Ed/Tech must-reads 220725

A University Providing Software as a Service: Noteable from Shared Educational Resources and Technology (SERT) Initiative

James Stix from the EDINA team at the Uni of Edinburgh shares an interesting case study about Noteable, in this rich collection of studies about open source tools for education. In a nutshell, Noteable allows users to read, edit and run computer code in a range of languages in what looks like a text document. This can be integrated with all the major LMS’ (Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard and BrightSpace) and it is currently used by 15k+ users. The model employed by the EDINA team, which is tasked with giving the university access to educational technologies is discussed in some depth and hopefully offers inspiration for similar projects to be set up elsewhere.

Waste as an Interface: Cleaning and Caretaking of Future Postdigital Classrooms from Postdigital Science and Education

I was so intrigued by the title and premise of this article that I didn’t even notice that it was written by a former colleague of mine at the University of Sydney. I really like the way that it frames a reflection of some of the material elements of teaching spaces and practice in terms of waste and the rarely discussed people tasked with cleaning that waste. It is a fascinating journey across the language we use (garbage in, garbage out) and a great way to explore higher ed through a new lens

2025 Top Ten from CAUDIT

The Council of Australasian University Directors of IT is the place to go if you want to know what is happening in real terms in higher education in this region. Unsurprisingly, GenAI is top of their list, followed closely by cybersecurity. People can give uni IT a hard time for getting in the way of their pet innovation projects but this report gives a great backgrounding in how many things these departments have going on at all times.

ASCILITE Learning Analytics -SIG July Webinar: Unlocking Indicators of Learning in AI-Assisted Education - Thurs 24th July 1:30pm AEST

This popped up in the ASCILITE newsletter and it seems like a good thing to share. Here is the official blurb:

Introducing the “Figuring out AI Learning Processes” Discovery Workshop Series presented by the Learning Analytics SIG. In three interactive online workshops, educators, researchers, learning designers, and developers will collectively explore how we can make learning visible and interpretable in AI-mediated environments.

The first workshop will focus on this critical question: What are the actual learning processes in AI-assisted environments?

• How do we understand learning when it emerges from a dynamic interplay between the learner and an AI system?

•  Are students passively absorbing content, or actively regulating and negotiating their engagement?

• What new cognitive, metacognitive, and even epistemic skills are required to learn with AI?

The second workshop will explore the types of LA data available to educators and researchers in AI-supported environments and the third workshop in the series will focus on what we should be measuring. The series will conclude with a session at this year’s ASCILITE conference where we will present the findings from the online workshops and discuss how we can move the discussion forward in 2026.

Register your Interest here