Tag: internet
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AI features in the browser
Just wanted to note a few developments around integrating AI into the browser, which makes a lot of sense. Just another data point in the process of integrating AI into everything.
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The Innovators, by Walter Isaacson
Just finished The Innovators by Walter Isaacson.
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AI-first educational institutions
In a previous post I mentioned in passing the idea that universities, if they want to remain relevant, will need to adopt an AI-first position for everything they do. Soon, AI will be embedded in everything, from preparing course materials, to developing assessments, to budget allocation. And email. It will be a huge part of…
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Link: AI & Internet’s Existential Crisis
https://om.co/2023/07/17/ai-internets-existential-crisis/ Tomorrow it will be a dozen other companies with more nefarious ideas who will use AI systems inspired by Wix to create an endless chain of websites and then fill them with information created by AI tools. They can use them to farm for ad dollars, referral links, or plain-old misinformation. By creating an…
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Seeing beyond our own paradigms
Yesterday I saw this tweet from Enrico Coiera: So I downloaded the editorial and noted these sections: Through the Internet, the public has access to a growing supply of information on health and disease, often of variable quality and relevance. As a result, providing information on health will no longer be the exclusive remit of…
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Weekly digest (24-28 May 2021)
Ads in academic journals? Recently I had to disable my ad-blocking extensions to troubleshoot a problem I’m having with a service and I forgot to turn them back on. So I was surprised to visit a journal website and see the number of ads displayed down the side. As if journals don’t make enough money…
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Thoughts on my first article for The Conversation
I pitched 3 ideas for articles to The Conversation: Africa at the end of last year, one of which was picked up to develop and publish. A few days ago I gave the go-ahead for it to be published and am happy to report that it is live. It’s called Technology is no longer a…
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I enjoyed reading (June)
The internet: Everything you ever need to know (John Naughton): A funny thing happened to us on the way to the future. The internet went from being something exotic to being boring utility, like mains electricity or running water – and we never really noticed. So we wound up being totally dependent on a system…
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The Internet is here to stay
Quote from Alec Couros‘ blog post, “It’s not going away“: We live in complex, media-rich, connected environments. As adults, we have built these spaces for our kids and set them up in situations where I’ve heard members of our generation exclaim, “I’m sure glad Youtube or Facebook didn’t exist when I was a kid!” But…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-08
RT @cristinacost: Forum: Qualitative Social Research. Open access journal on qual. research http://twurl.nl/6dzg0w # RT @Richard_Dawkins: Beetle’s Hue Preserved After 600,000 Years: oldest example of vivid color on a prehistoric creature http://is.gd/9Axfl # Edge 313 – Why it’s time to start taking the internet seriously http://bit.ly/bXjH39 # German Study Casts Doubt on Net Gen Claims…
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Did you know?
I recently came across an updated version of the Did you know 2.0 video that was doing the rounds in 2006/2007. Did you know 3.0 has new statistics (although they’re probably already outdated) and a different visual appeal. If you haven’t seen it and are interested in the role the internet is playing in fundamentally…
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Laptops in class
A few days ago I wrote about employing technology in classrooms and how we need to make sure that it’s appropriate technology and not being used just because we can. I felt at the time that it probably wasn’t a good idea for students to have their own machines in front of them because of…
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Technology in the classroom: can we make it work?
I’ve been trying to think how to use technology to enhance both my teaching and my students’ learning and it’s proving more difficult than I’d initially thought. I like to think that laptops and internet access in every classroom give students real-time access to related content while they engage in meaningful discussion, but this will…