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Dr Mary Jacob L&T

@maryjacob.bsky.social

Passionate about pedagogy Aberystwyth University L&T Enhancement Unit PGCTHE Coordinator, Lecturer in L&T https://wordpress.aber.ac.uk/e-learning/category/weekly-resource-roundup/

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ImpactWales@impactwales.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Did you know retrieval practice, or trying to recall previously taught material, is the single most robust learning strategy supported by research? Just thinking about the previous content can aid long term retention Take a look at our Covert Retrieval guide ⬇️ Contact us enquiries@impact.wales

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Dr Mary Jacob L&T@maryjacob.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Tonight! #LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social with Nathalie Tasler @drntasler.bsky.social on effective note-making looks great! Useful resources in the blog post too. lthechat.com/2025/09/19/l...

LTHEchat 336 Effective Note Making Systems from Paper to AI

Join us on Bluesky on Wednesday 24th September 2025 at 20:00 BST At the University of Glasgow we are in our first teaching week, the topic of note making, and its related systems see…

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Michael Webb@mwebb.bsky.social · 11mo ago

My colleague Sue Attewell leads our stream of work looking at staff and student perceptions of AI. In a new blog post the focus is with a group of pre-sessional international students. nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/09/0...

Student Perceptions 2025: Insights from a Group of Pre-sessional International Students at the University of Manchester - Artificial intelligence

How do international students preparing to study in the UK view AI? Sue Attewell spoke with a group of pre-sessional students at Manchester, mostly from China, about their hopes, worries and everyday ...

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Dr Mary Jacob L&T@maryjacob.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Useful article about transmission style lectures and the assumptions that both students and teachers have. The illusion of attendance: a critical study of large-class lectures" by @colinloughlin.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #AberPGCTHE #EduSky #AcademicSky

The illusion of attendance: a critical study of large-class lectures

Large-class university lectures remain commonplace, yet their educational value is contested. While the majority of criticism contrasts transmissive lectures with active learning pedagogies, this c...

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Dr Mary Jacob L&T@maryjacob.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Favourite article for #AberPGCTHE. In my seminar, they read Chew's article in advance. I start with quick retrieval practice of the 7 points. Then they type examples from their own experience into a shared doc and we discuss. My students are mostly new HE lecturers.

Blake Harvard@blakeharvard.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Choke Points and Pitfalls in Studying A review of an incredibly accessible and useful journal article for students and teachers alike. theeffortfuleducator.com/2022/01/27/c...

NationCymru@nation.cymru · last yr.

Academic staff working at Cardiff University have been so traumatised by the management of a hugely controversial cuts programme that some have contemplated suicide or having an abortion ✍️Martin Shipton

Cardiff University academics 'have considered suicide and abortion because of cruel cuts programme'

Martin Shipton Academic staff working at Cardiff University have been so traumatised by the management of a hugely controversial cuts programme that some have contemplated suicide or having an abortio...

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John Warner@biblioracle.bsky.social · last yr.

Essentially, "Here's your bespoke bot" should be read as, "Don't expect access to your professors or interaction with your classmates."

John Warner@biblioracle.bsky.social · last yr.

At this point, I would suggest as a general rule that the greater the embrace of this kind of approach to generative AI, the less invested the institution is in students actually learning something or having genuinely meaningful experiences. Students beware. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...

LTHEchat@lthechat.bsky.social · last yr.

2 days to go before the #LTHEchat this week! This week we will feature @louiserees.bsky.social who will consider “Exploring the use of Gen AI to visualise reflective accounts” Check out the blog for more details:

#LTHEChat 332 Can Gen AI tools adequately visualise written reflections?

Join us on Bluesky on Wednesday 4th June 2025 at 2000 BST Led by Louise Rees, Senior Academic Developer at Swansea University, @louiserees.bsky.social In teaching on a PG Cert teaching in HE progra…

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Dr Mary Jacob L&T@maryjacob.bsky.social · last yr.

“When you interact with an AI system repeatedly, the AI system is not just learning about you, you’re also changing based on those interactions,” said Hannah Rose Kirk, an AI researcher at the University of Oxford wapo.st/3Z9UBeg

Your chatbot friend might be messing with your mind

OpenAI, Meta and others want people to spend more time with AI chatbots, but there is growing evidence that they can hook users or reinforce harmful ideas.

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