Sean Michael Morris and Jesse Stommel’s ongoing critique of Turnitin, a plagiarism detection software, outlines exactly how this logic operates in ed-tech and higher education: 1) don’t trust students, 2) surveil them, 3) ignore the complexity of writing and citation, and 4) monetize the data.
Now add AI into the mix. There will be even more detection software.
soap dispensers
I never thought that a soap dispenser would be geared to white skin tones. Wow!
Algorithmic test proctoring’s settings have discriminatory consequences
I can see how algorithmic test proctoring would be discriminatory. It is also an invasion of privacy.
nclude Proctorio, Respondus, ProctorU, HonorLock, Kryterion Global Testing Solutions, and Examity.
Our program uses respondus for in class testing. It is used to lock the students into the testing browser so they cannot go outside the browser while in the exam. We decided to not use the remote proctoring service as we felt this would be invasive to students.
is a powerful tranquilizer of the conscience. Its service is to remove responsibility from the shoulders of everyone who truly believes it."
We can see this in a smaller sense with on line bullying, how easy it is when you do not have face to face contact.
It's a world in which machines have advanced enough that human labor is no longer necessary.
It seems we are getting closer to this with AI
our investments in technological solutions to discover how and why we got here —
I think that many educators learned technology quickly to enable students to continue in a virtual classroom vs. not at all. Was is perfect? No, it was desperation and a willingness to continue in the face of the unknown.
These inequalities and injustices are not new.
This could be seen with internet service, students would drive to campus and park near campus to get on the internet.
"What's next?" Right now, we don't know. We never do, really. Right now, instability and uncertainty fuel our crises — individually and collectively.
I realize that this is talking about the Covid crisis that was looming on the horizon when this was written. It can be related to the past, present and future. The "now" uncertainty is looming at anytime. It is how we face it that determines our outlook.
They design cross-disciplinary projects that they work on collaboratively, in which each team is formed to include someone with artistic, humanistic, social science, and computational abilities.
Forming groups with these attributes is a thoughtful approach. This conceptualizes a way towards Cluster models.
Sure, you can turn over the card. Do research using any devices you have with you, work in groups if you want. Make sure you have reputable sources and proper citations, of course. Ninety seconds.”
This is an amazing way to intrigue the students and engage them in active learning.
“I remember the first time that a grading rubric was attached to a piece of my writing….Suddenly all the joy was taken away. I was writing for a grade — I was no longer exploring for me. I want to get that back. Will I ever get that back?”
This quote makes me think, thank you!
All successful teaching therefore results in students who love to think and never stop thinking for the rest of their lives
Lifelong learning, and wanting to find solutions
“Student-centered” might be the most misused of all the hyphenates the education field has ever devised; it’s lipstick on a pig, so to speak. Ideally, we wouldn’t have to say “student-centered” at all. It would be apparent in our work. It would manifest. And yet for some reason we’ve come to need a term like “student-centered” to remind ourselves and our institutions that there are indeed students present. In spite of our slick buzzwords and “flipped classrooms,” the students are nowhere near the center. Many have left the room unnoticed.
Interesting statement, in nursing we teach Patient Centered Care. I am hoping the patients are in the center! and have not left the room unnoticed.
No one needs another white woman’s tears.
Maybe not tears, action, thoughtful living and seeing our own unconscious bias
Empirically validated theories of social learning and studies investigating intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation or cognitive construction had not yet appeared on the horizon when Bloom worked on his taxonomy.
Learning and growth in education
Other potential disadvantages of applying the taxonomy in curricula are (a) the lowering of expectations for higher-level deliberation and reasoning among students by ascribing complex, interrelated processes to simple domain identifiers (b) creating a false notion of ‘higher order’ versus ‘lower order’ outcomes. The taxonomy misleads educators to apply these perceived categories in separation, hampering a natural flow of logical reasoning such as in group discussions and (c) the identification of cognitive processes within an individual learner makes little sense. Instead, a student project can be structured according to logical stages, such as problem identification, problem reframing, identification of learning issues, self-directed research, research review, solutions development, solutions presentation and team/ self- review.
In nursing we go from simple to complex, I agree that sometimes learning circles around and group discussion works.
o believe a classroom was diminished if stu-dents and professors regarded one another as ''whole" humanEngaged Pedagogy ISstriving not just for knowledge in books, but knowledge"'l)erngo,how to live in the world.
mutual respect and seeing everyone as a whole human is a major component
I entered the classrooms with the conviction that it _was crucial for me and every other student to be an active par-ticipant, not a passive consumer.
Some classes of students will say they prefer, lecture only, when introduced to active participation and guidance they flourish.