A little bit of fun for some books that I am going to read over the course of this year. I am going to post my own, approximately 400 word review, and then, below it, I will post ChatGPTs 400 word review. I think it will be an interesting exercise to compare the two. Disclaimer:…
Category: Education
Explore XR 2024
This was my presentation at the Explore XR Conference, held in Sri Lanka. I zoomed in as an assist for the conference organiser, Brad Chesham – that’s why some of the slides are re-used from previous presentations.
AISNSW 2024 Presentation
This was a presentation by my colleagues (in my absence) at the AISNSW 2024 Conference.
Poisoning the well of the digital commons
The idea of the tragedy of the commons is well established; I think the term was first coined in the mid 20th century, but the idea is much older. Simply put, it’s the concept that if people are given free access to a resource, humans being humans, the resource will get overused and eventually destroyed…
The pleasure of expertise
I was recently invited to facilitate an event held at Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta. It was hosted by Learning Environments Australia, who are an organisation with an interest in designing school environments – so a mix of architects and educators. I must admit I hadn’t heard of them before, which was a shame,…
Assessment, GenAI and the differences between sectors
I’ve kind of let my blogging go for about a year, what with everything else going on. But I recently attended an Apple Education Community Summit (an excellent event – for the first time, we had Apple Learning Coaches, Apple Distinguished Educators, and teachers from Apple Distinguished Schools all together) and that inspired me to…
CREDAbility Talks 3: Recent advances in multimodal Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)
Recently, CREDS members had the chance to listen to Leon Furze discuss the recent advances in GenAI and how they might affect education. Leon is currently undertaking his PhD at Deakin University in exactly this field, and has become well known for the generous and insightful commentary he provides on this topic. The presentation was wide-ranging…
Nightmares and dreams: the possibilities of AI in educational research
These are the slides from a presentation I did to UIN Salatiga in Indonesia about AI in educational research.
The Voice referendum: If you don’t know, I challenge you to find out
Closing the feedback loop with OnTask
These are the slides that I used for my ADE Asia Pacific Institute 2023 on the Gold Coast