Digital Education at Brunel

Digital Education at Brunel University London @Bruneluni.

[Danielle M Hinton, SFHEA 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇹🇿 @hintondm]

A taxonomy of social media for learning 🆕

“The research paper aims to contribute to research on social media learning practices by developing a taxonomy to provide lecturers with a structured framework for effectively integrating social media platforms into teaching practices, thereby enhancing student engagement and learning outcomes. The TSML is rooted in previous taxonomies and organises learning objectives to align teaching, learning and assessment with the needs of the digital age. It does this by emphasising metacognitive processes and higher order thinking skills to prepare students for navigating complex digital environments. It also facilitates interactive learning experiences, bridging the gap between old and new technologies, moving from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0, and empowering students to shape their learning and create original work. Lecturers and students can use the TSML to analyse curriculum alignment, identify critical issues and exploit overlooked learning opportunities.”

[David Carless @CarlessDavid]

Student perspectives on feedback seeking: latest post from the talented @youngstephanie_ @HkuScape
https://t.co/DHS8bAFZhT

[UNIwise - Provider of WISEflow @UNIwiseDK]

Sulanie from @Bruneluni demonstrating the journey from an administrative nightmare to a fully supported process by using the WISEflow audit trail in our admin stream #WISEcon24

[Brunel University of London @Bruneluni]

Congratulations to Dr David Tree, who's been announced by the @BiochemSoc as the recipient of their 2025 Teaching Excellence Award for an Established Educator.
Read about his dedication to excellence in teaching, and his advocacy for inclusive education: https://t.co/6Glx8abrRv

[Brunel Research @BrunelResearch]

Prof Amanda Harvey's inaugural lecture, 'The Unplanned Career' will reflect on challenges of leadership, lessons learned & career highlights as a breast cancer biologist

📆 Thursday 25 April, 5.30pm

👉 Book: https://t.co/Lzd5HcEfo7

@bruneluni #research #FreeEvent #hybrid

[Chris Havergal @CHavergalTHE]

Lecture attendance now so low that some academics have started to openly question the future of the teaching method https://t.co/ywKPu8X1eV via @jgro_the feat @Rob_Briner @Leelum @eric_mazur

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Junior scholars: "I feel awkward citing myself"

Senior scholars: "as I cleverly argued (1988; 1991), admirably reiterated (1993; 1995; 1996); and handsomely concluded (2001; 2004; 2007)..."

[See me on LinkedIn - I've quit X (Phillip Dawson) @phillipdawson]

My read on this proposed Irish legislation: it criminalises students sharing assignments with each other (including uploading to sharing sites?) but it explicitly wouldn't be applied to situations where alternative approaches (e.g. academic integrity procedures) are in place

[See me on LinkedIn - I've quit X (Phillip Dawson) @phillipdawson]

Big news: our principles and propositions for assessment reform for a time of artificial intelligence are now published!

[Sue Beckingham 🎓 💻 💡 @suebecks]

New report from the House of Lords
Large Language Models and Generative AI
https://t.co/q64S3rCYUL

[Colin Loughlin @colinloughlin]

Senior Educational Technologist (Innovation)
🚨Don't miss out on this great career opportunity with the digital education team at Brunel (closes Monday 5th Feb) https://t.co/BrosHTqSXY #altc #m25ltg

[Rob Lennon 🗯 | AI Whisperer @thatroblennon]

You can't prompt an AI the way you would talk to a human.

Their "minds" work differently.

Humans are better at reading between the lines. AIs make a lot of assumptions.

To effectively prompt an AI:

1. Say exactly what you want
2. Provide background info
3. Use specific, unambiguous words
4. Run the prompt. See how it works
5. Tweak the parts that need tweaking

AND if your prompt is long, use markdown formatting and structure like:

# Headings and ## Subheadings
**bold words** for emphasis on what matters
ALL CAPS WORDS for variables or important concepts

You might not always notice the subtle difference in your results, but trust me...

After 1,000+ hours of prompting, I promise that being specific and clear is worth the effort.

[Christina Perouli @CristinaPerouli]

Amazing talk from @ProfSallyBrown and @kay_sambell on Moving towards more authentic assessment design at the annual UEL Learning and Teaching Symposium 2024!
@UEL_CELT @UEL_News

[Digital Education at Brunel @BrunelLearnTech]

Loving the practical demonstrations of AI Tools in Literature Searching by @UEL_News staff Kelly Travers and Ian Clarke.

[Digital Education at Brunel @BrunelLearnTech]

Brilliant presentation by @Bruneluni and @BangorUni on their research on #GenAI in #HigherEd 👏. Looking forward to seeing what’s next for the study!

[Digital Education at Brunel @BrunelLearnTech]

@PauldyOtermans showing where room for development is needed in terms of #GenAI in #HigherEd

[Digital Education at Brunel @BrunelLearnTech]

@neuronerdSB explaining some study findings showing what students feel they will be using #GenAI tools for in #HigherEd.

[Digital Education at Brunel @BrunelLearnTech]

Looking forward to @neuronerdSB and @PauldyOtermans, about to represent @Bruneluni at the @UEL_News Teaching and Learning Symposium with their talk “I’m a Chatbot, Ask Me Anything: Designing Learning Experiences with AI Tools”

[Digital Education at Brunel @BrunelLearnTech]

@ProfSallyBrown @kay_sambell

[Digital Education at Brunel @BrunelLearnTech]

We are at the @UEL_News Teaching and Learning Symposium 2024 and are loving the insightful sessions (this morning - feedback and co-creation, currently - authentic assessment from two engaging speakers).