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Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 3d

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Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · Aug 7

AI tech bros: This, but make it education

Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · Aug 6

Techbros pitching AI #AIhype

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 3d

It’s time to post this quote again…

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”

― James Baldwin

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Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 5d

Again this is a labor issue and the whole thing is unequivocally better-solved using real ppl

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Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 5d

Give me the real nerds ✊

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Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 5d

format, it is just so unbelievably cringe to listen to. Fake people being fake interested in a topic. It makes me think: why don’t we pay actual humans to have a conversation of their articles? Some of this obviously already exists! But maybe that’s how we make research more accessible and human.

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Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 5d

So one thing I cannot stand are those AI-generated podcasts from Notebook LM. So many in higher ed are telling students to use this to understand dense academic articles. While I get the intent to make content accessible to learners to both: a break down the subject and b: present it in an audio

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Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 5d

Just published an article in the
Journal of Faculty Development on a new instructor orientation I designed that onboards faculty to teach asynchronous online courses. The orientation has received positive feedback and I’m happy to share our experience
digital.sandiego.edu/ldc-scholars...

New Instructor Orientation: Preparing Faculty to Facilitate Online Courses

This case study of a new instructor orientation describes a course to prepare faculty to facilitate courses in a university’s online programs. This case study provides a detailed description of the co...

digital.sandiego.edu

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 6d

"I’ve concluded that instead of teaching students to read and write, I should be teaching them how to prompt AI better. If only I’d had a better education in AI prompt writing, I’d be able to get AI to create more AI-proof teaching materials for me."

I Need AI to Write Better Lesson Plans So My Students Stop Using AI to Write Their Papers

I care deeply about my students’ learning, but with all the new technologies available to help them cut corners, I worry that they’re not doing the...

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Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 7d

This is so sad. Among other horrible decisions, reinstating grades and doing away with narrative evaluations are removing what distinguishes this institution and the quality educational experience it offers

www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida

Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.

www.insidehighered.com

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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 7d

Really a must read. And very brave right now too.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

Great column by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

(gift link)

Opinion | Mourn, or Else

www.nytimes.com

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Alphabet Workers Union (AWU-CWA) @alphabetworkersunion.org · 8d

🚨NEW RESEARCH🚨

AWU teamed up with @techequity.bsky.social & @cwaunion.bsky.social to produce a report - Ghost Workers in the AI Machine: U.S. Data Workers Speak Out About Big Tech’s Exploitation - documenting the working conditions of the workers behind the AI boom.
cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...

A TechEquity/AWU graphic with a photo of Kirn Gill III and the following text: “There are low paid people who are not even treated as humans - just little more than employee ID numbers - out there making the 1 billion dollar, trillion dollar Al systems that are supposed to lead our entire society and civilization into the future. -Kirn Gill II Search Quality Rater working on Google products at Telus.”

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Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 7d

That’s true. I’d even be curious to see if there has been a growth of scholarship in Ungrading/ alt grading as it appears that this topic has gotten more attention since 2020

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Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 8d

No! But that’s a great idea! Thanks!

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Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 9d

Does anyone know of a meta-analysis of ungrading research? #ungrading

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 10d

Read the long version here. www.artforum.com/features/gen...

MACHINE YEARNING

Sonja Drimmer critically examines art historians’ recent embrace of generative AI as a tool for humanities research.

www.artforum.com

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Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 12d

Exactly! Writing helps you develop your thinking and outsourcing it to bots does the opposite

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Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 12d

This quote:
“writing requires an unending effort at something resembling authenticity. Most mistakes come from not being yourself, not saying what you think, or being afraid to figure out what you really think.”

Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 18d

Chiming in on Lynn Hunt. A gorgeous prose writer - and she works at it, which is why I also love assigning this by her! www.historians.org/perspectives...

How Writing Leads to Thinking (and Not the Other Way Around) – AHA

Writing is stressful. Sitting in my computer chair my neck and shoulder muscles almost immediately tense up as I dig around in my brain for the best phrase or even any coherent string of words.

www.historians.org

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Christine Johnson @christinkallama.bsky.social · 13d

Everyone involved in committees and policymaking around genAI in universities should be required to listen to at least one episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 with @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social before every meeting.

www.dair-institute.org/maiht3k/

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Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 15d

This is the inevitable conclusion of the transactional model of schooling IMHO. Grades as the currency for credentials and incentive structure must be dismantled so that authentic learning and intrinsic motivation are the focal points. Otherwise diplomas won’t be worth the paper they’re printed on

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Jérôme Melançon @lethejerome.bsky.social · 17d

My very limited understanding of the technology had me believing that hallucinations were the wrong concept because (1) everything LLMs do is repeat statistical probabilities, and so have no grounding in reality or truth, and (2) LLMs are not beings and do not perceive and so do not hallucinate. 1/

Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 17d

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 18d

Beautiful piece!

Grow Beyond Grades @growbeyondgrades.org · 18d

Our second Growth, Not Grades winner is Sharlyn Barrett 🎉

Sharlyn writes how chasing perfection — whether pounds on a scale or letters on a page — left her ready to give up. She imagines an education that values growth and self-acceptance.

Read and share!
growbeyondgrades.org/blog/degradi...

The Degrading Scale — Grow Beyond Grades

In her essay, Sharlyn Barrett recalls how the pursuit of perfection—whether on a scale or on a report card—stripped joy from both learning and life, and how messages about perfection left her exhauste...

growbeyondgrades.org

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Jack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 20d

If we want to stem the problematic use of A.I. in K-12 and higher education, we need to understand why students use it. The latest from me and @ehutt.bsky.social.

AI isn't the end of the essay

Artificial intelligence chat bots like ChatGPT will force educators to change how they motivate and grade students, write professors Ethan Hutt and Jack Schneider. We need to emphasize the process of ...

www.wbur.org

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Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 20d

*This just creates more work for faculty

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 21d

Luddites unite!

"As we train our sights on what we oppose, let’s recall the costs of surrender...We condone platforms that not only urge children to commit suicide, they instruct them on how to tie the noose. We hand over our autonomy, at the very moment of emerging American fascism."

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n+1 @nplusonemag.com · 22d

“An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the artificial intelligence industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny.” Out from behind the paywall: the Editors on the literature of AI resignation.
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...

Large Language Muddle | The Editors

The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...

www.nplusonemag.com

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Marc C-Scott @marccscott.bsky.social · 21d

My latest Substack piece, “The False Precision of Grades: What are we really measuring?”

Do grades really capture student learning? I briefly dig into this and the illusion of precision in grading…

echoesoflearningandteaching.substack.com/p/the-false-...

The False Precision of Grades: What Are We Really Measuring?

For centuries, grading has been the dominant language of education.

echoesoflearningandteaching.substack.com

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