Mike Birtill
@mikebirtill.bsky.social
Welsh, Northern, Happiest on a bicycle. Writing about AI & Futher Education. Interested in Pedagogy, Digital Education, Learning Spaces, Engineering & STEM. SEDA Fellow, ISSOTL 2025 Emerging Scholar.
In my research for my MSc, educators in FE talked about the extra time needed to check genAI outputs for accuracy. In addition there is evidence that genAI use does not reduce educator workload. This paper by Selwyn et al., is really informative www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
When the prompting stops: exploring teachers’ work around the educational frailties of generative AI tools
Teachers are now encouraged to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools to complete various school-related administrative tasks, with the promise of saving considerable amounts of time ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
In my research for my MSc, educators in FE talked about the extra time needed to check genAI outputs for accuracy. In addition there is evidence that genAI use does not reduce educator workload. This paper by Selwyn et al., is really informative www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I was in your next of the woods yesterday, changing planes. It was 5am in the morning and very humid. The security at the airport was a bit weird mind.
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I was in your next of the woods yesterday, changing planes. It was 5am in the morning and very humid. The security at the airport was a bit weird mind.
Just a note on this. Cleveland was not a historic county. It was a 1974 invention. The historic county is Yorkshire, north riding, now North Yorkshire
November 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Just a note on this. Cleveland was not a historic county. It was a 1974 invention. The historic county is Yorkshire, north riding, now North Yorkshire
Cant we have them for PM & Chancelor? Radcliff & Maconnie can take turns at the foreign office.
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Cant we have them for PM & Chancelor? Radcliff & Maconnie can take turns at the foreign office.
Affinity is good, but theyve just launched their new product which is free but now containts AI add ons….
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Affinity is good, but theyve just launched their new product which is free but now containts AI add ons….
The tech might be quick but its trueky a scandle that we got plaid , voted to leave the eu, and politicians wwnt for rhe mosy extreme version they could manage
October 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The tech might be quick but its trueky a scandle that we got plaid , voted to leave the eu, and politicians wwnt for rhe mosy extreme version they could manage
Correct number of bikes to own is n+1
October 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Correct number of bikes to own is n+1
I want T shirts of this
October 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I want T shirts of this
Is that all they’ve got
September 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Is that all they’ve got
There goes all the rest of the Labour supports to Zak and the greens then. Ffs . Starmer needs to stop being a shit
September 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
There goes all the rest of the Labour supports to Zak and the greens then. Ffs . Starmer needs to stop being a shit
Shhh! It’s a way of getting high speed rail to the north , sleight of hand , def not hs2 , completely different etc etc
September 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Shhh! It’s a way of getting high speed rail to the north , sleight of hand , def not hs2 , completely different etc etc
It’s very depressing, and quite interesting as the growth in renewable jobs are in Hull and Lincolnshire that have , you’ve guessed it, reform mayors. So are they going close all that and put their voters out of work? It’s f-ing insane policy or lack thereof
August 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It’s very depressing, and quite interesting as the growth in renewable jobs are in Hull and Lincolnshire that have , you’ve guessed it, reform mayors. So are they going close all that and put their voters out of work? It’s f-ing insane policy or lack thereof
Christ, they are really scraping the bottom of the policy barrel. Total madness but a sound bite to try an out reform reform.
August 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Christ, they are really scraping the bottom of the policy barrel. Total madness but a sound bite to try an out reform reform.
I was going to say the same tho g. I mean you’d practice until you could get it bang on
August 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I was going to say the same tho g. I mean you’d practice until you could get it bang on
Clearly, you went to the wrong university
August 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Clearly, you went to the wrong university
Sori. Had autocorrect set to Cymraeg . But you get the idea
August 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Sori. Had autocorrect set to Cymraeg . But you get the idea
If it wws rupret lowe it would about migrants trying to get to aberdar libary by paddlibg up the taf & cynon which actually turned out to be ex Royal Marines from Cardiff doings sponsored paddle
August 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
If it wws rupret lowe it would about migrants trying to get to aberdar libary by paddlibg up the taf & cynon which actually turned out to be ex Royal Marines from Cardiff doings sponsored paddle
The article is incorrect about the exam requirements for being an electrician. The L2 diploma does not qualify you, in fact you have to sign a disclaimer as part of that qual. You need L2 & L3 diploma + nvq + am2. This can been done either as an apprenticeship or via an experienced workers route
August 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The article is incorrect about the exam requirements for being an electrician. The L2 diploma does not qualify you, in fact you have to sign a disclaimer as part of that qual. You need L2 & L3 diploma + nvq + am2. This can been done either as an apprenticeship or via an experienced workers route