@dwayneripley
Creating and translating learning sciences knowledge. PhD in design for interdisciplinary education. Researches epistemic cognition, educational technology, and design knowledge. ORCID: 0000-0002-7812-0614
I've been thinking a lot about the importance of 'good faith' discussions and the willingness or openness to having some information/discourse change your mind.
It's increasingly rare.
The term 'complexity phobia' is new to me but resonates.
International Women’s Day is a good moment to recognize the many women whose work, mentorship, and leadership shape science and academia, despite many structural barriers. I'm grateful for the colleagues, collaborators, and students I get to learn from every day.
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Opinion | Beyond the 2 Cultures
Design is higher education’s missing foundation. By Joseph Squier https://bit.ly/4734YVh
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Great insights.
The concept of Metis (aka sailor smarts) is important when we think about differentiation with what AI and humas can each do well.
This makes me think of Horizon scanning as well and the shift from 'prediction' to 'awareness of signals'.
New post: Expert Signals. I've been thinking about what human experts actually do that AI can't, drawing on James C. Scott's distinction between techne and metis. Read more... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu
youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ?...
In the wise words of Metallica, "sad but true".
Maybe I shouldn't be, but I'm surprised people take this Alpha School thing at all seriously. Does no one remember Rocketship or AltSchool or the other attempts at this digitally automated schooling? Time to re-up this from the AltSchool days. www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-v...
It seems like tech companies and governments are working hard to keep students from difficult experiences, you know, the experiences that are essential to actual learning.
Serious question - could the service provided to the killer be considered as aiding a mass murder?
A majority of teens AND PARENTS think it is okay for students to use #GenAI for homework/learning. Companies must design GenAI to help people actually learn, rather than offload learning. And we must educate people about when it is and is not a good idea to use GenAI for learning. #EduSky
I like this term, 'the instrumentalisation of everything'.
Hi Leon.
FYI, the link leads to a '404'.
I'm going to forward this to my teenage daughter. It's an insightful, honest take on the current state of finance.
"Politicians should condemn financialization as not only harmful but also absurd. That will lose them support from several very rich donors but gain them support from many more constituents. Same goes for university leaders."
[Gift link]
Q: Gemini, what does 'Rats leaving a sinking ship' mean?
A: In maritime lore, it refers to rats fleeing the lowest, water-logged decks of a doomed vessel.
In business, it describes top talent or employees leaving a company that is experiencing, or about to experience, significant trouble.
Google's annual AI survey with Ipsos indicates "learning" is the #1 use of AI, overtaking "entertainment."
But "learning" can mean *anything*. You can learn conspiracies, recipes, videogame cheats, whatever.
This is not "education" as it deliberately blurs it here
blog.google/products-and...
*for coding use in this example
Cognitive offloading is the norm for AI users at work, leading to reduced development of expertise,
*EXCEPT* when it is used to build comprehension (by asking follow-up questions, requesting explanations, or posing conceptual questions).
It's a tool. It's how you use it that matters.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university (I'll try this again)
-Innovations in learning tech & practice
-learning tech research frontiers
-Systems, change & learning
-dssign for learning
-existential lit
Agree. It just that it makes me think of the guns don't kill people, people kill people argument.
Verifying that a reference is correct is not the same as referencing papers that you've read and understand and use as an existing body of evidence which you build from.
Veryifying references is retrofitting or cherrypicking research that supports your argument. That's poor research.
"When asked about the possibility of the AI model confabulating fake citations, Weil acknowledged that “none of this absolves the scientist of the responsibility to verify that their references are correct.”
They're placing the blame on the user (and subsequently on editors), not on the technology
“When your ‘bug’ consistently affects anti-Trump content, Epstein references, and anti-ICE videos, you’re looking at either spectacular coincidence or systems that have been designed to flag and suppress specific political content.”
A thoughtful and thought-provoking piece on university libraries
doi.org/10.1080/0307...
I switched to DuckDuckGo recently BECAUSE I can disable the AI slop. I don't want it, never will.
voteyesornoai.com/vote/no
"We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste our time on crap reports."
Junk AI work again overwhelming volunteers.
There are adults in the room once again.
