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A proposed AI literacy framework from TECHE

For all of the talk about the urgency with which we need to equip students (and teachers) with the new skills needed to navigate the BrAIve New World, the detail of what exactly they need has been scant. (Part of that whole - ‘well I said something SHOULD be done, my work here is over’ - thing perhaps). This offering from Matthew Hillier on Macquarie Uni’s blog is a decent effort, including ethical use, affordances, evaluation and integration into practice.

Let's burst some bubbles (again)! from The Educationalist

More on the learning side now, this post from Alexandra Mihai (Maastricht Uni, Netherlands) offers a timely reminder of the importance of learning through connecting with our peers. From communities of practice to chance encounters, she outlines the benefits and links to some very interesting models for how these events can be run which I fully intend to pilfer for Third Space Symposium inspiration.

University Suspends Students for AI Tool It Gave Them $10,000 Prize to Make from 404 Media

This story from one of the sharper recent tech-life newsletters is a classic example of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing in higher ed. I have to be honest, plugging any homemade tool into the LMS without institutional permission is probably not going to end well for any student.

Divorcing Your OPM: Moving from an Outsourced Online Program Management Model to a New Online Program Management Model: A Qualitative Descriptive Case Study from Andrea Carroll-Glover (PhD thesis)

Online Program Managers - 3rd party businesses who run institutional online courses - have had an interesting few years. They often provide a quality service - whether that is in keeping with the conventional university ethos is another question - and have been taken up by uni leaders unwilling to trust or invest in their own local experts for a variety of reasons. This in depth case study describes the rationales behind using OPMs and the practicalities involved in letting them go. This is probably much more important than you might think.