Two Stars and a Wish ALT Scotland 2026 by Joe Wilson

Changing up system to more openess

joewilson — 2026-04-30 23:41:01 UTC

I want to stop hearing when institutions are sharing "It's all on SharePoint - unfortunately." It does not have to be that way - ask your IT team to Enable External Sharing. Existing Educational Licences allow that and or get a Google tenancy or find another institutional way to allow staff to work in the open.

Vibe Coding

joewilson — 2026-04-30 23:49:09 UTC

For basic things, it is really exciting and can move you from conception to prototype at an amazing speed.

Have you discovered you can use a .MD markdown file to improve performance

joewilson — 2026-05-01 00:34:41 UTC

Using a markdown (.md) file allows you to provide structured context, guidelines, and constraints to ChatGPT,Copilot Claude, Gemini - Leading to more accurate and relevant responses in the free version. By creating specific markdown files, you can define project rules, coding standards, or reusable prompts that Copilot can reference.

Using Generative AI Tools in Academic Work

2026-05-01 10:23:38 UTC

I'm sharing this useful guidance from University of Edinburgh Library on how to cite and attribute the use of AI in academic work https://edinburgh-uk.libguides.com/gen-AI/guidance

More thoughtful use of AI and OER

2026-05-01 10:28:52 UTC

Wishing for more thoughtful use of AI and recognition of when it would be equally valid to use OER or public domain resources.

Jisc's Digital Skills support

2026-05-01 10:32:44 UTC

Assessment Design for a Time of Artificial Intelligence with Professor Phil Dawson

2026-05-01 10:33:38 UTC

I attended this excellent talk earlier this week and I highly recommend it https://www.tirigogy.com/webinar-resources#h.eclsv346a8d1

Jisc's AI support and community

2026-05-01 10:33:55 UTC

Advice, guidance, maturity tool, events, and most importantly, community

2026-05-01 10:34:43 UTC

ALT Scotland engagement

2026-05-01 10:36:42 UTC

My wish is our collective campaign to get others involved - many are missing out on ALT Scotland's camaraderie and support

Toolkit for Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching

2026-05-01 10:36:57 UTC

Toolkit for Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching (TILT) is a new open ebook that has been authored by a large team of interdisciplinary learners and educators, led by Dr David Overend. The book was created by the OER Service working with the Graphic Design Team, and published on Edinburgh Diamond at the University of Edinburgh.

Software Developers using AI Support Group

2026-05-01 10:43:58 UTC

This may not be more widely available beyond the institution, but I think it's great that it exists and hopefully there will be some really informative insights that come out of it both locally and the wider community https://cmd-prompt.designinformatics.org/about/

That AI's capabilities really makes people look seriously at their assessment design

2026-05-01 11:00:52 UTC

For years I've been witnessing thoughtless assessment design and I'm not surprised that the existence of AI is invalidating some approaches to assessment - my wish is that the offers impetus to thinking more carefully about assessment design