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Why we need applied humanities approaches (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

The humanities might not-too-facetiously be labeled the black sheep of academia. After all, the humanities are frequently characterized as being in crisis and, since 2008, have suffered massive hemorrhaging in the numbers of new majors. To put it simply, an applied humanities approach is needed in STEM education.

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Riding the wave of technological change to enable transformative learning for all

HEPI

On learning about the focus of the discussion, we chatted about the use of Generative AI tools amongst her peer group, and she wondered why my contemporaries were so flustered by this latest advance in technology. In this way, there has always been a next generation technology ; I have always been riding the wave of technological change.

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Humane Ingenuity 38: The Vigoda Verification

Dan Cohen

After reading this article, I hereby declare that we replace the Turing Test with the Vigoda Verification , in which the quality of an AI system is a measure of its ability to identify Abe Vigoda in a large corpus of images: By using separate fields, the team can compare the AI-powered metadata against the metadata provided manually.

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ChatGPT Wrote This Article and then Totally Stole My Job!

eLiterate

I’ve been fascinated by the rapid progression of ChatGPT article fads: Look at this weird thing that writes stuff! I asked ChatGPT to write this article—and it totally did!!! So ChatGPT, the miracle of modern technology destined to destroy all education, is not as “smart” as a calculator. Or magazine articles?

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Humane Ingenuity 41: Zen and the Art of Winemaking

Dan Cohen

Multimedia essays from the Plant Humanities Lab were recently posted and are worth a look. But winemaking is instructive in our technological age because it pushes back against these algorithms. Subscribe to the Humane Ingenuity newsletter : Enter your email. It may be chemical, but it also feels alchemical.

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Technology Partnerships and Higher Education

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Technology Partnerships and Higher Education A Conversation With Drew Magliozzi, CEO of Mainstay Alan Thu, 05/11/2023 - 06:00 Chatbots Higher Ed Leadership Innovation Spotlight In our mission to promote equity in higher education, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) highlights the strategies of our member institutions.

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Humanizing Online Learning with Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock

Continuous Learning Institute

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Learn about the power of humanizing online learning for college students. We cover the following key topics: 9:00:00 The story behind humanizing online learning. 15:00:00 Foundational mind shifts to implement humanizing online learning and culturally responsive teaching.