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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

#AI Is there a value in having a global regulatory checklist / process that AI products have to pass before they can be released? If not actual regulation, how about a voluntary code of practice that could align with the EU AI Directive?

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

The Seven Challenges #AI offers #HigherEducation #AcademicSky #PhDSky 1. Academic Integrity 2. Assessment & Standards 3. Data Privacy & Security 4. Equity of Access 5. Skills Acquisition 6. Curricula & AI Literacy 7. Agentic Control & Governance Did I miss anything? Mind map coming shortly.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

#AI #GenAI #SORA #EU I asked ChatGPT when will SORA be available? It replied that EU AI regulations were slowing its roll out but that VPNs allowed you bypass this. It stated that was against OpenAI policy! Was this unethical? Yes, it apologized and said it would never do this again! Share!!!

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

#GenAI #Bias #HigherEd #Academia 7. And what did we learn? a) Students share faster b) Students learn faster, from each other c) Students love short cuts d) Only the lazy and time-short will get caught and e) We had to let the volunteer keep the money!

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

#GenAI #Bias #HigherEd #Academia 6. We asked them to decide what they had learned and here is what they reported: - a) AI is great for getting an outline of the subject. b) AI is biased and can easily manipulate opinion. c) You must decide what is important. d) Exploring with AI needs time.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

#GenAI #Bias #HigherEd #Academia 5. We gave them another 2 minutes. This was risky. Another round of 'hands up' but still no winner emerged. We got the volunteer to read out what we had written on the envelope. It was controversial but ultimately the students agreed it was the key fact.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

#GenAI #Bias #HigherEd #Academia 4. Within five minutes, what 140 students and various LLMs had produced was an excellent if shallow account of the event. That is impressive in terms of productivity. And of course, the money was still there to be won. Time passed, still no winner.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

#GenAI #Bias #HigherEd #Academia 3. We only gave them two minutes to complete the task. The 'correct' answer, the most salient fact about this case, was written on the envelope holding the money, held by a single volunteer. Once the time had elapse, we called for volunteer answers. Hands up.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

#GenAI #Bias #HigherEd #Academia 2. We used an event with which we were both familiar and which predated all the students, i.e. it happened before they were born and on another continent. There was some coverage of it recently but nothing substantial, so they had to rely on the AI outputs...

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

#GenAI #Bias #HigherEd #Academia 1. We ran an experiment with about 130 first year students. We asked them to locate the five most salient, crucial or important facts about an event and encouraged them to use any form of AI they wanted. To drive participation we put €50 in an envelope...

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

#GenAI #HigherEd #Academia #AI4Good Hi. Running a series of semi-serious experiments initially with #ChatGPT exploring the impact of AI on Higher Education. Somewhat tongue in cheek, this will be followed up by iterative experiments on the same topic. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

#GenAI #HigherEd #Academia Who are you reading on SubStack on GenAI? Currently its Ethan Mollick, Andrew Maynard and the writers they have suggested... Who should we be reading?

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

#AI4Good #Academia #HigherEd #GenAI Question: what is the #best #platform from which to make content in multiple formats available, for example in PDFs, mindmaps and video. Is there one or do we have to keep cross linking between half a dozen? Thanks.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

#GenAI #AI4Good #PhDSky #Academia #HigherEd Prompting #12 Learn. There is nothing worse than remembering, after a series of prompts that generated less than helpful content, that you've been down the rabbit hole before! Have you done something like this before? Have others? Collaborate.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

#GenAI #AI4Good #PhDSky #Academia #HigherEd Prompting #11 Returning to the ABC rule: is it Appropriate, are you using Best Practice and are you being Critical in your thinking. You have to look at every response to every prompt using these lenses. Sometimes you don't need to use AI! Finally...

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

#GenAI #AI4Good #PhDSky #Academia #HigherEd Prompting #10 Set clear goals and stopping points to avoid excessive refinements. Stop points are really important. We are inclined to ask open questions at the start. All good. You must start to close them, to funnel down to the topic.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

#GenAI #AI4Good #PhDSky #Academia #HigherEd Prompting #9 Test prompt variations systematically and track effects for better results. You can use Excel to track this, putting large outputs into documents and linking to them directly, with a summary of how the results differ from past iterations.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

#GenAI #AI4Good #PhDSky #Academia #HigherEd Prompting #8 Ask for summaries and key points. Use external tools to manage long interactions. Use mind maps or wire frames to structure your project and outputs. Many of these platforms have share options.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

#GenAI #AI4Good #PhDSky #Academia #HigherEd Prompting #7 Use clear criteria (accuracy, coherence) and share the outputs with others for review & iterative improvement. Prompting can be a team rather than an individual exercise. Remember to share the prompt history.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

#GenAI #AI4Good #PhDSky #Academia #HigherEd Prompting #6 ABC: Use neutral language, test for bias, and explicitly constrain tone or content. If you're prompts are quite conversational or loose, the results will reflect this. If you ask for "enormous", you will get whales!!!

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

#GenAI #AI4Good #PhDSky #Academia #HigherEd Prompting #5 Balance examples with general instructions; diversify examples for flexibility. "War stories" are powerful tools in communication. Ask it to locate examples of [topic]. Ask it to look on specific social media channels if desirable.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

#GenAI #AI4Good #PhDSky #Academia #HigherEd Prompting #4 Direct the model to "Be concise" or "Avoid repetition" and adjust temperature and language. AI is criticized for writing in "LinkInEse" - Direct it to not use this kind of language. Insist on accuracy and full references /links.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

#GenAI #AI4Good #PhDSky #Academia #HigherEd Prompting #3 Restate context or goals in each iteration to maintain focus and consistency. State who the audience is and their level of expertise. Specify the language: can you use acronyms or do you need to explain every term?

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

#GenAI #AI4Good #PhDSky #Academia #HigherEd Prompting #2 Simplify prompts and break tasks into smaller, manageable parts. Ask for samples before running the full tasks. Modify based on the sample responses. Rinse & repeat!

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

#GenAI #AI4Good #PhDSky #Academia #HigherEd Prompting #1 Be clear about the task, output, and constraints. Use examples or step-by-step instructions. Specify the sources you want to see used. Exclude others.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

#GenAI #AI4Good #PhDSky #Academia #HigherEd Prompting is more of an art than a science, so here are a dozen pointers on how to improve your prompting. This is more appropriate to qualitative research, but many of them still work for quantitative elements. And as always, ABC: check your results!

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Sylvain Wallez @swallez.com · 08/12/2024

If you're considering using GenAI to write a conference proposal, watch this video first. And then don't use GenAI. youtu.be/XhKcelV7DBo

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Why your AI generated talk abstract was rejected for NDC Oslo - Einar Høst - NDC Oslo 2024

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

What exactly is "digital literacy"? In this article with the wonderful Helen Crompton, we explore literature & policies from the Web's 3rd phase to synthesize a modern definition. We also identify gaps in current definitions (e.g., GenAI). buff.ly/4iqsDD8 #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

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Synthesizing Definitions of Digital Literacy for the Web 3.0 - TechTrends

The increasing ubiquity of digital technologies in the twenty-first century has led to calls for education reform focused on digital literacy, but what exactly does this term mean? The concept of…

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

#GenAI #HigherEd #Academia #AcademicSky #AI4Good 4. I'm trying to evolve this model and have a detailed but incomplete mind map available if anyone is interested. The goal is an Open Education Resource (OER) free to anyone, with full attribution given to expert project contributors. Interested?

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

#GenAI #HigherEd #Academia #AcademicSky #AI4Good 3. 🎯 In the model, competency rules curriculum: this model champions skills, group tasks, personal innovation, not rigid define content, which is increasingly obsolete each year. Curricula act as skeletons on which students present their education.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

#GenAI #HigherEd #Academia #AcademicSky #AI4Good 2 ✨The topics in a spaceship model are connect and interact fluidly, like stars in a galaxy. Students get to chart their own personal journeys and be assessed based on knowledge & skills acquisition, collaboration, & creativity.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

#GenAI #HigherEd #Academia #AcademicSky #AI4Good How will GenAI alter education? 1 🚀 Education is leaving the linear path model where we guided students from A to B using set curricula with awards at the end to a spaceship model that is flexible, exploratory, co-created, and competency-driven.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

#AI4Good #GenAI #HigherEd #Academia A primary school teacher has started to use GenAI with young children with additional needs. One is using GenAI to teach himself maths. He is now designing his own education, albeit with guardrails from the teacher... Thoughts?

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#PhDSky #AcademicSky #Academia #HigherEd #AIinAcademia #AI4Research 12. When exploring research gaps with AI A Define the domain, key questions & audience B Refine your queries, by deep diving specific subtopics C Save the AI responses D Be critical; AI is fallible! E Link gaps to methodologies

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Gavan Watson, PhD @gavan.ca · 19/11/2024

I’ll admit: had not heard of “phenomenon based learning” before. Toolkit looks helpful.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#Academia #AcademicSky #HigherEd #AI4Research #PhDSky #11. Flip questions If you're still in the exploratory phase, ask AI about the exact OPPOSITE of the topic for review. "Rank studies on corporate social irresponsibility since 2010. Explain your ranking."

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#Academia #AcademicSky #HigherEd #AI4Research #PhDSky If you thought this stream of 10 posts on using AI in Research within Higher Education was useful, or want more on a specific topic, reply or drop me a chat. Thanks

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#Academia #AcademicSky #HigherEd #AI4Research #PhDSky 10: Be Critical! AI is just a tool and is fallible. ✅ Justify your use of A, even for searches ✅ Validate AI-generated content using approved sources. ✅ Use it to support - not replace - your academic rigour. ✅ Do your own thinking!

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#Academia #AcademicSky #HigherEd #AI4Research #PhDSky 9: Academic Integrity Check if/what use of AI or platforms like Elicit conforms with your institutions' policies. Discuss this with your supervisors. Be FULLY transparent on how - any why - you will use AI. Record all AI use (everything)

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#Academia #AI4Research #AcademicSky #HigherEd #PhDSky #8: Only dive deep once you have the full picture. “Summarize the relevance of [X] for [field or audience].” “Explain the significance of studying [X] in [Y].” versus "Can theories from fields like [V] offer insight on [X]"?

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#Academia #AI4Research #AcademicSky #HigherEd #PhDSky (Wish this was around when I started) #7: Use AI to find research gaps: - “What areas in [X] are underexplored?” “What future research for [X] did [Y] specify?” "Has [C] been pursued since 20xx?" Refine, squeeze, rinse & repeat!

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#Academia #AI4Research #AcademicSky #HigherEd #PhDSky 6: Drafting a Conference Paper “Write a 300 word abstract for a study on [X], on [methodology or findings].” Review and refine. Who is the audience? What do you want to achieve? Limit the AI search to your Notebook LM library.

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#AI4Research #Academia #AcademicSky #PhDSky #HigherEd 5: Build a Theory Map by asking : “Explain how [theory] applies to [X].” “Compare [Theory A] and [Theory B] in [Y].” "Find minority reports or contrarian theory on [X]" "Which authors have criticized [Theory A]?" "Who supports [Theory B]?"

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#AI4Research #Academia #AcademicSky #PhDSky #HigherEd 4: Explore methodologies using AI: - “How might qualitative interviews explore X since 2010?” “Find examples of mixed-method studies in Y?” "Find meta-analyses in Z" "Find critiques of methodology in studies on X / by U"

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

3: Annotated Bibliographies Made Easier Use AI to structure your (Zotero) bibliography: “Summarize key points from X in 1 paragraph.” “Group influential works on Y by methodology or focus.” "Pull the seminal papers from Z's bibliography" Ask for full references to make cross checking easy

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Kieran Hanrahan @kieran1965.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#Academia #PhDSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky #AI4Research #2: Developing a Literature Review Skeleton Ask Elicit, Litmaps, ResearchRabbit these questions: - 📚 “What are the seminal articles in [subfield]?” 🧠 “What are foundational studies on [topic]?” 📚 “Which frameworks are used in [subfield]?”

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