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Who owns your data?
Arguments over what data should be allowed to be used for training Large Language Models rumble on. Ironically it is LinkedIn which hosts hundreds of discussion is AI which is ... -
Green Skills and Green Jobs
As part of European Vocational Skills Week on 17 May Pontydysgu participated in a webinar on "CAREER PATHWAYS AND GREEN ECONOMY The initiative is part of the Erasmus+ project Career ... -
Empowering Learners for the Age of AI
Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash Empowering Learners for the Age of AI is a free, international online conference, organised by part of a national team from Australia representing leading ... -
Data governance, management and infrastructure
Photo by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash The big ed-tech news this week is the merger of Anthology, an educational management company, with Blackboard who produce learning technology. But as Stephen ... -
Apprenticeship for Artificial Intelligence Data Specialists
This may be of interest to some readers. One of the issues with AI and data science is that it is leading to pressure for change in vocational education and ... -
Using Labour Market Information for Career Development in the Changing World of Work
I was invited to make a presentation earlier this week to the European Union Horizon 2020 HECAT project exploring the use of algorithms within public employment systems. Waterford (Ireland) Institute ... -
The State of Data 2020
One result of the Covid 19 pandemic is it seems like every day now there are free events. This week is no exception and this conference looks great. I can't ... -
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 ... -
More ways of understanding the Labour Market
In most countries we have traditionally relied on official labour market agencies for data for understanding the labour market. From an education and training standpoint, that data has not always ... -
SMEs are not the same as large firms
Much of my work at the moment is focused in two different areas - the training and professional development of teachers and trainers for the use of technology for teaching ...
