Lab Notes
Time for the Moon
On earth we have come to take time keeping for granted. We know what time it is where we are and we can easily find the time in any location on the earth. Atomic clocks […]
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Learning Settings
Settings and Performance
We often take the settings for performance for granted, but a recent article by Liam Tharme in the New York Times highlights the importance of the settings in which individuals perform. Tharme tells the story […]
Data Analytics Research
Visibility and Control of AI Models
With the development and growing popularity of large language models, various concerns have been raised. These concerns have included the quality of the information generated, the fairness of how individuals and groups are represented in […]
Distance Learning
Looking More Deeply into YouTube
Despite many efforts to examine YouTube, there are few datasets available that provide a comprehensive look at the enormous video collection and sharing site. In a recent paper published in the Journal of Quantitative Description, […]
Data Analytics Research
It’s 2024 – Do You Know What Google Does with Student Data?
An article in The Verge reports on action taken by the Danish privacy regulator that will require cities in Denmark to provide assurances that student data transferred to Google via Chromebooks and Google Workspace complies […]
Lab Notes
Human Augmentation – Just More Tools?
The use of tools has long been used to distinguish humans so perhaps we should not be puzzled by the growing set of human augmentation opportunities. Nonetheless, there is a growing set of tools for […]
Recipes
Ham and Potato Soup
Ingredients Instructions 3. Add the ham and potatoes, cook for 2 minutes, then add the garlic and sauté about 30 seconds. 4. Mix the flour through and cook for 2 minutes. 5. Stir in stock […]
Learning Settings
Classroom Design
Writing on Edutopia, Youki Tourada and Stephen Merrill review the factors that contribute to classrooms that support student learning. They consider a wide range of topics, including lighting, ventilation and air quality, color and complexity, […]
Learning Settings
Good Internet, Bad Internet
Like most tools and technologies, the Internet has been used for good or uplifting purposes as well as for bad or dispiriting agendas. Writing in The Guardian, Zoe Williams discusses the contrast first between Wikipedia […]
Data Analytics Research
Racism In, Racism Out
Because the dominant contemporary approaches to artificial intelligence take an inductive approach, they represent less of a radical departure in human thought and more of an acceleration or super charging of it. Thus, it should […]