun: "I'm deliberately making a few provocative statements in this presentation". #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

Can we please just collectively agree that if someone doesn't use a microphone we don't answer the question? #accessibility #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 04/12/2024

There was a study that convinced one member of my institution’s academic board that the Tii detector was reliable and as long as it’s not evidence on its own that detection is okay. I don’t know if they have shifted view since that study was released in 2023 🤷‍♂️ #ascilite2024

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Adrian Jackson @adrianjackson.tv · 03/12/2024

Absolutely. But also remember that governance is only one part of the change mechanism. You can rewrite the policy but if the academic staff don’t agree they will ignore it or send it back to the board for it to be ripped up. It’s part of that 17 year lag. #ascilite2024

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