Colin Simpson
@gamerlearner.bsky.social
Lecturer in Learning Futures, Deakin Uni, convenor of @TELedvisors SIG, He/Him Opinions are mine. Work stuff Newsletter http://bit.ly/edtechmustreads
I'm increasingly seeing that the Gen in GenAI actually means generic.
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I'm increasingly seeing that the Gen in GenAI actually means generic.
Can we please get roving mics for session presenters? #ASCILITE2025 #accessibility
December 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Can we please get roving mics for session presenters? #ASCILITE2025 #accessibility
Superb, thoughtful opening keynote from Kelly Matthews on the importance of considering emotion in L&T at #ASCILITE2025 One of he best I've seen
November 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Superb, thoughtful opening keynote from Kelly Matthews on the importance of considering emotion in L&T at #ASCILITE2025 One of he best I've seen
"AI makes everything the same. I don't want to be the same" - student voices. Kelly Matthews @ #ASCILITE2025
November 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"AI makes everything the same. I don't want to be the same" - student voices. Kelly Matthews @ #ASCILITE2025
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is easily the least expected cover version of the year - I have listened several times and still don't know how I feel. Pulp covering "The man comes around" from Johnny Cash's American IV pulpmusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-ma...
The Man Comes Around, by Pulp
track by Pulp
pulpmusic.bandcamp.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is easily the least expected cover version of the year - I have listened several times and still don't know how I feel. Pulp covering "The man comes around" from Johnny Cash's American IV pulpmusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-ma...
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Many congratulations @natashaarthars.bsky.social for all the insightful painstaking research, leadership, collegiality and perseverance wrapped up in this piece of work!!
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Many congratulations @natashaarthars.bsky.social for all the insightful painstaking research, leadership, collegiality and perseverance wrapped up in this piece of work!!
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
The King of outsider/naive cinema, Neil Breen, has a new movie coming and all is right with the world. youtu.be/o0DGnxayGFM?...
Dire Duplicity - Trailer (A Neil Breen Film)
YouTube video by Cafe Sora
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The King of outsider/naive cinema, Neil Breen, has a new movie coming and all is right with the world. youtu.be/o0DGnxayGFM?...
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The haters said I couldn't do it and they were correct. Honestly, great call from the haters.
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The haters said I couldn't do it and they were correct. Honestly, great call from the haters.
Dealing with my looming mortality as I learn that 2 different people at work (not super young) don't know the band Pulp. One at least recognised Common People - which, by the by, they censor the word "screw" in the music video? youtu.be/yuTMWgOduFM?...
Pulp - Common People
YouTube video by PulpVEVO
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Dealing with my looming mortality as I learn that 2 different people at work (not super young) don't know the band Pulp. One at least recognised Common People - which, by the by, they censor the word "screw" in the music video? youtu.be/yuTMWgOduFM?...
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Been a while since I've been on my procedural rhetoric shit, but I thought this extremely simple quiz—you predict who got a person's vote based on their stated policy priorities—was a very good, extremely simple example of the difference between being told something and enacting it.
Beyond the Ballot Quiz - The Survey Center on American Life
www.americansurveycenter.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Been a while since I've been on my procedural rhetoric shit, but I thought this extremely simple quiz—you predict who got a person's vote based on their stated policy priorities—was a very good, extremely simple example of the difference between being told something and enacting it.
That feeling when you read an article citing your previous work and the conclusions they try to justify with it (which overall I don't disagree with but they aren't in the work) are a bit of a stretch
October 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
That feeling when you read an article citing your previous work and the conclusions they try to justify with it (which overall I don't disagree with but they aren't in the work) are a bit of a stretch
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When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning
Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when
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October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
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Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
October 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
Nice to get back to my version of church. Bleak squad at the recital centre
October 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Nice to get back to my version of church. Bleak squad at the recital centre
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Milei looks like all the cast of Are You Being Served in one
October 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Milei looks like all the cast of Are You Being Served in one
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First day at clapping school, feeling good about my progress but lots to learn
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
First day at clapping school, feeling good about my progress but lots to learn
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It’s time to be done with the phrase “mom and pop landlords”. Conjuring up a fictionalized image of grams and gramps scraping by on their meager rental income obscures the truth - these are real estate speculators from all walks of life who made high-risk investments on purpose.
October 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
It’s time to be done with the phrase “mom and pop landlords”. Conjuring up a fictionalized image of grams and gramps scraping by on their meager rental income obscures the truth - these are real estate speculators from all walks of life who made high-risk investments on purpose.
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Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach
Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach
The ID pics had been submitted as part of age-related appeals.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach
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Using the Six Thinking Hats is my favourite way of helping student to see a situation from different perspectives. theeddesigner.com/2024/09/05/d... #EduSky #AcademicSky #EdChat
October 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Using the Six Thinking Hats is my favourite way of helping student to see a situation from different perspectives. theeddesigner.com/2024/09/05/d... #EduSky #AcademicSky #EdChat
Hang on to that Pocock fella A.C.T
The fact Wong thinks she can just snark her way out of this is a sign of how normalised the relationships between politicians and lobbyists have become.
Like, of course the PM shouldn't be president of a registered lobby group that sells corporate members access to politicians? No shit??
Like, of course the PM shouldn't be president of a registered lobby group that sells corporate members access to politicians? No shit??
Independent Senator David Pocock and Labor's Penny Wong clashed in Senate estimates yesterday over whether the Parliamentary Sports Club could be considered a lobby group, as reported in Crikey last week. The club is registered as such, and lists Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its clients.
October 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Hang on to that Pocock fella A.C.T
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Do I know anyone who reads Persian well enough to help resolve a machine translation of a health research article from Persian to English and would be willing to have a look? The researchers have no funding but we could do some kind of skills barter perhaps.
October 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Do I know anyone who reads Persian well enough to help resolve a machine translation of a health research article from Persian to English and would be willing to have a look? The researchers have no funding but we could do some kind of skills barter perhaps.
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This is Australia but holy shit
September 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This is Australia but holy shit