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Toxic Tech #1: Learning Analytics and the Dangers of a Little Bit of Knowledge

Toxic Tech #1: Learning Analytics and the Dangers of a Little Bit of Knowledge

What are Learning Analytics, Anyway? As we are all increasingly aware, everything we click on leaves a data trail behind it that someone else can sniff out and use to come to all kinds of conclusions about me. Logging in to a loyalty card to check your points balance likely leaves a breadcrumb that allows…

Whither Comes the Data: Current Uses of AI and Data Set Training in Higher Ed

Whither Comes the Data: Current Uses of AI and Data Set Training in Higher Ed

The ChatGPT handwringing of late has bothered me, not least because it is cloaked in a kind of shock, like the domain of higher education has suddenly been sullied by this profane technology. But babes, it was always already here. Many faculty are learning about the impacts of artificial intelligence on their own practice as…

Digital Detox #2: The LMS, Tech-Driven Pedagogy, and Making Bad Choices Too Easy

Digital Detox #2: The LMS, Tech-Driven Pedagogy, and Making Bad Choices Too Easy

It’s common discourse in teaching and learning circles to hear the comment that we can’t let technology drive our pedagogy. But is it true? If I walk into a classroom and the chairs are fixed rather than movable, it changes how I approach the lesson plan; if there’s no whiteboard or no surface to write…