Bookmarks: Week of Aug 3 - Aug 9, 2026

I’m Begging You: Never Write With A.I.

nytimes.com

Do none of these things not because they are unethical. Writing with A.I. is unethical when it’s a deception: when you pass off words, ideas and information as your own when they aren’t. An acknowledgment can largely address the problem. Do none of these things, either, not because you might be able to learn to write better than an A.I. can. Pretty soon, if not already, you won’t, just as you can’t outrun a car or outplay a chess app.

#NYTimes #person:BretStephens #AI #writing

Dark Hours, what’s actually visible in your sky tonight

darkhours.io

Whether tonight is worth going out for, when to go, and which way to look. Real astronomy, live weather, and a light-pollution model that shows its error bars.

#astronomy #via:JohnGruber

Customer Spotlight: Designing Interactive Learning Experiences in Brightspace - Brightspace

community.d2l.com

Course Overview Brightspace does more than host files. When you know where to put content and why it matters, you can turn the materials you already use into something learners actually engage with. Designing Interactive Learning Experiences in Brightspace is a practical, hands-on guide to building interactive HTML Topics.…

#D2L #Brightspace #onlinelearning #coursedesign #MountRoyalUniversity #person:KumarChandrasekhar

What Should Education Look Like in the Age of AI? - Teaching@Sydney

educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au

Accelerating a University-wide conversation about learning, graduate capability and the student experience Universities often talk about preparing students for the future. The challenge with…

#person:DannyLiu #UniversityofSydney #AI #highereducation

Design The Meeting

pointc.co

Title: Design The Meeting

Design The Meeting serves as a high-leverage leadership mantra that encourages leaders to treat meetings as intentional culture-building tools rather than defaulting to unstructured routines. By auditing the seven core elements of a meeting, leaders can ensure that every session has a defined purpose and mode of collaboration to maximize organizational efficiency.

#via:BenWerdmuller #meetings #leadership

The Professional Toolkit

heartsoulmachine.com

Can you just roll up your tools and leave any more? Some thoughts on the nature of labour and higher education.

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The professional staff member – and I’m talking about myself here – often owns neither. What they own is deep knowledge of a specific machine in a specific place. That has real value, but it’s value that mostly accrues to the institution rather than to the person. And it puts the person in a more precarious position than the income we get paid might suggest.

#person:TimKlapdor #career #highereducation

Exploring Artificial Intelligence and Assessments | Resource Library | Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning | University of Calgary

taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca

A guide for instructors considering artificial intelligence in their assessments.Authors: Lorelei Anselmo, MEd; Ali Mikaeili, EdD (Student)*Adapted from the original resource developed by: Lorelei Anselmo, MEd & Tyson Kendon, PhDLast modified: July 29, 2026

#TaylorInstitute #AI #person:AliMikhaeili #person:LoreleiAnselmo #resource

Generative AI in Assessment: Approaches for Your Courses

taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca

Generative AI is now part of everyday teaching and learning. This guide helps instructors and teaching teams make clear, intentional decisions about assessment, integrity, feedback, privacy, and equity.

#TaylorInstitute #AI #person:AliMikhaeili #person:LoreleiAnselmo #resource

Critical Perspectives on AI, Digitalisation, and Human-Centred Learning: Towards Reclaiming Digital Education Futures | Springer Nature Link

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This open access book examines digitalisation, AI, and automation in education, with a particular focus on their implications for human agency

#via:StephenDownes #onlinelearning #AI #digitaltransformation

IDG Central Repository | OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS | Provost and Vice-President (Academic) | University of Calgary

ucalgary.ca

The IDG Central Repository contains resources in support of the Institutional Data Governance Practice at the University of Calgary. Information Stewards and subject matter experts can use the site to access data governance assets (such as reports, tools, processes, and templates) useful in carrying out their data governance responsibilities.

#UCalgary #data #governance #OIA

Meso and macro-level impacts from implementing open badges and microcredentials—A scoping review | Journal of Open, Distance, and Digital Education

ojs.uni-oldenburg.de

Abstract

In this scoping review, we discuss the impacts of open recognition technologies reported in 83 studies, focusing on observed impacts at the meso levels (effects on institutions and groups), and macro levels (effects on society). We found that open badging/microcredentialing practices can improve student engagement, facilitate shifts in faculty and institutional policies and practices, align with employer needs and skills frameworks, and promote stronger communities of practice/learning. Most of the research has been in primary/secondary education, despite the initial promise of open credentialing technology as a democratizing agent of education that could spread the burden of lifelong learning across traditional educational/non-educational entities. Fewer studies considered impacts at the meso-level outside of education, and even fewer discussed findings at the macro level of society. These findings derived from a review of all articles published in ERIC, Scopus, and Proquest on microcredentials/open badges, screening for effects at the meso and macro levels of impact, since the initiation of open badges in 2012.

#badges #microcredentials #article #via:StephenDownes

An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it - Ars Technica

arstechnica.com

An AI-supervised remote entrance exam at UNAM resulted in a cheating scandal, forcing 58,000 applicants to retake the test in person. The university initiated this control exam to ensure academic integrity after a suspicious surge in top scores.

#onlinelearning #examproctoring #academicintegrity

UPCEA Hallmarks of Excellence in Digital Learning Enterprises - UPCEA

upcea.edu

The Hallmarks of Excellence in Digital Learning Enterprises are a practical framework to help higher education leaders assess, strengthen, and advance institution-wide digital learning.

they make you sign up to access the full PDF, which, yuk, but still interesting.

#person:YakutGazi #digitallearningstrategy