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A sniper robot targets a rocket on the ground. Cover of Amazing Stories, May 1959.

Whither Comes the Data: Current Uses of AI and Data Set Training in Higher Ed

ByBrenna Reading Time: 7 minutes

The ChatGPT handwringing of late has bothered me, not least because it is cloaked in a kind of shock, like the domain of higher education has suddenly been sullied by this profane technology. But babes, it was always already here. Many faculty are learning about the impacts of artificial intelligence on their own practice as…

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Digital Detox #2: The LMS, Tech-Driven Pedagogy, and Making Bad Choices Too Easy

ByBrenna Reading Time: 11 minutes

It’s common discourse in teaching and learning circles to hear the comment that we can’t let technology drive our pedagogy. But is it true? If I walk into a classroom and the chairs are fixed rather than movable, it changes how I approach the lesson plan; if there’s no whiteboard or no surface to write…