My complete and utter 🐂💩 card

Well, this was a weird one for me. I saw this posted on people's timelines on LinkedIn, and I thought I'd give it a try to see what kind of things it gleaned about me.  I didn't change any of the automatically generated text (I assume it's some kind of GPT). I used LinkedIn more in 2023 than I had used it in the past.  And, mostly to boost messages posted by others (looking for work, open positions, new papers, etc.).  For the most part, I don't find LinkedIn to be the "right" place for discussions. I assume that if I want to look for a job again in the future, someone will see my activity there and potentially consider me a LinkedIn Lunatic 😹. Maybe if I used LinkedIn more consistently, it would be easier to assess how coauthor.studio did.

So, without further ado...here's my 2024 LinkedIn Rewind, by Coauthor.studio:

2024 reinforced a truth I've long embraced: the most impactful educational innovations emerge at the intersection of technology, pedagogy, and human connection.

This year demonstrated how digital transformation continues reshaping educational networks while highlighting the importance of maintaining human elements in online learning. Our research on the digital fragmenting of educational networks, published in JIME, explored these dynamics in depth.

Key developments this year:

• Published collaborative research on educational networks fragmentation
• Advanced pedagogical approaches for uncertain futures through ShrugCon
• Continued leadership of UMass Boston's online Applied Linguistics program
• Expanded international research collaborations

Three pieces that resonated with our community:

"Lines of Flight: The Digital Fragmenting of Educational Networks"
How digital transformation reshapes educational connections while creating new opportunities for learning
"Very happy to have collaborated with such awesome folks :-)"
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7193593061749211136/

"In Search of a Pedagogy of Abundance"
Preparing students for uncertainty through innovative pedagogical approaches
"Lee Skallerup Bessette and I will be yelling at the cloud in a couple of weeks :-)"
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7214079038728876032/

"Digital Networks and Educational Innovation"
Exploring how technology transforms learning communities
"The future of education lies in understanding these emerging networks"
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Looking ahead: 2025 will focus on further exploring how we can leverage emerging technologies to create more resilient and inclusive educational networks while maintaining the human element that makes learning transformative.

The challenge ahead isn't just about implementing new technologies - it's about understanding how these tools can strengthen rather than fragment our educational communities. As we've seen this year, the most powerful innovations happen when we build bridges between traditional pedagogical wisdom and emerging technological capabilities.

To every educator and researcher working to make online learning more human: your work matters more than ever.