<p>Exit, stage left: X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>10th January 2025: <a href="https://www.uni-weimar.de/en/university/news/bauhausjournal-online/titel/universities-and-research-institutions-leave-platform-x-formerly-twitter-united-for-diversity-fr/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.uni-weimar.de/en/university/news/bauhausjournal-online/titel/universities-and-research-institutions-leave-platform-x-formerly-twitter-united-for-diversity-fr/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.uni-weimar.de/en/universit</span><span class="invisible">y/news/bauhausjournal-online/titel/universities-and-research-institutions-leave-platform-x-formerly-twitter-united-for-diversity-fr/</span></a></p><p>"Universities and research institutions leave Platform X (formerly Twitter): United for diversity, freedom and science</p><p>"Over 60 German-speaking universities and research institutions have decided to take a stand and collectively announce their decision to cease activities on Platform X (formerly Twitter). This withdrawal comes in response to the platform's current direction, which is incompatible with the core values of the participating institutions: openness to the world, scientific integrity, transparency, and democratic discourse. …"</p><p>23rd January: <a href="https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-universities-2025-1-university-of-leeds-first-russell-group-institution-to-quit-x/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-universities-2025-1-university-of-leeds-first-russell-group-institution-to-quit-x/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.researchprofessionalnews.c</span><span class="invisible">om/rr-news-uk-universities-2025-1-university-of-leeds-first-russell-group-institution-to-quit-x/</span></a></p><p>"Leeds becomes first Russell Group university to quit X … Elon Musk’s social media site “no longer aligns with our university values” …"</p><p>27th April: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahamperrin_university-of-brighton-university-of-sussex-activity-7322162293465649152-t2-R" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.linkedin.com/posts/grahamperrin_university-of-brighton-university-of-sussex-activity-7322162293465649152-t2-R"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.linkedin.com/posts/grahamp</span><span class="invisible">errin_university-of-brighton-university-of-sussex-activity-7322162293465649152-t2-R</span></a></p><p>"University of Brighton, University of Sussex, and other like-minded institutions should – now – be at the UK forefront of what began in Germany. … Now. Do the right thing. Please."</p><p><a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#diversity</a> <a href="/tags/freedom/" rel="tag">#freedom</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/integrity/" rel="tag">#integrity</a> <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#transparency</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/discourse/" rel="tag">#discourse</a> <a href="/tags/openness/" rel="tag">#openness</a> <a href="/tags/universities/" rel="tag">#universities</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#research</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#UK</a> <a href="/tags/leeds/" rel="tag">#Leeds</a> <a href="/tags/german/" rel="tag">#German</a> <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#Germany</a> <a href="/tags/deutschland/" rel="tag">#Deutschland</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/x/" rel="tag">#X</a> <a href="/tags/twitter/" rel="tag">#Twitter</a></p>
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<p>"I am an administrator at New York University, responsible for helping faculty adapt to digital tools. Since the arrival of generative AI, I have spent much of the last two years talking with professors and students to try to understand what is going on in their classrooms. In those conversations, faculty have been variously vexed, curious, angry, or excited about AI, but as last year was winding down, for the first time one of the frequently expressed emotions was sadness. This came from faculty who were, by their account, adopting the strategies my colleagues and I have recommended: emphasizing the connection between effort and learning, responding to AI-generated work by offering a second chance rather than simply grading down, and so on. Those faculty were telling us our recommended strategies were not working as well as we’d hoped, and they were saying it with real distress.</p><p>Earlier this semester, an NYU professor told me how he had AI-proofed his assignments, only to have the students complain that the work was too hard. When he told them those were standard assignments, just worded so current AI would fail to answer them, they said he was interfering with their “learning styles.” A student asked for an extension, on the grounds that ChatGPT was down the day the assignment was due. Another said, about work on a problem set, “You’re asking me to go from point A to point B, why wouldn’t I use a car to get there?” And another, when asked about their largely AI-written work, replied, “Everyone is doing it.” Those are stories from a 15-minute conversation with a single professor.</p><p>We are also hearing a growing sense of sadness from our students about AI use. One of my colleagues reports students being “deeply conflicted” about AI use, originally adopting it as an aid to studying but persisting with a mix of justification and unease."</p><p><a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/is-ai-enhancing-education-or-replacing-it" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.chronicle.com/article/is-ai-enhancing-education-or-replacing-it"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.chronicle.com/article/is-a</span><span class="invisible">i-enhancing-education-or-replacing-it</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/generativeai/" rel="tag">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="/tags/universities/" rel="tag">#Universities</a> <a href="/tags/highered/" rel="tag">#HigherEd</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/universities/" rel="tag">#Universities</a> & <a href="/tags/university/" rel="tag">#University</a> departments picks of the day:</p><p>UNIVERSITIES</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@UL" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>UL</span></a></span> - Limerick</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@UniversitedeLiege" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>UniversitedeLiege</span></a></span> - Liège</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.uibk.ac.at/@uniinnsbruck" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>uniinnsbruck</span></a></span> - Innsbruck</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://xn--baw-joa.social/@unihohenheim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>unihohenheim</span></a></span> - Hohenheim</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wisskomm.social/@unibremen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>unibremen</span></a></span> - Bremen</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@unibwm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>unibwm</span></a></span> - Bundeswehr Munich</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wisskomm.social/@UniKoeln" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>UniKoeln</span></a></span> - Cologne</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://xn--baw-joa.social/@unifreiburg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>unifreiburg</span></a></span> - Freiburg</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://academiccloud.social/@unigoettingen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>unigoettingen</span></a></span> - Göttingen</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wisskomm.social/@mainzuniversity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mainzuniversity</span></a></span> - Johannes Gutenberg Mainz</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://xn--baw-joa.social/@Uni_Stuttgart" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Uni_Stuttgart</span></a></span> - Stuttgart</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://xn--baw-joa.social/@unituebingen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>unituebingen</span></a></span> - Tübingen</p><p>🧵 1/8</p>