Academic developer, higher education researcher, critical realist
Joined August 2012
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Robyn Yucel retweeted
Camus, again, sees itβ¦
1 Jul 2024
βBe careful, when a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.β
Albert Camus
#FrenchElections
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Robyn Yucel retweeted
Mags is arguing for critical realism, as it allows for a mind independent reality, but also fallible knowledge about reality and the role of the scientists in science
ALT Mags with a slide showing the three pillars of critical realism
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Robyn Yucel retweeted
Now @RobynYucel discussing the sorts of questions we might ask of students in teaching about the nature of science. Important stuff in a post truth world!
ALT Robyn Yucel with a slide that has questions in thought bubbles
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Robyn Yucel retweeted
Mags Blackie starting @CRADLEdeakin seminar with @JanMcArthur definition of authentic assessment
ALT Picture of slide with text "Authentic assessment is not assessment that mirrors the world as it is, but that which pushes the possibilities of what the world could be" Jan McArthur
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Robyn Yucel retweeted
6 Jun 2023
@SBS Canβt believe SBS that there is a huge dam in #Ukraine that #Russia has just been blown up #NovaKakhova with a major catastrophe looming and you donβt even cover it on tonightβs news !!
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Robyn Yucel retweeted
22 Feb 2023
Alternative @jordanbpeterson -
"People who factcheck the copious rubbish and hateful fictions I spew forth to my gullible fan base are meanies"
Peterson's entire empire pivots on "pseudo-profound bullshit" - let's look at that - a short thread..π§΅
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Robyn Yucel retweeted
31 Jan 2023
Take a look at this new infographic for a 2021 article by @DrKateThomson & Simon Barrie: 'Conversations as a source of professional learning: exploring the dynamics of camaraderie and common ground amongst university teachers' - doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.202β¦
ALT Infographic for a 2021 article by Kate Thomson and Simon Barrie. The infographic has an overview, results and implications section. It also has figure that consists of 3 intertwined circles: camaraderie, similarity and proximity. It ends with a box that explains "How can proximity, similarity and camaraderie help to grow academic networks and enhance learning"
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Robyn Yucel retweeted
18 Jan 2023
Academics "riding their fear carousel"(@Anda19) can't think about innovative ways to use #ChatGTP. So I asked ChatGTP: "If AI is part of future professional workflows how can academics get students to use it ethically as part of an assessment" Their reply: #highered #assessment
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New theory*: those who write off online teaching / learning as inherently inferior have probably not yet had a really good online learning experience. Implication: they may be less qualified to comment on the issue than others.
* actually an old theory
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Robyn Yucel retweeted
3 Jan 2023
You can now watch the talk I gave to the @UoSLTSS seminar series on Reflective Teaching and the Educational Purposes of Higher Education.
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Robyn Yucel retweeted
22 Nov 2022
In episode 59 of #TalesofTeachingOnline podcast Laura Tubino talks to Rob McHenry, Lecturer in Professional Practice in the School of Engineering, about working with students as partners on the development of work integrated learning resources. dteach.deakin.edu.au/2022/11β¦
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Robyn Yucel retweeted
6 Sep 2022
COVID didn't wreck the economy. Science deniers wrecked the economy.
The poor aren't struggling. The ultra rich are profiting off the backs of the poor.
The planet isn't burning. The fossil fuel industry is burning the planet.
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Robyn Yucel retweeted
6 Sep 2022
When asked, the Treasurer couldn't give even one justification for Labor's Stage 3 tax cuts.
Not one.
Scrap Labor's Stage 3 tax cuts now.
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Robyn Yucel retweeted
24 Aug 2022
'Learning by observing a peerβs teaching situation', by Graham D. Hendry, @AmaniBell & @DrKateThomson, IJAD 19(4), 2014 - doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.201β¦
ALT IJAD logo and a quote from an article by Graham D. Hendry, Amani Bell & Kate Thomson: "There is support for the premise that academics learn from observing teaching, an approach distinct from those more common in higher education."
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Robyn Yucel retweeted
28 Jun 2022
A new episode of our Higher Education Researcher podcast is out. @onurorkut interviews @paulashwin about his book (Transforming University Education: A Manifesto). An excellent episode relevant for everyone interested in HE and beyond. Listen here: bit.ly/3xZKWZf
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Robyn Yucel retweeted
I have a sneaky suspicion that this guy just doesn't like Boris.....I could be wrong, but........!π€·ββοΈπ€·ββοΈ
7 Jul 2022
The best send off for Boris - gotta love @JonathanPieNews πππ
(View the whole video here:youtu.be/lKrLBPmRsrM)
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Robyn Yucel retweeted
2 Jun 2022
Hey Jim Chalmers. You can save $247 million over the next 4 years by defunding Christian Chaplains in State schools. The diversity of the new Govt should show how exclusive and discriminatory that is. Trained Counsellors please.
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