There Is No 'Hard Problem Of Consciousness' #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79257 You can read my essay on consciousness or you can read this article - the point being made is exactly the same (and certainly not unique to either of us).

W Social uncovered: the reality behind the hype #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79256

FediProfile — The Decentralized Link-in-Bio #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79255

The Boring Internet #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79254 "The internet is not dying," writes Terry Godier, "A commercial veneer glued on top of it is dying." I'm not a fan of the muted text in dark mode and the scroll reveal presentation, but the message in my view is sound.

Expanding OER with GenAI #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79253 This article blends the ideas of generative AI and open educational resources and the results are about what is to be expected.

Hackers steal students’ data during breach at education tech giant Instructure #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79252 This week's big story is a confirmed data breach at Instructure affecting students’ private information.

Artificial intelligence as a site of global educational governance: the case of UNESCO #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79251 This paper is a critical reflection of UNESCO's policy role in the governance of AI in education (AIED).

Vibe-Coding a MultiLingual #Free #Whiteboard: #DrawSplat #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79250

Paradigm shifts, bricoleers [sic], and other animals #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79249 This article begins as it should with a discussion of Ben Werdmuller's Elgg social software.

View of Artificial Intelligence and Communities of Inquiry: Reimagining Educational Experiences #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79248 This is useful work.

View of The Answerthis.io AI App Looks at My Interaction Equivalency Theory #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79247

Am I an LLM? #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79246 Obviously it's not a serious question. But it's worth reflecting on the similarities between humans and LLMs.

Some key elements of deeper learning #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79245

Bananaland University #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79244 "What might the Savannah Bananas teach us about a potential future for higher education?" That's a good question, but not as discussed in this post (trust me, I'm a baseball fan).

Why product discovery matters more than ever in the age of AI #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79242 When I was a kid I built a little cabin on an old wagon in our yard. Eventually my father said i was time to take it down and give the neighbours a break.

Mature AI Use vs. Immature AI Use #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79241 This paper makes a useful distinction which I'll share here, so you don't have to wade through the AI-generated reams of text. It divides AI use policies into two domains: ethics, and maturity.

Tasteslop #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79239 Read this article first, then Doug Belshaw's take. This article is on the phenomenon of 'taste' (as in, "she has good taste"). The point here is "Taste is not really a property of various objects.

Literacy-slop #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79240 Read the Emily Segal post first, then this post.

‘Close to zero impact’: US study casts doubt on effect of phone ban in schools #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79238

The "AI Job Apocalypse" Is a Complete Fantasy #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79237 When a tech or finance company puts the phrase 'understanding of humans' in the subhead, that's a red flag. A folk theory of 'human nature' is not a good basis for informed commentary.

No Need Rushing for AI in Education #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79236 Readers might find this surprising to hear, but I agree with the core sentiment of this article (though not with many of the details).

Hawkeye #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79235 If you're wondering what Marhsall Kirkpatrick is up to these days, it's this: "Turn market intelligence into communications that lead your field.

Pedagogical partnerships with generative AI in higher education: how dual cognitive pathways paradoxically enable transformative learning #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79234

What Works for the Most Vibrant Experiences in a Hybrid Conference Format? #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79233 Over a two-week period in 2002 I wrote a daily commentary for Australia's online Net*Working conference.

Intelligence? #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79232 This is a pre-release version of Nik Bear Brown's Intelligence?, an engaging and fascinating exploration of the concept behind not only AI but life in general. It rewards a good reading.

Educational AI Insights | MagicSchool Blog #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79231 I know a lot of education technology specialists don't want to see this, but here it is anyway.

Open Source Wishlist #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79230 This is a nascent project that has potential if it gains traction.

DeepMind Vision Banana: A Unified Vision Architecture #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79229

The Adaptive Enterprise: AI, Learning, and the Work of Making Sense #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79228 This article blends a bunch of things together. Let me tease them out.

Claude Code's Limits Are Generous. The Problem Is Your Setup. #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79227 This is the first part of a paid article but there's more than enough here to justify reading the free segment. I'm noting it here mostly for my own purposes.

Beyond Cognitive Load Theory #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79226 This article offers a much-needed corrective to the application of cognitive load theory in education, based on a paper on the same subject by the author and colleagues.

Ethics and Regulation of Human Brain Organoid Research: Recommendations from the Asia Pacific Neuroethics Working Group #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79225

All we’re doing is reading today #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79224

AI, tractors, and the productivity paradox #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79223 Good article that makes the following case: "If AI is so impactful, why isn't it showing up in the productivity stats? The Solow paradox answer is that firms haven't reorganized yet.

Beyond free courses and resources: 4 takeaways about the future (or the present) of open education #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79222

#oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79221 The answer to the question post in the title is pretty self-evident: funding, and quality issues.

Open Data Structures #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79220 Maybe you don't need the information in this book. But if you do any serious work in development and programming, including analytics and graphs, then the contents should be second nature to you, and if they're not, you need this book.

There Will Be a Scientific Theory of Deep Learning #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79219

Comparing Decentralized Identifiers (DID) Methods #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79218 This is something I'm referring to as I develop distributed identity for CList. "In Web5, a user's Decentralized Identifier(DID) links their identity to their data via Decentralized Web Nodes (DWNs).

Karpathy Found the Pattern. Educators Have Been Teaching It for Years. | Ian O'Byrne #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79217 I like the work Ian O'Byrne have been doing recently designing (and redesigning) his own personal learning system.

More scoops, less aggregation and analysis: How Casey Newton is revamping his newsletter to compete with AI #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79216 I am also grappling with this new reality. "Original reporting, news analysis, and a roundup of links.

Measuring What We Value, or Valuing What We Measure? Interrogating Educational Measurement Practices in the Global South #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79215

Deescalating the AI Learning Debate #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79214 I like the way this discussion is framed and it is one of few real efforts to grasp the many different views people have on what we mean by 'learning' (let alone 'education', which is another matter entirely).

Why are the Artemis II photos on Flickr? #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79213 I've been aching for a reason to post an Artemis photo here in this newsletter and Anil Dash gives me that excuse as he explains - at length - why NASA photos have ended up on Flickr.

Young People’s Ability to Assess Reliability of Information is Decreasing #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79212 Governments and to some extent schools have resisted teaching critical thinking and media literacy for many years. There are actually campaigns against teaching them in some places.

POSIWID #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79211 The Purpose Of a System Is What It Does (POSIWID). Or as Stafford Beer says, "This is a basic dictum.

Memory Game Is #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79210 There's a thing called the physical symbol system hypothesis (PSSH) which asserts that our mental contents (such as memories) are encoded and stored verbatim, and that the act of remembering is essentially a playback of this recording.

Teaching to the test #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79209 "This post analyzes the disconnect between modern educational goals and outdated assessment methods." The argument is that "The ultimate goal of education must pivot.

Retraction Note: The effect of ChatGPT on students’ learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking: insights from a meta-analysis #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79208

ASU Atomic Rips a Page from the WebinarTV Playbook #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79207