Tag: engagement
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Learning to use AI effectively takes time, not technique
People who’ve ‘dabbled’ with ChatGPT or Claude often confidently declare that the outputs are “hollow” or that they “lack substance”. But learning to use AI effectively isn’t about mastering a tool—it’s about developing relational skill. And relationships take time. When has anything worth doing ever been easy? And why should AI be different?
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Avoiding AI platform dependency by controlling your context
Google’s free Gemini Pro access seems valuable, but using these platforms extensively creates AI platform dependency through contextual capture. Your unique thinking patterns, intellectual connections, and research approaches become integrated into their ecosystem. After the 15-month trial period ends, you’re cognitively locked in, trading intellectual independence for convenience, all while the platforms reshape how you…
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Another Terrible Idea from Turnitin | Just Visiting
Allowing the proliferation of algorithmic surveillance as a substitution for human engagement and judgment helps pave the road to an ugly future where students spend more time interacting algorithms than instructors or each other. This is not a sound way to help writers develop robust and flexible writing practices. Source: Another Terrible Idea from Turnitin…
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“Objectivity” in educational research
Earlier today I had a productive meeting with one of my supervisors where, in addition to updating her on my progress, we discussed my reluctance to get “too involved” in my research projects. This is something I’ve touched on before and will probably continue returning to it during the course of my research. I come…