Tag: access
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Is generative AI a threat to the idea of a university?
Is it worth pointing out that universities only became interested in AI when it was broadly available to students? I can’t get away from the idea that universities are responding to a perceived threat that only manifested when students had access to this technology.
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Posted to Diigo 06/25/2012
On Bubbles, Facebook, and Playing for Keeps: 10 Questions With Clay Shirky | Wired Business | Wired.com “When I look around at the risk/reward curve for higher education it’s grim. We’ve really gone past the point where raising tuition higher than inflation and then financializing the payment system has become abusive. I certainly never intended…
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Posted to Diigo 08/01/2010
xWeb « Connectivism – Annotated Naming things is important. It’s easier to say “web 2.0″ than “participative, fragmented content, conversation-driven web”. Unfortunately, names give shape to concepts that are often imprecise. Sometimes words hurt more than they help. xWeb is the utilization of smart, structured data drawn from our physical and virtual interactions and identities to…
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Posted to Diigo 05/02/2010
1020. Mobil Learning « Tomorrow’s Professor Blog You can’t force students to pay attention if they don’t want to. And even if you forbid all electronic gadgets, students will still daydream, whisper, and pass notes. You can’t force students to pay attention if they don’t want to. If you permit mobile devices, establish rules of…