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Doug Richmond, PhD
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A learner
PhD – Curriculum & Instruction: Instructional Design & Technology
Blacksburg VA USA
dougrichmond.com
x.com/drphd2k7 (from X to #Bluesky, @drphd2k7 on both)
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#Legaled competition
hls.harvard.edu/today/hls-ho...

#highereducation #highered #gradschool #Harvard #legaleducation #lawschool #law #lawyers
Mock Trial Association hosts first annual Cambridge Clash Invitational Tournament - Harvard Law School
The Harvard Law School Mock Trial Association hosted the first annual Cambridge Clash Invitational Tournament on November 7-9. Teams from Harvard Law School and six other law schools from across the N...
hls.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
#Highered –
ASU #London
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/arizona...

Note:
> The Engineering & Design Institute London (TEDI)
> #Projectbasedlearning

#highereducation #gradschool #internationaleducation #transnationaleducation #instructionaldesign #UnitedKingdom
Arizona State University to launch new London outpost
US giant’s capital city campus expected to attract American students to the UK, with graduates offered automatic master’s places in the US
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
#AIethics at #Harvard:
"bring[ing] #philosophy scholars into #computerscience classrooms to help students grapple with the ethical and social implications of their work"
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

#highereducation #highered #ethics #techethics #STEM #STEMeducation #artificialintelligence #AI
Technically, it’s possible. Ethically, it’s complicated. — Harvard Gazette
Surge in AI use heightens demand for Harvard program that examines social consequences of computer science work.
news.harvard.edu
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
#AI in #highered –
#Stanford:
"...attempting to strike a balance between encouraging independent #criticalthinking and acknowledging the utility of AI..."
stanforddaily.com/2025/11/21/f...

#highereducation #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence #generativeAI #AIethics
Faculty Senate debates student AI use
The Faculty Senate discussed the role of generative AI in education and ways to improve public perception of universities in its Thursday meeting.
stanforddaily.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
"Self-adapting #LLMs (SEAL)"
from #MIT researchers –
"[an #LLM] model that is a bit more human-like – one that can keep improving itself,"
i.e., self-adapting vs. static
news.mit.edu/2025/teachin...

#highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #STEM #artificialintelligence #AI #generativeAI
Teaching large language models how to absorb new knowledge
MIT researchers developed a technique that enables LLMs to permanently absorb new knowledge by generating study sheets based on data the model uses to memorize important information.
news.mit.edu
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
#Stanford
"Create+AI Challenge –
How can #AI augment human potential?
Augment:
> Teaching?
> Learning?
> Career Opportunities?"
acceleratelearning.stanford.edu/funding/crea...

#highereducation #highered #K12 #STEMeducation #instructionaldesign #STEM #artificialintelligence #edtech
Create+AI Challenge • Stanford Accelerator for Learning
The Create+AI Challenge invites educators, researchers, technologists, and students to imagine how artificial intelligence can advance learning, augment teaching, and expand opportunity, always with h...
acceleratelearning.stanford.edu
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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#AI and #highered
(article w/listen option 56:45)
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...

#highereducation #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence #generativeAI
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
About #K12 #computerscience and #AI education:
To Code + Beyond: What’s Working(?)
In-person conference
December 9
K-12 Lab at Cornell Tech
#NYC
www.eventbrite.com/e/to-code-be...

#highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #instructionaldesign #NewYorkCity
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
Summer #Innovation Intensives
at Cornell Tech
in #NYC
July 13-30
tech.cornell.edu/news/cornell...

#STEM #STEMeducation #highereducation #K12 #artificialintelligence #AI #AIethics #ethics #vibecoding #entrepreneurship #creativity #NewYorkCity
Cornell Tech Launches Pre-College Summer Innovation Intensives
Cornell Tech is launching a pre-college Summer Innovation Intensives program for high school juniors, seniors, and recent graduates.
tech.cornell.edu
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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"A workshop about doing #science when #AI is in the loop"
March 19-20, 2026
Online
Application deadline - December 8, 2025, 11:59p, Anywhere on Earth (AoE)
datasociety.net/announcement...

#artificialintelligence #machinelearning #ML #LLMs #agenticAI #STEM #research #futureofwork
The Craft of Science with AI: Evidence, Judgment, and Practice
We invite researchers and practitioners to join us in examining how scientific reasoning and imagination are being reconfigured as AI systems become a part of the everyday practice of science. Learn m...
datasociety.net
November 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
#Engineering and #ethics:
Character Forward Initiative
at Duke
pratt.duke.edu/news/general...

#highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #STEM #engineers
Building Character: How Duke Engineers Learn to Lead with Purpose | Duke Pratt School of Engineering
Hear from recent Duke appointee Retired Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. and other Duke faculty and staff on what it takes to develop empathetic and character-forward leaders.
pratt.duke.edu
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
"Unlocking #AI for Public Good"
—in
statescoop.com/pennsylvania...

#publicinteresttechnology #publicinteresttech #digitalgov #govtech #civictech #artificialintelligence #highereducation #futureofwork
Pennsylvania taps Carnegie Mellon University for AI advisory services | StateScoop
The Pennsylvania state government is turning to Carnegie Mellon for technical and policy expertise as the state continues establishing its AI governance.
statescoop.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
#AI for #biochemistry
gizmodo.com/ai-uncovers-...

#STEM #science #astrobiology #artificialintelligence #machinelearning
AI Uncovers Evidence of Life in 3.3-Billion-Year-Old Rocks
A machine-learning-enhanced approach to chemical analysis is drastically expanding the chemical record of life on Earth, and it could help us find evidence of life on other planets too.
gizmodo.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
#Medtech –
#nanorobotics
www.sciencefocus.com/news/microsc...

#health #healthcare #STEM #emergingtechnologies #healthtech #nanotechnololgy #robotics
This magnet-powered micro-robot could soon swim through your bloodstream | BBC Science Focus Magazine
The robot is steered using magnetics, like a tiny remote-controlled bubble zooming through your bloodstream.
www.sciencefocus.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
#Sciencecommunication –
"...Smoot’s passion for sharing #science with the public....
strong views about the need for #scientists to engage with the public...."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#STEM #scicomm
George Smoot obituary: Charismatic cosmologist who revealed ripples in the Big Bang’s afterglow
Nobel laureate who mapped temperature variations in the cosmic microwave background.
www.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
#Civiceducation –
#libraries for #democracy
(podcast 22:38 w/transcript)
thepeopledecide.show/episodes/203

#publiclibraries #librarians #civicengagement #civicseducation #K12 #highereducation
Season 2, Episode 3: Libraries as civic spaces — When The People Decide
Amid book bans and restrictions on programming, things seem pretty rough for libraries right now. But that doesn't mean we can't fight for something better. This week, we hear from two librarians work...
thepeopledecide.show
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
#Civiceducation –
"active #citizenship"
sanford.duke.edu/story/rep-ro...

#democracy #politics #politicalscience #civicengagement #civicseducation #K12 #highereducation
Rep. Ro Khanna Encourages Common Ground Through ‘Active Citizenship’ | Sanford School of Public Policy
Ro Khanna, who represents California’s 17th District (Silicon Valley), joined Frank Bruni for a wide-ranging conversation to consider how America might move past its frac
sanford.duke.edu
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
"...ways in which #AI can foster or hinder #criticalthinking, & whether overreliance on the technology can dull our minds" –
#Harvard faculty interviews
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

#psychology #cognitivepsychology #cognition #highereducation #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence
Is AI dulling our minds? — Harvard Gazette
Experts weigh in on whether tech poses threat to critical thinking, pointing to cautionary tales in use of other cognitive labor tools.
news.harvard.edu
November 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
From #Philosophy to Code:
The Role of the #Humanities in the #AI Age
University of Oxford Podcasts
(video 44:00)
www.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/philosophy-c...

"'Philosopher-builders' who code w/ethical purpose"

#highereducation #STEMeducation #STEM #philosophers #artificialintelligence #AIethics
From Philosophy to Code: The Role of the Humanities in the AI Age
n this episode of Accelerating AI Ethics, Brendan McCord, founder of the Cosmos Institute and HAI Lab funder, talks with Dr Caroline Green about bringing philosophy into AI development. He shares his ...
www.podcasts.ox.ac.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
#Highered – #datascience:
"...I think the biggest thing I would say is just involve students in real work as early as possible....
I think it’s just about teaching thinking, not tools."
datascienceeducation.substack.com/p/faculty-an...

#highereducation #research #STEM #STEMeducation #dataforgood
Faculty and Student Voices from Cal Poly Humboldt: Data Science in Action (feat. Kamila Larripa, John Gerving, and Jonathan Juarez)
Season 10, Episode 6
datascienceeducation.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
#Sciencecommunication –
"...his books tend to resonate with engineers...because they manage to repackage complex systems into something fun that #engineers can finally share with their kids."
www.fastcompany.com/91439043/sim...

#communication #scicomm #STEM #science #engineering #STEMeducation
This incredible book can explain physics to a 2-year-old
‘Simple Machines Made Simple,’ which raised more than seven times its target on Kickstarter, wants to demystify mechanical engineering for kids.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
#Highered –
"...student #journalism program...
real-world journalism experience...
'My own view is that the absolute best way to learn journalism is by doing journalism.'"
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/a-wi...

#experientiallearning #highereducation #instructionaldesign #journalists #Boston
A “win-win” partnership brings a surge of reporting firepower to hyperlocal news outlets around Boston
The Boston University Newsroom has published nearly 400 news articles in hyperlocal outlets in and around the city.
www.niemanlab.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
"Genuinely Hard Problems in #Science (GHP)" at #Harvard –
"This class is sort of the tip of the iceberg of what we hope is a big reimagining of undergraduate #scienceeducation."
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

#highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #STEM #instructionaldesign
No one knows the answer, and that’s the point — Harvard Gazette
“Genuinely Hard Problems” pilots novel approach to scientific education.
news.harvard.edu
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
The national #broadband workforce
broadbandbreakfast.com/pew-bad-data...

#digitaldivide #digitalequity #telecommunications #techjobs #STEMeducation #workforcedevelopment
Pew: Bad Data a Barrier to Shoring up Broadband Workforce
The $42.45 billion BEAD program is expected to create a large jump in demand.
broadbandbreakfast.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
#K12 #civiceducation curriculum –
#AIliteracy + civic leadership:
Student Senate on #AI Policy
www.dayofaiusa.org/festival/stu...

#civicengagement #STEMeducation #civicseducation #techpolicy #instructionaldesign #artificialintelligence #AIethics
November 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM