Gabi Witthaus
@gabiwitthaus.bsky.social
UCL Research Fellow - Education in Contexts of Mass Displacement. Learning Designer at University of Birmingham. Consultant. Researching and doing online learning + equity. Refugees. Open access. PhD, SFHEA. Location: Leicester UK and virtually everywhere.
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Understanding Education in Conflict and Crisis Settings - Online Course
Discover tools to support learners in conflict and crisis settings and the teaching strategies that consider their complex needs, from University College London.
www.futurelearn.com
I am delighted to share that the CoMOOC, Understanding Education in Conflict & Crisis settings by UCL + Inclusive Ed Foundation Thailand, is now on FutureLearn! We will be announcing a facilitated run soon! #codesign #MOOC #refugees #teachereducation www.futurelearn.com/courses/unde...
New blog post by Elaine Chase for the #CoMOOCs project. Reporting on a webinar for the Understanding Education in Conflict and Crisis Settings MOOC, and reflecting on the implications of #USAID withdrawal. reflect.ucl.ac.uk/learning-and...
The Politics of ‘Diversity Scholarships’: Launching a Teacher Professional Development Pathway for Educators from Myanmar – CoMOOCs for Transformative Professional Development
reflect.ucl.ac.uk
February 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
New blog post by Elaine Chase for the #CoMOOCs project. Reporting on a webinar for the Understanding Education in Conflict and Crisis Settings MOOC, and reflecting on the implications of #USAID withdrawal. reflect.ucl.ac.uk/learning-and...
Reposted by Gabi Witthaus
Open access collaboratively co-authored, 111-page guide to the doctoral supervision process, packed with insights and advice for both doctoral students, and new and experienced doctoral supervisors.
#ResearchCulture #ResearcherDevelopment #PhDSupervision
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#ResearchCulture #ResearcherDevelopment #PhDSupervision
supervisingphds.wordpress.com/2025/02/11/t...
The GO-GN Guide to Doctoral Supervision: Insights and Strategies for Success
By Rob Farrow, senior researcher at the Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University (UK) and Co-Director of GO-G, and Michele Jacobsen, Professor in the Learning Sciences at the Univer…
supervisingphds.wordpress.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Open access collaboratively co-authored, 111-page guide to the doctoral supervision process, packed with insights and advice for both doctoral students, and new and experienced doctoral supervisors.
#ResearchCulture #ResearcherDevelopment #PhDSupervision
supervisingphds.wordpress.com/2025/02/11/t...
#ResearchCulture #ResearcherDevelopment #PhDSupervision
supervisingphds.wordpress.com/2025/02/11/t...
Reposted by Gabi Witthaus
📢 #CfP "Digital Pasts and Futures: Internet Histories, Digital Interculturality and Reimagining Digitality" - Online Conference
Join us 23-24 June 2025
Submit by 28 Feb 2025
Keynotes: Valérie Schafer, @sesamescholar.bsky.social, @ethanz.bsky.social, Ramesh Srinivasan
hub.redico.eu/call-for-pap...
Join us 23-24 June 2025
Submit by 28 Feb 2025
Keynotes: Valérie Schafer, @sesamescholar.bsky.social, @ethanz.bsky.social, Ramesh Srinivasan
hub.redico.eu/call-for-pap...
February 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
📢 #CfP "Digital Pasts and Futures: Internet Histories, Digital Interculturality and Reimagining Digitality" - Online Conference
Join us 23-24 June 2025
Submit by 28 Feb 2025
Keynotes: Valérie Schafer, @sesamescholar.bsky.social, @ethanz.bsky.social, Ramesh Srinivasan
hub.redico.eu/call-for-pap...
Join us 23-24 June 2025
Submit by 28 Feb 2025
Keynotes: Valérie Schafer, @sesamescholar.bsky.social, @ethanz.bsky.social, Ramesh Srinivasan
hub.redico.eu/call-for-pap...
Audrey Watters always nails it. In the face of all the horrors she points to, the comment from @dougbelshaw.com provides a glimmer of hope: "I do remain hopeful for open source LLMs trained on publicly-auditable data".
Every @audreywatters.bsky.social newsletter fills me with a mix of alarm and righteous anger and that combination is - oddly enough - hugely energizing when it comes to digging in and fighting for the values that I think help humans thrive. 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/the-coup/?re...
The Coup
That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some directi...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Audrey Watters always nails it. In the face of all the horrors she points to, the comment from @dougbelshaw.com provides a glimmer of hope: "I do remain hopeful for open source LLMs trained on publicly-auditable data".
"Now is the time... to imagine a world in which government supports health and education for all, where we all live without fear, knowing that our interconnected lives are equally valuable."
“An exhilarated hatred now parades as freedom, while the freedoms for which many of us have struggled for decades are distorted and trammeled as morally repressive ‘wokeism’.”
Judith Butler on the first few weeks of Trumpism
Judith Butler on the first few weeks of Trumpism
Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler
Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"Now is the time... to imagine a world in which government supports health and education for all, where we all live without fear, knowing that our interconnected lives are equally valuable."
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#ElonMusk is working to shut down the foreign aid agency #USAid, the world’s largest single donor. It disbursed in 2023 $72bn of assistance on everything from women’s health in conflict zones to access to clean water, Aids treatments etc www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #DonaldTrump #Republicans
Elon Musk says USAid is ‘beyond repair’ and he is working to shut it down
Billionaire says in social media talk that Donald Trump agrees the world’s largest single donor should be shut down
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#ElonMusk is working to shut down the foreign aid agency #USAid, the world’s largest single donor. It disbursed in 2023 $72bn of assistance on everything from women’s health in conflict zones to access to clean water, Aids treatments etc www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #DonaldTrump #Republicans
Great conference theme this year: Compassion, collegiality and communities in higher education: Challenging the Discourse.
SRHE 2025 conference call open - deadline 15th of May.
It's in Nottingham again!
srhe.ac.uk/internationa...
It's in Nottingham again!
srhe.ac.uk/internationa...
International Conference 2025 | Society for Research into Higher Education
srhe.ac.uk
February 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Great conference theme this year: Compassion, collegiality and communities in higher education: Challenging the Discourse.
Free, facilitated course for teachers in conflict and crisis settings, 3-21 Feb, with @eileenkennedy01.bsky.social @thinksitthrough.bsky.social #refugees #displacement #mooc reflect.ucl.ac.uk/learning-and... Please share widely!
Free, facilitated course for teachers in conflict and crisis settings, 3-21 Feb – CoMOOCs for Transformative Professional Development
reflect.ucl.ac.uk
January 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Free, facilitated course for teachers in conflict and crisis settings, 3-21 Feb, with @eileenkennedy01.bsky.social @thinksitthrough.bsky.social #refugees #displacement #mooc reflect.ucl.ac.uk/learning-and... Please share widely!
Join our webinar on Friday 31st Jan - we'll be talking about our latest CoMOOC, co-designed by UCL and InEd in Thailand/ Myanmar: Understanding Education in Conflict and Crisis Settings. reflect.ucl.ac.uk/learning-and... @eileenkennedy01.bsky.social @thinksitthrough.bsky.social
Webinar – Understanding Education in Conflict and Crisis Settings – CoMOOCs for Transformative Professional Development
reflect.ucl.ac.uk
January 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Join our webinar on Friday 31st Jan - we'll be talking about our latest CoMOOC, co-designed by UCL and InEd in Thailand/ Myanmar: Understanding Education in Conflict and Crisis Settings. reflect.ucl.ac.uk/learning-and... @eileenkennedy01.bsky.social @thinksitthrough.bsky.social
Reposted by Gabi Witthaus
Call for Chapters: Rethinking Education and Agency in the Age of Human-Generative AI Interaction
(The call is open until February 15, 2025)
www.igi-global.com/publish/call...
(The call is open until February 15, 2025)
www.igi-global.com/publish/call...
Call for Chapters: Rethinking Education and Agency in the Age of Human-Generative AI Interaction | IGI Global Scientific Publishing
www.igi-global.com
January 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Call for Chapters: Rethinking Education and Agency in the Age of Human-Generative AI Interaction
(The call is open until February 15, 2025)
www.igi-global.com/publish/call...
(The call is open until February 15, 2025)
www.igi-global.com/publish/call...
This co-designed MOOC aims to support teachers working in contexts of conflict, crisis and #displacement. Co-designed with teachers in refugee camps and migrants learning centres on the Thai Myanmar border.
This free online course is offered by @uclknowledgelab @IOE_London colleagues Diana Laurillard & @eileenkennedy01.bsky.social Co-designed with teachers from Thai-Myanmar, building on work with teachers in Lebanon, it features a chatbot supporting reflection www.futurelearn.com/courses/unde...
https://futurelearn.com/courses/unders…
January 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This co-designed MOOC aims to support teachers working in contexts of conflict, crisis and #displacement. Co-designed with teachers in refugee camps and migrants learning centres on the Thai Myanmar border.
Reposted by Gabi Witthaus
This free online course is offered by @uclknowledgelab @IOE_London colleagues Diana Laurillard & @eileenkennedy01.bsky.social Co-designed with teachers from Thai-Myanmar, building on work with teachers in Lebanon, it features a chatbot supporting reflection www.futurelearn.com/courses/unde...
https://futurelearn.com/courses/unders…
January 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This free online course is offered by @uclknowledgelab @IOE_London colleagues Diana Laurillard & @eileenkennedy01.bsky.social Co-designed with teachers from Thai-Myanmar, building on work with teachers in Lebanon, it features a chatbot supporting reflection www.futurelearn.com/courses/unde...
Reposted by Gabi Witthaus
For those educators just joining Bluesky, I have a List containing a growing collection of educators in higher education. May help you identify interesting [eople to extend your new network. Follow the link to access bsky.app/profile/did:... #LTHEchat
January 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
For those educators just joining Bluesky, I have a List containing a growing collection of educators in higher education. May help you identify interesting [eople to extend your new network. Follow the link to access bsky.app/profile/did:... #LTHEchat
I am delighted to share that the CoMOOC, Understanding Education in Conflict & Crisis settings by UCL + Inclusive Ed Foundation Thailand, is now on FutureLearn! We will be announcing a facilitated run soon! #codesign #MOOC #refugees #teachereducation www.futurelearn.com/courses/unde...
Understanding Education in Conflict and Crisis Settings - Online Course
Discover tools to support learners in conflict and crisis settings and the teaching strategies that consider their complex needs, from University College London.
www.futurelearn.com
January 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I am delighted to share that the CoMOOC, Understanding Education in Conflict & Crisis settings by UCL + Inclusive Ed Foundation Thailand, is now on FutureLearn! We will be announcing a facilitated run soon! #codesign #MOOC #refugees #teachereducation www.futurelearn.com/courses/unde...
Reposted by Gabi Witthaus
I’m making a comeback by explaining why I stopped blogging patthomson.net/2025/01/01/p...
Patter is back
Patter has been missing in action since the end of August. A bad case of blogging burn-out you might ask? Well, yes that’s true. I have been writing this patter thing for twelve years and I did hav…
patthomson.net
January 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I’m making a comeback by explaining why I stopped blogging patthomson.net/2025/01/01/p...
Reposted by Gabi Witthaus
Next Wednesday 8/1/25 it’s the 1st all BlueSky Tweetchat on aiming for more authentic feedback in HE led by @kaysambell.bsky.social and me! If you’ve never tried it, the format is simple: one blogpost in advance, 6 questions at intervals, 1hour, lots of global participation&fun! Join us at 8pm GMT
January 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Next Wednesday 8/1/25 it’s the 1st all BlueSky Tweetchat on aiming for more authentic feedback in HE led by @kaysambell.bsky.social and me! If you’ve never tried it, the format is simple: one blogpost in advance, 6 questions at intervals, 1hour, lots of global participation&fun! Join us at 8pm GMT
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Some really good news for the start of 2025 from #Shropshire
You did it! Thanks to your incredibly generous support we have raised enough money to restore Betchcott Hill!
Thanks to you we can:
🌱 restore acid #grassland and upland #heath
🐣 create habitat for #moorland birds
🥾 ensure #accessibility for all while protecting vital habitat from disruption
Thanks to you we can:
🌱 restore acid #grassland and upland #heath
🐣 create habitat for #moorland birds
🥾 ensure #accessibility for all while protecting vital habitat from disruption
January 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Some really good news for the start of 2025 from #Shropshire
Reposted by Gabi Witthaus
For those worried about fake papers polluting systematic reviews, I've an article up today on efforts to make it easier to spot untrustworthy work.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
December 18, 2024 at 12:52 PM
For those worried about fake papers polluting systematic reviews, I've an article up today on efforts to make it easier to spot untrustworthy work.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This book by @drmarkcarrigan.bsky.social comes with its own experimental custom GPT companion (available for a short period) - nice idea!
December 18, 2024 at 12:49 PM
This book by @drmarkcarrigan.bsky.social comes with its own experimental custom GPT companion (available for a short period) - nice idea!
Folks based in UK HEIs - you might want to rally your colleagues to contribute to this consultation: www.gov.uk/government/c...
Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
This consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together.
www.gov.uk
December 17, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Folks based in UK HEIs - you might want to rally your colleagues to contribute to this consultation: www.gov.uk/government/c...
Thought-provoking blog post from Maha (as always) on accountability in the use of GenAI - I especially like the references to anticipatory and remedial accountability. And the "micro-survey" is still open. It challenged me to think about my own accountability practices.
There is a tiny survey linked inside this brief blogpost of mine on the LSE HE Blog, if you're done grading and have a minute, could you respond to it please?
When it comes to AI, is transparency enough?
(hint, hint)
blogs.lse.ac.uk/highereducat...
When it comes to AI, is transparency enough?
(hint, hint)
blogs.lse.ac.uk/highereducat...
When it comes to AI, is transparency enough? | LSE Higher Education
The rise of generative AI is forcing educators to interrogate exactly what we mean by accountability and transparency. LSE HE Blog Fellow Maha Bali takes up the challenge
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 17, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Thought-provoking blog post from Maha (as always) on accountability in the use of GenAI - I especially like the references to anticipatory and remedial accountability. And the "micro-survey" is still open. It challenged me to think about my own accountability practices.
Helpful social justice theorisation of #refugee integration in terms of the #capabilities approach
"Thi is my attempt to introduce a new framing to the study and development of refugee integration policy that responds to the criticism of the term", says Jenny Phillimore (@profjennyp.bsky.social) introducing her choice.
academic.oup.com/rsq/article/...
academic.oup.com/rsq/article/...
From Mere Life to a Good Life: Shifting Refugee Integration Policy from Outcomes to Capabilities
Abstract. Despite extensive criticism, integration policy has seen increasing resonance in many Western countries. Refugees are particularly susceptible to
academic.oup.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Helpful social justice theorisation of #refugee integration in terms of the #capabilities approach
Reposted by Gabi Witthaus
✨ A year-in-review thread from IRIS ✨
We asked our researchers to pick just one publication from 2024 and share why it stands out for them. Here's what they chose and why! 🧵
#migration
#refugees
#socialsciences
#diversity
#research
We asked our researchers to pick just one publication from 2024 and share why it stands out for them. Here's what they chose and why! 🧵
#migration
#refugees
#socialsciences
#diversity
#research
December 16, 2024 at 9:28 PM
✨ A year-in-review thread from IRIS ✨
We asked our researchers to pick just one publication from 2024 and share why it stands out for them. Here's what they chose and why! 🧵
#migration
#refugees
#socialsciences
#diversity
#research
We asked our researchers to pick just one publication from 2024 and share why it stands out for them. Here's what they chose and why! 🧵
#migration
#refugees
#socialsciences
#diversity
#research
Am loving listening to the audio of HE for Good! The intro by @catherinecronin.bsky.social and @czernie.bsky.social highlights what a tour de force it is - such wide-ranging authors, genres and topics. The common themes are care for the entire HE community, hope and imagination for a better future.
The audio version of Higher Education for Good is now available. To access the audio, please visit the book web page www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116..., scroll down to any chapter, and click Download (for MP3 version).
#HE4Good @czernie.bsky.social @openbookpublish.bsky.social
#HE4Good @czernie.bsky.social @openbookpublish.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Am loving listening to the audio of HE for Good! The intro by @catherinecronin.bsky.social and @czernie.bsky.social highlights what a tour de force it is - such wide-ranging authors, genres and topics. The common themes are care for the entire HE community, hope and imagination for a better future.
Another great piece by Audrey Waters - this one pointing out how the uncritical use of AI in education results in surveillance and mindless speed being disguised as care.
12 years after his first appearance, Sal Khan was back on 60 Minutes to talk AI. And I have thoughts 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/12-years-and...
12 Years and 60 Minutes Later
This will be the last Friday you'll receive a Second Breakfast newsletter in 2024. I'm not writing my usual "year-in-review" series either, as easy as it could have been to just copy-and-paste "artifi...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Another great piece by Audrey Waters - this one pointing out how the uncritical use of AI in education results in surveillance and mindless speed being disguised as care.