Adam Finkelstein

20+ years expertise in learning spaces and digital learning environments, Assoc.Director at @McGillU. International speaker, dad and husband of @AndreaPrupas

[Adam Finkelstein @adamfdotnet]

I am truly honoured to be the 2024 Educause Community Award winner and be on stage this morning at #edu24. The great community is what makes all our work worthwhile. Thanks for everything! https://t.co/C4Qio41F9A

[McGill Teaching and Academic Programs @McGillTLS]

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[Adam Finkelstein @adamfdotnet]

Getting ready for my session “Assessment in the age of Generative AI”. 8AM. Room W185a. Hope to see you there! #ai #EDU23 #assessment #GenAI https://t.co/jFZylWihLF

[Adam Finkelstein @adamfdotnet]

Interested in talking about #learningspaces at #EDU23? Come join us at the Leaning Spaces Community Grouo in Rm W192 at 10:15-11 today! @TraceyBirdwell https://t.co/PZR51IJ4yC

[Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo]

In 2013, I wrote a book about educational myths.

I *didn't* include learning styles. Why?

Because even in 2013, so much research had already been published showing they were bunk. Didn't feel worth me going over it all again.

It's now 2023. What's in today's Financial Times?

[Adam Finkelstein @adamfdotnet]

@davecormier Learning styles is the zombie in education that just won’t die. There is no evidence to support it. It’s been discredited for decades but people just won’t let it go. Happy to provide studies when back at my desk. This one riles me greatly. Like a number if other leaning myths.

[Adam Finkelstein @adamfdotnet]

@drlauramackay @SJDJ @SFU @SFUteachlearn Thanks for the shout out! We keep adding more and more each year. #learningspaces is long term pedagogy work. Some of these spaces take years to complete. You are always welcome to a tour here at #mcgill next time you are in town. :-)

[Adam Finkelstein @adamfdotnet]

@gavatron @queensu This is grear Gavan. Love seeing the Canadian landscape of learning spaces evolving!

[Adam Finkelstein @adamfdotnet]

@SJDJ @drlauramackay @SFU @SFUteachlearn @SFUPhysics @sfusurrey What a fantastic evolution. Congrats on this it looks great! #learningspaces

[Adam Finkelstein @adamfdotnet]

A great thread from one of our very own #mcgill

[Andrew Piper @_akpiper]

My department asked me to give a brief talk about #GPT to them to help folks learn more about what's going on. Here are my #tips in distilled form.

[Phil Hill @PhilOnEdTech]

Holy crap - are you guys paying attention to how crazy this is?!

Dallas School District: invest in precrime AI: https://t.co/0GN1748WCX

U Waterloo Math Department: hold my poutine

[Adam Finkelstein @adamfdotnet]

When was the last time any adult actually did long division by hand? We say kids shouldn’t use calculators and need to learn the proper way. Then we never do it again. #AI pushes a rethink. #LearningImpact23

[Adam Finkelstein @adamfdotnet]

Last one from @gcouros “no one has ever change their life because they saw an amazing pie chart”. The power of stories. Love it. #LearningImpact23 (apologies to all the PowerBI lovers)

[Adam Finkelstein @adamfdotnet]

Another one from @gcouros “Kids don’t learn tech better than adults, they are just more willing to push buttons and try…” #LearningImpact23

[Adam Finkelstein @adamfdotnet]

Best @gcouros quote: “ Tradition is peer pressure from dead people..”. #LearningImpact23

[Adam Finkelstein @adamfdotnet]

Always excited to hear @gcouros. Great start at the #LearningImpact23

[Adam Finkelstein @adamfdotnet]

@gavatron My pet peeve as well. Learning styles is just a myth that just won’t die.

[Adam Finkelstein @adamfdotnet]

@learningtech @tmiket Doesn’t get more perfect than that. :-)

[Adam Finkelstein @adamfdotnet]

@polarisdotca @meganbarkerase @McGillTLS @mcgillu There is also a lot of active learning going on in large classes not in ALCs. Lots of polling, groupwork, two stage exams, etc.

[Adam Finkelstein @adamfdotnet]

@polarisdotca @meganbarkerase @McGillTLS @mcgillu Most definitely. We have many different active learning classrooms. You can see many of our recent renovated spaces on our website. Happy to chat more about our work. https://t.co/XjzN1RVyJb