Currently reading Inie et al. (2026) on “De-anthropomorphizing “AI”: From wishful mnemonics to accurate nomenclature”

mglessmer — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:57:26 +0000

The other day I wrote about a paper on “sycophantic AI” and its implications on human interactions, and I am reminded of that daily when I hear kids on the bus mention how they talk to “chattis” (which seems to be a common nickname for ChatGPT around here) about all kinds of topics (which is […]

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Currently reading Cheng et al. (2025) on “Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence” and Corbin et al. (2025) on “The wicked problem of AI and assessment”

mglessmer — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:52:28 +0000

Another fun GenAI article, today Cheng et al. (2025) on AITA stories and sycophantic models! Sycophancy is the behaviour of excessive flattering or agreeing with people even when they are wrong, and it is something that GenAI models do. Compared to YTA/NTA responses in reddit’s “am I the asshole” thread (I love studies that draw […]

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Currently reading Fawns et al. (2026) on “Identifying what our students have learned: a framework for practical assessment validation”

mglessmer — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:43:23 +0000

It is really difficult to know if students have learned what we wanted them to learn, and especially when we have to collect evidence of that learning for a valid assessment — the best we can do is look for proxies that we take to stand for bigger and more complex outcomes. But “[t]he proxies […]

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Some favorite blogs on learning and teaching

mglessmer — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:27:13 +0000

I quite regularly share my favourite podcasts on learning and teaching, but now it seems it’s time to share some of my favorite blogs! Despite me blogging myself, I don’t read blogs as regularly as I used to (mostly because I don’t want to spend even more time in front of a screen, and podcasts […]

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Currently reading Hamshire et al. (2025) on moving on from belonging, to mattering and trust

mglessmer — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:10:35 +0000

While I have worked on student sense of belonging myself, I have also long been wondering if it is not much more complicated than that. Hamshire et al. (2025) write that “[w]hilst seemingly well-intentioned, these assumptions [about how if student only feel belonging, they will come to class and learn] don’t always engage with wider […]

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Listening to “teaching from the same side” on one of my favorite podcasts, Tea for Teaching

mglessmer — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:25:41 +0000

I am sitting on the ferry sailing towards Germany, with new-found appreciation of the Öresund bridge and its harp-style carrying cables… And I am listening to a conversation with Michelle Miller on one of my all-time favorite podcasts, Tea for Teaching, on “teaching from the same side” (what a nice, figurative bridge to the featured […]

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Currently reading Nguyen & Welch (2025): “Generative Artificial Intelligence in Qualitative Data Analysis: Analyzing—Or Just Chatting?”

mglessmer — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 14:49:51 +0000

I really enjoyed reading Nguyen and Welch (2025)’s exploration of using GenAI to analyse qualitative data. They come to the same conclusion as Rachel and myself in our article (don’t do it!), but they very comprehensively look at different problematic facets, and explain them in detail. Many of their warnings are also relevant for working […]

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Slow reading of “Becoming an Everyday Changemaker: Healing and Justice at School” by Venet (2024), Part III

mglessmer — Fri, 02 May 2025 15:16:25 +0000

In preparation of the next meeting of our book club, here is my summary of Part III of Becoming an Everyday Changemaker: Healing and Justice at School by Venet (2024) (summary of Part I here, Part II here)! Part III is about “sustainable structures for lasting change”. I really like the “don’t set goals, set systems” […]

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Currently reading “the Climate Change Playbook” by Meadows et al. (2016)

mglessmer — Thu, 01 May 2025 19:39:59 +0000

In a recent Transformation Thursday (the monthly networking opportunity that Terese and I have started, where we sit in one of the university canteens over lunch and invite teachers wanting to talk about Teaching for Sustainability to join us), I talked about how I had recently seen the “thumb war” game intervention to show how […]

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It is not up to us to complete the work, but neither are we free to desist from it

mglessmer — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 12:07:09 +0000

I now finished reading Venet (2024)’s “Becoming an Everyday Changemaker: Healing and Justice in School” (where I understood that “the process is the point“, and where then helpful tools like “Vent diagrams” were introduced). Now, reading the third part of the book felt so empowering. The Talmud quote that I modified for this post’s title, […]

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recommended reading – Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching

Currently reading Inie et al. (2026) on “De-anthropomorphizing “AI”: From wishful mnemonics to accurate nomenclature”

Currently reading Cheng et al. (2025) on “Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence” and Corbin et al. (2025) on “The wicked problem of AI and assessment”

Currently reading Fawns et al. (2026) on “Identifying what our students have learned: a framework for practical assessment validation”

Some favorite blogs on learning and teaching

Currently reading Hamshire et al. (2025) on moving on from belonging, to mattering and trust

Listening to “teaching from the same side” on one of my favorite podcasts, Tea for Teaching

Currently reading Nguyen & Welch (2025): “Generative Artificial Intelligence in Qualitative Data Analysis: Analyzing—Or Just Chatting?”

Slow reading of “Becoming an Everyday Changemaker: Healing and Justice at School” by Venet (2024), Part III

Currently reading “the Climate Change Playbook” by Meadows et al. (2016)

It is not up to us to complete the work, but neither are we free to desist from it