actualham
@robinderosa.net
public university library director; prof & pedagogue; exhausted by all this, retaining my humanity by hanging out with my dogs. NH, USA. Join me on Mastodon, the water is nice: https://social.coop/@actualham
The AI+OER Institute starts Friday. Two half-days. Virtual. FREE. Two tracks: Applied Pedagogy & Ethical Accountability. Robin DeRosa opens by asking where AI's promise of democratization runs against the equity goals the open movement was built on. Info/register: cptc.libguides.com/TLC/AIOER2026
LibGuides: Teaching & Learning Center: 2026 AI+OER Institute
Use this guide as a central hub of information from the TLC
cptc.libguides.com
Ending clock changes. But which direction should we reset the clock? (The science says Congress is getting it wrong) open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
Ending clock changes. But which direction should we reset the clock?
The science says Congress is getting it wrong
open.substack.com
#OENEngage26 #BrightIdeas with @robinderosa.net @openednetwork.bsky.social Open Education is primed to meet the moment. #jojodoodles
People who keep pointing out that golf courses use as much water as data centres as some sort of defence of data centres drastically underestimate the amount we also hate golf.
I love how this makes it seem like they stopped monitoring RFK Jr
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4w agoCDC stopped monitoring parasite now causing explosive diarrhea across the country
GOOD READ! To the Trans Girl Who Just Lost at the Supreme Court: So Did I 26 Years Ago A letter to Becky Pepper-Jackson about yesterday's trans sports case defeat medium.com/prismnpen/to...
To the Trans Girl Who Just Lost at the Supreme Court: So Did I 26 Years Ago
A letter to Becky Pepper Jackson about her trans sports case defeat at SCOTUS yesterday
medium.com
Headed with members of our Open Education Network team to the #OER26 conference in the UK next week. So excited! Here is a sneak peek of the session we will be presenting, "Community-Driven Systemic Change." altc.alt.ac.uk/blog/2026/06... #OER #HigherEd @OpenEd_Network@mastodon.social
Community-Driven Systemic Change in Open Education
by Robin DeRosa, Executive Director, Open Education Network Several of my colleagues from the Open Education Network will be joining me at the OER26 conference next week in Milton Keynes to lead a …
altc.alt.ac.uk
Everyone who is scared of cities and multiculturalism is a loser.
Rav@rvbdrm.com · 2mo agoNew Yorkers singing Empire State of Mind
To say that I am not a fan of AI in education is both a gross understatement and a massive oversimplification, but perhaps still useful shorthand as I let you know that I will be keynoting this AI + OER Institute in August. It is free, virtual, and open to all: cptc.libguides.com/TLC/AIOER2026
LibGuides: Teaching & Learning Center: 2026 AI+OER Institute
Use this guide as a central hub of information from the TLC
cptc.libguides.com
Florida uses public universities to build conservative civics pipeline ahead of ‘America 250’ prismreports.org/2026/05/06/a...
Florida uses public universities to build conservative civics pipeline ahead of ‘America 250’
Several civics centers opened in Florida as part of the Department of Education’s America 250 Civics Education Coalition to “renew patriotism”
prismreports.org
“The hackers claim to have stolen students’ names, their personal email addresses, and messages sent between teachers and students — the same type of data Instructure admitted was stolen.”
Hackers steal students' data during breach at education tech giant Instructure | TechCrunch
The data breach at education tech giant Instructure includes students' private data, according to a sample of the allegedly stolen data seen by TechCrunch.
techcrunch.com
Not to "Actually...." here, but actually, it was the current Vice President that compared Trump to Hitler.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoHASNIE: There does seem to be a normalization of rhetoric about assassinating this particular president. How can this administration put an end to this? LEAVITT: We need to recommit ourselves as a country to toning down the rhetoric. Democrats compare him to Hitler. These are despicable statements
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
There's a lot of talk about leaving Substack & whether it will be the death-knell of your newsletter. I have been on Beehiiv for 7 months now & @tlpavlich.gay helped me run some numbers. So, was leaving Substack worth it? The answer, for me, has been a resounding "yes." Here are the hard numbers:
seven months on beehiiv, by the numbers
was leaving substack worth it?
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An illustrated guide to resisting "AI is inevitable" in education buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/an-illustr...
An illustrated guide to resisting "AI is inevitable" in education
Enough, enough, enough
buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com
Thousands of AI‑written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell’s ‘novel‑writing machines’ theconversation.com/thousands-of...
Thousands of AI-written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell’s ‘novel-writing machines’
In ‘1984,’ George Orwell envisaged a world in which books were a mass-produced commodity no different from ‘jam and bootlaces.’
theconversation.com
Library on Quebec-Vermont border gets new entrance after U.S. limited access for Canadians www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
Library on Quebec-Vermont border gets new entrance after U.S. limited access for Canadians
The century-old library in Stanstead, Que. that straddles the Canada-U.S. border now has a new door so Canadians can get in after the U.S. limited entry to the building last year.
ctvnews.ca
"Put simply, 'child care or war' is a false choice. The U.S. has the money to pay for child care, even if we are also funding a costly, unpopular and arguably unconstitutional war. That money is just stuck in the wrong hands." My latest for @ms.now : www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Trump says the U.S. cannot afford child care in wartime. History says otherwise.
The U.S. government did “take care of day care” once – and used the defense budget to pay the bill.
ms.now
Luanne James is an American hero. Anyone know where we can send donations to support her? www.wsmv.com/2026/04/01/r...
Rutherford County library director fired over LGBTQ book controversy
Former director refused to relocate 132 books with LGBTQ themes to adult section
wsmv.com
Happy trans day of visibility, here is a wrasse design I made awhile ago because all wrasses change sexes as they age.
Once again, the stock market is not "the economy;" it's a mood ring for the plutocracy
CNBC@cnbc.com · 4mo agoDow rises 400 points after Trump says U.S. in 'serious' talks to end operation in Iran: Live updates
“It is not that AI is taking our jobs per se, but that AI is being prioritized over many of our jobs.”
Faculty Push Back Against OpenAI Deals
As higher ed institutions pay tech companies millions to provide students and faculty access to custom AI-powered tools, some faculty in Colorado and California are pushing back.
insidehighered.com
AI company: we trained this dog to talk. It doesn’t actually understand language, but it kinda sounds like it’s having a conversation by mimicking the sound of human speech. CEO: awesome, I’ve fired my entire staff, how quickly can it start diagnosing medical disorders
Wikipedia does what is essentially a full ban on AI content: www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...
Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content
“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”
404media.co
A court ordered Trump’s Department of Education to roll back its anti-DEI efforts. Why haven’t universities reversed course? prismreports.org/2026/03/19/d...
Education Department was ordered to roll back its anti-DEI efforts. Why haven’t universities reversed course?
Last month, the department conceded it could not make universities’ race-conscious efforts illegal, but schools nationwide have yet to reinstate DEI efforts
prismreports.org
