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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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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As I prepare for the new semester, I’m aggregating resources about AI use in education. A lot of those resources are from peer educators making their own aggregated rosters. So, here is my current aggregation of aggregated AI rosters: Featured Image Photo by Taras Shypka on Unsplash
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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:
I have long drawn inspiration from Austin Kleon and today was no exception. He’s a fantastic curator and documenter of his sources of inspiration. In today’s roundup of his week that had been, he linked to this article about Barnes & Noble’s turnaround. They’ve struggled to survive for years to find a niche and landed
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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,
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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Back at it in the new year and one of the first agenda items at the team meeting was discussing the 2023 AECT Convention Proposal Call that opened in late December. The 2023 convention will celebrate AECT’s 100th year as an organization! Happy centennial – or, as I just learned, “centenary” for some outside the
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As a sort of New Year’s resolution, I signed up for an annual membership at the Art Institute of Chicago. It’s in the neighborhood, but like too many things we take for granted in our neighborhood, I hadn’t been in years. The Art Institute of Chicago website offers nice overviews of some of my favorite
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As I prepare for the new semester, I’m spending time contemplating the implications of chatGPT, a recently released AI tool that returns a detailed response to your instruction prompt. While I’ve had a blast playing and thinking about the possibilities as a writing tool, I’m also struggling to integrate it within the work we’re doing in my course.
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