A couple of weeks ago I went to see Nitin Sawnhey talking about his career. I must say, to my embarrassment, I knew nothing about this artist before that day, but I was quite pleased to come away from this event with a little bit more understanding about his music and influences, and, especially, about […]
I have just come back from the Joint Technology Enhanced Learning Winter School. It brought together young and senior researchers in the field of TEL in meaningful discussions. It was great fun too.
Each day new topics were introduced and there was an effort to make the sessions as much interactive as possible. In […]
Last night @m_a_s_c , @krajagopal and I were talking about education. In General!
It all started with talking about doing a PhD and not feeling we have the same kind of ‘endurance’ we had when we first went to University. The three of us, although in different countries, have experienced similar educational structures, which basically […]
I am off to the JTEL Winter School on Advanced Learning Technologies 2010
It was quite a surprise to have received a scholarship, and quite short notice too. I can’t believe it’s already about to start! WOW
I am excited about the programme. It seems to be quite hands-on.
I was asked to create a three minute presentation […]
Today’s been a complicated day, if for nothing else because I hate chairing meetings!!!!! On top of that this was a meeting that touched on a very sensitive area: changing practice. Although this allows me to kind of stick my nose into someone else’s practice and look at ways how it could be improved, especially […]
Academic Tribes and Territories, Intellectual enquiry and the culture of disciplines
by Tony Becher and Paul R. Trowler
[Random thoughts about texts I have been reading. Please notice that I am still trying to make sense of this all and therefore welcome your critical comments. I am sure they will help me look at the topic […]
[This is not a post about recent ideas or opinions regarding education in general. This is a post about my own education and the cumulative experiences which have contributed to what and where I am today and what and where I want to be in the future. I welcome your comments on my personal views […]
Today a really good friend of mine emailed to tell me about her impressions on a conference she has recently been to about innovation and creativity.
Her thoughts and feelings about it are interesting…what (I think) she let us read in between the lines of her reflection is even richer.
For those who can’t read Portuguese, Teresa […]
Random thoughts…
The new academic year is about to start, and I need to start working on some ideas which might help researchers and PhD students enhance their Personal Learning Networks. My purpose is to give them a different perspective of the Internet, beyond email exchanges and content search. During last year’s workshop, I realized that […]
Last weekend I traveled all the way to Ilmenau, Germany. I must say that it was not the easiest city to get to (physically – I think the virtual participants have no complaints here ) , BUT it hosted the best learning event I have recently been to.
It was not just the fact […]
Cyborg patented?
Forbes reports that Microsoft has obtained a patent for a “conversational chatbot of a specific person” created from images, recordings, participation in social networks, emails, letters, etc., coupled with the possible generation of a 2D or 3D model of the person.
Racial bias in algorithms
From the UK Open Data Institute’s Week in Data newsletter
This week, Twitter apologised for racial bias within its image-cropping algorithm. The feature is designed to automatically crop images to highlight focal points – including faces. But, Twitter users discovered that, in practice, white faces were focused on, and black faces were cropped out. And, Twitter isn’t the only platform struggling with its algorithm – YouTube has also announced plans to bring back higher levels of human moderation for removing content, after its AI-centred approach resulted in over-censorship, with videos being removed at far higher rates than with human moderators.
Gap between rich and poor university students widest for 12 years
Via The Canary.
The gap between poor students and their more affluent peers attending university has widened to its largest point for 12 years, according to data published by the Department for Education (DfE).
Better-off pupils are significantly more likely to go to university than their more disadvantaged peers. And the gap between the two groups – 18.8 percentage points – is the widest it’s been since 2006/07.
The latest statistics show that 26.3% of pupils eligible for FSMs went on to university in 2018/19, compared with 45.1% of those who did not receive free meals. Only 12.7% of white British males who were eligible for FSMs went to university by the age of 19. The progression rate has fallen slightly for the first time since 2011/12, according to the DfE analysis.
Quality Training
From Raconteur. A recent report by global learning consultancy Kineo examined the learning intentions of 8,000 employees across 13 different industries. It found a huge gap between the quality of training offered and the needs of employees. Of those surveyed, 85 per cent said they , with only 16 per cent of employees finding the learning programmes offered by their employers effective.
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