Matt Bury, MA Online & Distance Ed & AppLing 🇪🇸
@matbury.bsky.social
MA Online & Distance Education & Applied Linguistics | ELT, CALL, Instructional Design, & Moodle 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 https://matbury.com/
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ChatGPT-ed myself, out of curiosity. Here's what I got:
Sadly, legendary STAX guitarist, Steve Cropper, has passed away. He cut tracks with the greats, among them Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, & Rufus Thomas.
Thanks for the great music!
Thanks for the great music!
December 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Sadly, legendary STAX guitarist, Steve Cropper, has passed away. He cut tracks with the greats, among them Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, & Rufus Thomas.
Thanks for the great music!
Thanks for the great music!
Promoting student use of LLMs? Two questions:
1. What's your curriculum, i.e. *How* do you propose to teach critical thinking with LLMs?
2. What evidence do you have that it'll produce effect sizes greater than d.4?
1. What's your curriculum, i.e. *How* do you propose to teach critical thinking with LLMs?
2. What evidence do you have that it'll produce effect sizes greater than d.4?
December 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Promoting student use of LLMs? Two questions:
1. What's your curriculum, i.e. *How* do you propose to teach critical thinking with LLMs?
2. What evidence do you have that it'll produce effect sizes greater than d.4?
1. What's your curriculum, i.e. *How* do you propose to teach critical thinking with LLMs?
2. What evidence do you have that it'll produce effect sizes greater than d.4?
1/9 What's troubling me about the discourse about using LLMs (Generative AI chatbots) for learning & teaching:
December 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
1/9 What's troubling me about the discourse about using LLMs (Generative AI chatbots) for learning & teaching:
I'm impressed with the creative solutions that BigBlueButton are putting into their UX design these days. For example, this is solving very real problems & offering much desired affordances to tutors who host synchronous online collaborative lessons: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLNK...
Whiteboard Vision
YouTube video by BigBlueButton
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I'm impressed with the creative solutions that BigBlueButton are putting into their UX design these days. For example, this is solving very real problems & offering much desired affordances to tutors who host synchronous online collaborative lessons: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLNK...
1/7 I saw an AI generated infographic & a link to a blog post today about reading comprehension strategies. A thread 🧵...
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
1/7 I saw an AI generated infographic & a link to a blog post today about reading comprehension strategies. A thread 🧵...
It looks like the more critical thinking & thoughtful among us are pushing back hard against the reckless insertion of LLMs into academic contexts: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Colleges Are Preparing to Self-Lobotomize
The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.
www.theatlantic.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It looks like the more critical thinking & thoughtful among us are pushing back hard against the reckless insertion of LLMs into academic contexts: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Just so that you know I know: I know when you've posted a comment generated by an LLM. No not you. I know you're conscientious & considerate & would never do such a thing. But you... you know who you are.
November 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Just so that you know I know: I know when you've posted a comment generated by an LLM. No not you. I know you're conscientious & considerate & would never do such a thing. But you... you know who you are.
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Why traditional EFL coursebooks fail to develop communicative & linguistic competence
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Why traditional EFL coursebooks fail to develop communicative & linguistic competence
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November 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Why traditional EFL coursebooks fail to develop communicative & linguistic competence
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Why traditional EFL coursebooks fail to develop communicative & linguistic competence
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Re: Criticisms of LLM-generated texts...
November 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Re: Criticisms of LLM-generated texts...
Reposted by Matt Bury, MA Online & Distance Ed & AppLing 🇪🇸
Profesores de educación primaria: ¡Cuidado con abusar de las lecturas en pantalla!, el alumnado a esas edades aún necesita experiencias de lectura sosegadas si queremos fomentar su motivación lectora. 👉 bsky.app/profile/eril...
¿Cómo se relaciona la lectura digital del alumnado con la motivación lectora? Los resultados de nuestro nuevo estudio 👉
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Los hábitos de lectura digital escolar disminuyen la motivación lectora, según un estudio de la UV
valenciaplaza.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Profesores de educación primaria: ¡Cuidado con abusar de las lecturas en pantalla!, el alumnado a esas edades aún necesita experiencias de lectura sosegadas si queremos fomentar su motivación lectora. 👉 bsky.app/profile/eril...
NEW BLOG POST
Integrating extramural English: Developing stronger communicative proficiency in universities & colleges
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Integrating extramural English: Developing stronger communicative proficiency in universities & colleges
Continue reading: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
NEW BLOG POST
Integrating extramural English: Developing stronger communicative proficiency in universities & colleges
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Integrating extramural English: Developing stronger communicative proficiency in universities & colleges
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Research showing learning gains from using ChatGPT in classrooms?
Well, not all education studies are designed equal. Allow Dr Frank Boers to explain 🤣 😬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O5y...
Well, not all education studies are designed equal. Allow Dr Frank Boers to explain 🤣 😬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O5y...
Dr. Frank Boers - Effect-of-instruction Studies - Pecha Kucha KOTESOL 2012
YouTube video by KoreaTESOL
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November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Research showing learning gains from using ChatGPT in classrooms?
Well, not all education studies are designed equal. Allow Dr Frank Boers to explain 🤣 😬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O5y...
Well, not all education studies are designed equal. Allow Dr Frank Boers to explain 🤣 😬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O5y...
Yes, but those benefits will come later & to ordinary people. Millionaires & billionaires & corporations want to pay less tax now!
As well as the moral case for lifting children out of poverty, there’s a powerful economic case for abolishing the two-child cap. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Abolishing the two-child benefit limit would be a great investment | British Politics and Policy at LSE
Abolishing the Two-Child Benefit limit and overall Benefit Cap is good policy not just for ethical reasons but because investment in children pays off.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Yes, but those benefits will come later & to ordinary people. Millionaires & billionaires & corporations want to pay less tax now!
RIP Jimmy Cliff; Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and actor.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Znh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Znh...
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
YouTube video by Rocksteady Freddie
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
RIP Jimmy Cliff; Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and actor.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Znh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Znh...
Reposted by Matt Bury, MA Online & Distance Ed & AppLing 🇪🇸
Interesting take by @matbury.bsky.social . One of the small, but really important takeaways I would throw all my weight behind: you can only use AI when you already know something. #blueLZ
NEW BLOG POST
Report: The cognitive & pedagogical implications of generative #AI in education
This is my response to the "techno-optimists" & attitudes of "techno solutionism."
I hope you find it informative & helpful!
Link: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
Report: The cognitive & pedagogical implications of generative #AI in education
This is my response to the "techno-optimists" & attitudes of "techno solutionism."
I hope you find it informative & helpful!
Link: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
Report: The cognitive & pedagogical implications of generative AI in education – Matt Bury
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November 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Interesting take by @matbury.bsky.social . One of the small, but really important takeaways I would throw all my weight behind: you can only use AI when you already know something. #blueLZ
NEW BLOG POST
Report: The cognitive & pedagogical implications of generative #AI in education
This is my response to the "techno-optimists" & attitudes of "techno solutionism."
I hope you find it informative & helpful!
Link: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
Report: The cognitive & pedagogical implications of generative #AI in education
This is my response to the "techno-optimists" & attitudes of "techno solutionism."
I hope you find it informative & helpful!
Link: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
Report: The cognitive & pedagogical implications of generative AI in education – Matt Bury
matbury.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
NEW BLOG POST
Report: The cognitive & pedagogical implications of generative #AI in education
This is my response to the "techno-optimists" & attitudes of "techno solutionism."
I hope you find it informative & helpful!
Link: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
Report: The cognitive & pedagogical implications of generative #AI in education
This is my response to the "techno-optimists" & attitudes of "techno solutionism."
I hope you find it informative & helpful!
Link: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
NEW BLOG POST
Integrating extramural English: Developing stronger communicative proficiency in universities & colleges
Continue reading: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
Integrating extramural English: Developing stronger communicative proficiency in universities & colleges
Continue reading: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
NEW BLOG POST
Integrating extramural English: Developing stronger communicative proficiency in universities & colleges
Continue reading: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
Integrating extramural English: Developing stronger communicative proficiency in universities & colleges
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Reposted by Matt Bury, MA Online & Distance Ed & AppLing 🇪🇸
#blueLZ #engluschunterricht:
Explizite Instruktion ist der Zaun oben auf der Klippe, nicht der Krankenwagen unten. Steile These? Finde den Post von Matt Bury super.
Explizite Instruktion ist der Zaun oben auf der Klippe, nicht der Krankenwagen unten. Steile These? Finde den Post von Matt Bury super.
NEW BLOG POST
Explicit instruction vs. corrective feedback
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Explicit instruction vs. corrective feedback
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November 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
#blueLZ #engluschunterricht:
Explizite Instruktion ist der Zaun oben auf der Klippe, nicht der Krankenwagen unten. Steile These? Finde den Post von Matt Bury super.
Explizite Instruktion ist der Zaun oben auf der Klippe, nicht der Krankenwagen unten. Steile These? Finde den Post von Matt Bury super.
NEW BLOG POST
Explicit instruction vs. corrective feedback
Continue reading: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
Explicit instruction vs. corrective feedback
Continue reading: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
NEW BLOG POST
Explicit instruction vs. corrective feedback
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Explicit instruction vs. corrective feedback
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Reposted by Matt Bury, MA Online & Distance Ed & AppLing 🇪🇸
Coming soon - Turner & Hoffmann on Creative Construction Grammar. In this, we argue that the domain-general process of Conceptual Blending is the cognitive operation that combines constructions. BTW this will be published open access!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Coming soon - Turner & Hoffmann on Creative Construction Grammar. In this, we argue that the domain-general process of Conceptual Blending is the cognitive operation that combines constructions. BTW this will be published open access!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
NEW BLOG POST
Why traditional EFL coursebooks fail to develop communicative & linguistic competence
Continue reading: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
Why traditional EFL coursebooks fail to develop communicative & linguistic competence
Continue reading: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
November 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
NEW BLOG POST
Why traditional EFL coursebooks fail to develop communicative & linguistic competence
Continue reading: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
Why traditional EFL coursebooks fail to develop communicative & linguistic competence
Continue reading: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
NEW BLOG POST
Explicit instruction vs. corrective feedback
Continue reading: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
Explicit instruction vs. corrective feedback
Continue reading: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
NEW BLOG POST
Explicit instruction vs. corrective feedback
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Explicit instruction vs. corrective feedback
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I advise teachers & students to move on from retrieval practice into more integrative learning/study tasks as quickly as possible, e.g. once students are achieving >80% on retrieval tests after delays of 2 days or more.
Retrieval practice is both necessary and insufficient. This week’s essay explores the tension between the zeal of retrievalism and the philosophical worry that recall tells us nothing about truth. open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
The limits of retrieval practice
Why retrieval practice strengthens memory, why it cannot explain learning on its own, and why both extremes miss the point
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I advise teachers & students to move on from retrieval practice into more integrative learning/study tasks as quickly as possible, e.g. once students are achieving >80% on retrieval tests after delays of 2 days or more.
November 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"Too little is known about the field of AI in education for anyone to be an expert yet."
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"Too little is known about the field of AI in education for anyone to be an expert yet."