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Rebecca Frost Davis @frostdavis.bsky.social · Mar 5

Likewise, we are confusing the rate of innovation of tools with the rate of innovation of durable skills. (Karim Meghji)--just because the tools are new doesn't mean we have figured out the skills #SXSWedu panel onThe Future of Teaching in an Age of AI

Rebecca Frost Davis @frostdavis.bsky.social · Mar 5

I appreciate Future of Teaching in an Age of AI panelists pushback against rhetoric urging ed to AI revolution--If education is a little late in being revolutionized, that’s for the best rather than risk doing it wrong. (Jake Baskin) #SXSWedu

Rebecca Frost Davis @frostdavis.bsky.social · Mar 4

in a session on nudges for self-efficacy; One of the sources of self-efficacy is vicarious experiences–is this like when a novice cook (I may or may not be related to) watches a cooking video on youtube and is confident they can reproduce the same complex recipe? #SXSWedu

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Rebecca Frost Davis @frostdavis.bsky.social · Mar 4

Panel description of learning while earnings says that 40% of full-time undergraduates work; a recent survey at our institutions 60% of students responding said they worked outside of school #SXSWedu

Rebecca Frost Davis @frostdavis.bsky.social · Mar 4

Next up at #SXSWedu Learning While Earning: Rethinking Student Employment; panel promises to explore new models of student work that are disrupting the broken economics of working while in college & creating meaningful work experience for today’s increasingly diverse college students.

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Rebecca Frost Davis @frostdavis.bsky.social · Mar 3

kids in this project were not directly using the AI; there was always a human intermediary; literacy outcome--words used to describe idea increased from 1.68 on average to over 11 after this engagement

Rebecca Frost Davis @frostdavis.bsky.social · Mar 3

panelists: Why have elementary students use AI? Young children already exposed to AI through Alexa, toys, media & creating mental models; we don’t want them to think AI is a magic box that's always right; instead teach them to break it; know limits so they don’t have to unlearn wrong models later

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Rebecca Frost Davis @frostdavis.bsky.social · Mar 3

next up at #SXSWedu AI Tools to Support Literacy & Computational Thinking: "lessons learned through the creation and implementation of an AI-storytelling platform co-designed with students and educators from a low-income NYC public school district"

Rebecca Frost Davis @frostdavis.bsky.social · Mar 3

AI & the Skills-First Economy panelists pointed to how ossified O-Net is but for this to work, need to design systems with common language, skills, values that everyone agrees on; how do we keep it from ossifying while making it interoperable and universally valued? #SXSWEDU

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Rebecca Frost Davis @frostdavis.bsky.social · Mar 3

love this "What’s really going on with campus-wide AI adoption is a mix of virtue signaling and panic purchasing. Universities aren’t paying for AI—they’re paying for the illusion of control." open.substack.com/pub/marcwatk...

The Costs of AI in Education

What’s really going on with campus-wide AI adoption is a mix of virtue signaling and panic purchasing. Universities aren’t paying for AI—they’re paying for the illusion of control. Institutions are bu...

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Rebecca Frost Davis @frostdavis.bsky.social · Mar 3

"It is not the technology that is coming to replace jobs, but it's the ability to learn to use the tools" #SXSWedu in reference to threat of AI (and whatever new tech comes next)

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Rebecca Frost Davis @frostdavis.bsky.social · Mar 3

AI & the Skills-First Economy: Navigating Hype & Reality
#sxswedu suggesting AI would make it possible to feasibly make skills first hiring a reality vs. yes/no filtering; current systems holding us back, e.g., funding from degrees & certificates not skills taught

Rebecca Frost Davis @frostdavis.bsky.social · Mar 3

#SXSWedu enjoying the keynote focusing on Tiny Experiments —reminds me of Small Teaching, Atomic Habits. Success=learning something new rather than some pre-determined goal

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Rebecca Frost Davis @frostdavis.bsky.social · Jan 6

Congrats to Carl Blyth & Joshua Thoms co-editors of Open Ed & 2nd Language Learning & Teaching-- Honorable Mention--MLA's Mildenberger Prize--top book in 2nd language learning and teaching. rebeccafrostdavis.wordpress.com/2024/01/06/h... I co-wrote ch. 10 on bridging English & Foreign Language DH

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Rebecca Frost Davis @frostdavis.bsky.social · Dec 18

Just in time for the holidays! @triproftri.bsky.social

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James O’Sullivan @jamesosullivan.bsky.social · Dec 11

New position paper just published!

"The born-digital in future digital scholarly editing and publishing"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It's open access (thanks to Irish Research Council)

@uccresearch.bsky.social

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Quinn Dombrowski @quinnanya.me · Nov 9

Need a quick, readable intro to the issues and challenges around #MultilingualDH? Check out Ch. 19, "Language Is Not a Default Setting: Countering DH’s English Problem" by me and @diyclassics.bsky.social, now available online!

Matt Gold @mkgold.bsky.social · Nov 9

_Debates in the Digital Humanities 2023_ is now live and open-access on the Manifold DDH platform!!

dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/deb...

@laurenfklein.bsky.social & I offer deepest thanks to our contributors for their work and to @uminnpress.bsky.social for its support of open-access publishing!

Debates in the Digital Humanities 2023 | Debates in the Digital Humanities

Where do the digital humanities stand in 2023? *Debates in the Digital Humanities 2023* presents a state-of-the-field vision of digital humanities amid rising social, political, economic, and environm...

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Rebecca Frost Davis @frostdavis.bsky.social · Dec 8

looking forward to reading this @hauntologist.bsky.social

Maura Seale @mauraseale.bsky.social · Nov 10

So pleased my chapter with @librarianrafia.bsky.social and @hauntologist.bsky.social on library labor is out!

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Matt Gold @mkgold.bsky.social · Dec 7

The book Angel co-edited just won a well-deserved award at ASA. Such a huge loss for the field and everyone who knew him and had a chance to get to know his generous spirit.

Lauren Klein @laurenfklein.bsky.social · Dec 7

So deeply saddened to learn of the loss of Angel David Nieves, far too suddenly and far too soon. Angel brought his whole self to the DH community, and for that reason made the field—and all of us—better for it.

dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/peo...

People, Practice, Power | Debates in the Digital Humanities

Focusing on the complex infrastructure that undergirds the field of digital humanities, *People, Practice, Power* examines the economic, social, and political factors that shape such academic endeav...

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Chris Connelly @chrisconnelly.bsky.social · Nov 7

Speaking of the humanities… I went back to my college this past weekend and wound up in front of the building that houses the classics department. I took enough Greek and Latin courses to qualify for a major…and what I learned has been put to use every week of my working life – even at MTV News.

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Rebecca Frost Davis @frostdavis.bsky.social · Dec 8

Feeling you on this one!

Kathy Harris @triproftri.bsky.social · Nov 8

My entire career: ONLY DO PROJECTS THAT WILL TAKE 10 YEARS TO COMPLETE!

Me: [hold my beer]

Sailing along building a #DH@CSU systemwide consortium among 23 campuses that serve 500k students with 8k faculty and even more librarians & staff. 20yrs into my career - 13 more yrs to go. Can it be done?!

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NEH Office of Digital Humanities @neh-odh.bsky.social · Nov 21

Mathematical Humanists, a series of workshops on the mathematical concepts that undergird digital humanities research funded by the NEH and hosted by George Mason and UCLA, is seeking participants. To find out more about the workshops, including how to apply, follow the link!
mathhumanists.org/cfp/

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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · Dec 8

Angel Nieves served on the exec from 2019-2021 but more importantly was a fierce colleague and comrade. We invite members of the digital humanities community to share words to add to the post. Rest in power, friend 🥺 ach.org/blog/2023/12...

In Memoriam: Angel David Nieves | The Association for Computers and the Humanities

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Andrea Thomer @akthom.bsky.social · Dec 1

My department is hiring! We are looking scholars interested in the creative and critical application of computing in cultural heritage -- e.g. digital humanities, museum informatics, digital curation, more. PLEASE SHARE!
arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Assistant/Associate Professor, Cultural Heritage Informatics (Multiple Positions)

The faculty member will teach courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels and contribute to mentoring students, including those from underreprese...

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Rebecca Frost Davis @frostdavis.bsky.social · Dec 7

I think I just broke "draft with AI" status update in Asana. sigh. it's still just spinning. I was much happier with AI formula writing in Smartsheet yesterday. In Asana my AI-drafted status updates keep repeating whatever I wrote in the previous one instead of all the work done since then.