T. Keith Edmunds
@tkedmunds.bsky.social
Academic focusing on employee engagement, entrepreneurship, fun, play, pedagogy, and more. One of the authors of "Ludic Pedagogy: A Seriously Fun Way to Teach and Learn." Eager idea-chaser, for better or worse.
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The So What? Project - Episode 3: "Getting Learning Right: The Promise of Higher Education" feat. Kristi Girdharry.
As a book, Getting Learning Right asks what higher ed could become if colleges and universities organized themselves around how students actually learn.
#AcademicSky #highered
As a book, Getting Learning Right asks what higher ed could become if colleges and universities organized themselves around how students actually learn.
#AcademicSky #highered
Getting Learning Right: The Promise of Higher Education (K. Girdharry)
The So What? Project · Episode
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October 7, 2026 at 11:55 AM
The So What? Project - Episode 3: "Getting Learning Right: The Promise of Higher Education" feat. Kristi Girdharry.
As a book, Getting Learning Right asks what higher ed could become if colleges and universities organized themselves around how students actually learn.
#AcademicSky #highered
As a book, Getting Learning Right asks what higher ed could become if colleges and universities organized themselves around how students actually learn.
#AcademicSky #highered
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The So What? Project - Episode 2: "Discovery of an Active Wind from the Milky Way's Central Black Hole" feat. @radiouniverse.bsky.social
#space #astronomy #AcademicSky #podcast
#space #astronomy #AcademicSky #podcast
Discovery of an Active Wind from the Milky'Way's Central Black Hole (M. Gorski)
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September 30, 2026 at 12:12 PM
The So What? Project - Episode 2: "Discovery of an Active Wind from the Milky Way's Central Black Hole" feat. @radiouniverse.bsky.social
#space #astronomy #AcademicSky #podcast
#space #astronomy #AcademicSky #podcast
I've sometimes used this story as a case study in management decision making. For whatever reason, I've never included consideration of "what would AI do?" That will no longer be the case.
Not everybody knows this, and everybody should. On Sept. 26, 1983, a Soviet nuclear warning system alerted Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov that the U.S. had launched a missile attack. He did not retaliate, preventing WWIII.
This is a post about AI.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...
This is a post about AI.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...
Stanislav Petrov - Wikipedia
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September 26, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I've sometimes used this story as a case study in management decision making. For whatever reason, I've never included consideration of "what would AI do?" That will no longer be the case.
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Our first episode is now live!
The So What? Project is a short-form #podcast featuring #academics discussing their recent #research.
Please, as they say, like and subscribe. Let's help researchers share their work to a wider audience. (And grant the host some mercy - I'm not made for media.)
The So What? Project is a short-form #podcast featuring #academics discussing their recent #research.
Please, as they say, like and subscribe. Let's help researchers share their work to a wider audience. (And grant the host some mercy - I'm not made for media.)
Paying Off: How Feminist Financial Plans Can Transform Higher Education (S. Lauricella)
The So What? Project · Episode
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September 23, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Our first episode is now live!
The So What? Project is a short-form #podcast featuring #academics discussing their recent #research.
Please, as they say, like and subscribe. Let's help researchers share their work to a wider audience. (And grant the host some mercy - I'm not made for media.)
The So What? Project is a short-form #podcast featuring #academics discussing their recent #research.
Please, as they say, like and subscribe. Let's help researchers share their work to a wider audience. (And grant the host some mercy - I'm not made for media.)
"Today’s students are trying to work out what it means to be decent humans in world growing more heated, hostile and, sometimes, heartless. We should cheer them on, for their sake and ours."
This by the inimitable Michael Roth-- www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/o...
Opinion | This Is the Real Point of College (Gift Article)
It’s all about the practice of freedom.
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2026 at 2:25 PM
"Today’s students are trying to work out what it means to be decent humans in world growing more heated, hostile and, sometimes, heartless. We should cheer them on, for their sake and ours."
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"Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading."
macabre = “muh-KAHB”
Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer”
omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt”
reticent = “RET-uh-sunt”
epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee”
myriad = "MEER-ee-ud"
Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word.
It means they learned it by reading.
Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer”
omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt”
reticent = “RET-uh-sunt”
epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee”
myriad = "MEER-ee-ud"
Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word.
It means they learned it by reading.
August 31, 2026 at 3:12 PM
"Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading."
Countdown to launch starts now. Mark your calendars for September 23!
If you'd like to be a guest, just let me know!
#AcademicSky #Academia #podcast
If you'd like to be a guest, just let me know!
#AcademicSky #Academia #podcast
August 28, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Countdown to launch starts now. Mark your calendars for September 23!
If you'd like to be a guest, just let me know!
#AcademicSky #Academia #podcast
If you'd like to be a guest, just let me know!
#AcademicSky #Academia #podcast
As someone who lives in an old house and has seen bats in his yard, this story has given me Grade A heebie-jeebies.
August 27, 2026 at 3:39 PM
As someone who lives in an old house and has seen bats in his yard, this story has given me Grade A heebie-jeebies.
TIL how to really actually truly gird my loins.
The fall term starts next week. Loins girded. I am ready to teach, writing is coming around, research agenda is about planned, not totally ready for committee meetings, but let's do this.
August 26, 2026 at 2:07 PM
TIL how to really actually truly gird my loins.
Dolly gave us all an ideal to aspire to.
Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.
August 25, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Dolly gave us all an ideal to aspire to.
“Lecturing is that mysterious process by means of which the contents of the note-book of the professor are transferred through the instrument of the fountain pen to the note-book of the student without passing through the mind of either.” (Miller, 1927)
August 12, 2026 at 5:14 PM
“Lecturing is that mysterious process by means of which the contents of the note-book of the professor are transferred through the instrument of the fountain pen to the note-book of the student without passing through the mind of either.” (Miller, 1927)
C'mon! This is just hurtful. Entirely true... but still hurtful.
-Starting a movie after 9 p.m.
- Texting without your glasses
- Eating a Costco hot dog
- Texting without your glasses
- Eating a Costco hot dog
Acts of Rebellion for the Middle-Aged
Starting a movie after 9 p.m. Texting without your glasses Eating a Costco hot dog
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June 30, 2026 at 4:24 PM
C'mon! This is just hurtful. Entirely true... but still hurtful.
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The first episode is prepared... A handful of scholars have expressed interest in participating... We're zeroing in on a launch date... The So What? Project is well underway!
Do you have a research project or publication you want to share with a wider audience? Reach out!
#AcademicSky #podcast
Do you have a research project or publication you want to share with a wider audience? Reach out!
#AcademicSky #podcast
June 25, 2026 at 2:27 PM
The first episode is prepared... A handful of scholars have expressed interest in participating... We're zeroing in on a launch date... The So What? Project is well underway!
Do you have a research project or publication you want to share with a wider audience? Reach out!
#AcademicSky #podcast
Do you have a research project or publication you want to share with a wider audience? Reach out!
#AcademicSky #podcast
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If you want to be on The So What? Project, send me a note & I'll send you an information guide.
All you'll do is (1) fill out a form; (2) record yourself answering some questions provided in the guide; (3) send it all in.
There's no interview to schedule and you can re-record all you like.
Easy!
All you'll do is (1) fill out a form; (2) record yourself answering some questions provided in the guide; (3) send it all in.
There's no interview to schedule and you can re-record all you like.
Easy!
June 19, 2026 at 6:28 PM
If you want to be on The So What? Project, send me a note & I'll send you an information guide.
All you'll do is (1) fill out a form; (2) record yourself answering some questions provided in the guide; (3) send it all in.
There's no interview to schedule and you can re-record all you like.
Easy!
All you'll do is (1) fill out a form; (2) record yourself answering some questions provided in the guide; (3) send it all in.
There's no interview to schedule and you can re-record all you like.
Easy!
Based on the reactions to this post, I'm launching the So What? Project - a short-form podcast where academics talk about their work in plain language.
I'm making it very easy to participate. Email [email protected] & follow @thesowhatproject.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #Academia
I'm making it very easy to participate. Email [email protected] & follow @thesowhatproject.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #Academia
June 19, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Based on the reactions to this post, I'm launching the So What? Project - a short-form podcast where academics talk about their work in plain language.
I'm making it very easy to participate. Email [email protected] & follow @thesowhatproject.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #Academia
I'm making it very easy to participate. Email [email protected] & follow @thesowhatproject.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #Academia
In a fit of enthusiasm I've decided to make yesterday's joke a real thing!
"The So What? Project" podcast will give academics a few minutes to talk about their work in everyday language. To participate, email [email protected]
and follow @thesowhatproject.bsky.social
#academics
"The So What? Project" podcast will give academics a few minutes to talk about their work in everyday language. To participate, email [email protected]
and follow @thesowhatproject.bsky.social
#academics
Who wants to help me launch a podcast encompassing all disciplines called "It's Not Boring!" where academics spend seven minutes excitedly talking about their latest publication in terms understandable to the general public?
June 19, 2026 at 4:56 PM
In a fit of enthusiasm I've decided to make yesterday's joke a real thing!
"The So What? Project" podcast will give academics a few minutes to talk about their work in everyday language. To participate, email [email protected]
and follow @thesowhatproject.bsky.social
#academics
"The So What? Project" podcast will give academics a few minutes to talk about their work in everyday language. To participate, email [email protected]
and follow @thesowhatproject.bsky.social
#academics
Indication #27 that I'm ready for vacation: I just tried to take a picture with my calculator.
June 17, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Indication #27 that I'm ready for vacation: I just tried to take a picture with my calculator.
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What makes play, especially to adults, so rewarding? Why is playing fun?
It’s about honing predictive processing—“When we play, we deliberately choose to increase uncertainty in order to experience the pleasure of reducing it”
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It’s about honing predictive processing—“When we play, we deliberately choose to increase uncertainty in order to experience the pleasure of reducing it”
buff.ly/SP6DeWg
June 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
What makes play, especially to adults, so rewarding? Why is playing fun?
It’s about honing predictive processing—“When we play, we deliberately choose to increase uncertainty in order to experience the pleasure of reducing it”
buff.ly/SP6DeWg
It’s about honing predictive processing—“When we play, we deliberately choose to increase uncertainty in order to experience the pleasure of reducing it”
buff.ly/SP6DeWg
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The paper in question: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
May 25, 2026 at 2:03 PM
The paper in question: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Thirty years ago my weekends were for beer and hard rock. Now they’re for fretting about whether I overwatered the strawflowers and if rabbits will get my avocado tree.
May 23, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Thirty years ago my weekends were for beer and hard rock. Now they’re for fretting about whether I overwatered the strawflowers and if rabbits will get my avocado tree.
The world needs more politicians... no, wait... more LEADERS like this.
May 22, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The world needs more politicians... no, wait... more LEADERS like this.
May the Fourth be with you!
C-3P0 and R2-D2 Visit Sesame Street | Sesame Street Classics Full Episode
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May 4, 2026 at 1:19 PM
May the Fourth be with you!
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." - Albert Einstein
“Researchers from Cornell University have developed what they call "the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale," a tool designed to measure how impressed people are by business school-style jargon that sounds strategic but says very little.”
www.theregister.com/2026/03/15/c...
www.theregister.com/2026/03/15/c...
Jargon-lovers are worse at their jobs, say boffins
: Cornell Uni researchers pivot to pluck low-hanging fruit to optimize bandwidth
www.theregister.com
March 19, 2026 at 2:24 PM
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." - Albert Einstein
I've worn eyeglasses for four decades and I still don't know how I'm supposed to keep them clean.
March 18, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I've worn eyeglasses for four decades and I still don't know how I'm supposed to keep them clean.
"Did you read the syllabus?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
There is not a day that goes by that I don’t say the phrase “pedagogical features.”
There is not a day that goes by that I don’t say the phrase “pedagogical features.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Oh, God, what DOES happen next???" ;)
"Oh, God, what DOES happen next???" ;)
March 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM
"Did you read the syllabus?"