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For Earth Day 2024
Today is the 54th Earth Day, a holiday generally aimed at raising global ecological consciousness. It began in 1970 as a UNESCO project and I can’t help but hear Earth as system and Spaceship Earth from that origin then. earthday.org is the organizer now, and declared this year’s theme to be “Planet vs. Plastics.” They explain what that’s about: advocat[ing] for widespread awareness on the health risk of plastics,
Templates
I love it when a personalised, yet templated, email drops in my inbox and looks something like this … “Hey Hopkins. Noticed you’re the #REF! for LearningMate, I imagine you’re looking for ways to increase …” Yup. Move along. To be clear, I have nothing against outreach and/or a templated approach to communications. I do, however, think a little bit of effort can be put into the enterprise and get
One gaming design exercise in a seminar
Last week I tried a new exercise in my gaming seminar, and wanted to post about it because it went well and might be useful. I’d also like to build on the exercise. To recap: at this point in the class we’re explored a range of gaming forms. We started with tabletop games, moved on to role-playing games, then jumped to the digital world, and followed up with gamification. Throughout
Edtech has an evidence problem
Edtech brokers have begun producing new evidence and measurements of the impact of technologies in schools. Photo by Alexander Grey on Unsplash Schools spend a lot of money on edtech, and most of the time it’s a waste of their limited funds. According to the Edtech Evidence Exchange, educators estimate that “85% of edtech tools are poor fits or poorly implemented”, indicating very weak returns for the $25 billion or
An “AI Student Agent” Takes an Asynchronous Online Course
The earlier we all start thinking about this problem, the sooner we can start generating ideas and potential solutions. Given the magnitude of impact generative AI is having and will have in education (and many other aspects of life), I’m working with some diligence to keep up to date with developments in the field. Recently, I noticed how a couple of the emerging capabilities of generative AI will come together
ZOOM’S AI COMPANION: THE NEXT FRONTIER IN AI-ASSISTED WORK
As faculty closely monitoring the Generative Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) landscape, you may be interested in learning about a new tool in your toolbelt: the Zoom AI Companion. While generative A.I. may rightfully be seen as a new hurdle to overcome in some contexts, such as assessment design and academic integrity, it’s important to also look for ways in which generative A.I. can make our work easier, more efficient, or more
Heading to ASU-GSV 2024
Greetings from airportland. I write this waiting to board a United Flight to San Diego, where I’m scheduled to participate in the ASU-GSV conference. It’s my first time there, in fact. Yes, yes, I’ve heard all the hype and the critique for years. I’m looking forward to the event for a few reasons, starting with researching the flows of capital around education and technology, followed by checking out emerging ed
Watching _Civil War_: impressions and disappointment
We just saw the new movie Civil War. Afterwards the audience filed out in silence, perhaps stunned. Our group talked about it energetically, then hit the internet for more, and hence this post. This post also assumed you’ve seen the movie, so if you haven’t, I hereby raise spoiler shields. In fact, I’ll use the movie poster as a spacer before I get going: Nice image, but never seen in
How will the FAFSA debacle impact colleges and universities this fall?
Over the past year the United States federal government has been revising its FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) system. Unfortunately, its rollout over the past few months has been chaotic. Delays, errors, more delays, having to redo applications, and other problems have beset the effort. My question today is, how will FAFSA problems impact student enrollment this fall semester? “a rolling catastrophe,” according to Ted Mitchell of ACE Naturally
Universities on Fire, one year later: glimpsing the present and a hopeful future
One year ago Johns Hopkins University Press published my book on the future of higher education and the climate crisis, Universities on Fire. Today I wanted to look back on the book’s progress in the world, how academics and others have responded, and what I think I’ve learned. Copies of the book on sale at Colorado College, where I gave a talk. How do you measure a book’s fate? Sales
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