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The 85% Rule for Learning
> Learning, it seems, is optimized for both humans and machines when we succeed around 85% of the time. [source](https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2022/07/05/85-percent-rule/)
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The Thing From The Future
> The object of the game is to come up with the most entertaining and thought-provoking descriptions of hypothetical objects from different near-, medium-, and long-term futures. Each round, players collectively generate a creative prompt by playing a card game. This prompt outlines the kind of future that the thing-to-be-imagined comes from, specifies what part […]
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AI Essays and AI Feedback
> as educators, if we are setting students assignments that can be answered by AI Transformers, are we really helping students learn? There are many better ways to assess for learning: constructive feedback, peer assessment, teachback. If Transformer AI systems have a lasting influence on education, maybe that will come from educators and policy makers […]
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Text Inflator
> It is 5 AM and you have a paper due in 3 hours. After staying up all night, you have only managed to type up 5 pages of the 8 page requirement, and you are beginning to run out of ideas. Never fear, Text Inflator is here to save your sanity. > > Paste […]
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Training students to hide
> Some researchers have found that because people express themselves through tens or hundreds of subtle and complex facial expressions, bodily gestures or physiological signals, categorizing their state with a single label is an ill-suited approach. Other research indicates that people communicate emotions such as anger, fear and surprise in ways that vary across cultures […]
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Virtual Proctoring
> This interactive is intended to show how technology can mistake seemingly normal student behavior as reprehensible. [source](https://interactive.yr.media/when-virtual-proctoring-goes-wrong/)
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Twitter!
> Looks like around one third of my feed is tweets from friends, and two thirds are from strangers and ads. [source](https://nightingaledvs.com/does-twitters-algorithm-hate-your-friends/)
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What feels like learning
> real learning is hard work and it often doesn’t feel good. [source](https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-college-students-often-dont-know-when-theyre-learning/)
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Hope is Work
> Our refusals can be small. Our actions might seem insignificant. But do not despair. We aren’t alone in this — resistance is part of our legacy. We can make it our future. We can hope. [source](http://hackeducation.com/2022/03/08/hope)