Hervé Didiot-Cook

Digital pedagogy, learning technology, active learning, accessibility and inclusion. 17 years @LSE. Working @Blackboard. My views only.

[Dr. Serge Zaka (Dr. Zarge) @SergeZaka]

https://t.co/ExmBiHeLSj continue d'innover, gratuitement et de façon accessible. Aujourd'hui, nous avons rajouter l'indice hydrique des sols sur l'ensemble de l'Europe pour 3 modèles sur 3 profondeurs de sol avec une prévision jusqu'à 9 jours (catégorie "sécheresse") !

Cela permet aux agriculteurs :
➡️d'avoir accès gratuitement à la contenance en eau de leur sol. Les différences de sols sont prises en compte.
➡️de gérer les excès et les déficits d'eau prévisionnels notamment pour les semis, la moisson ou encore l'accessibilité des pâtures.
➡️de connaître les besoins en eau du sol, de mieux piloter l'irrigation etc.

L'un des modèles vous est bien connu. Il vient du centre de recherche @czechglobe_offi dont je partage régulièrement les cartes en cas de sécheresse. Sa fiabilité n'est plus à prouver.

Ces indicateurs de sécheresse nous permettent ensuite de calculer la vitesse des croissances de plus de 50 espèces cultivées en non irrigué ainsi que la sensibilité accrue aux fortes chaleur en cas de sécheresse.

https://t.co/ExmBiHeLSj, c'est désormais près de 9000 combinaisons d'indicateurs agrometeo * modèles meteo. C'est gratuit. Enjoy !

#FrAgTw

[Thomas Lancaster @DrLancaster]

Move over Wikipedia! With the launch of Grokipedia, another source of truth is coming for student essays and written assessments. And, with it, all kinds of #techethics implications.

[Christos Genakos @CGenakos]

If you are to read ONE book on #AI make it the #Atomic #Human by @lawrennd so broad, deep and personal you will be amazed! Cannot recommend this enough!

[Donald Clark @DonaldClark]

Bryan's one of the few people in Higher Ed who really grasp what's going on in Higher Ed....

[Pierre Charbonnier @picharbonnier]

Le résultat de dix ans de travail acharné, empirique et théorique, qui revisite Foucault, Said, et l'histoire des sciences sociales.

Gildas Salmon est le meilleur d'entre nous !

[Thomas Lancaster @DrLancaster]

The International Day of Action for Academic Integrity is in full swing. Earlier we met the superhero "Role Model Radiance" (known in her unmasked identity as Professor Mary Davis) and heard about excellent student-led activity taking place around the world.

The panel considered ethical AI use in education raised a lot of concerns surrounding global injustice, hidden biases, exploitative development models, environmental impact, and moral damage. There were also academic concerns about eroding student skills and confidence, and considering how assessments are designed and integrity framed. Lots to think about, but this is a reminder of how GenAI isn't automatically accepted across education.

#academicintegrity #IDoA2025

[Sonar @SonarSource]

#SonarQube Cloud ➕ @SlackHQ = A better feedback loop. 🚀

Stop switching between tools and get quality gate alerts delivered directly to your Slack channels. Learn how to connect your projects to #Slack; check out the full video: https://t.co/ARBQngUtAC

#CodeQuality #Slack

[Thomas Lancaster @DrLancaster]

With the International Day of Action for Academic Integrity now complete (for 2025) what were my 5 top take-home messages from the 15 hours of live presentations? I've compiled this with help of Mary Davis' summary as I didn't quite manage to attend all 15 hours myself. #IDoA2025 #academicintegrity

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

In Search of Vygotsky: How the Zone of Proximal Development Became Education's Most Misunderstood Idea.
link in reply👇

[Sonar @SonarSource]

AI creates code in seconds. Verifying it takes too long. Automate code review with Sonar and build trust into every line.

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

At yesterday's Global EdTech Awards, https://t.co/Y9dPZiypQz won Best AI Tool in both Primary and Secondary categories, and was highly commended as Best EdTech Start-up: https://t.co/QSglm6jFQO. Glad to have been a tiny part of this as a member of the Advisory Board.

[Thomas Lancaster @DrLancaster]

Grok hallucinates about Grok!

This is interesting to me. I have a daily Grok task running to research new trends in technology and marketing from the past 24 hours.

The results are often good, but today Grok has gone off the rails when talking about the launch of Grok 3.5 on 12 September 2025 (spoiler - there was no such launch).

A #techethics thread about bots and #GenAI manipulation.

[Mr. El-Bonga @el_bonga]

Two fully-funded PhD positions in operations research and energy systems at the University of Liège in Belgium for those with background in Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Mathematics or similar fields.

Link: https://t.co/Vfy8xZgcw3

[George Siemens @gsiemens]

Education is becoming a play for all big LLM providers:
1. Google: https://t.co/Kxfp2U4Cej

2. OpenAI: https://t.co/LYx7FnzwbC

3. Anthropic: https://t.co/WkfAQa14oH

[Donald Clark @DonaldClark]

Over-egged on human exceptionalism but fascinating piece. Must read for any academic who teaches....
https://t.co/DxcKTL0gXN

[Jean-Michel Glachant @JMGlachant]

2.
Sam @sama dans @lemondefr

[Thomas Lancaster @DrLancaster]

My essay is much better with two more clicks!

[Prof Allison Littlejohn @allisonl]

Today at the Digtal Education Global Forum in Seoul, Korea I presented vulnerabilities experienced by professionals as they use digital technologies. Work funded by @UKRI_News with @Lou_Chisholm @eileenkennedy01 @uclknowledgelab @IOE_London

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

My new paper w/@b_mittelstadt @c_russl "Do LLMs have a legal duty to tell the truth?" We explore if developers need to reduce hallucinations, inaccurate & harmful outputs or what we term "careless speech"? We show who is liable for GenAI outputs. https://t.co/3vVVu202q8

[LSE Impact Blog @LSEImpactBlog]

Universities need more than off-the-shelf AI solutions

#GenAI https://t.co/zZGlNOShiq