📖 What do we mean by “deep learning”? Educators mean reflection, meaning-making & transformation. But today, it often evokes neural networks & computational optimization. In a new paper, I explore what’s lost in this semantic slippage. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #AI #academicsky #philsky

Rethinking Deep Learning in Education: Toward Humanist Onto-Epistemologies in an Age of AI - Studies in Philosophy and Education

As artificial intelligence reshapes educational environments, it carries powerful epistemic assumptions—that knowledge is discrete, quantifiable, and best optimized through speed and scale. This paper...

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📖 What do we mean by “deep learning”? Educators mean reflection, meaning-making & transformation. But today, it often evokes neural networks & computational optimization. In a new paper, I explore what’s lost in this semantic slippage. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #AI #academicsky #philsky

Rethinking Deep Learning in Education: Toward Humanist Onto-Epistemologies in an Age of AI - Studies in Philosophy and Education

As artificial intelligence reshapes educational environments, it carries powerful epistemic assumptions—that knowledge is discrete, quantifiable, and best optimized through speed and scale. This paper...

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🏛️ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈? I have taken up this question in a new article titled 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒖𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓-𝑬𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒈𝒆 in 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #museumsky #academicsky #AI #attention #flourishing #artsky

🚨𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 "𝐄𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠" 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐝 Findings from our recent study—"𝘛𝘩𝘦 '𝘌𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨' 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯”—are in the May issue of American Journal of Arts Management (AJAM) 🔗 www.artsmanagementjournal.com/editions/vol... #academicsky

Volume 14, Issue 2, May 2026 — American Journal of Arts Management

Instructor Perspectives on Teaching Introductory Arts Administration/Management Courses to Students from Varied Backgrounds and Knowledge Bases The “Evolving” Crisis: The Precarious State Of The Art...

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📣 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑷𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔: 𝐀𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 I’m thrilled to announce I’ll be guest editing a special issue of the 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 (JPS) with Michael Quinn, at the invitation of editor @lauradol4.bsky.social Abstracts due September 11, 2026. 🔗 bit.ly/41Zxmoh

According to Humanities Indicators, humanities majors work across a wide range of sectors, earn substantially more than non-degree holders, & report high job satisfaction. The "unemployable humanities grad" is a myth. We need more humanists. #TalkAboutHumanities #TalkAboutSocialSciences

🎤 TODAY at @aeraedresearch.bsky.social I’ll be presenting a paper titled “Past Wisdom, Future Possibilities: Harnessing the Power of Deweyan Educative Aesthetic Experience in Challenging Times,” with findings from a recent pilot study @metmuseum.org If you’re here, come by! #academicsky #edusky

So honored to have presented my paper “Learning to see & attend in the age of distraction” this weekend at @pesgb.bsky.social at the picturesque @newcollegeoxf.bsky.social. What an extraordinary weekend of scholarship and community — officially my new favorite conference 🏆

📄 Had the honor of presenting my paper titled “Knower, Knowing, and Known: The Onto-Epistemological Unity of Aesthetic Experience” at the Metaphysical Society of America Conference at @yale.edu & wandered the gorgeous halls of the Humanities Quadrangle. Nerd heaven. @yalewhc.bsky.social // #philsky

📣 I’m delighted to share that I’ve been selected as a 2026 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 at @yale.edu! I am honored to join a wonderful community of educators exploring questions of meaning, flourishing & the good life in education. lifeworthliving.yale.edu/people/rebec... #academicsky #edusky

Rebecca Taylor | Life Worth Living | Yale Center for Faith & Culture

Rebecca Taylor is an educator and researcher exploring how engaging with works of art—slowly and attentively—can help students cultivate meaning, presence, and a life worth living.

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📍The Philosophy of Education Society 82nd Annual Meeting on the theme ‘To Be Rooted: Place, Education, and Ethics’ kicks off this morning in Pittsburgh. Looking forward to the next 3 days of educative experience. @philosophyofed.bsky.social #philsky #edusky

Beautiful snowy walk to tonight’s Bettman Lecture by Jo Applin, Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the History of Art, The Courtauld Institute on “Going Soft: Sculpture, Ageing, and the Sixties” Excited art nerd 🤓 📍 @columbiauniversity.bsky.social #artsky #academicsky #snowsky #nycsky

📍 AI+Education Summit @stanforduniversity.bsky.social // Hosted by @stanfordhai.bsky.social @stanfordeducation.bsky.social Let’s talk about human-centered, AI facilitated learning 🏫 🤖

📣 I’m pleased to share that my latest research article - 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬: 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 - has just been published in the 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Attracting and Engaging Teens: Lessons from Research and Practice

Teens have long been a challenging demographic for art museums, yet limited data make it difficult to assess whether visitation is actually declining. In this study, I used a four-part methodology ...

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📍Kicking off my first conference of the year: @apaphilosophy.bsky.social in Baltimore {will live skeet as much as possible — but may only be session titles & speakers) #philsky #easternapa

⚡️TFW you get your first paper/ journal acceptance of the year (JME) while en route 🚆 to your first conference (@apaphilosophy.bsky.social) of the year. Let’s do this 2026 🏁 #academicsky #philsky #edusky

New year, new reading challenge: 126 in 2026 📚 Will post finished texts with cover image in this thread 🧵 Book 1: Rainer Maria Rilke’s ‘Letters to a Young Poet’: A New Translation and Commentary by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy // cc @shambhala-pubs.bsky.social #booksky #bookchallenge #poetrysky

My year in books courtesy of @goodreads: 📚 155 books read (goal: 125) 📖 46,668 pages read 📓 Genres: philosophy, nonfiction, psychology 📆 Peak reading months: January, July, August (when the university is in recess) #academicsky #booksky #philsky #edusky

Rebecca Taylor FRSA@rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 2y ago

New year, new reading challenge: 125 in 2025 📚 Will post finished texts with cover image in this thread 🧵 Book #1: Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene (Experimental Futures) by Donna J. Haraway #booksky #philsky #academicsky #bookchallenge

✨ Publication Announcement ✨ “Re-presencing: A Pedagogical Framework for Ritualized Engagement with Art Grounded in Deweyan Experience” (2025) 🔗: muse.jhu.edu/pub/60/artic... I’m happy to share that I’ve penned an article for the latest issue of Education & Culture. #edusky #philsky #academicsky

📢 Announcement: "Dewey’s Salon" Launches in January 2026! The AERA Dewey Studies SIG announces "Dewey’s Salon," a new monthly online gathering dedicated to recent Deweyan scholarship. Each session will feature a short presentation by the author, followed by Q&A. #philsky #edusky #academicsky

Kicking of the “Crossroads of Research and Experience of Art (CREA)” workshop on Learning in and from Museums with some keynotes from the founders & organizers on their recent research findings 📍 IWM // @iwmtue.bsky.social #artsky #psychsky #museumsky #edusky #academicsky

🎙️Philosophy Colloquium: The Political Hazards of Perception in the Theaetetus with Amber Carpenter (Einstein Forum Potsdam/ @ox.ac.uk) joining us virtually @columbiauniversity.bsky.social Thank you for the wonderful paper & interesting philosophical discussion! #philsky #academicsky

🎙️🕥 Looking forward to presenting my paper “Recovering Kairos in Education: Cultivating ‘Timeless Time’ Through Ritualized Aesthetic Experience’ at the International Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE) Colloquium today! #philsky #philosophy #artsky #aesthetics #PhilEd #edusky #academicsky

Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits. It works in the minutest crannies and it opens out the widest vistas. It 'bakes no bread,' as has been said, but it can inspire our souls with courage…

⏳The AAHE survey on the state of arts on college campuses closes this Friday! If you work in Higher Education arts administration, please share your insights with us (or send to a colleague!) 🗳️ tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #highered #artsky #edusky

Rebecca Taylor FRSA@rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Arts Administrators in Higher Education (AAHE)—a network of arts leaders in Higher Education who champion & facilitate #arts engagement on their campuses—has launched a #survey on the State of Arts in #HigherEd. 🗳️Pls share your insights: tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #academicsky #edusky

On Thursdays, we philosophize… Colloquium 1 of 2: Daniel Hausman (University of Wisconsin-Madison) on “Health and Well-Being: Some Complications” 📍Philosophy Hall, @columbiauniversity.bsky.social #philsky #academicsky #edusky

Confession: Philosophy is my coping mechanism, especially during crazy times like these. 🎧 @onbeing.bsky.social @philosophybites.bsky.social @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social @apaphilosophy.bsky.social #philsky #academicsky

🏫 UNGA Healing Arts Week: Research Symposium at NYU The annual research symposium is presented by NYU Steinhardt as part of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab’s UN General Assembly (UNGA) Healing Arts Week. cc @lmtischfund.bsky.social @who.int @neuroartsblueprint.bsky.social

Arts Administrators in Higher Education (AAHE)—a network of arts leaders in Higher Education who champion & facilitate #arts engagement on their campuses—has launched a #survey on the State of Arts in #HigherEd. 🗳️Pls share your insights: tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #academicsky #edusky

John Dewey hits hard the morning after another horrific example of political violence 💔 “Democracy is the belief that even when needs and ends or consequences are different for each individual, the habit of amicable cooperation..