My fly-on-the-wall observations on AI and higher education (at least teaching and learning) is that most universities really do not know what to do. Many do not have integrated policies. Most professors don't really know what it is about.
Profs need training, procedural and pedagogical. Universities should be spearheading the response. However, that is not what I see.
'In 2022, [Professor Lee] Panich and a team of faculty, students, and Muwekma Ohlone representatives began adapting [it] into a more comprehensive augmented reality (AR) experience that will allow the thousands of people who visit SCU every year to explore Indigenous stories around our campus in real-time, directly on their phones. The GPS-driven AR tour is planned to highlight roughly 20 stops.'
My students will soon submit a (digital) poster presenting the results of a small empirical study. Any ideas how to invite everyone to take a look at all posters and foster productive discussions during the last session (in presence)?
What is the real difference between #Biden and #Trump? Both are #Zionists, supporting genocide. Both, despite Biden’s campaign promises, are most content for U.S. citizens to live in a repressive #police state. Neither is beholden to the will of the voters; #lobbyists are the people who have the most influence over policy. Both are willing to spend billions on #apartheid#Israel
An independent panel finds the Ford government cut investment in universities and colleges. Ontario spends only 57% per student of what other provinces spend. The province would have to spend $4B/year just to reach the country's average.
'The government muzzled the panelists from speaking about the rationale behind their recommendations.'
The nonprofit Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded George Washington University a grant of $685,000 to establish an Open Source Program Office (#OSPO) on campus.
“What we want to do with GW’s OSPO is coordinate and support #OpenSource software across campus and to help researchers discover and embrace #OSS and contribute to creating a culture of open collaboration and knowledge sharing.”
hello library uni folk! please give @heatherdawson a follow, who has recently joined Mastodon. Heather is a super knowledgeable academic support librarian at the LSE
'The Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery (HLS) initiative has announced its inaugural Request for Proposals (RFP) for innovative and impactful projects that address systemic inequities affecting people who have been harmed by slavery.'
#TheMetalDogArticleList #BLABBERMOUTH
DUFF MCKAGAN Looks Back On Decision To Attend Seattle University: 'I Was Really Hungry For Knowledge'
"It was [something] I did when I got sober. I felt like...
UCU has written to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) calling on it to reverse its decision to suspend its advisory board on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion within 48 hours.
If it refuses to do so, the union will call on its members to resign from voluntary positions with the funding body.
'People of African descent first arrived in the territory now known as Canada more than 400 years ago...A new Black and African Diaspora Studies major introduced at Dalhousie this fall aims to help fill that gap by offering students an expansive interdisciplinary program exploring the historical, societal, and cultural dimensions of African Canadian life and the broader global Black world.'
Inspiring and encouraging examples how to organize and mobilize academics in higher and further education from Mexico (SNTE), UK (UCU), Australia (NTEU) and Zimbabwe (COLAZ) - I had the pleasure and honor to chair the panel at the 12th #educationinternational Further & and #highereducation & research conference #IFHERC23 in Mexico City #cdmx ✌️✌🏾✌🏻
It breaks my heart thinking about all the #students who were ready to start their new #MSc or #phd in foreign countries and now they have to give up because they cannot travel from many more countries other than #Israel and #Palestine
'On October 25, 2023, Representative Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Representative Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Representative Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), and Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL) announced the establishment of a new Congressional Caucus focused on educating policymakers and uplifting the needs of Predominantly Black Institutions.'
"Open source software has fueled innovation for decades, providing the building blocks for the internet and the modern cloud. Today [...] every company that depends on software—both vendors and customers—will need to be #opensource aligned (in other words, contribute in time, money and software back to the community) to succeed."