iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

RIP Jane Goodall, by all accounts a wonderful woman who loved this Far Side cartoon

Sonya @mcchristie.com · 03/09/2025

I was at the #RIDLHE conference at Northumbria today, where a live podcast was being recorded with many of the presenters and participants. Listen here: www.pedagodzilla.com/ridl-he-conf...

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RIDL HE Conference

Here is a compilation of the seven interviews with eight people Mark conducted with participants at the Research in Digital Learning Conference at Northumbria University today (3rd September 2025) …

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Sonya @mcchristie.com · 09/07/2025

Good article from Helen Beetham in the Berliner Gazette on the actual challenges generative AI presents to higher education, and what we need to do to educate students in the new paradigm. berlinergazette.de/after-expert...

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After Expertise: Why Get an Education When You Can Get a System Upgrade?

There is a widespread belief that ‘humanity has irrevocably ruined the planet’ and that it is time for a higher form of intelligence to take control. The AI industry promises salvation by seeking to r...

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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

-chefs can use ready meals to save time on cooking -zoos can use stuffed toys to save money on animals -bars can serve piss and cut out the middle man

BBC News screenshot shows a woman working at a computer: “Teachers can use AI to save time on marking, new guidance says”

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“The government says Al should only be used for "low-stakes” marking””

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Sonya @mcchristie.com · 25/02/2025

Good article here from LSE on universities who have ditched the bird site. While it may seem disappointing that it is so few, work like this is needed to put pressure on them to make changes in the right direction. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

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UK Universities are reluctant to break a toxic social media relationship

Andy Tattersall presents new data on the extent to which UK universities are continuing to engage with X and shifting their activities to alternative social media platforms. Whether universities sh…

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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I don’t think I posted on Bluesky the Dolmen that still stands just around the corner from where I grew up but I didn’t properly appreciate until about two years ago. It is ooooold. #TombTuesday #Dolmen

DOLMEN, PORTAL TOMB,
Circa 2,500 BCE. In a green field under grey misty sky in May 2023, with terraced two storey houses in the background. Ballybrack, Dublin county, Ireland.

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Sonya @mcchristie.com · 14/02/2025

While I'm here posting at the end of the day, I would just like to tell everyone that last week I was invited to speak at our conference for Online Instructors. The OI Conference. The 'oh aye' conference! As a Scot this delighted me more than you can possibly imagine.

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Sonya @mcchristie.com · 14/02/2025

Ooh, I updated my Bluesky account to point to my own domain using AT Protocol. That's nice, now you *know* it's really me!

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Seb Falk @sebfalk.com · 03/02/2025

UK writers: if you haven't yet responded to the government's AI consultation (& don't feel like giving away your copyright), the @alcs-uk.bsky.social have produced some really helpful advice ⤵️ www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...

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Your rights are under threat from AI. It’s time to have your say!

The Government recently launched a consultation on AI and copyright. Now is the time to have your say and make sure that legislators hear the concerns of creators.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Really fascinating interview with the great philosopher on gender, Judith Butler. One line really stands out for me, when they describe far right supporters emotion : ‘I call it a nostalgic fury for an impossible past.’ english.elpais.com/culture/2024...

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Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’

A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world

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Sonya @mcchristie.com · 03/02/2025

I’m really torn on Bluesky vs. Mastodon. I’ve been a fan of Mastodon for years, very aligned with it ideologically, but the harsh truth is that there’s no bugger there. At least Bluesky doesn’t feel like screaming into the void.

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Sonya @mcchristie.com · 03/02/2025

Useful website for digital services and products hosted in the EU, instead of the US. You know. Because reasons. european-alternatives.eu

european-alternatives.eu

Homepage | European Alternatives

We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.

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Sonya @mcchristie.com · 29/01/2025

This has been a good discovery this morning, and a very useful resource. The #UCU Branch at Queen Mary University of London has been collating a list of redundancies and cuts across the UK HE sector: qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...

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UK HE shrinking

This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…

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Every Book @everybook.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Today’s a special day—it’s Virginia Woolf’s birthday! 🎉✨ I’m 100% sure you’ve either read or have these on your list: Mrs. Dalloway - tinyurl.com/ywedb6nr To the Lighthouse - tinyurl.com/mwu5upr2 Orlando - tinyurl.com/2vxm9njk Any #VirginiaWoolf fans here? Which of her books do you love most? 📚💙

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Sonya @mcchristie.com · 21/01/2025

In an effort to be more #BookSky and less tech and ed, I recently finished After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz. A semi-fictionalised history of the lesbian / feminist movement at the turn of the 20th century, and a timely reminder that progress is not linear. Apropos of nothing.

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Sonya @mcchristie.com · 29/11/2024

TIL: The government spent / wasted (delete as appropriate) almost £3 million giving public sector bodies ‘free’ portraits of the king. 475 UK HE institutions were offered a portrait, only 35 accepted. The second lowest take up rate at 7.4%.

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Sonya @mcchristie.com · 28/11/2024

I've just used Sky Follower Bridge in Firefox to find 69 people I used to follow on *that* old site, you know the one with the fascists, and follow them over here. Quick and easy, highly recommend. addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...

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Sky Follower Bridge – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download Sky Follower Bridge for Firefox. Instantly find and follow the same users from your Twitter follower on Bluesky.

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Josh Thorpe @joshthorpe.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Resist AI? I’m glad people are making the case. I don’t agree with total refusal, but caution, critical literacy, a minimalist approach, and abstinence often. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view... #aieducation #aiedu #edusky #criticalailiteracy #aiforstudents #academicskills #highereducation

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Burn it down: a license for AI resistance (opinion)

Resistance is not futile, Melanie Dusseau writes.

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Sonya @mcchristie.com · 19/11/2024

About me: I’m Sonya McChristie, a learning technologist working in UK Higher Education. I am currently at the University of Sunderland where I manage the Learning Design Team and teach on our PG Cert HE. #TEL #EdTech #LearningTechnology #Education

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Sonya @mcchristie.com · 19/11/2024

Everything old becomes new again… and so, hello Bluesky. It seems like a nice, friendly space. Let’s hope it stays that way!

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