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Joshua Danish

@jdanish.bsky.social
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Learning Scientist and Board Gamer. Opinions are my own. www.joshuadanish.com

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jasminema.bsky.social @jasminema.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Shirin and I have a new editorial on processes of learning in contexts- let us know what you think! doi.org/10.1080/0737...
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Processes of Learning in Contexts: Reflections from Journal Co-Editors
Published in Cognition and Instruction (Vol. 44, No. 4, 2026)
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Education at Illinois @education.illinois.edu · 15/09/2026
We’re welcoming three new faces to our faculty ranks this fall: 🔸 Christian Hines - @ciatillinois.bsky.social 🔹 Sandra Camargo Salamanca - @epsyatillinois.bsky.social 🔸 Nikki Wright - Education Policy, Organization & Leadership More: bit.ly/4r9ulxb
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ISLS 2027 @isls2027.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We are excited to welcome you to #ISLS2027 in Mumbai. Please note that this year we will follow a 2-stage submission process. Abstracts are due (and required) on Oct 9th, 2026 and final submissions are now due on Oct 16th, 2026. More details at: 2027.isls.org/new-in-isls-...
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New in ISLS 2027 for authors
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Education at Illinois @education.illinois.edu · 04/09/2026
More than a billion people worldwide live with a disability, yet few websites are fully accessible, and few students receive training in designing technologies that are accessible to them Join us Sept. 9 for this talk featuring Rachel Adler from @ischoolui.bsky.social. More: bit.ly/4gQTSGY
This image is an event advertisement for the ITEL Speaker Series on technology-enhanced learning. It features a photo of Dr. Rachel Adler, an Associate Professor in the School of Information Sciences, and mentions the topic "Interactive Games for Teaching Accessible Design." The background is blue with text in white and dark blue.
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Education at Illinois @education.illinois.edu · 31/08/2026
Congratulations to Amber Ray (SPED) and Miray Tekkumru-Kisa (C&I) on being named to the Emerging Research Leaders Academy by @illinoishealth.bsky.social Read More:
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Two from Education Named to Emerging Research Leaders Academy
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Joshua Danish @jdanish.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Graduate orientation activities are done! Love the energy, enthusiasm, ideas, and possibilities that always come with this moment. I might not be totally ready for the semester but I am excited!!!
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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I wish everyone in America would read this. Unfortunately, those who I believe most need to read it will not. (Gift article)
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The Wrong Kind of American
The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.
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Education at Illinois @education.illinois.edu · 14/08/2026
This year’s cohort is partnering with community organizations across Illinois to improve understanding and practices in education. Read more about their research and partnerships:
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Announcing the 2026-27 Public Engagement Fellows
Now in its fifth year, this program enhances ongoing community engagement efforts of the College of Education. Fellows' work strengthens campus-community ties and gives educational partners more oppor...
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sr_toliver @srtoliver.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Wrote about stories for The Fulcrum this month My fav line: “The same logic that scrubs people of color from ancient epics is the logic that scrubs us from American history because in both cases, the sanitized version requires our absence.” thefulcrum.us/inclusion-di...
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The Odyssey Isn’t Real, But American Diversity Is
After Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey was released in theaters, Elon Musk declared he would use Grok to create a more “historically accurate” version of the ancient epic poem. The uproar over the film...
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Joshua Danish @jdanish.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Honest question: did senate confirmation hearings ever make sense?
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Joshua Danish @jdanish.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Love that art! So excited for the next chapter!!!
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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
My colleague Jennifer Kleiman and I wrote this editorial coming out of those discussions. We do not want to be reactive, but we also want to advise authors and reviewers on our best understanding of how to be ethical in AI use. tl;dr Humans are in charge, and should make their agency apparent.
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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
👇👇👇 (I'll be more direct: confirmation bias is a helluva drug)
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Joshua Danish @jdanish.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
If only we could have predicted this… hopefully we will soon be past the uncritical love of AI and can get back to talking about how to prepare all learners for the futures that may be and the futures they want, and to have a hand in shaping those futures.
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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Excited to share our introduction to the new JLS special strand on Humanizing AI, written by myself, Haesol Bae, and Ingo Kollar! Keep an eye out for our first handful of articles under the new strand, as well as a call for more submissions! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Humanizing AI for education: A learning sciences lens on emerging technologies
Published in Journal of the Learning Sciences (Vol. 35, No. 2, 2026)
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Joshua Danish @jdanish.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Reading some things, and I can’t help but wonder how the shrinking availability of grants, increased need for funding given economic shifts, and NSF promotion of AI is exacerbating the usual cycle of overly optimistic jumping onto the bandwagon of new tech with ill-conceived ideas?
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Plague Doctor Press 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🧡 @plaguedoctorpress.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This is S.P.I.R.I.T. www.kickstarter.com/projects/121...
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Joshua Danish @jdanish.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Really proud of this work by @selenasteinberg.bsky.social and team on our VFOI project www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... … upper elementary students learning history, sharing interests and identity and connecting to community, peers, and content through network visualizations!!
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Plague Doctor Press 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🧡 @plaguedoctorpress.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Six days until S.P.I.R.I.T. Issue 4 launches. Get notified when we go live: www.kickstarter.com/projects/121420…
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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I'm going to start walking around wearing a shirt that says "if your ed tech doesn't work in a school with shaky Internet access and old laptops, then your ed tech doesn't work" We need to stop designing for the "classroom of the future" and start designing for the classrooms we actually have.
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Joshua Danish @jdanish.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
We need to help everyone understand how huge and horrifying this is. It’ll take decades to come back from this and it hurts us all in so many ways we can’t even guess at yet.
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 15/06/2026
Since we're heading into academic job market season, a reminder: I've collected some advice (esp. for new grads): www.paul-bruno.com/2021/07/tips... And reach out if you'd like to set up a time to chat about the job market and how to navigate it. I'm not an expert by any means, but happy to talk.
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Some Basic Tips About the Academic Job Market – Paul Bruno
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Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Hi all: Given the quickly expanding use of AI in education, I am sharing a new @stemteachingtool.bsky.social that can help deepen our thinking about these efforts. IMO the stakes are too high not to! Please share as makes sense. 🌿 stemteachingtools.org/brief/109 #EquityFirst #AIinEd #SciEd #STEMed
Image from the linked resource titled "What concerns should we be discussing about using AI in Education?"

It is STEM Teaching Tool #109

The image is of a whiteboard with the word "AI?" written on it.
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Plague Doctor Press 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🧡 @plaguedoctorpress.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Newsletter #47 is out! HUGE news about S.P.I.R.I.T. Issue 4, including the reveal of the award-winning variant cover artist, Mothman, plus this month's Kickstarter picks. plaguedoctorpress.substack.com/p/is…
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The Woz said I will not be booed lol I also love the lull of the crowd as they’re trying to figure out where he’s going hahaha (Via: www.instagram.com/reel/DYfgIwo...)
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doctor of softboyology @vea.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
At #ISLS26 I’m part of a symposium where learning scientists and computer-supported collaborative learning scholars propose provocations for the next decade of scholarship in our fields. Mine: None of this matters if we don’t stop authoritarianism. 💥 Link below
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Revisiting Wise & Schwarz's Provocations for CSCL
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Education at Illinois @education.illinois.edu · 17/04/2026
Congrats to Asif Wilson, assistant professor C&I, on receiving the Watkins Award from the Society of Professors in Education. It recognizes individuals who are dedicated to curriculum studies, community engagement, socio-political and class issues, and cultural advocacy through their studies.
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Wilson Wins Watkins Award from SPE
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 15/04/2026
Countdown Standard xkcd.com/3232/
Comic. One... two... THREE! [text in red] X Deprecated [line break] One... two... three... GO! [text in red] Deprecated [red curly bracket around top two lines] Too easy to mix up [line break] Three... two... one... GO! [text in green] [check mark] ISO Standard [caption] If I were in charge of ISO, the first thing I’d do would be to standardize the way people count out loud before doing something in sync.
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
More higher ed discourse like this please
Previously, in order to adhere to the norms of public discourse and to grant positive intentions even when I may disagree with methods or root values, I have strongly but (mostly) respectfully critiqued these sorts of educational initiatives, but those days are over.

**These people are my enemies.** I have only ill will for this project and wish them failure, because this vision for a future of postsecondary education is a recipe for mass immiseration and public disempowerment. Imagine a world where Microsoft, Google, McKinsey, et al ... get to determine what and how you learn from cradle to retirement.
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Education at Illinois @education.illinois.edu · 10/04/2026
H. Chad Lane, professor of C&I and EPSY, will participate in a panel “Navigating AI Together: Conversations on Teaching, Research, and Responsibility” on Wednesday, April 15. Please register today to attend. More: blogs.illinois.edu/view/1526/474620…
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Lane to Participate in Provost Panel on Navigating AI
H. Chad Lane, professor of Educational Psychology and Curriculum & Instruction and director of the NSF-funded INVITE AI Institute, will participate in the upcoming forum hosted by the Office of the Provost.
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Mengxi Zhou @zhoum56.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I won’t be attending AERA in person, but I recommend the Friday 9:45 a.m. PST structured poster session, “How Data Science Education Can Enable Exploration of Real-World Phenomena.” My poster shares one piece of my dissertation on a humanistic approach to elementary data science through embodiment.
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Education at Illinois @education.illinois.edu · 09/04/2026
Congratulations to Curriculum & Instruction assistant professor Devon Hedrick-Shaw on receiving the Outstanding Dissertation Award, third place, from the Bilingual Education Research SIG of @aeraedresearch.bsky.social
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Hedrick-Shaw Recognized with AERA Dissertation Award
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
This is the most delightful thing I’ve ever read
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Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith @mewefree.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The NAACP published a Black Consumer Advisory mapping out companies that rolled back their DEI promises. naacp.org/campaigns/bl...
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The Black Consumer Advisory
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sr_toliver @srtoliver.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
When I talk about the speculative, I always make sure to say that’s it’s not inherently equitable or just. White supremacy is speculative AF, creative AF. The current moment is a white supremacist dreamscape, a reimagining of a world where equity is even possible.
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islsnews.bsky.social @islsnews.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Registration for ISLS 2026 annual meeting is now open! Workshops, events, and virtual attendance are all options in the registration process. Take advantage of early bird rates by May 12! www.isls.org/news/2026-is...
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2026 ISLS Annual Meeting Registration Now Open!
Join us in Irvine, California, USA from June 15–June 19, 2026 to celebrate our theme, “Partnering with Purpose.” Expanded workshop offerings featuring two off-site community partner workshops…
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Education at Illinois @education.illinois.edu · 17/03/2026
Congratulations to @ciatillinois.bsky.social Idalia Nuñez on receiving the Early Career Researcher Award from the Bilingual Education Research SIG of AERA. More: blogs.illinois.edu/view/1526/111348…
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Nuñez Earns AERA BER SIG Early Career Award
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fraggle @fraggle.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026
Left: Minimal line art drawing of a cat that is enclosed in a pink rectangle. Label: Kitten is completely full of crimes

Right: the same cat art but twice the size. The same size rectangle covers only the bottom of the cat. Label: Adult cat contains the same amount of crimes but it does not dominate all of their behaviors
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June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
For the last 3 years, I have co-organized an AI & Education Conference that brings together about 1000 educators to talk about the latest in K-12 education with AI. This year's focus is on educator/student/community led innovation with AI: centering community voice. web.cvent.com/event/396882...
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Overview - Student & Community Voice AI Summit 2026. Online registration by Cvent
The guiding vision for the 2026 Student and Community Voice AI Summit is that humans are irreplaceable in schools and communities.
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sr_toliver @srtoliver.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I meant to share here yesterday, but I forgot. I made a flyer for my storying-focused grad class that I’ll be teaching next fall, and I think it’s cute!!
Image of a course flyer that explains what the course, storying as research methodology” is all about. It includes the questions the course will ask, the books students enrolled will read, and an account of the work students will do.
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Joshua Danish @jdanish.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The game looks great, and more importantly the jokes rolling in are amazing!
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WCIA 3 News @wcia3news.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The benefits of therapy have been proven, but resources and a lack of therapists can get in the way of people receiving much needed help. But — the College of Education at the University of Illinois has a solution.
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U of I College of Education providing mental health service to the community
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The benefits of therapy have been proven, but resources and a lack of therapists can get in the way of people receiving much needed help. But — the College of E…
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Education at Illinois @education.illinois.edu · 27/01/2026
Our online master’s degree options are once again ranked in the top 10 by U.S. News and World Report. #6 - Curriculum & Instruction #6 - Best Online Master’s Programs for Veterans (New) #9 - Educational/Instructional Media Design Explore our online degree options: bit.ly/3ZAZoFf
Graphic showing University of Illinois Education rankings in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report: #6 in Curriculum & Instruction, #6 for Veterans, and #9 in Educational/Instructional Media Design, on a navy blue background with an orange 'I' logo.
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Education at Illinois @education.illinois.edu · 24/01/2026
Congratulations to teaching assistant professor Theopolies Moton III on receiving the honor of 2026 MLK Champion by the University of Illinois MLK Commemorative Planning Committee last night. Read more: blogs.illinois.edu/view/1526/527011…
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Moton Named 2026 MLK Champion
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Joshua Danish @jdanish.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I think this is an important methodological statement, rejecting the use of Gen AI in Reflexive Qualitative Research: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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We Reject the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Reflexive Qualitative Research - Tanisha Jowsey, Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Deborah Lupton, Michelle Fine, 2025
Four hundred and nineteen experienced qualitative researchers from 32 countries invite readers of Qualitative Inquiry to consider their position on use of gener...
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islsnews.bsky.social @islsnews.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Still accepting applications until Jan 20 for Wallace-supported ISLS attendance funding!
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Alt-Academia Career Workshop : Call for Submissions | ISLS 2026
The Alt-Academia Career Workshop is a new professional development workshop that will support participants to pursue new opportunities or deepen existing roles in the learning sciences outside of trad...
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Victor R. Lee @vicariouslee.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Plz Share: Seeking nominees (self and external nominations welcome) for the 2026 Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career Contributions to Humanistic Research and Scholarship in Learning Technologies awarded through @aeraedresearch.bsky.social Division C. Info here: sites.google.com/site/janhawk...
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Jan Hawkins Award - Announcement of the 2026 Award
Nominations are now open for the 2026 Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career Contributions to Humanistic Research and Scholarship in Learning Technologies. Dr. Jan Hawkins (1952-1999) was a developmental...
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Joshua Danish @jdanish.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Apparently we need more public education efforts to understand the difference between things AI does on its own and things that humans program AI to do… AI issuing comments about its failings and suggesting it is working on them makes sense in Star Trek but frankly would be scary in the real.
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doctor of softboyology @vea.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Love the heat y’all are bringing on AI. For those of you in LS, ISLS is likely to host focused conversations this year on AI to inform our policies. Please show up. I need your voices in the room to help ensure we on the board advance ethical policy stances.
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