January 2023

Yet Another Test of ChatGPT

As I now do for fun, I prompted ChatGPT to provide a list of open education conferences. Here is what it returned. Here are a few conferences that are focused on open education (ChatGPT, January 11, 2023): At first, this appears to be an ok roster. I headed to Google to find links to the […]

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Online, distance, remote, digital, oh, my!

Education has a terminology problem. I think “learning engineer” finally had its day, but we continue to struggle with how to describe various types of learning. Classroom instruction remains (for the most part) the baseline “traditional” learning environment when contrasted with the rest. However, we dance around all kinds of terms to describe technology-supported learning

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Open Access | 2023 Handbook of Open, Distance, and Digital Education

Hot off the press! I just came across the 1,400+ page OPEN ACCESS “2023 Handbook of Open, Distance, and Digital Education” with many of my favorite scholars, including Martin Weller, Terry Anderson, Michael Molenda, Rick West, Patrick Lowenthal, and many, many more! Wowzy! I’m blown away.  Featured Image Photo by Dmitry Ratushny on Unsplash

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Open Book | Ethical Use of Technology in Digital Learning Environments: Graduate Student Perspectives

I’m late to the party in finding this treasure, but I stumbled on Ethical Use of Technology in Digital Learning Environments: Graduate Student Perspectives, an open-access book published in December 28, 2020 examining the safe and ethical use of EdTech co-created students at the University of Calgary. It’s a fantastic project on so many levels:

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AI Cat and Mouse

My niece just sent me an article from BuzzFeed titled Teachers Are Absolutely Loving The Student Who Made A Tool That Shows If Your Essay Was Written By AI. So continues the cat and mouse game between teachers and learners in the name of academic integrity. The article is an interesting read about Edward Tian,

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ChatGPT | Describe a Literature Review

As I’m prepping my course for the spring term, I’m working on my (very lengthy) handout and resource materials associated with a major assignment in the course, a literature review on a topic related to the implications of technology use/innovation in education (e.g., equity, access, privacy, eWaste, etc.) I asked ChatGPT to help me produce

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