Reposted by Michael Brown Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026About 29% of our daily cognitive load could be eliminated if we lived in an opt-in only culture. 18999138
Reposted by Michael Brown Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Wow, turns out T&F *was* embarrassed by its own service providing human editors for AI-drafted papers, which it's now both disowned and disabled claiming it as a third party mistake! 3499
Reposted by Michael Brown Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Imagining a despondent guy following the Emily Wilson-Christopher Nolan discourse and mumbling “I’m the number two Odyssey scholar” like Steve Carrell’s character in Little Miss Sunshine. 757558
Reposted by Michael Brown Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 08/05/2026Riding through Ypsi just got easier. 🚲 Bike repair stations are now available at all three YDL branches! Pump up your tires, patch a leak, or fix your chain anytime. Free to use, no library card required (but we'd love it if you got one). 1163
Reposted by Michael Brown McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 20/04/2026"With a free Skynet Edu account, students can gain the career-readiness needed to navigate an exciting future in which they will be hunted by a remorseless, nuclear-armed superintelligence seeking to annihilate the human race—which will later be revealed to be Skynet itself."buff.lyFrequently Asked Questions About Our Innovative New EdTech Collaboration“With a free Skynet Edu account, students can gain the career-readiness needed to navigate an exciting future in which they will be hunted by a remorseless, ... 116880
Reposted by Michael Brown Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 21/04/2026How unique are hallucinated citations offered by generative Artificial Intelligence models? This is greatly useful by Dirk Spenneman on "the structure, recurrence, and onward citation" of "phantom references", using a paper I didn't write as an extended example arxiv.org/abs/2604.16407arxiv.orgHow unique are hallucinated citations offered by generative Artificial Intelligence models?This paper investigates how generative AI produces and propagates hallucinated academic references, focusing on the recurring non-existent citation 'Education Governance and Datafication' attributed t... 34318
Reposted by Michael Brown Rob Townsend @rbtownsend.bsky.social · 17/04/2026New today: "In 2024, the nation’s colleges and universities awarded 165,489 bachelor’s degrees in the #humanities—the smallest number of degrees awarded since 1991 and 30% below the recent high-water mark in 2012" bit.ly/4sDtLqM 111
Reposted by Michael Brown Rob Townsend @rbtownsend.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Within the humanities, almost every discipline awarded fewer degrees in 2024 than 12 years earlier (Indicator II-03d). The largest proportional drops in degrees awarded occurred in religious studies (down 59%)" 021
Reposted by Michael Brown Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 20/02/2026The inevitable next stage of academic publishers profiting from academics' work is here - scraping it for AI then charging subscriptions for access to the AI summaries, and then again for the citations. Academic content assetization as we called it in a recent paper. www.science.org/content/arti... 310148
Reposted by Michael Brown Walt Ecton @waltecton.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Enjoyed talking w/EdWeek:"It’s important for CTE programs to offer pathways that have clear connections to careers after high school," said Ecton. High-quality programs also have strong relationships w/local industry and employers...& evolve to stay aligned w/workforce needs as the economy changes. 121
Reposted by Michael Brown Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Agentic AI in education is a "ruse" - its promises of efficiency and productivity will really lead to an intensification of educators' work. Great to have @carloper.bsky.social on here now, and this is a smart short conversation with @neilselwyn.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/1301377/epis...buzzsprout.comAgentic AI and education - Education Technology SocietyCarlo Perrotta (University of Oxford) was researching GenAI in education long before it hit the headlines. We talk about the latest hype around ‘Agentic AI’ and whether this is genuinely a game-c... 0137
Reposted by Michael Brown Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 07/01/2026As soon as ChatGPT came out, I knew this "you plagiarized my unique AI prompt!" thing would happen lol. Wrote a short story about it (section 3) even: countercraft.substack.com/p/algorithm-... 717328
Reposted by Michael Brown Kara Finnigan @ksfinnigan.bsky.social · 05/01/2026We're hiring! 👇 If you are focused on devel/application of learning technologies toward just & equitable opportunities/practices/policies/ systems, & have strong interdisc. & mixed-method collab record, we hope you'll apply! Position designed for collab. w/College of Engineering & Ctr for Innov. 045
Reposted by Michael Brown Dr Miranda Fay Thomas (they/she) @drmirandafay.bsky.social · 18/12/2025People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind Actual academics: 231519375
Reposted by Michael Brown Molly Kleinman @mollyak.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Michiganders, both of our senators voted for the trans athlete ban this week. Please please please call them and tell them they have to vote against the ban on gender affirming care for minors that just passed the house. This bill will kill children. Slotkin: (202) 224-4822 Peters: (202) 224-6221 03829
Reposted by Michael Brown Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 17/12/2025My PhD advisor met with me weekly for years. I think of that whenever my cup feels empty. Maybe famous people don't mentor anybody... but I began this journey as as fifth grade teacher. A quote from The Crown pilot applies: "SHE *is* the assignment." For educators, our students ARE the assignment. 1252
Reposted by Michael Brown Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 17/12/2025This entire thread is a word and a half! (and even within these elite institutional streets, a cool 20% of us are doing 80% of the internal advising work) (one of my mentors used to always say "these famous folk don't mentor anybody") 2436
Reposted by Michael Brown Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 16/12/2025The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts. 31651334
Michael Brown @brownm.bsky.social · 10/12/2025I have three different survey projects that need me to do a little bit of data matching by hand, and so they will sit until the new year, while I work on much more time intensive network graphs because nothing is worse than hand coding.media.tenor.coma man and a woman are sitting at a table with the words it does n't have to make senseAlt: A man and a woman are sitting at a table with the words "it doesn't have to make sense" printed on the bottom third of the screen. 020
Reposted by Michael Brown Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Alongside Dr. Jill Hermann-Wilmarth, I am co-editing a special issue of The Reading Teacher. Our topic, LGBTQ+ Literacies: Affirming Identities, Advancing Justice w/ Pre-K-6 Learners, is sure to be of interest to many & is SO NEEDED in these times! Manuscripts are due January 15, 2026! #literacies 21713
Reposted by Michael Brown Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 20/10/2025How many classes today were canceled because a whole suite of EdTech services are built atop AWS? You know what platform never crashes? 521558363
Reposted by Michael Brown Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Seems like an opportune moment to re-up our paper about AWS seeking infrastructural dominance in education through a range of operations that include platforming the edtech industry on its cloud services codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2022/07/12/h... 316767
Reposted by Michael Brown Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 19/03/2025@drsaguilarsmith.bsky.social and I have a new pub out in AERA Open. We analyzed 400 abstracts of community colleges who received grants under the Title V Developing HSI program. This manuscript was so much fun to work on, and SAS is a dream thought partner. #HSIs #HigherEd #AcademicBluesky 0124
Reposted by Michael Brown Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 18/03/2025And as I near the end of Year 15 post-PhD, looking back, I think the academic race is not given to the swift nor to the strong... ...but to those who have HELP enduring until the end. Mentoring matters. A good academic mentor is worth the world. Makes such a difference in our careers & our lives. 49016
Reposted by Michael Brown Lauren Schudde @laurenschudde.bsky.social · 04/03/2025New Pub at #RIHE: @stephaniesowl.bsky.social, @brownm.bsky.social, and #RachelSmith examine people and place factors related to college enrollment and post-college return migration. Social connectedness mattered for college going and high school engagement for returning home. doi.org/10.1007/s111...doi.orgPeople and Places: Understanding the Longitudinal College-Going and Residential Pathways of U.S. Adults Who “Went Away” to College - Research in Higher EducationWhile college access and choice processes are well documented, the post-college residential mobility of graduates has ramifications for the long-term benefits of state and local investments in educati... 043
Michael Brown @brownm.bsky.social · 26/02/2025I have a new article in Resarch in Higher Education led by @stephaniesowl.bsky.social where we continue our work considering post-college migration behaviors. We examine what factors encourage enrollment, how communities change, and whether students return "home" or to places like home rdcu.be/ebnS8rdcu.bePeople and Places: Understanding the Longitudinal College-Going and Residential Pathways of U.S. Adults Who “Went Away” to College 222
Reposted by Michael Brown Stephanie Aguilar-Smith @drsaguilarsmith.bsky.social · 10/02/2025🚨 NEW PUB ALERT 🚨 I believe in the power of grants to transform orgs & the field in powerful ways. Yet, competitive grantmaking can also recreate harm, regardless of funders’ good intentions. Cynthia Villarreal & I show this in our latest pub. Check it out. It’s open access👇🏽 lnkd.in/gE38UJn2 085
Reposted by Michael Brown Dr. Ty C. McNamee @tycmcnamee.bsky.social · 27/01/2025I am excited to share our new pub “Because I’m from a Rural Background”: An Examination of Rural Students in Higher Ed Through a Critical Non-Deficit Framework! Shoutout to my amazing co-authors @sonjaardoin.bsky.social, Nicole D. Cooper, and Vanessa A. Sansone! Thank you so much to The Journal of 2185
Reposted by Michael Brown R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Got confimed for 2 major surgeries this week. I will need funds & soon, but I was fired when I was diagnosed with cancer & my only income now is writing. I hate to ask because I know we're all struggling, but I'd appreciate any donation. Thank you & please share. www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...gofundme.comDonate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula RatnakarHi everyone, I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses 11257315
Reposted by Michael Brown Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Now, here's the error explanation. I'll note this does not align with how I would think of an imputation error as suggested by the interview with the outgoing CEO earlier this week. Reaaaal useful example for methods classes on researcher assumptions. New article on left, CEO interview on right 162
Reposted by Michael Brown Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Someone asked me how I "got it right" that the "drop" in the NSC October report almost certainly did not happen. Most of it is because of the ED report they mention here which appears to align with the new NSC data. Low-income student enrollment is likely up! 193
Reposted by Michael Brown Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025So much here! To start, instead of a 5% decrease in first-year enrollment, it's actually a 5.5% increase! Lots of students enrolled in the northeast! Even an explanation on this "error" which is not from imputation but from researcher assumptions! Short 🧵 www.insidehighered.com/news/admissi...insidehighered.comEnrollment passes pre-pandemic levels with first-year surgeTotal enrollment surpassed pre-pandemic levels for the first time and first-year enrollment grew 5.5 percent. It’s a shocking finding after last year’s enrollment pessimism—and a complete reversal fro... 47623
Reposted by Michael Brown Dr. Rosie Perez (she/her) @rosiejp.bsky.social · 21/01/2025There's still time to register for the Broadening Research & Instructional Designs for Greater Equity in STEM (BRIDGES) Virtual Conference, which is happening on January 31 and February 1, 2025. Register here: events.zoom.us/ev/AtnaLdDxl... #AcademicSky #STEMeducation 064
Reposted by Michael Brown The One True Kat @theonetruekat.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Always a classic. #birds #birdmemes #hummingbirds 18624
Reposted by Michael Brown Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Yikes www.studentclearinghouse.org/news/nationa... 83617
Reposted by Michael Brown Jason Major @jpmajor.bsky.social · 14/01/202516mm film footage of Buzz Aldrin on EVA in low-Earth orbit during the Gemini XII mission on November 11, 1966 0334
Reposted by Michael Brown Thomas Carpentier @thocarp.bsky.social · 09/01/2025These days are not good at all for so many people around here, so I'll try to brighten the mood, even for a second, with a new Hubble image! 🔭 This is the NGC-5530 galaxy, as seen by Hubble earlier today. This galaxy is located some 40 million light years away. HD: flic.kr/p/2qEpfnz 1014258351
Reposted by Michael Brown Thorben Danke @sagaoptics.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Burying beetle, Nicrophorus humator. An exciting family of the Silphidae. What can this beetle feel, smell, taste and hear with its sensors on its leg? 417928
Reposted by Michael Brown Ferris Jabr @ferrisjabr.bsky.social · 06/01/2025In winter through early spring, you can sometimes find unspoiled, still-bright groundcherries sitting in the latticed remnants of their husks, like hearts suspended in paper ribcages 6261371408
Reposted by Michael Brown Erin Doran @edoran.bsky.social · 22/12/2024@brownm.bsky.social and I have a new pub on two-year college faculty in the latest volume of the Higher Education Handbook. Yes, I know it says El Paso, IA. It is what it is. 😆 282
Reposted by Michael Brown Dr. Noreen Naseem Rodríguez @nrdz.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Attention academics, authors, and creatives! What are your favorite vendors for getting custom swag, whether it be sticker sheets, shirts, or other items? And to all, what's your favorite swag to receive? We're thinking phone chargers are the new USB drive. And what is NOT useful/wanted?media.tenor.coma man is making a funny face while standing in a park with his hand on his face .Alt: Gif of a man in a hoodie saying, "Psssst.." and waving the viewer to come closer 101
Reposted by Michael Brown Gina Ann Garcia @ginaanngarcia.bsky.social · 25/11/2024If the U.S. Department of Education is Dismantled, You Are STILL an HSI. Please read and share!! www.ginaanngarcia.com/post/if-the-...ginaanngarcia.comIf the U.S. Department of Education is Dismantled, You Are STILL an HSIThe election of the 47th president of the United States has many of us feeling anxious, holding our breath, and waiting to see which campaign promises will come to fruition. For educators, the threat ... 01610
Reposted by Michael Brown Gina Ann Garcia @ginaanngarcia.bsky.social · 24/11/2024The #ASHE2024 hang over is real! What day is it? 🫠 281
Reposted by Michael Brown Rebecca Stafford @rebeccahazelstaff.bsky.social · 22/11/2024It takes me more time to revise a generic chatGPT output than to just write something creative for an assignment on my own. It's not a good use of my time. Also, what it creates is very gameable by chatgpt because it is so generic. 59817