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Get Creative
Wondering how to become more creative in your work and other dimensions of your life? Michael Michalko offers advice in the form of Twelve Things You Were Not Taught In School About Creativity. Here is […]
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Data Analytics Research
Fashioning AI for Children
Many products and services that impact children directly or indirectly incorporate artificial intelligence. A recent report by the World Economic Forum includes a toolkit for those involved in developing systems, for those in corporate roles […]
Assessment
Reasons to Place Less Emphasis on Grades
Writing in the Harvard Business Education site, Gerald Knesek argues that instructors should focus less on grades and more on cultivating a desire to learn in students. To avoid the stress on grades which he […]
Data Analytics Research
Your Data Are Not On Mute
A piece by Will Gendron in Input calls attention to the fact that video conferencing apps, including Zoom, Slack, Google Meet, and Discord, continue to gather data from users even after their mics are muted. […]
Distance Learning
Zoom You Consequences
Wondering why it feels strange to look at yourself in an online video session? It turns out that there are some mental health consequences from this experience connected with heightened self-objectification. Moreover, as Roxanne Felig […]
Data Analytics Research
AI Fairness?
Despite the many calls for monitoring and improving the fairness of artificially intelligent applications, the problems they present may be more complicated and thus more challenging to address than is generally assumed. Writing in Vox, […]
Distance Learning
Will There Be Coffee in the Metaverse?
Just when you thought it was safe to teach and take classes online after a year of pandemic driven experience, the company formerly known as Facebook has announced that it will fund seven colleges and […]
Data Analytics Research
Getting Started with Python
Wondering how to begin learning Python either for personal reasons or as part of your preparation for further formal study? Check out Gareen Puglia’s account of her experience taking the Google Crash Course on Python […]
Distance Learning
Online On the Fence
Writing in Educause Review, Perry Samson tells an interesting, and perhaps common, story of how students negotiate the question of face-to-face vs online class formats. Although many express a preference for face-to-face classes, in practice […]
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Physical Spaces to Support Virtual Experiences
Writing in Arch Daily, Katie Overstreet highlights the emerging need for physical spaces with the capacity to support a new generation of digital spaces and experiences. These spaces will be used to help individuals make […]