David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 23hI think advertisers are being forced to make crap & annoying adverts to get us consumers want to and actually subscribe and pay to remove the ads. It’s the only way I see why there are so many truly awful ads on free or entry-level subscription plans. 000
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 05/10/2026'It felt like the Hunger Games had started': Employees are 'loud working' in an effort to secure their jobs. www.businessinsider.com/loud-working... #Wellbeing #JobSecurity #OpenForWorkbusinessinsider.com'It felt like the Hunger Games had started': Workers are 'loud working' in an effort to secure their jobsQuiet quitting is out. Some workers are now "loud working," making sure bosses and recruiters notice their accomplishments. 000
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 05/10/2026'NEET ['Not in Education, Employment, or Training'] and proud: The university students who are happy staying in their bedrooms' www.independent.co.uk/life-style/n... #Students #University #UniLifeindependent.co.ukNEET and proud: The university students happy staying in their bedroomsWith record numbers of young people not in education, employment or training, it’s easy to forget that the reality behind that is endless job applications. So perhaps it is no surprise that there is a... 210
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Currently enjoying the warm sun coming through the window and listening to Lenny Kravitz ‘Are you gonna go my way’ album on vinyl. Life is good. 🎸 011
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Yup! ‘If you can’t hold it, you don’t own it’: why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...theguardian.com‘If you can’t hold it, you don’t own it’: why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinylPeople describe their return to physical media – whether to protect data, support artists, or retain control of one’s choices 030
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My #3GoodThings for w/e October 2nd, 2026 1. Weather is still warm(ish) and dry(ish). ⛅ 2. Making a choice for a new course, possibly PM-related. 🎓 3. Absolutely nothing planned for the weekend ahead, which means my wife will have plans for me. 💤 110
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"The challenge is not to outpace technology, but to design with intention. When we do, assessment becomes less about control and more about cultivation. In an age of abundance, that may be the most meaningful form of integrity we can offer." David Hopkins. 2026 010
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My #3GoodThings for w/e Septmeber 25th, 2026 1. I've published a chapter in the #GenAIN3 book: Manifesto for Generative AI in Higher Education. 🤖 doi.org/10.83373/c44... 2. Another Uni open day tomorrow. 🎓 3. Hang on in there; it's nearly payday. 💰doi.orgDetection chases the past; thoughtful design shapes the future. – Manifesto for Generative AI in Higher Education – The Book ProjectA living reflection on teaching, learning, and technology in an age of abundance. 043
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'm interested in seeing how Ted Lasso handles the university study vs work/sport issue in the latest episode (S4, E9) #TedPasso #Study #Students #University #HigherEdstatic.klipy.comTed Lasso: Smells Like PotentialALT: Ted Lasso: Smells Like Potential 000
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Excellent Dune timeline. It explains a few things I was confused about in the books. dune.reppie.org #Dunedune.reppie.orgDune — A Timeline of the Known UniverseA minimalist scrolling timeline of the major events across the Dune universe. 010
Reposted by David HopkinsDavid Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We don't talk enough about the time it takes to heal from redundancy. Like other forms of loss, you don't simply leave the experience behind. You absorb it. www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/elearning/na... #Redundancy #JobSearch #Wellbeing #HigherEducationdontwasteyourtime.co.ukNavigating ChangeLike many in Higher Education and beyond, I find myself facing an unexpected and difficult change. I’ve been made redundant. It’s tough. Across the sector, talented, hardworking professionals… 001
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My #3GoodThings for w/e Septmeber 18th, 2026 1. Youngest teenager on a Scout camp/race thing this weekend. 🏕️ 2. Mowed the lawn for probably the first time in 4 months. Wasn't as bad as I thought; the summer drought killed a lot of it though. 🌳 3. A week until the #GenAIN3 launch. 🤖 010
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We don't talk enough about the time it takes to heal from redundancy. Like other forms of loss, you don't simply leave the experience behind. You absorb it. www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/elearning/na... #Redundancy #JobSearch #Wellbeing #HigherEducationdontwasteyourtime.co.ukNavigating ChangeLike many in Higher Education and beyond, I find myself facing an unexpected and difficult change. I’ve been made redundant. It’s tough. Across the sector, talented, hardworking professionals… 001
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Just mowed the lawn for possibly the last time this year, but also the first time since May (before the heatwave this summer). 000
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I wonder how that will go - 'Do you want to regulate yourselves?' 'Nah, let's carry on. No one will notice.' 'But what about doing the right thing?' 'Why? Don't you enjoy your three jobs and massive parliamentary salary?' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukDonations law changes to be debated after Reform's £72m windfallThe government is seeking to change the law on donations to UK political parties from British expats. 000
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Youngest teenager now in wk3 at new 6th form college. Have been 'asked' to download and sign up for 4 new apps so I can pay for trips, receive updates/news, monitor performance, and book meetings with his mentor & teachers. FOUR? 000
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 11/09/2026My #3GoodThings for w/e Septmeber 11th, 2026 1. Busy, so busy. It's good, but it's not. You know what I mean. 😴 2. Another Uni open day this weekend. Eldest teenager excited about this one. 🎓 3. A very sad day. #NewYork #TwinTowers 020
Reposted by David HopkinsMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026'Students are attending less, reading less, participating less, and often treating university as one commitment among many.'wonkhe.comStudents are not disengaged, they are adapting to a thinner universityFor Fredrick Agboma and Andrew Doyle, the question isn't whether students are less committed, but what culture they're asked to inhabit 38337
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 04/09/2026My #3GoodThings for w/e Septmeber 4th, 2026 1. New carpet. Nice. So soft. 🌻 2. Finally addressing issues in a project that's gone awry. 👍 3. The grass is green again. 🌳 010
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 02/09/2026"The online courses previously offered optional weekly Zoom tutorials by paid academics. Those tutorials are now provided as the main teaching activity by Virtual Peer, alongside digital course material and videos." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... #AI #ChatBot #HigherEd #University #Learningindependent.co.ukUniversity replaces in-person psychology classes with AI chatbot for two subjectsAcademics say using AI for teaching may create ‘damaging issues’ 100
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 29/08/2026What’s this? Twitter lives??? Twitter.now #Twittertwitter.nowWe’re Down | twitter.nowWe're down. We're on it. 210
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 28/08/2026My #3GoodThings for w/e August 28th, 2026 1. Both teenagers in 6th form college. 🎓 2. Uni open day visits continue; very impressed with some, not so with others. 🏛️ 3. Some rain recently and the grass is getting greener. Slowly but surely. 🌧️ 000
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Been sat at the window in the dark tonight, watching the lightning show. Pretty epic, and pretty rubbish pics and vids now clogging up my camera roll ⚡️ 000
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Trying hard to ignore the rubbish that fills my emails, messages, status updates, and social networks today. If you take the view that everyone is only looking out for themselves, ignoring those around them, then things start to make sense. Not much, but some. It's time I stopped caring. 🫥 000
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dear DHL. It’s not ‘Sorry we missed you’, it should be ‘Sorry we didn’t bother to give you time to answer the door before we rushed off in our van.’ FFS 010
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Pretty amazing garden lodge at National Trust Lyveden Manor. It’s not ruined or dilapidated, they just never finished it back in the 1600s, its been like this ever since. #NationalTrust #Lyveden 020
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Don't you hate it when you get the 'new message' ping, go to Teams or another messaging platform, only to see 'this message has been deleted'? Meh, how annoying! 100
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 21/08/2026My #3GoodThings for w/e August 21st, 2026 1. Finished 1st draft of #SCMALT portoflio. 🎓 2. Amazing GCSE results, despite the lack of revision, for the youngest Hopkins. 😎 #ProudDad 3. A couple of refreshing and well-needed downpours this week. More please! 🌦️ 110
Reposted by David HopkinsDan @fraternalwriter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026UK HE institutions facing reductions in staffing & offerings. While the PM blithely makes claims about AI’s ability ‘to write an essay', an important contributor to economic growth and social peace is in deep trouble, due, in large part, to government policies. Spotted an error? Amendments welcome. 002
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 20/08/2026GCSE results day for the youngest Hopkins. Eeek!! #GCSEResults 000
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 19/08/2026When you constantly see your ideas and work with someone else's name on it. That. #Grrrr 000
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Working on my #SCMALT is tough; very rewarding, but still tough going. I remember how difficult my original #CMALT was, finding evidence from roles I've since moved on from. @altuk.bsky.social 000
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 14/08/2026“Looking at this through the lens of the different OfS ‘B’ conditions, the [module] template starts to become more than a question of usability and consistency … a template cannot make a course coherent.” www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/technology/b... #HigherEd #DigitalEducation #EdTechdontwasteyourtime.co.ukBeyond consistency: designing a VLE template for quality, regulation and student success.When we started developing a new Blackboard module template, the obvious direction was to consider consistency, usability and the student experience. Where should students expect to find their asse… 000
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 14/08/2026My #3GoodThings for w/e August 14th, 2026 1. Officially working towards my SCMALT. That's good! 🎓 2. Amazing sunset over Milford-on-Sea last night. ☀️ 3. Please, let's have some rain and some cooler days??? We all need it. 🌧️ #SCMALT #CMALT @altuk.bsky.social 110
Reposted by David HopkinsBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Turnitin has long used its end user licence agreement to use students' work for product devt. Now it's trying to update it to use essays for AI devt too! Prime example of academic content assetization - turning student IP into a source of value codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2026/04/29/a...codeactsineducation.wordpress.comAI and the amplification of academic content assetizationPhoto by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash A new AI-driven digital learning platform launched by Arizona State University has set off alarm bells among academics for its exploitation of scholarly work. AS… 310774
Reposted by David HopkinsBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 13/08/2026This short thread details just how Turnitin's proposed EULA would require both students and staff to licence their content for AI development - basically, if you use the platform, your content/data is theirs to use as a resource for value creation bsky.app/profile/jedb... 1112
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Where do the OfS 'B' conditions, which specifically focus on the quality of education and student experience, impact a VLE upgrade and (new) module standard fit B1-B4? Read more 👉 www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/technology/b... #HigherEd #OfS #VLE #Blackboarddontwasteyourtime.co.ukBeyond consistency: designing a VLE template for quality, regulation and student success.When we started developing a new Blackboard module template, the obvious direction was to consider consistency, usability and the student experience. Where should students expect to find their asse… 110
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 11/08/2026"while such financial stress creates a unique form of institutional openness, it doesn’t necessarily create good strategy. A distressed institution may well be less merger-ready than a healthier one because it has less cash, management bandwidth and capacity to absorb disruption." 000
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 10/08/2026*New* Beyond consistency: designing a VLE template for quality, regulation and student success. www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/technology/b... #Blackboard #HigherEd #EdTechdontwasteyourtime.co.ukBeyond consistency: designing a VLE template for quality, regulation and student success.When we started developing a new Blackboard module template, the obvious direction was to consider consistency, usability and the student experience. Where should students expect to find their asse… 000
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 07/08/2026My #3GoodThings for w/e August 7th, 2026 1. It's cooled down a bit; we even had rain this week. 🌦️ 2. New role, same desk, added responsibilities. Lovely. 💬 3. Started planning my #SCMALT portfolio, hoping to do something with it. 🎓 010
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Not sure if I should be sharing this yet, but I've just seen the (almost) completed #GenAIN3 digital book. It's amazing. And interactive. A new standard in digital books!! 000
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Bugger. Website/WP blog is down. No idea how to fix as I wasn't doing anything to break it. 300
Reposted by David HopkinsPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Behind the bewildering transformation of British universities, are management consultants being paid millions Really proud to have this vital piece on our unis are being gutted from the inside by @jheathershaw.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale. Do read democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-bri...democracyforsale.substack.comInside Britain's university crisisAs teaching staff face job loss, their bosses have netted pay rises and bought advice from a “vampiric” management consultancy, writes Prof. John Heathershaw of the University of Exeter 24555319
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Good luck to everyone who got their #ALTC submissions in today. Sadly, the dates clash with 1/2 term for our schools again this year, so I'm not able to join you. I'll be there in spirit and will read blogs and papers afterwards. www.alt.ac.uk/alt-annual-c... #EdTech #HigherEd @altuk.bsky.socialalt.ac.ukALT Annual Conference | Association for Learning TechnologyALT’s Annual Conference is one of the UK’s largest conferences for learning technology and digital education professionals. The conference provides a valuable and practical forum for practitioners, re... 000
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 01/08/2026It is very satisfying to update my LinkedIn profile with my new job details - starting today (!) I am the new Educational Technology Manager for BNU. www.linkedin.com/in/davidmhop... 121
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 31/07/2026*New: "Accessibility does not mean removing all structure or creating completely different interviews (assessments) for every individual. The challenge is finding the balance between consistency and flexibility." www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/elearning/th... #Interview #Leadership #OpenToWorkdontwasteyourtime.co.ukThe interview before the interviewOver the last few years, I’ve noticed a change in the way organisations are approaching interviews; increasingly, candidates are being sent interview questions in advance. I think this is a g… 010
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 31/07/2026My #3GoodThings for w/e July 31st, 2026. 1. Amazing sunrise over the New Forest this morning. 🌞 2. Very proud of my teenage boys, showing resilience and dedication as they start their Gold D of E journey. 🥇 3. Last day in current job. Tomorrow is a new chapter. ❤️ 010
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 28/07/2026EG. do you have a tool or technique for adding 'expanding text'-type click/reveal sections to a Blackboard page? 210
David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Where do you go to ask Blackboard (VLE) questions? In the past I'd head over to Twitter, but that's not an option anymore. #Blackboard #Network 000