EdTech, majority world, and education. Doctoral student. Dog petter. Stress-cook. Recovering deliverer of rants. mino.li 📍Naarmhttps://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3lypiuwlntk2uAbout half way through Katabasis and I’m pretty sure the only reason I’m loving this so far is because I’m in academia. It’s so grating that I’ve laughed out loud several times - a rarity for a book labelled dark academia.13 Sep 2025 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lypiuwlntk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3lyi73bq6b22yA few times a year I remember the Kingkiller trilogy. Realise that it will be TWENTY YEARS in 2027 to when I first read Name of the Wind. Try to convince myself that the third book is likely to never come out (The Wise Man’s Fear came out in 2011). Have my heart broken all over again. Still hope.10 Sep 2025 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyi73bq6b22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3lr7nccvon22sMy anxiety really can’t handle all this virtual queuing up and presales and whatnot with ticket purchases. I very much prefer a physical queue with a human at the end tyvm.10 Jun 2025 00:31 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr7nccvon22shttps://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3lpi6dhlrjs2gIrony. Reading an interview from 1997 with Paul Gilster, the author of ‘Digital Literacy’ (1997) advocating against virtual instruction models, while Adobe - on which I’m reading the article - tells me to ‘save time with a document summary’ created by their ‘AI assistant’.18 May 2025 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpi6dhlrjs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3lob5sy3sp22sWell done Dickson #AusVotes03 May 2025 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lob5sy3sp22shttps://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3lo7r3pfqh22cGo Kimi!02 May 2025 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo7r3pfqh22chttps://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3lmvonxjyps2hFeeling so much better about the flu shot because I got a lollipop. Normalise candy at all medical visits for all people!16 Apr 2025 03:48 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmvonxjyps2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3lmgaxuskmc24I can’t, for the life of me, write good introductions to my chapters. #PhDSky10 Apr 2025 00:33 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmgaxuskmc24https://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3lmbiqezsjs2uThere’s a world of difference knowing that most of remaining records about precolonial Sri Lanka comes from the colonisers, and actually reading them. “…monarch as head of State and Church” is an outsider reading of the island where they could only sense make through the European lens.08 Apr 2025 03:09 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmbiqezsjs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3llxk5i36y227Wondering what sort of chaos I would unleash if I had chosen to check my emails as usual today, which is once a day. (There’s an assessment due in a few hours, and students have *questions*) Instead, I’ve made sure to check my emails every 30 min or so just in case.04 Apr 2025 04:07 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3llxk5i36y227https://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3lls3dpkzfk24Reading an article by Bates from over a decade ago (2012): “Myth 4: Computers personalize learning No, they don't. They allow students alternative routes through material and they allow automated feedback but they do not provide a sense of being treated as an individual.”01 Apr 2025 23:59 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lls3dpkzfk24https://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3llrsajv7qc24New favourite thread [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2025 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3llrsajv7qc24https://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3llldgqzeik26“The artist is the person who makes, not who has made.” Brilliant article - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/30/ai-promises-to-free-up-time-but-what-if-it-spares-us-from-learning-writing-painting-and-exploring-the-world30 Mar 2025 07:35 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3llldgqzeik26https://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3llgcq6dou22lTalking with first years today on using GenAI to create art was beautiful. We had everything from “it is still a form of expression, which is art” to “that’s called commissioning an artwork; not creating it” to “what *is* an artist though”. Even had I,Robot cited and what it means to be human. 💛28 Mar 2025 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgcq6dou22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3ll67qieczk22I really hope schools teach The Hunger Games; combined with Sunrise on the Reaping, they are strong narratives of the power and possibilities of propaganda.25 Mar 2025 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll67qieczk22https://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3ll35duep6s2zSunrise on the Reaping. https://media.tenor.com/05-PGQSuz9wAAAAC/so-long-katniss-everdeen.gif?hh=200&ww=27223 Mar 2025 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll35duep6s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3lktlgvgyxc2nWhen did we condition our students to base their (intellectual) pursuits on fear and not curiosity? How have we created a young people who stifle their curiosity and intellectual risk taking because they are too afraid of something even they can’t explain?20 Mar 2025 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lktlgvgyxc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3lixg67j2pc2pIt both saddens and scares me that the first thing we teach students now is about GenAI. Biesta’s responsive or responsible education argument has never been at the forefront for me more.24 Feb 2025 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lixg67j2pc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/minoli.bsky.social/post/3liddkr66ds2iAfter nearly five years of solid work, my Kobo seems to have reached end of life. Going to try the Boox Go 6 this time around, simply for Android OS, so I can use all the different apps used by the library. Boox has big shoes to fill.16 Feb 2025 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:4mv2fcrncclubhctnxlux3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3liddkr66ds2i