@Downes 2/
And we have "thought leaders" and "futurists" who are talking about what we should be doing in education about climate change one week and then pushing technologies from OpenAI the next when OpenAI's carbon footprint is horrendous. I understand that there are worse industries but I am expecting more from educators. We have been doing a lot of work around DEI issues and OpenAI's ChatGPT does not seem like a solution. The answer to systemic racism isn't more of the same.
@Downes /1
I essentially agree with you - n.b: I also know that you are capable of some formidably reasonable arguments - I used your logical fallacies work in my Eng. 101 classes back in the day :-) I shouldn't paint all of AI with the same brush. I am most disappointed in the edu sector's non-critical embrace of the company OpenAI. I work in the community/tech colleges and it seems like all of the work we have been doing in DEI and accessibility just goes out the window for the latest thing.
@Downes I appreciate that but wouldn’t it be great if we had some systematic, analytical way to evaluate technology in education beyond how we felt? Something that measured its handling of student data and privacy, its accessibility, its carbon footprint, its accuracy, its propensity towards racism, or basically any metric at all besides our gut telling us that we are going to miss out on the latest thing?
Open Pedagogy and Teaching with Zines - I spent Labor Day in SF and went to the Zine Fest. I met a lot of great people there including teachers teaching with zines - very inspirational. Would love to hear from more teachers doing this! https://geoffcain.com/blog/open-pedagogy-and-teaching-with-zines/ #OER #zines #openpedagogy
@chrisaldrich I was trying to get an Art History book club to use Hypothes.is or any other social annotation software. They wouldn’t bite but I think it is a great opportunity for book clubs.
There is a lot of pressure to use AI in education because “it’s the latest thing” and “we will be behind” - but not every technological change is an “advance” or a good thing. This feels very Hindenburgish… There are some advances it’s okay to miss out on.
AI and the End of Education. Some thoughts on AI and why we do what we do. The title is meant to mock the characterization of all arguments against the use of ChatGPT in edu as "fear" :-)
https://geoffcain.com/blog/ai-and-the-end-of-education/
#AI #ChatGPT #openpedagogy #rewildingeducation
Clover Park Technical College is excited to host our second annual #OER Faculty Institute!
Dates: Fri., Aug. 11 & Sat., Aug. 12
Time: 9 am to 3 pm PST
Location: Zoom
No cost open event!
There will be keynote presentations from internationally recognized OER professionals as well as sessions on finding OER, #accessibility in OER, open licenses,#openpedagogy as well as a panel on OER and #librarians.
https://cptc.libguides.com/TLC/CPTC-OER-Faculty-Institute
Looking for textbooks or learning materials (#OER or open textbook) on #teaching for new college teachers (face to face). #highered
@CrackedWindscreen If they can train it to swear at other drivers then I think it would be every bit as good as driving with my dad! He is more of a mapless reactionary driving system...