Jim Julius

Faculty Director of Online Education at MiraCosta College, San Diego County.

[Jim Julius @jjulius]

@AnnaRMills Which parts worked well? Which didn't? If you want to share your inputs and prompts on a Google doc or something, I'm happy to try it on courses I have access to ...

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@PhilOnEdTech @morganmundum I'm surprised that there's no discussion of the impact of the ongoing pandemic-related shifts to online on this data. Especially in California, many course sections in 2021-22 remained online that otherwise would have been in-person.

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Love that a major takeaway from this AWS and univ admin presentation on "future-fitting higher ed" using data is: A powerful data collection method is paying for a lunch where students have personal conversations with IT staff about their experiences. #eli23

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When I hear "I don't like teaching online b/c it's impossible to 'read the room' b/c I can't require cameras on" I just hear that we haven't adequately helped faculty approach teaching online differently. #eli23

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.@gsiemens hasn't said "connectivism" but very much still talking about the importance of networks to humans generally, and in learning (yay!). Implications when AI agents are part of our networks? "Humans will bond with anything." #eli23

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.@gsiemens opens #eli23 with a talk on AI and the "space for humanity" ... starts w/ overview of multiple perspectives on recent developments in AI. Wish he might have delved a bit more into ethics - doomerism hype vs. actual present issues we in ed should be considering.

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@bltmacomb Oh no, Barbara. I am so sorry and heartbroken for you and your family. Holding you close in my thoughts.

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@KatieConradKS @EnglishOER @emilymbender Agreed. I just hope that the letter doesn't empower folks who will focus on corporate-led x-risk management over other more pressing concerns with AI's development now.

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@jselingo @JonBoeckenstedt @MatthewBoedy @jonbecker @akilbello I was at SDSU as grad student/employee 2002-11. It's long been a strategy to hype application #s in order to convince prospects of their popularity, so they'll get more apps, which then makes them look more selective as well. 112k for 2022 btw. https://t.co/d0Yoc5K8N5

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@EnglishOER @emilymbender It's not absolutely good or evil. I'm sure many people have signed on with some awareness of the limitations. I just worry about allowing the letter to set the terms of debate and the end goals. One more link: https://t.co/FHKRkIQa7g

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@EnglishOER @emilymbender I feel like I'm just starting to scratch the surface of the TESCREAL ideologies that I think underpin the Future of Life letter (see https://t.co/EvqBOhpEze) but I'm wondering if you've gone deeper into that rabbit hole?

[Dr. Émile P. Torres (they/them) @xriskology]

I see some folks starting to use the “TESCREAL” acronym. So, here’s a short thread on what it stands for and why it’s important. 🧵

[Jim Julius @jjulius]

@EnglishOER I worry that the open letter shifts concern from immediate issues @emilymbender highlights: concentration of power, oppressive systems, and lack of privacy; to things like "safety" and "loyalty" which undergird the Future of Life longtermist and tech bro libertarian agendas.

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@sharongoldman @emilymbender I was trying to echo a quote you shared from Joanna Bryson in https://t.co/Sx34rSeKW6 ... that the "pause" is about keeping the terms of the debate under the control of corporations.

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@Jessifer You could cross out ungrading and fill in any number of other human-centered educational "innovations"! Why do we do this?

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@iLearnNow Still one of my favorite presentations I've ever been part of: https://t.co/GOM5uYiLK6

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@brocansky Data that Wood shared at 2018 OTC indicated slightly better outcomes for synchronous vs asynch for folks of color, both male and female. It would be good to have more updated data. But I believe it's about offering choice and opportunity. https://t.co/WE8hEnUf3B