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#EdTech26 folks, it'd be great to welcome you back to campus later this month!

On 24th June, DCU will serve as a local hub for the #DigAcc26 conference. Participants from the greater Dublin area are welcome to join us at DCU to engage with the conference sessions together! Info and registration: www.dcu.ie/dcu-communit...

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Up first this morning: DCU's VPAA Lisa Looney and our morning keynote from Felicitas Macgilchrist speaking on "Fragile generations: Edtech as infrastructures of feeling". #EdTech26 @discoursology.social.coop.ap.brid.gy @iltasky.bsky.social

Very festive #EdTech26 conference dinner last night! Very nice to see our Pat's canteen all dressed up. Was a night of great chats and ideating. (Not pictured: post-dinner pints) Mighty craic!

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 03/06/2026

Ben Williamson's #EdTech26 Day 1 keynote: "Fabricating EdTech Futures: projecting, prototyping, pilot testing and product trialling" @benpatrickwill.bsky.social @iltasky.bsky.social

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The European Parliament is ditching Google as its default search engine in favor of French service Qwant. (That’s the one I use too!)

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European Parliament ditches Google for French search firm over privacy concerns

The switch lands as EU officials prepare a broader push to wean off US tech.

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My #Edtech26 poster: "Mapping the Messiness A worked example of thematic analysis for interpreting lecturers’ experience in a GenAI pilot study", based on my collaborative TA research with Seamus Campau (pictured). drive.google.com/file/d/1GhCr...

A conference poster on a Worked Example of Thematic Analysis

People talking around a conference poster

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Some exciting evidence and findings from my wonderful colleagues at the TEU, presenting their Rich Picture Research study on educators' perspectives on GenAI in T&L. #Edtech26

Irish Learning Technology Association @iltasky.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

You know you're off to a good start when Freire's quoted in the opening keynote, to reflect on what we can do to resist the corrosive extractionist hegemony of Big Tech. #Edtech26

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“Education is for the student to come to feel like the master of her own thinking” Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Freire, 1978 A timely reminder from @abeba.blacksky.app at #edtech26

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Dr Maren Deepwell @marendeepwell.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Lovely start to #edtech26 chaired with real warmth and panache by @kate-molloy.net and Rob Lowney - big kudos to the whole @iltasky.bsky.social team

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Irish Learning Technology Association @iltasky.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Prof Dáire Keogh welcomes us and reminds us at #edtech26 that teacher education began here at @dcuioe.bsky.social over 150 years ago, reflecting on the professionalisation and early beginnings of the scholarship of teaching and learning in Ireland.

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Irish Learning Technology Association @iltasky.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

@abeba.blacksky.app honoured to have you talk to us today at #edtech26 about AI in education. 🙏

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A cavalcade of luminaries opening today's #EdTech26 proceedings!

Steve Welsh @stevedotedu.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The buzz is palpable this morning at DCU for #EdTech26! Welcome all! Looking forward to this mornings sessions!

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Good morning from ATU's UDL conference! Lisa Padden's keynote, paraphrasing: if your institution is not actively practicing anti-racism, it's practicing racism.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 14/05/2026

Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’ 🎓 Most Changed Since Freshman Year: BackRub → Google From a dorm room experiment to organizing the world’s information. Some people really did peak after high school. More Class of ’96 ➡️ blog.archive.org/2026/05/07/c...

Yearbook-style page labeled "Most Changed Since Freshman Year" featuring a retro screenshot of the early Google search page, decorated with doodles and sticker-style labels tracing the name change from BackRub to Google; caption notes that no glow-up in internet history comes close.

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Steve Welsh @stevedotedu.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

At yesterday's #DigitalEd26 conference, Louise Drumm introduced us to the Scottish Tertiary Ed statement of principles on the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in learning and teaching: sites.google.com/view/scaiten...

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SCAITEN - ScAITEN statement of principles

Scottish Tertiary Education statement of principles on the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in learning and teaching From 2023 to 2026, SCAITEN developed a high-level statement on use...

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Irish Learning Technology Association @iltasky.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The programme has now been published for our #EdTech26 @iltasky.bsky.social conference, in @dcuioe.bsky.social on 3 & 4 June: ilta.ie/edtech-2026/... Reserve your place asap as we will close registration on May 15th 2026 ilta.ie/edtech-2026/...

Please register now and reserve your place if you have not already done so as we will close on May 15th 2026 for registration:

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Steve Welsh @stevedotedu.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Earlier this week, I was introduced to the Erasmus+ INFINITE project's AI Literacy Toolkit. A lot of good case studies in here. (But would prefer a downloadable version!) infiniteaihub.eu/interactive-...

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Interactive Toolkit

Media & Learning Association @medialearning.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

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✨Transnational Report, AI Literacy Toolkit, and Digital Hub✨ Learn more about the INFINITE project and how they reimagine and support #AI usage in #HigherEducation. Read the article by Katsiaryna Palishchuk, All Digital, Belgium. 📑

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INFINITE: Reimagining Higher Education with AI

by Katsiaryna Palishchuk, ALL DIGITAL, Belgium. We are pleased to announce the release of three key resources developed by the INFINITE project: Transnational Report, AI Digital Literacy Toolkit…

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Rob L @lwnyrb.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The #EdTech26 Conference at @dublincityuni.bsky.social on 3 & 4 June is gonna be the best conference you ever attend! You don’t want to miss out… so register before 15th May to join us for two days of learning, sharing and reflecting on all things digital in education: ilta.ie/edtech-2026/

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Neil Selwyn @neilselwyn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Does GenAI spell the death of the essay??? 📝 🤖 I spoke with assessment expert Thomas Corbin about the future of written assignments in the AI age, and why universities should rediscover the original spirit of essays as exploratory engagements with thinking. www.buzzsprout.com/1301377/epis...

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Does GenAI spell the death of the essay? - Education Technology Society

GenAI is changing the way that schools and universities think about student assessment. We talk to Thomas Corbin (Deakin University) about the future of the written essay in the era of AI, and ho...

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Steve Welsh @stevedotedu.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Coming late to the recent CTL discourse, so I'm just bookmarking the recent articles here, starting with Paul Schofield's "Why Pedagogy ‘Experts’ Are Wrong" in the Chronicle, April 22: www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

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Opinion | Why Pedagogy ‘Experts’ Are Wrong

In offloading pedagogical expertise to nonscholars, colleges degrade the classroom.

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Ellen Howley (@lnhowley.bsky.social ) from DCU's School of English discussing bringing diverse literary voices into the English curriculum in her talk: "Decolonising Reading Lists: Opportunities and Challenges" as part of DCU's Teaching and Learning Week Staff presentations.

Ellen Howley addressing audience. Slide title: "Decolonising Reading Lists: Opportunities and Challenges"

Ellen Howley addressing audience. Slide title: "Why decolonise reading lists?"

Ellen Howley addressing audience. Slide title: "Challenges"

Ellen Howley addressing audience. Slide title: "Benefits"

Inmaculada Gómez Soler presenting on "The Power of Language in Turbulent Times: Decolonising the Language Teacher Education Curriculum" - offering some practical advice for bringing questions of power and cultural assumptions into the language curriculum.

Barry Peak introducing the speaker. Title of slide "The Power of Language in Turbulent Times"

Inmaculada addressing audience: Slide title: "Whose Language? Whose Power?"

Inmaculada addressing audience. Slide title "The value of whose language? Whose power?"

Inmaculada addressing audience. Slide title: "Practical advice"

Sharing out this great guide discussed by Jennifer Fraser at this morning's T&L Week keynote: The University of Westminster Student Partnership Framework, which asks great questions about what reciprocal student-staff partnerships can look like in practice. cti.westminster.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

Reflective Questions for working in Partnership:
Values and Power, Practices and Resources, and Hopes and Dreams

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Day 1 of Teaching and Learning week at DCU is off to an exciting start with Jennifer Fraser and Kelsea Costin's opening keynote on decolonising the curriculum, showcasing the student-staff partnerships and community they've built at the University of Westminster. @psjproject.bsky.social

President Daire Keogh addressing audience

Dr Jennifer Fraser addressing audience. Slide content asks "what do we understand socially-just education spaces to be?"

Dr. Jennifer Fraser addressing the audience. Slide outlines socially just staff student partnerships

Steve Welsh @stevedotedu.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Hockney. Such a goof. Hope I still have such sterling wit at his age.

Steve Welsh @stevedotedu.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Apropos of nothing, here's David Hockney on the advent of Photoshop and its implications for photography as a medium. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAx_...

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David Hockney Interview: Photoshop is Boring

YouTube video by Louisiana Channel

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Hazel Farrell @hazelfarrell.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Today’s adventures for Day 2 of #edtech25 In great company on this lively discussion panel with Rose Baker @jamesosullivan.bsky.social @johnpegan.bsky.social @kenmccarthy.ie

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Rob L @lwnyrb.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Thrilled to bring the wonderful #EdTech conference to @dublincityuni.bsky.social in 2026, for its milestone 25th iteration. We’re looking forward to shaping an amazing conference experience for all, befitting this important anniversary! @kate-molloy.net @eam0.bsky.social @stevedotedu.bsky.social

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Steve Welsh @stevedotedu.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

We're absolutely thrilled to be hosting next year's conference at DCU! See you in Dublin! #EdTech25 ➡️ #EdTech26!

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Irish Learning Technology Association @iltasky.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

We’re led into our gasta talks by @gasta.me at #edtech25

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Steve Welsh @stevedotedu.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

DCU's Bláithín Duggan presenting the great work done by Patricia Flynn and herself on the Crucial Academic Training (CAT1) module they developed in Loop (Moodle) for first-year undergraduate music students. Well done Bláithín! #EdTech25

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Enhancing Academic Engagement: CAT1 (crucial academic training) and student support teams

Blaithin Duggan, Patricia Flynn

Dublin City University

‘Enhancing Academic Engagement: CAT1 (crucial academic training) and student support teams’ presents an undergraduate student-informed pilot project that aims to address the problem of engagement in higher education and the widening knowledge-gap between post-primary and higher education students. This paper presents the design, implementation, and qualitative and quantitative results of a 2024 student-informed case study at Dublin City University (DCU) Ireland, which resulted in two outcomes: a CAT1 online learning page and student support teams.

By combining learnings from an undergraduate student advisory group, the project was developed and piloted with twenty-eight first-year undergraduate music students in 2024. The project combines digital learning software Loop (powered by Moodle), a timetable plan, challenge-based learning, onsite learning environments (libraries, writing centres, student supports), student-led support teams, and four onsite seminars for targeted skill acquisition in six key areas: Timetabling; Navigating the DCU Library; Notetaking and Effective Reading; Academic Referencing; Critical Thinking and Academic Writing; and Assignment Writing.

The pilot project, informed by learning theory and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework (UDLL, AHEAD 2016) aimed to combat concerns surrounding student engagement and address the lost connections between students, their subjects, and wider university services to, ultimately, set students up for academic success.

Steve Welsh @stevedotedu.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Relieved to have my first Gasta in the rear view mirror! Twas indeed a roller coaster. Slides from yesterday's #EdTech25 lightning talk here: bit.ly/tokenstotoxinsgasta

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UL's David Moloney presenting on the comprehensive digital skills modules (Including AI literacy) UL develops (iteratively on an ongoing basis) for students across programmes. OER and more info available here: obsius.site/453y143t6q1g... #EdTech25

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DCU's prolific @donalmulligan.com presenting on the TOPIC model for referencing/attribution of student use of Gen AI sources in their work and research. See more on the TOPIC framework at donalmulligan.com/topic #EdTech25

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Moya Cronin presenting some fantastic research on HEI staff responses to Gen AI - proposing a hybrid model for change management. Was not expecting to see Freud's "mourning & melancholia" applied to institutional responses to Gen AI! #EdTech2025

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I'm slated for my first gasta later today to close day 1 of #EdTech25, and I've already got the sweats! 😰 Be merciful, @gasta.me! 🙏 ilta.ie/edtech-2025/...

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First time dipping my toes back in the decentralised online public sphere in... a while. The trauma pangs are real.

Irish Learning Technology Association @iltasky.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

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Students' Assembly on GenAl in Higher Education, Edinburgh Futures Institute student project, 2024. www.studentsassemblyongenai.com/principles #edtech25

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Principles | GenAI in HE

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Good morning from #EdTech25, where @jenr.bsky.social is reflecting on why GenAI is indeed 'so hot right now', and what it means for T&L and our future(s).

Steve Welsh @stevedotedu.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Love how small our little town is.