Tag: teacher
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I disagree. Beyond ’10 myths’ of AI in education
In this post, I critique a recent paper on AI myths in education, arguing that it presents unfounded ‘myths’ without evidence and uses outdated studies to support its claims. The author’s tendency to conflate different AI concepts is also disappointing and unhelpful, and the article fails to clarify important ideas about AI in education.
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To what degree can AI replace teachers?
A very real question is now on the table. To what degree can AI now replace teachers? That is seen by some as a disturbing question. It is in the sense of possibly dehumanising learning. Nevertheless, it is a worthwhile thought experiment. Donald Clark (2023). Are we heading towards a ‘universal teacher’?
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I tell my students to use language models to replace me
in AII know there’s a lot of concern about the potential issue of using LLMs like ChatGPT and Claude to write essays. And it’s true that there’s a risk they can be used for this. But I worry that we’re placing too much emphasis on a risk that I think largely misses the point, which is…
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What if the endpoint for teachers is to serve AI?
The posts I read about AI in education tend to fall into two main categories: I don’t find either of these arguments compelling but will only respond to the second one in this post. We have a long history of incorrect assumptions that technology will free us from the mundane tasks that no-one wants to…
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Workshop on Intended Learning Outcomes
I’ve already mentioned that my institution has increased the emphasis on the scholarship of teaching and learning over the past few years, by placing it on an equal footing with research. This has forced all academics to reconsider their roles within the university, which many have resisted. Luckily (for me) I work in a department…
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Developing cases for Problem-Based Learning
Workshop on the development of case-based studies Facilitators: Dr. Ethel Stanley, Dr. Margaret Waterman Part of my PhD will be to look at alternative approaches to clinical education, including uses cases in problem-based learning (PBL). My specific interest is in the use of emerging technology to design and teach with those cases in small groups.…
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CHAT workshop for Emerging ICT in HE research
activity systems, activity theory, Change laboratory, chat, cognitive change, cultural historical activity theory, external activity systems, General, genetic law, Implement, Internalisation, joanne hardman, learning, leontiev, Lev Vygotsky, model, research, Russia, Stalin, teacher, teaching, vygotskyLast week I attended a short workshop on Cultural Historical Activity Theory (given by Joanne Hardman) as part of an NRF-funded research project on the use of emerging ICTs in Higher Education. Here are my notes from the session (this was all very new to me and I probably got a few things wrong. Feel…
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Constructive alignment workshop
Constructive alignment workshop – Dr. James Garraway I attended a workshop this morning looking at constructive alignment, with the view to relating it to the work I’ll be doing on my PhD next year. The second of my objectives is to do an analysis of our undergraduate curriculum and then do a Delphi study evaluating…
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SAAHE – short oral presentations
Assessment challenges in UG medical education (GG Mokane) Medical school in Botswana is spiral, integrated, community based and problem-based, but the rest of the university is didactic Format, content, timing and feedback are important components of assessment Assessment in this course has an emphasis on 3 types of MCQ’s Matching Single best answer True/false (multiple…
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SAAHE keynote – What generic skills do students bring with them?
This is the presentation from Professor Debbie Murdoch-Eaton. What impacts do we have on students life ambitions? Workers with general / transferable skills are better placed to succeed in a global knowledge economy. The skills need not be specific to the discipline The attributes are not only about economic drivers i.e. getting a job…they are…
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The role of feedback in medical education
This reflection on the role of feedback in education is based on a mailing list discussion as part of the SAFRI programme, as well as on a few of the assigned readings. I thank the organisers of the session, as well as all the participants in the conversation. Guidelines for effective feedback The assigned readings…
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Mozilla Open Education course: seminar 6
I know that this is all out of sync but the audio for sessions 4 and 5 aren’t up yet and I haven’t had a chance to go through the slideshows yet. Today’s session was about the actual practice of teaching, using “open” as a framework. Here are my notes: Session 6 – Open pedagogy…
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e-Learning is not an option
A few weeks ago I posted a quote by David Warlick who suggested that e-learning is not an optional approach to education and in fact has little to do with good teaching (Digital kids / Analogue schools). He points out that it’s merely a tool that’ll be used with varying degrees of success, which will…
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The “Hole in the wall” project
In 1999, Sugata Mitra and his colleagues dug a hole in the wall bordering an urban slum in New Delhi, installed an Internet-connected PC, and left it there (with a hidden camera filming the area). What they saw was kids from the slum playing around with the computer and in the process learning how to…
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Digital kids / Analogue schools
www.scottmcleod.net/storage/digitalkids.pdf Recently I came across a collection of quotes on the website of Scott McLeod, an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Iowa State University. It mostly consists of quotes by David Warlick but also has a few from other blogs. Here are a few that I enjoyed: I…