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Szymon Machajewski

Director Learning Tech & Innovation,
University of Illinois Chicago

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RE: ChatGPT and Copilot: Biased? Racist? Maybe?

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 01-05-2024 09:21:53 AM
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Avi, You raise a good point. Bias is an ongoing issue in technology, but it's important to recognize that bias also exists among humans. AI engineers acknowledge bias exists in AI systems and are working on mitigation strategies, like the filtering approaches OpenAI describes. However, bias mitigation ...

When Pedagogy Meets Technology: AI-Generated Suggestions for Authentic Assessments

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 12-19-2023 09:07:00 AM
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A report on the deployment of AI features in the LMS. 63,000 course creation tasks since launch in September and more than 95% of teachers saying they would recommend that their peers leverage this functionality. When Pedagogy Meets Technology: AI-Generated Suggestions for Authentic Assessments ...

RE: Best data interpretation platforms?

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 12-19-2023 08:20:00 AM
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Well, you can, of course, paste data into an AI chat and have it rolled up or filtered. Also, many data platforms now have some AI features. If you're looking for some free platforms to visualize the data set you already have, I would recommend: https://public.tableau.com/app/discover https:/ ...

RE: What are the implications of truly multimodal models for education?

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 12-11-2023 08:08:47 AM
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Danny, I recorded this video for our language arts department. I found these to be of value: Having text read in a foreign language with a natural, fluent voice Uploading a picture and having a conversation about the historical characters in the picture Having my foreign language spelling and ...

RE: Webinar invitation: Data Governance - Who owns the student data?

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 11-20-2023 10:11:00 AM
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Thank you for your participation and interest in our November webinar! We invite you to our Educause Community group to explore the library of resources and discussions: https://connect.educause.edu/community-home?CommunityKey=2b0e894a-1f47-4904-ad3a-29148f556c1e Many thanks to our presenters Melissa ...

Webinar invitation: Data Governance - Who owns the student data?

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 10-26-2023 09:10:00 AM
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Date: Nov 16th, 12pm EDT Title: Data Governance - Who owns student data? Explore captivating insights during our upcoming webinar, "Data Governance - Who owns the student data?" featuring Melissa D. Barnett, Ph.D., Data Governance Manager at Georgia State University. In this engaging session, we will ...

Invitation: Rethinking Education in an AI World Conference

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 10-17-2023 07:19:00 AM
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Association for Distance Education and Independent Learning Rethinking Education in an AI World Conference October 18, 2023 from 10 am – 5 pm Eastern Time (GMT-4) Program: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WrVOZW-9vsvTCfBBwY09P8Jxfnml4NdnqPF1MN5vYHo/edit#heading=h.bn3hrxy4em7i Registration: ...

Invitation to: Rethinking Education in an AI World Conference (accessibility session)

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 10-17-2023 07:16:33 AM
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Association for Distance Education and Independent Learning Rethinking Education in an AI World Conference October 18, 2023 from 10 am – 5 pm Eastern Time (GMT-4) Program: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WrVOZW-9vsvTCfBBwY09P8Jxfnml4NdnqPF1MN5vYHo/edit#heading=h.bn3hrxy4em7i Registration: ...

Rethinking Education in an AI World Conference

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 10-17-2023 07:14:00 AM
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Association for Distance Education and Independent Learning Rethinking Education in an AI World Conference October 18, 2023 from 10 am – 5 pm Eastern Time (GMT-4) Program: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WrVOZW-9vsvTCfBBwY09P8Jxfnml4NdnqPF1MN5vYHo/edit#heading=h.bn3hrxy4em7i Registration: ...

Microsoft: Advancing opportunities for AI in higher education

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 10-09-2023 02:03:47 PM
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Advancing opportunities for AI in higher education Learning how to use Bing Chat and Bing Chat Enterprise Collaborating with Anthology to give time back to instructors Announcing the AI Classroom University Hackathon Bringing generative AI to the University of Michigan Transforming the future of ...

RE: AI & INSTTECH Coffee Shop Chat yesterday

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 09-29-2023 09:28:00 AM
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Thank you for the invitation, Heather! On the subject of AI Literacy, I wanted to share this LMS module that can be included in most courses: GitHub - smachaje/AI_Literacy_Module: AI Literacy module for Blackboard Original and Ultra courses ------------------------------ Dr. Szymon ...

2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Action Plan: Generative AI

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 09-25-2023 06:02:00 PM
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In 2023, generative AI emerged as the most rapidly adopted technology in history. All members of the higher education community, from students to administrators, are trying to determine what impact generative AI tools can, will, and should have on life, learning, and work. To make matters more complex, ...

RE: approved / supported tools

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 09-20-2023 06:52:08 AM
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Avi, We are also careful to provide approved, vetted AI tools. For two reasons: Equity: institutionally licensed tools provide a leveled ground for social-economic differences in instructor and student populations Security and Privacy controls. Our current list includes: 1. Anthology Blackboard ...

2023 EDUCAUSE Student Success Community Group Survey

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 09-18-2023 01:26:49 PM
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We would like to gather feedback from everyone to see what you, the community group, want from the Student Success Analytics Community Group (SSA CG). The SSA CG Steering Committee is dedicated to the success of this group, and we will use the results of this survey to inform the direction of the SSA ...

2023 EDUCAUSE Student Success Community Group Survey

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 09-11-2023 11:32:00 AM
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Thank you for your participation. The survey is now closed. See us at Educause to listen to our presentation and review the results. ---- We would like to gather feedback from everyone to see what you, the community group, want from the Student Success Analytics Community Group (SSA CG). The SSA ...

RE: Chronicle of Higher Ed Reporter: Thoughts on AI in academic publishing?

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 09-06-2023 02:04:02 AM
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Taylor, Thank you for asking difficult questions and tackling a sticky problem. The document you referenced makes this recommendation: "For publishers and editors: At this point in time in the development of AI and the evolution of mindsets, we recommend that if an editorial decision is made by AI ...

Public schools leading the way in AI adoption.

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 09-02-2023 08:36:00 PM
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. "part of a pilot public school program trying to prepare students for the challenges and opportunities that come along with the rise of AI" "about five years ago School administrators decided to use some of their regular annual funding" "you know AI is such a popular buzzword right now but we've ...

Free Student-Facing AI Literacy Module for Blackboard

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 08-30-2023 09:07:00 AM
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AI Literacy module for Blackboard Learn Ultra and Original (and D2L). Review quiz created with AI Design Assistant in Ultra LMS. Introductory video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqj6U1UeMWU Download: https://github.com/smachaje/AI_Literacy_Module This work is licensed under a Creative Commons ...

RE: What if Generative AI turned out to be a Dud?

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 08-28-2023 06:36:12 AM
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Anthony, I wonder if "decreasing the traditional technical skills" is a common occurrence already. While back-end systems often increase in complexity, end-users who operate technology are doing so with more ease than before and with fewer technical skills. Take cars as an example. Fewer people today ...

RE: LMS Anthology Blackboard Ultra - AI Digital Assistant for Instructional Design

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 08-25-2023 09:59:42 AM
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This is a recording of a recent event about the AI features in the Anthology/Blackboard LMS: Learn Ultra AI Design Assistant: Let Complexity Work For You Anthology delivered on the Nashville promises with a slick and productive AI toolset. Explore the sliders and gizmos that tune the instructor AI ...