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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 24m

#Highered –
#lifelonglearning, #onlinelearning:
#MIT Learn's #AI features
(video 7:48)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcCF...

#highereducation #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence

MIT Learn demo: Your AI-enabled gateway to lifelong learning

YouTube video by MIT Open Learning

www.youtube.com

Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 45m

MIT's
Day of #Design initiative
for pK-12
news.mit.edu/2025/day-of-...

#K12 #instructionaldesign #designeducation #experientiallearning #designers #problemsolving #creativity #criticalthinking #empathy #MIT

MIT launches Day of Design to bring hands-on learning to classrooms

MIT’s Day of Design, created by the Morningside Academy for Design and others, offers free classroom activities and professional development to help K-12 teachers foster creativity, problem-solving, a...

news.mit.edu

Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 1h

#K12 and
#dataeducation, #dataliteracy –
"...understanding and supporting the federal statistical system...
recognizing the value of the...system and the role it plays in improving our lives..."
www.datarescueproject.org/eggs-dont-gr...

#datascience #data #statistics #instructionaldesign

Guest Post: Eggs Don’t Grow on Trees and Neither Does Data: How to Teach K-12 Students Where Data Comes From

Second in a series of posts about federal data and the Federal Statistical System.

www.datarescueproject.org

Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 3h

Meet
Aspen's Fall 2025
Rising Civic #AI Leaders –
"technologists-turned-civil-servants"
www.aspendigital.org/project/risi...

#techpolicy #publicinteresttechnology #publicinteresttech #artificialintelligence #AIethics

Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 3h

#Cybersecurity and #civictech –
upcoming summit
November 18, Washington DC
www.aspencybersummit.org

#techpolicy #civicengagement #publicinteresttechnology #publicinteresttech #artificialintelligence #AI #AIethics

Aspen Cyber Summit

The Aspen Cyber Summit is the nation’s premier annual technology and cybersecurity policy gathering.

www.aspencybersummit.org

Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 4h

Scientific #research and #agenticAI
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#STEM #science #scientists #researchers #artificialintelligence #generativeAI #LLMs #AIethics #futureofwork

A scientist’s guide to AI agents — how could they help your research?

Researchers are increasingly turning to artificial-intelligence tools that can handle complex, multi-step processes.

www.nature.com

Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 6h

#Highered –
about the new
Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the #Humanities
at University of Oxford:
"what the humanities can do in the 21st century"
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/oxfords...

Note:
> #civicengagement
> #interdisciplinarity
> investment in humanities globally

#highereducation

Oxford’s largest-ever project ‘shows what the humanities can do’

New building that brings together disciplines for the first time will also open its doors to the public to engage with big questions facing the world

www.timeshighereducation.com

Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 1d

#AI and "cognitive de-skilling" in #medicine...
"you should train #doctors who know how to use AI but also know how to think"
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

#health #healthcare #healthtech #medtech #artificialintelligence #generativeAI #LLMs #AIliteracy #AIethics #meded #medschool

If A.I. Can Diagnose Patients, What Are Doctors For?

Large language models are transforming medicine—but the technology comes with side effects.

www.newyorker.com

Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 1d

#STEM for #publichealth –
guiding #immunization recommendations:
#Vaccine Integrity Project (VIP)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"Our job was really to support the medical societies doing their work.”

#science #scientists #health #healthcare

Volunteer scientists work ‘nights and weekends’ to guide vaccine advice in US

Medical specialists, wary of the guidance provided by Trump’s team, offer up their own advice independently of the government.

www.nature.com

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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 1d

#STEM #research
and #emergingtechnologies
gizmodo.com/scientists-j...

"...NASA has begun accepting new research proposals..."

#science #researchers #emergingtech #NASA #Apollo17

Scientists Just Discovered an Exotic New Element in Apollo-Era Moon Dust

More than 50 years after the Apollo 17 Moon rocks returned to Earth, researchers are still uncovered surprising new details about their composition.

gizmodo.com

Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 2d

#ArtificialIntelligence and the #FutureofWork
(report)
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2764...

"...AI is a tool w/the potential to enhance human labor and create new forms of valuable work – but this is not an inevitable outcome."

#AI #generativeAI #LLMs #AIethics #K12 #highereducation #edtech

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work

Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print or as an eBook.

nap.nationalacademies.org

Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 2d

#Harvard study on
#AI usage
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

"The analysis...young people...heavier users (excluding minors)...the scale suggests this generation will be truly AI native."

#artificialintelligence #generativeAI #LLMs #ChatGPT #AIethics #highereducation #digitaleconomy #futureofwork

Are people cheating with AI?

According to a new study, ChatGPT use at work and school appears "more wholesome and practical" than researchers expected.

news.harvard.edu

Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 4d

#Futureofwork –
Flash Teams and #AI:
in-person/virtual seminar
Oct. 21
hai.stanford.edu/events/melis...

#leadership #management #entrepreneurship #teamwork #expertise #remotework #artificialintelligence #Stanford

Melissa Valentine and Michael Bernstein | Flash Teams: Leading the Future of AI-Enhanced, On-Demand Work | Stanford HAI

In Flash Teams, award-winning management scholar Melissa Valentine and computer scientist Michael Bernstein chart the opportunities of flash teams and navigate the challenges that teams and managers w...

hai.stanford.edu

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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 4d

#K12 #scienceeducation
for "scientific thinking"
nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/131...

#STEMeducation #instructionaldesign #STEM #science #scientists #democracy

Framework for K–12 Science Education: The Foundation of the Future of Science Learning

nap.nationalacademies.org

Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 4d

"...The most important thing [about #AI] is the investor story and the ensuing mania that has teed up an economic catastrophe...."
—Cory Doctorow
futurism.com/future-socie...

#economy #digitaleconomy #artificialintelligence

Cory Doctorow Says the AI Industry Is About to Collapse

Famed sci-fi author and tech journalist Cory Doctorow has a spectacularly grim warning about the coming AI-fueled economic disaster.

futurism.com

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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 5d

Upcoming #apprenticeship conference
events.blackthorn.io/en/41LNjj6/g...

#K12 #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #experientiallearning #lifelonglearning #apprenticeships #futureofwork

Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 6d

#Science –
a proposal:
Add a "speculation box"
to the standard #research paper.
The box would be for "bold ideas, daring interpretations, and creative theories”,
with a disclaimer it's speculation, not evidence.
—by
digital geographer Milad Malekzadeh
via Nature

#STEM #researchers #creativity

Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 6d

#AI #edtech in #K12
theconversation.com/what-past-ed...

#instructionaldesign #artificialintelligence #generativeAI

What past education technology failures can teach us about the future of AI in schools

It can take years to collect evidence that shows effective uses of new technologies in schools. Unfortunately, early guesses sometimes go seriously wrong.

theconversation.com

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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 6d

The new
Discovery Lab
for undergraduate #researchers
at #VirginiaTech
news.vt.edu/articles/202...

#highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #instructionaldesign #experientiallearning #STEM #science #research #Virginia

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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 7d

#AI and #highered –
in video 48:31
with:
• Conor Grennan, Chief AI Architect at NYU Stern
• Niall Ferguson, senior fellow at Stanford and Harvard
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2I7...

#highereducation #instructionaldesign #pedagogy #edtech #artificialintelligence #generativeAI #genAI #LLMs #AIethics

AI is Upending Higher Education. Is That a Bad Thing? (Niall Ferguson & Connor Grennan)

YouTube video by Machines Like Us

www.youtube.com

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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 7d

Gen(Z)AI for
"the future of #AI in #Canada"
www.mediatechdemocracy.com/gen-z-ai?mc_...

#GenZ #artificialintelligence #AI

Gen(Z)AI: National Youth Forums on AI — Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy

www.mediatechdemocracy.com

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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 7d

#Womeninscience –
#JaneGoodall
RIP
gizmodo.com/jane-goodall...

#STEM #science #womeninSTEM #zoology #primatology #ethology #anthropology

Jane Goodall, Who Forever Changed How We See Animals, Dies at 91

The famed primatologist's research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human.

gizmodo.com

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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 9d

#AIcoding
futurism.com/artificial-i...

#softwaredevelopment #coding #artificialintelligence #generativeAI #agenticAI

AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds

The AI industry's claims about AI coding assistants boosting productivity significantly appear to be massively overblown, per a new report.

futurism.com

Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 9d

#Publicinteresttech documentary
roadtripnation.com/roadtrip/tec...

"We can develop tech for the #commongood – but we need all hands on deck to do it...."

#publicinterest #publicinteresttechnology #civictech

Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 11d

#K12 and #AI –
Goal:
🔹"...providing educators with practical frameworks for evaluating AI tools
🔹offering AI #edtech developers diverse perspectives to inform the design of their tools."
hai.stanford.edu/news/how-mat...

#instructionaldesign #artificialintelligence #generativeAI #LLMs #Stanford

How Math Teachers Are Making Decisions About Using AI | Stanford HAI

A Stanford summit explored how K-12 educators are selecting, adapting, and critiquing AI tools for effective learning.

hai.stanford.edu

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