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Work at the University of Exeter, as a Senior Learning Experience Designer. Basically I love anything to do with EdTech and Education. AVAMO.

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DAIR Institute The Distributed AI Research Institute is a globally distributed organization of academics, activists, and engineers conducting community-rooted research.

“It’s not true that AI is going to automate everything. It requires the manual and precarious work of millions of people.” Milagros Miceli, Research Lead

I'm just discovering the thought provoking work at the www.dair-institute.org where they are imagining alternative futures to the big tech hype.

27.10.2025 07:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A.I.’s Prophet of Doom Wants to Shut It All Down

If you feel pessimistic about the unstoppable march of AI, you might like this 'doomer' publication. Mr. Yudkowsky’s new book, “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” is available from all good bookshops, and a few bad ones.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/t...

15.09.2025 11:28 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

It's just an unwritten rule that you can only react once to any post in Teams. Now you can do up to 8. It's like Twitter upping the character limit from 140 to 280 chars. This is the beginning of the end. ;)

28.08.2025 11:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Three images with white hands stretching a new technology of a stretchable screen.  The pattern on it is distorted in different ways due to the stetches being applied.

Three images with white hands stretching a new technology of a stretchable screen. The pattern on it is distorted in different ways due to the stetches being applied.

I ❤️ Tech!

Bendable, stretchable screens from LG!

15.11.2024 06:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Rent, wage slips and interest rates may feature in new AQA maths test for pupils Exam board in England, Wales and Northern Ireland pilots tests that aim to show we ‘use maths all the time every day’

It’s 2024 and we’re still not embedding real world problems in examinations. This is long, long, long overdue.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

23.10.2024 07:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That's a bit harsh. This is a useful list for those that don't engage with parents & have need to. Whilst many students are independent & benefit from the separation, others do need long term family support. There is nothing wrong in making uni parent friendly when they are involved.

04.10.2024 05:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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The Internet Archive Lawsuit Marks an Ending At every turn, access to information is being cut off or paywalled. At what cost?

An interesting perspective about Libraries and the Internet Archive resources. Profit seems to be winning over access for all. artreview.com/the-internet...

23.09.2024 07:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My Dad's independently wealthy & absolutely does not need his Winter Fuel Allowance. Many of his mates are also retired& comfortably well off. Should the UK really keep paying money to people who don't need it? Is our problem with the morality of means-testing, or is it with the effectiveness of it?

18.09.2024 07:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I understand the rationale for banning mobiles in school, but for me it's like blaming water for drownings. Really the solution lies in education about the dangers and safeguards for those that aren't yet proficient. What about those who can ignore it, then use it to enhance learning when needed?

18.09.2024 07:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Bigger. Faster. Better. Thinner. Brighter. With the new Apple product launch this week, it’s not just the metals that are being recycled. Every product launch now looks the same.

12.09.2024 16:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

With his obsession with the letter X, Musk should have combined it with its former brand and renamed his platform Twix. I certainly got a couple of fingers to give him.

01.09.2024 06:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bland AI | Automate Phone Calls with Conversational AI for Enterprises Transform your enterprise communication with Bland AI. Automate inbound and outbound phone calls using AI that sounds human. Perfect for sales, customer support, and operations with customizable voice...

Just amazed at the interactive quality of this Bland AI phone bot. It gives you a call back. I told it that my students struggle to wake up on time and it proposed a solution. Scary good! www.bland.ai?utm_campaign...

01.09.2024 06:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Glad to have somewhere new to explore and interact with others. I'll be sharing exciting stuff I find in the world of EdTech and Education.

31.08.2024 15:29 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0