Quote Peace of mind is the most important prerequisite for creative work. Richard Feynman Introduction Not much of an introduction this week as time is short and I have a PhD thesis to finish marking. However, I was re-reading Eight Marvelous & Melancholy Things I’ve Learned About Creativity a couple of days ago, and figured it’d be…
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The one about Learning
Published April 1, 2023 by Michael Rowe
Quote The aim of teaching is simple: it is to make student learning possible. Paul Ramsden (2003) Introduction Learning is one of those things that are so fundamental to what we do on a daily basis, that it’s seldom something we even stop to think about. What, exactly, do we mean when we talk about…
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Published March 6, 2023 by Michael Rowe
Why shouldn’t people be able to teleport wherever they want? Palmer Luckey Introduction I think we’re going to see more and more discussion around virtual reality (VR) in higher and professional education, particularly with respect to the increasing enthusiasm for simulation. And while I’m all-in on the potential of VR for both student and staff…
Leave a CommentThe one about ChatGPT
Published February 3, 2023 by Michael Rowe
Friends don’t let friends co-author with ChatGPT. Gary Marcus Introduction Note (06 March 2024): It’s worth noting – a year after this post was published – that it was very much capturing a snapshot in time. Language models have advanced significantly since I first wrote about them here. f your feed has been anything like…
Leave a CommentHealthpunk (Volume 2)
Published December 15, 2022 by Michael Rowe
‘Tis the season to imagine new ways forward for more ecologically and socially responsible healthcare futures! One year after the publication of Physiopunk Vol 1, we are happy to share Healthpunk Vol 2: Fiction + Healthcare + You: A collection of 10 Healthpunk stories written by diverse healthcare students, academics, teams and indigenous leaders in…
Leave a CommentThe one about Robots
Published December 1, 2022 by Michael Rowe
The robot has to adapt itself to our way of expressing desires and orders and not the contrary. Wikipedia contributors (2022) Introduction I’ve been working on a lecture for a programme in Smart Health being offered at a University in China, so robots in healthcare and professional education has been on my mind over the…
Leave a CommentThe one about Active Learning
Published November 3, 2022 by Michael Rowe
Active learning is “…the process as building mental models of whatever is being learned, consciously and deliberately testing those models to determine whether they work, and then repairing those models that appear to be faulty. Michael & Modell (2003 Introduction Active learning is one of those phrases in higher education that’s sometimes a little tricky…
Leave a CommentI think we can trust artificial intelligence in learning, but not artificial intelligence managed by Silicon Valley corporations in learning. Stephen Downes Introduction If you consider that some elements of AI are already widespread in education (for example, online search, recommendation engines, and autocorrect), then it’s not far-fetched to take seriously the question of what…
Leave a CommentRadical openness demands the classroom be a space for relationships and dialogue, at the expense of content, summative assessment, and so-called academic rigor. Jesse Stommel Introduction Earlier this month the results of the National Survey of Students (NSS) was published. The NSS gathers students’ opinions on the quality of their courses and the results are…
Leave a CommentThe second one about Unconferences
Published July 1, 2022 by Michael Rowe
Design the type of conference that you would actually go to. Doug Peterson Introduction In October 2020 we shared a few notes about unconferences, following the earth-shattering success of the online unconference we ran earlier that year. And now that we’re starting to gear up for the hybrid 2022 In beta unconference, I thought it’d be…
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