Lab Notes
Tools, Tools, and More Tools
With the growing interest in AI tools spurred by the release of ChatGPT, a large number of specialized AI tools have come into public view. These tools offer assistance in a wide range of areas […]
Articles by Gary Natriello
Distance Learning
Reconfiguring Learning Opportunities: College Credit through YouTube Videos
A new example of the continuing reconfiguration of learning opportunities in the post-industrial era was recently highlighted in Mashable. YouTube has announced a new program with Arizona State University that allows students to use YouTube […]
Assessment
Advances in Cheating
As if the world needs more superficial compilations of existing information regardless of the authenticity of sources, behold ChatGPT, the AI Chat-bot that is creating a stir and capturing the attention of millions as well […]
Data Analytics Research
Working Smarter Is More than Technique
With the growing interest in careers in data science and programming for handling data at large scale, it is worth reflecting on ways to be more effective that take us beyond the application of the […]
Lab Notes
A Tool for Transcription
Writing in The Verge, Mitchell Clark discusses his experience using OpenAI’s open source neural network to transcribe voice to text. Clark considers the prospects for using the application, called Whisper, for transcribing interviews conducted by […]
Data Analytics Research
Research Ethics at LinkedIn
Data scientists at LinkedIn conducted research on members to examine the impact of strong ties and weak ties in the first large scale, longitudinal study of its kind. The study, reported in Science, has raised […]
Self-Directed Learning
The Great Rewiring
Writing in Big Think, Ross Pomeroy calls attention to an article from Psychophysiology in which the authors review articles related to the connections in the human brain and how those connections change with age. The […]
Distance Learning
E-Learning Strategy in 5 Steps
Writing in Big Think, Joanne Willard identifies five steps to an effective e-learning strategy for L&D organizations. She recommends that organizations: 1) keep content short and simple, 2) increase opportunities for learners to interact, 3) […]
Self-Directed Learning
Teens and Social Media – Just Showing Up
Overall social media use has become a stable element of modern life for teens, but the patterns of use appear to shift as new cohorts reach their teen years. A new report from the Pew […]
Assessment
Demonstrating Learning
As we explore what it might mean to have a learning environment more like the one described by Kett that relied on student exhibitions, we need to have more options for ways of creating such […]