Had a great time talking to staff at the University of Maryland yesterday about my four 'rules' for writing in the age of AI. People are using these tools at work in all kinds of ways and while some of the questions are different outside of education, many are the same. /1

Please pay attention to how quickly our world is being reshaped. Text generators, image generators, and now music generators are here.

Stop dismissing these tools outright and start considering the implications for what easy access to AI means for learning.

Who else is practicing out loud with ChatGPT for panel discussions or interviews? I just gave it the questions to ask me and then talked with it while on a walk yesterday; kind of comical that it kept interrupting me and I interrupted right back without compunction.

Last chance to register for 'Pedagogies of Generative AI' today Thursday 11 April 3pm BST with our amazing panel of speakers: Frau Dr.Auntie Occident is here and on Mastodon Katie (Kathryn) Conrad Anna Mills, annamillsoer.bsky.social, she/her and Ugnė Litvinaitė

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How do you talk about AI? Helen Beetham urges the sector to articulate AI’s role in higher education more carefully, so that we’re not inadvertently fuelling the hype and confusion Helen Beetham 💙 @[email protected] blogs.lse.ac.uk/highereducatio…

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#cccoer webinar: AI & OER: Redefining Education?
Lance Eaton College Unbound moderates Anna Mills, annamillsoer.bsky.social, she/her City College of San Francisco Peter Shea @Middlesex_CC unravelling synergies between #AI & #OER .

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Frau Dr.Auntie Occident is here and on Mastodon will be sharing stories with AI teachers and Critics about Generative AI in Education, with Katie (Kathryn) Conrad Ugnė Litvinaitė Anna Mills, annamillsoer.bsky.social, she/her as co-panellists on the Generative Dialogues live podcast recording on 11.04! Hosts Helen Beetham 💙 @[email protected], @theplatformuni generativedialogues.org

Exploring research one #OER and #GenAI in advance of a panel happening tomorrow (Wednesday) with CCCOER! Excited to be in conversation with the amazing Anna Mills, annamillsoer.bsky.social, she/her & the great Peter G. SHea

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🔥 #cccoer webinar: AI & OER: Redefining Education?
Lance Eaton College Unbound moderates Anna Mills, annamillsoer.bsky.social, she/her City College of San Francisco Peter Shea @Middlesex_CC unravelling synergies between #AI & #OER .

📆 Apr 10
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ecstatic to be faculty for the AAC&U's 2024-2025 Institute on AI, Pedagogy, & the Curriculum! Getting to be in conversation with different institutions & voices including Katie (Kathryn) Conrad Anna Mills, annamillsoer.bsky.social, she/her Eddie Watson & others! is delightful!

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Google's Education VP wants us to believe AI is the classroom's new calculator, but this is a terrible analogy:

1. We know how calculators produce their results

2. You can check a calculator's answer using pretty much the same algorithm it uses 1/2

news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/06… 🐘♻️

Okay, I have to admit I was off on this example. Google search found a more useful result than Perplexity or ChatGPT to this particular tech support question. Should have tried that first, as Critical AI : first issue out! https://read.dukeup suggests. I will continue to try Perplexity for tech support when Google…

Using chatbots for technical support is an easy way for educators to gain familiarity with LLMs. Perplexity Pro is my go-to for this. It just outperformed ChatGPT4 when I asked a question about an LMS feature. And it lists its main sources before its answer.…

Exciting #AI news from AAC&U! We are launching a new Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum. This new, fully online institute is designed to help departments, programs, colleges, and universities respond effectively to the challenges and opportunities AI presents for…

Questions about policy and AI? Working paper #2 from the MLA-CCCC Task Force on AI and Writing just dropped! aiandwriting.hcommons.org/working-paper-… Check it out and leave a comment. Webinar coming soon. Anna Mills, annamillsoer.bsky.social, she/her liz losh Holly Hassel Matthew Kirschenbaum

Guiding Students to Reflect on AI-Generated Feedback, my case for a teacher-designed, dedicated app for formative feedback that helps students use AI to support writing for thinking and communication with humans. (Abram Anders' panel at #4C24 ).
Slides: bit.ly/MEFCCCC

In EdSurge, I try to pt out that tools aren’t good or bad, it’s how they’re used & if they’re used transparently. Also a note that institutional polices & procedures, not detection tools, dictate how potential AI violations are addressed. edsurge.com/news/2024-04-0…

The MLA-NCTE CCCC Task Force on Writing and AI has just published its second working paper, which provides guidance on developing policy for generative AI. Download the paper—and #4C24 attendees: join the committee for its session at 2:00 p.m. PT today! aiandwriting.hcommons.org/working-paper-…