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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

⭐⭐⭐⭐ I read this and enjoyed it and then I read a review that said it's designed to be read twice (it's 47 pages) and it's true and was even better the second time. #BookSky

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

I don't think this is helping the Cairngorms case 😅

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Obsession continues w/ requested updates. Analysis by user rating & no of people who have climbed each Munro, non-natural features (bothy, toilet) & the "best" & "worst" Munros. www.emilynordmann.com/post/2025-08... cc: @walkhighlands.co.uk @highlandhorizons.bsky.social @penarthkate.bsky.social

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Glad to be able to share new preprint on how to make supervising dissertation projects more open and efficient with secondary data, open data, and evidence synthesis with Ashley Robertson, @amcreaven.bsky.social, Elayne Ahern, and @katebutton.bsky.social 🔗 osf.io/preprints/ps... #AcademicSky

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Did I get obsessed with the Munro #TidyTuesday and go on a @walkhighlands.co.uk deep dive (gratefully with their consent)? Yes. Did I have to migrate my website from Hugo to Quarto to make interactive plots work? Yes. Was it worth it? Yes. Code & more at www.emilynordmann.com/post/2025-08...

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

⭐⭐⭐⭐ First Murakami novel, he is a bit weird isn't he. I thought it was excellent but also it took me longer to read than it should given the length so it gets docked a star for not compelling me to read. #BookSky

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ridiculous but fun. Should have been 100 pages shorter as usual. #BookSky

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

as long as you didn't berserk straight up. The ridge was also not exposed (it is long, so was worried I was in a state for hours) and the walk itself is varied with excellent views (those 1st summit in cloud). Walk report from @walkhighlands.co.uk www.walkhighlands.co.uk/argyll/ben-c...

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

⛰️Ben Cruachan & Stob Daimh (#57-58). I was worried about these to point of budgeting time for a panic attack, but like much of life the thought of it was worse than actually doing it. There's a slabby bit that was described in some reports in such a way that it sounded scary but was entirely fine..

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Always impressive to read an educational RCT and I'm immediately interested in anything that frames lecture attendance through a lens of self-regulation rather than punitive attendance policies or removing recordings. #AcademicSky bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

I am very glad I discovered Diablo after I got promoted because I looked up and I had been playing for 4 hours this morning. She is a barbarian berersker because of course she is.

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful. Written in 2019 but has an extra kick reading about automation in the age of AI. #BookSky

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

1st summit in fog but stunning views of the Cobbler at 2nd. Without Kathleen to remind me to take a break I tend to berserk my way up & my legs currently hate me. Last 6k or so on a gravel road, which was quick, if uninspiring. Route from @walkhighlands.co.uk www.walkhighlands.co.uk/lochlomond/t...

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Planned a munro today but my wife woke up a bit run down but I was in the "I need to see mountains again Gandalf" zone, so with wifely blessing (I didn't just abandon her), I took myself up a couple of Corbetts, The Brack and Cnoc Còinnich. An almost scramble ascent in places and then pathless bits.

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Very taken by this on supporting education-focused academics through lens of self-determination theory. I've seen 1st-hand the impact giving people some degree autonomy over their workload can have, even if they can't change total, having some say in what it involves is very powerful #AcademicSky

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This was a reread and I enjoyed it a lot more on the 2nd round. I think it's one of those that benefits from reading a review before you go into it. Also, completely batshit. lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-... #BookSky

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

I am also easily influenced . This will be my first half marathon, every time I've thought about doing a half I get injured. Will this time be different? Let's find out. What do you mean, how I am reacting to turning 40, it's fine.

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Have read none of this other books (I know) I suspect there are layers to this that have passed me by but regardless, this is a wonderful short book on running and Getting Better By Just Keeping Going #BookSky

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

I have never been prouder of myself than when during a ceilidh, assigned as the man, I had to take the hand of the man next to me and instinctively flipped his hand into the submissive position #BigTopEnergy.

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

What was new to me was the full digital skills framework, with foundational skills, life skills, and skills for work which I think are a very useful framework for guiding induction and employability activities and/or for students self-reviewing their own skills. futuredotnow.uk/wp-content/u...

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

I am very angry. I'm angry that the most left wing choice of government we have is the most anti-lgbt government since Thatcher. I'm angry at Wes Streeting for killing trans people. I'm angry at Bridget Phillipson for reintroducing Section 28.

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

To lean even further into stereotype, for my birthday @kathleencronie.bsky.social got me fancy new boots to climb all the mountains of my 40s 😍⛰️

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Very taken by this from @carlhendrick.substack.com both from an #AcademicSky AI summary ennui perspective and also as someone who is spending as much of their annual leave as possible reading as a restorative activity. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-humili...

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

8 hours, 17.5km, 1500m of ascent, and one scary cow. Stunning. Alpine forests, wildflower meadows that were so large and had so many bees the buzz sounded like a machibe, butterflies, and birds and jagged cliffs. Such a contrast to the often bare hills of Scotland. No notes.

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

My Profmageddon /40th bday life-is-for-living tour continues - to balance out the partying today we climbed a mountain Mount Korab, the highest peak in Albania and North Macedonia at 2764m achieving my entirely normal goal of being the highest I've ever been, the oldest I've ever been.

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It's not subtle but it is fun and I would like to shoot electricity please #BookSky

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Hello from Albania and from the last day of my 30s. On the last day of my 20s I was a Teaching Fellow finalising a divorce and all my possessions fit into a Ford Fiesta named Bertha, so grey hair and dodgy knees seems like a small price to pay for hitting 40 as a happily married, homeowning Prof.

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolutely no idea what was going on for most of it (as intended) but was happy to be along for the ride and it's quite powerful at the end. Colonialism & War never changes & pure sci-fi. #BookSky

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

It feels apt that 1st pub after getting Prof (did I mention I got Prof? I'll shut up about it soon. Maybe. Never 😂) is about supporting T&S academics through open science practices & with @maddipow.bsky.social who is the brightest, shiniest example of education-focused excellence. #AcademicSky

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

⭐⭐⭐⭐ I don't know how to describe this other than wet, queer horror vibes but you should read it anyway. #BookSky

Private Rites by Julia Armfield front cover

Private Rites by Julia Armfield back cover

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

⭐⭐⭐ I really want to like the Culture novels but there's something just not clicking. I loved all the ideas in this and yet...no joy. I also struggled with the length (that's what she said), very few books need to be 627 pages. I accept that I am now dead to @djnavarro.net #BookSky

Front cover of Surface Detail by Iain Banks

Back cover of Surface Detail by Iain Banks

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Finally, in today's "common sense is not a Professorial criterion", I made myself chocolate overnight oats rather than sandwiches but I also did not think to bring a spoon.

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

We've done Beinn Narnain and Beinn Ime before as our 2nd and 3rd munros, but in the fog and with many lessons learned (don't use Google Maps to navigate being the highlight 🫠). Was nice to go back via different (read:correct) route even if I had to talk myself out of a small scramble induced panic.

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

I love my wife, I love my friends, and I love my job but once or twice a year in order for those things to remain true I must run away up a hill by myself and be nothing to no-one. @walkhighlands.co.uk route www.walkhighlands.co.uk/lochlomond/b...

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

The first 180 pages of this is ⭐⭐ and then there's a flashback that should have come much earlier and the remaining 50 pages is ⭐⭐⭐⭐ but by that point it is too late Also Becky Chambers is a bloody genius and the blurb is a silly comparison that I, a silly person, was taken in by. #BookSky

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

My 40th birthday is two weeks today so I had a joint promotion/birthday party last night. Aside from feeling very hungover, I am also feeling very loved and very grateful for good friends, good colleagues, and chosen family.

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Today, I am goddamn Professor Emily Nordmann. And I escaped. [sticker from Science on a Postcard which I bought in 2022 when it closed because if one must be one's own source of unconditional love, do it with style]

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

⭐⭐⭐ Fine Fine Fine Fine Fine Absolutely mad #BookSky

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Decided to lean into the existential crisis of turning 40 by getting all my old piercings redone. Unicorn for (Scottiah) Pride Month obvs.

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Look, nostalgia is a stupid drug but it's a very powerful one and being invited to give a talk in the lecture theatre you were last in 17 years ago as a student is going up there on my list of favourite things that I've ever done.

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Sometimes it is the tiny little things that get you through the day and the full circle joy of being asked whether you want to log in with your external examiner account or your 20 year old undergraduate account is one of them. (Until I click the wrong one and I am confronted by undergrad grades).

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Decided to kick off Pride Month 2025 by running as if I am part of a community that is systematically under attack and having its rights eroded. Oh. Damn.

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Good morning from Glasgow. It is raining. Again.

A cat on a blanket next to an Iain Banks book and a rainbow cushion.

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

It is queer choir concert day and we wear our heart on our scarf. You know nothing about me. How do you know I am a woman?

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

I am increasingly frustrated by responses to GenAI that simply howl "authentic assessment" as if it's a panacea to the crisis of learning and assessment we're currently in so I was very taken by this perspective on assessment of learning vs assessment for learning.

Before introducing existing assessment frameworks, it is important to clarify our scope. As weknow, assessment serves multiple purposes (Boud 2000). Assessment for learning is important(Carless 2017). However, in this paper we are concerned with moments of assessment of learningwhere there is a desire to in some way control student use of GenAI to enable judgements tobe made about student capability. These moments are essential for assessment in higher educa-tion to deliver on its promise of ensuring that graduates can do what their university says theycan do. With this focus established, we now turn to examine three of the most dominant kindsof AI focused assessment frameworks.

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

No easy answers but a useful framework for discussing changes that need to be made to assessment. We cannot rely on discursive changes to maintain integrity - "permitting any use of AI effectively permits all use of AI". Full paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #AcademicSky

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Generative AI (GenAI) challenges assessment validity by enabling students to complete tasks without demonstrating genuine capability. In response to this challenge, institutions have developed and implemented various approaches that aim to communicate permissible AI use to students. Familiar examples include the ‘traffic light’ approach now commonly found within institutional policy. While well-intentioned, these approaches share a common limitation: They focus primarily on communicating rules rather than redesigning assessment mechanics. To clarify why such approaches fail, and to guide more effective responses, this paper introduces a novel conceptual distinction between discursive changes to assessment (modifications relying solely on instructions students remain free to ignore) and structural changes (modifications that reshape the underlying mechanics of assessment tasks themselves). Through a critical analysis of prominent frameworks, we demonstrate that current approaches predominantly rely on discursive changes that create what we term an ‘enforcement illusion’. We find that educational frameworks frequently borrow the language of socially familiar structural systems (like vehicular traffic lights) while lacking their actual enforcement capabilities, creating an illusion of assessment security. In place of this, we argue for a shift towards structural assessment redesign that builds validity into assessment architecture rather than attempting to impose it through unenforceable rules.

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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A classic for a reason. Satisfying to see some of the layers of 1984 in place (we have always been at war with Oceania/we were always going to trade with Foxwood). Depressing that nothing ever really changes. #BookSky

Front cover of Animal Farm by George Orwell

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