After a busy semester, I’m looking forward to slowing down & thinking intentionally about teaching. Next week, I launch a summer series on critically reflective practice - join me for weekly posts w/resources & a short reflection activity! #highered #facultydevelopment #teaching #criticalreflection #academicchatter @academicchatter https://higheredpraxis.substack.com/p/summer-2025-series-on-crafting-a

Interesting and challenging at the same time. I was reading about #learning in a paper on #gametheorymodels and felt “what? Is this about learning at all?” Pause to remain open minded and compare different #learningtheories As such, adversarial collaborations could help to remain a #lifelonglearner myself. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01379-3

Are you researching emotions (affect) in animals and would you like to communicate with lay public about animal affect? Join us this summer in Utrecht for a training school!

This is organized through the COST action Affect-Evo https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23106/#tabs+Name:Description so there are (limited) funded spaces for participants from COST countries. Details in the flyer, and more in replies.

#AnimalCognition #AnimalBehaviour #ScieComm @animalcognitionproject @animalbehaviourlive

As we navigate the difficult challenges that face us in higher education — and across our civic life in these United States — I return to the practices of blogging that have long enriched my academic and personal life. #HigherEd @humetricshss

https://cplong.org/2025/04/finding-new-modes-of-communicating-as-provost/

https://paperspodcast.ki.se/ Listening to the final episode of the Papers Podcast, it has been fun ánd interesting #meded #mededresearch 🙏

#Diversity is our secret weapon to deal with complexity and ambiguity. In the book Future Perfect, Steven B. Johnson discusses the work of Scott E. Page who states that, “Diversity trumps ability”.

Diversity is how we can become collectively smarter.

Now you know why the fascists are axing #DEI initiatives. It's harder to control smart groups of people.

https://jarche.com/2019/12/diversity-trumps-ability/

#USPol #CdnPoli #PKM #PKMastery

@drdanielturner “give the silent climate majority a voice” 🙏

Why are educational myths so sticky?

Because they:
🦄 feel intuitive
🦄 promise one-size-fits-all solutions
🦄 offer quick & easy fixes

But learning is complex. Teaching, too.
So let’s stop chasing unicorns. They don't exist.

What’s one myth in education you used to believe—but no longer do?

#Education #EducationalMyths #CriticalThinking #HigherEd

«This moment calls out for moral clarity and resolve. It asks universities to take their mission in society seriously and to resist being co-opted by government forces»

I fear academic institutions have been run like businesses for long enough to have eroded all sense of a „mission in society“ beyond making a buck or two…
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/04/resist-eggheads-universities-are-not-as-weak-as-they-have-chosen-to-be/

Emeritus Professor Theo Wubbels on the relationship between educational research and the practice, and what the Netherland Initiative for Educational Research is doing to improve this relationship #EduSci #EERA_VOR #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/educational-research-dutch/

@pheasant_plucker @kdnyhan it works great, thanks a lot! SocNetViz, good to know

@pheasant_plucker @kdnyhan yes, thanks, I was hoping that the visuals at least help a bit. And when analysing outside VOSviewer, can you export to a file that is readable in R? Or other, easier, recommendations?

@kdnyhan yes, I am aware of the course but just a bit too far from core of my work but tempting. Will you take part?

@kdnyhan I was hoping to see some responses here. I’ve been playing around with #VOSviewer. Technology is great and I sense the opportunities but still do not manage to interpret the visuals well. Good examples, not júst nice colourings, are appreciated.

Social networks can provide inspiration but #sensemaking requires the resolve to solve problems. This means the integration of #learning & working. Flipping from learning to working is a continuous process on a daily basis. We have to feed our curiosity, support learning in community, and resolve to solve our problems together ...

https://jarche.com/2019/04/working-collaboratively-and-learning-cooperatively/

#PKM #PKMastery #FutureOfWork

As the admin of #AkademieNL I could really use some help covering the increasing costs.

Only a few months of runway left, after which the implication becomes I cover it out of pocket.

Regular small donations are greatly appreciated
https://akademienl.social/@akademienl/113861807030569660

@renordquist @academicchatter Great post!

“Life is long if you know how to use it.” -Seneca

On helping students make time for professional development, even when it is busy- and practicing what you preach. On graduation, veterinarians (and the rest of us) are never "done" with work; there is *always* more work to do. Which is why it is so important to gain skills in carving out time for professional development, especially when you don't have time.

Blog post here: https://rebeccanordquist.edublogs.org/2025/01/23/creating-time-long-term-on-the-short-term/

@academicchatter #VetEd #HigherEd #teaching

Next Monday, January 13th 2025, SACME and AMEE will co-host a Journal Club on CPD research.

https://sacme.org/event-5901121

We'll discuss a paper on A Meta-Organizational Framework for Layering Theory, Philosophy, and Praxis Within Continuing Education in the Health Professions.

If you are a member (or willing to become a member) of AMEE or of SACME, please join us!

#CPD #lifelong_learning #healthprofessionseducation #HPE

A boost of this message is appreciated....

My city has an event where people could color in a drawing of the cathedral tower and send in the coloring, and now they are projecting them on to the tower. It is fantastic.

Happy day, whatever you celebrate. And for the northern hemisphere, more daylight hours are on the way 😶‍🌫️

#utrecht #domtoren #holiday #light #cathedral #festival #chrtistmas #yule