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Szymon Machajewski

Associate Director Learning Tech & Innovation,
University of Illinois Chicago

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Welcome to the National AI Literacy Day

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 03-28-2025 06:07:28 AM
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National AI Literacy Day with events, resources, and focus on K12: ailiteracyday.org This nationwide initiative explores the fundamental question: "What is AI?" This is a great opportunity to connect our higher education AI work with K-12 education efforts. The day primarily focuses on K-12 students, ...

RE: NotebookLM is my "unpaid" Resource Assistant

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 03-24-2025 08:49:59 AM
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Eugene, Yes, this is a great tool. I'd recommend finding interviews with Steven Johnson on Youtube about NotebookLM. He was the key subject matter expert for Google in the development of this tool. Here is our article about it: https://learning.uic.edu/news-stories/ai-in-the-classroom-from-comple ...

RE: Invitation to March webinar: Mastering AI Prompt Engineering for Data Analytics

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 03-18-2025 07:10:00 AM
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@Matthew Holtz, we have the recording of the webinar. 📈 "Mastering AI Prompt Engineering for Data Analytics": by EDUCAUSE Unlock the Power of AI in Data Analytics! 🚀💻 LinkedIn post with recording ------------------------------ Dr. Szymon Machajewski Associate Director Academic Technology & ...

RE: Invitation to March webinar: Mastering AI Prompt Engineering for Data Analytics

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 03-18-2025 07:08:00 AM
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@Mitch Colver, yes we have the recording of the webinar. 📈 "Mastering AI Prompt Engineering for Data Analytics": by EDUCAUSE Unlock the Power of AI in Data Analytics! 🚀💻 LinkedIn Post with recording ------------------------------ Dr. Szymon Machajewski Associate Director Academic ...

Invitation to March webinar: Mastering AI Prompt Engineering for Data Analytics

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 03-10-2025 09:31:00 AM
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Webinar recording: Educause Student Success Analytics CG You are invited to our March webinar! When: Mar 12, 2025 from 12:00:00 PM to 01:00:00 PM (ET) Associated with Student Success Analytics Practitioners 🚀 Exciting EDUCAUSE SSACG Webinar Alert! 🚀 🧠 Mastering AI Prompt ...

RE: Invitation to March webinar: Mastering AI Prompt Engineering for Data Analytics

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 03-10-2025 09:25:00 AM
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Matthew, Thank you for locating the glitch. In my post I put March 12 at the top and later March 14 at the bottom. The webinar is scheduled for March 12th. If you register we'll share the recording with you. ------------------------------ Dr. Szymon Machajewski Associate Director Academic Technology ...

Invitation to March webinar: Mastering AI Prompt Engineering for Data Analytics

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 03-07-2025 09:59:00 AM
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Hello! Here is an invitation from the Student Success Analytics Educause Community Group. When: Mar 12, 2025 from 12:00:00 PM to 01:00:00 PM (ET) Associated with Student Success Analytics Practitioners 🚀 Exciting EDUCAUSE SSACG Webinar Alert! 🚀 🧠 Mastering AI Prompt Engineering for ...

Video Playlist for Ethe ducause Student Success Analytics CG

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 02-28-2025 06:11:15 PM
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Educause Student Success Analytics CG Videos The Educause Student Success Analytics Community Group (SSA CG) playlist on the Learning Channel offers valuable insights into using data analytics to improve student success in higher education. Based on the search results, the Educause Student ...

RE: 2D avatar chatbot - alternative to D-ID

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 01-11-2025 06:38:00 PM
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Instead of ChatGPT custom GPT, I'd recommend trying: SchoolAI.com Provides a safe, managed AI chatbot for students Allows customization of chatbot parameters to align with your course content Perplexity.ai Delivers real-time, accurate information through its advanced search capabilities Can be ...

RE: The Ethics of AI: Safeguarding Student Success with Fair Data Practices

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 11-22-2024 07:47:51 AM
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Paul, Yes, you're right on! I am impressed with how well NotebookLM captured the nuances of the article. One thing worth noting is that NotebookLM was designed with input from Steven Johnson, a prominent author and thinker on innovation and technology. His involvement likely gave Google an edge ...

RE: Measuring AI Impact on Past Transformations and What this Means for Education

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 11-22-2024 07:03:08 AM
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Eric, I'm glad this brightened your day. This experiment is empirical evidence that ChatGPT is the worst AI you'll ever use! ChatGPT struggles with chess because it lacks a built-in understanding of the chessboard, positional awareness, and the ability to evaluate moves dynamically. Instead, it predicts ...

The Ethics of AI: Safeguarding Student Success with Fair Data Practices

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 11-20-2024 07:12:00 AM
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The article Discrimination in a Sea of Data: Exploring the Ethical Implications of Student Success Analytics in EDUCAUSE Review brings to light the critical issue of how AI and machine learning (ML) are applied in educational settings. A key metaphor used in the article compares AI to a hammer: just ...

Measuring AI Impact on Past Transformations and What this Means for Education

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 11-20-2024 06:55:00 AM
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Sharing the article: The AI Revolution in Chess and Its Impact on Education: Unlocking the Joy of Learning with a Spirit of Play from EdTechDigest. It sheds light on how AI has transformed the chess world in the last 20 years and offers valuable insights for the future of education. The explosive growth ...

RE: Making my custom GPTs safe for educational use (higher ed)

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 11-04-2024 07:17:00 AM
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It is worth mentioning that while custom GPTs can be used on free ChatGPT accounts (student accounts), there are rate limits. Instructor must have paid OpenAI account to create custom GPTs. So, the use of custom GPTs on paid accounts is more productive. Free accounts really have just a "preview" of custom ...

RE: Making my custom GPTs safe for educational use (higher ed)

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 11-04-2024 07:16:36 AM
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AI & Data: Community Business Meeting at Educause 2024

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 10-24-2024 06:36:17 AM
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AI & Data: Community Business Meeting at Educause 2024

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 10-24-2024 06:36:00 AM
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Thank You for Joining Us at EDUCAUSE 2024! We are incredibly grateful to everyone who attended our session at EDUCAUSE 2024, "AI & Data," held in the unique setting of the "silent theatre" within the Cybersecurity & Privacy theatre. Your presence and engagement made the event a remarkable success. ...

RE: AI's Impact on Language Changes: Discussing "English 2.0" and Beyond

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 10-18-2024 05:02:10 AM
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So, can AI wiring be detected? A story from Texas A&M University shows that evaluation of writing requires both skills and technology. An instructor wrote to his students that everyone would be receiving an "X" in the course, because he had used "Chat GTP" to test whether they'd used the software ...

AI's Impact on Language Changes: Discussing "English 2.0" and Beyond

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 10-17-2024 08:22:00 AM
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Did you notice the use of "delve" and "tapestry" more often in recent months? There may be important reasons for it. Emily Pogue asks "Is AI Going to Change the Way We Speak?" https://getfreewrite.com/blogs/writing-success/is-ai-going-to-change-our-vocabulary The Guardian published "How cheap, outsourced ...

Advancing Analytics in Higher Education: AI's Impact on Analytics.

Posted By Szymon Machajewski 10-09-2024 01:55:47 PM
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📊 EDUCAUSE QuickPoll Results: Advancing Analytics in Higher Education The Data: AI's Impact on Analytics. Respondents expect AI to have a positive impact on the way their institution makes decisions. Institutional leaders want and plan to advance their use of analytics in many functional ...