What can you do to promote academic integrity in your virtual classroom without joining the “arms race” in cheating-prevention tools?
— Read on www.chronicle.com/article/7-ways-to-assess-students-online-and-minimize-cheating
Teaching: What Students Want Their Professors to Know
Teaching: What Students Want Their Professors to Know
— Read on www.chronicle.com/newsletter/teaching/2020-09-24
We’re not ready for AI, says the winner of a new $1m AI prize | MIT Technology Review
Regina Barzilay, a professor at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), is the first winner of the Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity, a new prize recognizing outstanding research in AI. Barzilay started her career working on natural-language processing. After surviving breast cancer in 2014, she switched her…
— Read on www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/23/1008757/interview-winner-million-dollar-ai-prize-cancer-healthcare-regulation/
Reflecting on Teaching CT/CS to Grad Students – Inventing Learning
Reflecting on Teaching CT/CS to Grad Students – Inventing Learning
— Read on geraldardito.org/teaching-ct-cs/reflecting-on-teaching-ct-cs-to-grad-students/
Online Courses the New Norm in College — Campus Technology
While 40 percent of IT higher education IT leaders and instructional technologists said in June 2020 that their college or university was planning for “mostly in-person” classes for the fall, that share plummeted to less than 5 percent by August, according to a recent study by Educause.
— Read on campustechnology.com/articles/2020/09/22/online-courses-the-new-norm-in-college.aspx
‘We Blew It.’ Douglas Rushkoff’s Take on the Future of the Web – CoinDesk
Douglas Rushkoff is a futurist and cypherpunk. His writings on the internet paved the way for thinking about the web in revolutionary terms. What’s changed?
— Read on www.coindesk.com/douglas-rushkoffs-future-the-web
Wikipedia Article Table to API | sheet2api
This tool turns tables from any Wikipedia Article into a working JSON API.
— Read on sheet2api.com/tools/wiki-api/
5 tips on how unis can do more to design online learning that works for all students
Online learning can create problems for students, particularly those with disabilities, unless platforms and content are designed with accessibility and inclusion in mind.
— Read on theconversation.com/5-tips-on-how-unis-can-do-more-to-design-online-learning-that-works-for-all-students-144803
The brain’s memory abilities inspire AI experts in making neural networks less ‘forgetful’
The brain’s memory abilities inspire AI experts in making neural networks less ‘forgetful’
— Read on techxplore.com/news/2020-09-brain-memory-abilities-ai-experts.html
Microsoft Gets Exclusive License For OpenAI’s GPT-3 Language Model – Slashdot
Microsoft Gets Exclusive License For OpenAI’s GPT-3 Language Model – Slashdot
— Read on m.slashdot.org/story/376078
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