🔜 Education International is bringing unions together in Madrid to put learners and teachers at the centre of AI in education. We are stepping up 🚸 to protect students 🛡️ to defend teachers 🌏 to shape the future Stay tuned! #AIinEducation #GoPublic
Cheryl Brown
@cherylbrown.bsky.social
Ally 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. Academic, Ōtautahi, Interested in all things Digital & Education. Esp digital equity & inclusion, youth, well-being and digital life.
Oh my. Only just discovered one of my all time fav digital teaching “go to’s” is on Bluesky. And I discover this with a fabulous link to my former CILT colleague #shanaligovender Thanks for the reshare. Following now!
Equity Unbound@equityunbound.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are replaying a past Intentionally Equitable Hospitality series. For 30 days, we will repost from a previous year, incl a video & an activity. Today is session 7 "Checking in and connecting with learners" by Shanali Govender myfest.equityunbound.org/month/may/da... #MYFest26
“Racial, gender and cultural biases are consistent features of generative AI systems, a product of the training data that is largely pulled from the web and therefore polluted with real-world biases which harm historically marginalized communities.”
Dr Matt Mahmoudi@docmattmoudi.bsky.social · 2mo agoSo we’ve been cooking up some thoughts on Gen AI at @amnesty.org and I’m ecstatic to finally see it out in the world! Our 🗝️ conclusion: standalone gen AI systems, built on unlawful web scraping, constitute mass invasions of privacy by design & should be prohibited www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
One small action that as a cis women we can do to object to this heinous bill. Along with emailing MPs and making a submission. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/e-... as
E Tū E Kī: They Don’t Speak for Us - Block the Definition of Woman Bill
The Government is progressing a Bill through Parliament that aims to limit the rights of transgender, non-binary, and intersex New Zealanders in the name of cis women, by defining “man” and “woman” (a...
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This is epic activism. Individual emails to every MP! Let’s get those submissions in against this despicable proposal www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
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CEO Johnny Cans@oldmatecans.bsky.social · 3mo agoEmail 1 to Steve Abel. Green.
Writing emails of support to MPs who are vocal allies is really important, too. They are on the front line, and trust me when I say that a kind word goes a very long way. They need strength for this fight, they need to know we see them and when they stand we are right behind them. #nzpol
#nzpol For those writing to MPs about the heinous bill on gender identity, this short piece on the scientific evidence that debunks the alleged biological binary might be helpful: www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
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First time at Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui. And Wow! What a gorgeous usable community space. Big people/ little people - working, reading, playing and just hanging out. Made the day “hanging around” for a passport interview just so enjoyable and relaxing.
On 15-17 April, Waitangi Tribunal is hearing the urgent inquiry into #NZ govt's decision to scrap #school boards' legal duty to give effect to #TeTiriti o Waitangi and reset #TeMātaiaho, the NZ Curriculum. #Māori #Racism #Culture #TeReo #curriculum open.substack.com/pub/aecnz/p/...?
The Urgent Waitangi Tribunal Hearing
YouTube links to the hearings
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Our Mr K was feeling very happy with himself this morning. New meds working well :-)
#1 Eldest child has been living very independently overseas. Forging ahead in their own life and identity. I miss them. We never talk about deep and meaningful stuff anymore. Then they reached out, cause they were going thru a tough time and missed home, and I felt all warm and fuzzy. 🥰
‘Green open access’ has existed for decades – and it’s not hard to get academics to use it more.
Thousands of paywalled research papers could be freed with this simple fix
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Disrupting colonial legacies in higher education: power, language, and identity in South African ODL curriculum www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Disrupting colonial legacies in higher education: power, language, and identity in South African ODL curriculum
The need to transform university curricula is a pressing issue for researchers, students and stakeholders in twenty-first-century higher education (HE) worldwide. In the Global South, particularly ...
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Ah yes… Erica Stanford’s way of “Fixing” education. Force all the politicised Atlas beliefs into children’s minds before they gain enough experience to realize only morally vacuous racist assholes believe that tripe. Great job, Erica! You’ve really taken on the Junior Goebbels role with gusto! 🤮
Mandy Hager@mandyh.bsky.social · 6mo agoMy, my, what a surprise :( www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
On International #EducationDay 2026, the #GEMReport will launch the 2026 Youth Report 'Lead with youth'. ℹ️ More info: bit.ly/4qk32ip ➡️ Attend in person: bit.ly/3ZhEJ8U ➡️ Attend online: bit.ly/3NqFIkz ➡️ Join the celebrations: bit.ly/458c9KS
ELDERS' STATEMENT | Elders warn against a return to a ‘might-is-right’ world “We are witnessing the breakdown of the long-standing principle that the use of force is justified only in self-defence.” Read in full: theelders.org/news/elders-...
And this hasn’t even touched on the AI slop issue and pressures of academic publication.
The Conversation AUNZ@aunz.theconversation.com · 7mo agoAcademic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.
Got my first e-reader (NOT Amazon) for Xmas. Signed up to CCC libraries. Emailed my “identity” stuff in and got all sorted almost immediately. Now I can access their digital collection and read to my hearts content. Thanks #Librarians for working during this in-between time.
Happily Xmas cookies all eaten! So got to try #Melomakarona for the “day after Xmas” baking. Thanks #SecretSantaAoNZ
After years of trying to push kids Christmas wake ups later by even 5 mins - here I am at lunchtime enjoying a glass of bubbly 🥂and wondering when we will open presents 🎁 😂
I’ve got to work on my “sous chef” and photo skills but had great fun making Besitos de Coco and Zimtsterne Xmas cookies.A nice complement of egg yolks and white for our very own girls. Thank you. #SecretSantaAoNZ. They don’t look great but are Yum! Great destress. 💕
Highlight of #SecretSantaAoNZ. That my gift “hit the right spot” esp for my Giftee with dietary considerations and brought them joy. Yippee.
Oh my 💕. My #SecretSantaAoNZ gifted me not just a Xmas baking set (and icing nozzles) but a folder of carefully curated cookie recipes from 25 countries! I can’t wait!! I can feel the stress disappearing already. Not to mention the festive bling which I shall wear to my afternoon workshop today.
Surrounded by CVE for years, I know this with certainty. No one should ever experience terrorism. Guns have no place in civil society besides tightly regulated hunting. No one should be targeted because of their faith. And the only long term solution to overcome hate is to love thy neighbour. 🧵1/2
Back home and unpacked my #SecretSantaAoNZ 🎁 under the 🎄tree. Promise I didn’t shake but something definitely tinkled 🎶. Love that my Santa had exactly the same wrapping paper as I had from a couple of years back.
Fascinating project underway by @neilselwyn.bsky.social and colleagues - please share with your academic networks! #AcademicSky
Neil Selwyn@neilselwyn.bsky.social · 8mo agoWe're running a very short survey to explore why academics are increasingly turning to GenAI to do things that they know/feel they should probably be doing themselves (e.g. write peer reviews, draft papers, data analysis etc.) - please share (or fill in!): redcap.helix.monash.edu/surveys/?s=L...