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Stray thoughts on teaching and learning in the COVID 19 lockdowns
I must be one of the few ed tech bloggers who has not published anything on the move to online during the COVID 19 lockdowns. Not that I haven't thought ... -
Ethics in AI and Education
The news that IBM is pulling out of the facial recognition market and is calling for “a national dialogue” on the technology’s use in law enforcement has highlighted the ethical ... -
CareerChat Bot
Pontydysgu is very happy to be part of a consortium, led by DMH Associates, selected as a finalist for the CareerTech Challenge Prize! The project is called CareerChat and the ... -
The future of work, Artificial Intelligence and automation: Innovation and the Dual Vocational Education and ...
I am speaking at a seminar on Vocational Education and Training’s Role in Business Innovation at the Ramon Areces Foundation in Madrid tomorrow. The title of my presentation is ... -
Artificial, Intelligence, ethics and education
I guess we are going to be hearing a lot about AI in education in the next year. As regular readers will know, I am working on a European Commission ... -
Is this the right way to use machine learning in education?
An article 'Predicting Employment through Machine Learning' by Linsey S. Hugo on the National Association of Colleges and Employers web site,confirms some of my worries about the use of machine ... -
Reading on screen and on paper
Do you read books and papers on screen or do you prefer paper. I am conflicted. I used to have an old Kindle but gave it up because I am ... -
AI and education
newsfromthelab.wordpress.com is no longer available. The authors have deleted this site. Fear you are going to be seeing this headline quite a bit in coming months. And like everyone else ... -
What is an algorithm?
There was an excellent article by Andrew Smith in the Guardian newspaper last week. 'Franken-algorithms: the deadly consequences of unpredictable code', examines issues with our "our new algorithmic reality and ... -
NameCoach: software which doesn't suck
It is remarkable how may software applications are released which seem a) over complicated and / or b) tp have little if any pupose. So this morning while idly browsing ...
