Posts – Latrlab

Age Checks Online

October 5, 2026 Gary Natriello 0

There is growing pressure to require age verification in an effort to protect children online. However, some of the initiatives in this area also pose risks for general users forced to provide personal information as […]

Surveillance Side Effects

September 21, 2026 Gary Natriello 0

Look over there. The art of distraction by entertainment is reaching new levels of success as exemplified by the rapid expansion of surveillance technologies connected with the recent World Cup games. Writing in The Conversation, […]

“Meta” Privacy

September 2, 2026 Gary Natriello 0

Writing in TechCrunch, Sarah Perez reports that the recent settlement of a case brought by state attorneys general against Meta resulted in a headline settlement of an $18 billion payout from Meta to the states. […]

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Self-Directed Learning and AI

August 30, 2026 Gary Natriello 0

Check out this initial review by Jasper Roe and Mike Perkins of eighteen recent studies of the impact of AI in self-directed learning. The review highlights the potential for AI to enhance self-directed learning, the […]

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Distance Learning and AI

August 11, 2026 Gary Natriello 0

The rapid spread of AI has the potential to reshape approaches to distance learning. Writing in eLearning Industry, Amit Zandberg argues that course creators will need to re-think their offerings to move beyond the posting […]

What Can We Learn from Backyards for the Design of Learning Settings?

August 10, 2026 Gary Natriello 0

As we think about creating settings for learning there may be some lessons that we can take from the psychology of a space familiar to many, the backyard. Consider this video: What ideas might be […]

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When to Quit?

August 10, 2026 Gary Natriello 0

Statistics are essentially “numbers about the state” but what does one do when working for a state under conditions that make it difficult to report in an accurate and timely way? Writing in The Atlantic, […]

Fleece, Rinse, Repeat – From One Laptop Per Child to One AI Tutor Per Child

February 18, 2026 Gary Natriello 0

Writing in The Conversation, Niral Shah observes that the current movement to personalize learning by giving each student an AI tutor runs into at least two limitations. First, there is a substantial body of research […]

Social Media Invaded by AI

January 30, 2026 Gary Natriello 0

The Pew Research Center has reported that American’s are using social media in greater numbers than ever. While many social media sites are growing, Youtube remains the most popular. Thus it is particularly notable that […]

Protesting an Overly Hard Exam

January 23, 2026 Gary Natriello 0

What happens when a college entrance examination contains items that are just too difficult? A recent occasion of such a problem in the Suneung, the Korean college entrance examination, provides some insight. Some of the […]