Artificial Intelligence? I’ve Heard Of It

Published 11th December 2020

As I shut down my work computer for the last time in 2020, I feel safe and far removed from the AI uprising that may one day doom us all. When Panopto’s automated closed captioning system can get my name right, then I may begin to worry.

Published in 2020

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I’m Sonya McChristie, a learning technologist who’s worked in UK Higher Education for a little over 10 years, coming to the profession via customer support roles in IT service departments. Since 2014 I’ve been with the University of Sunderland’s CELT, responsible for managing a team of content developers and teaching our post-graduate learning technology module.

Pronouns: They/Them or She/Her 🏳️‍🌈

Home: https://sonya.mcchristie.com

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Education
Senior Fellow of the HEA
PG Cert Academic Practice
Fellow of the HEA
PG Cert Leadership and Change
CMALT – 2017
MA English
Certified ScrumMaster
BA Humanities with Philosophy
CMALT – 2012
Diploma in Computing
Certificate in Humanities
8 x Standard Grades

Publications
No journal articles or book chapters yet, but if my boss is reading this I’m working on it I swear!

Conferences
04/07/2019: Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference 2019

Guest Blog Posts
05/07/2019: A Report from the HEE (North) TEL Stakeholder Event

Contributions
02/09/2020: What Makes a Learning Technologist? – Part 4

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