🚨 Watch out for these fallacies in the debate over the Dept. of Ed!
1️⃣ Overgeneralization – “Schools are failing, so the DoE is useless.” Education is complex—many factors are at play.
2️⃣ False Causality – “If we shut it down, student performance will improve.” Correlation ≠ causation.
I’ve been hearing a lot of talk from students lately of the efficacy of mid-terms and finals as to how we learn. Does it help?
I gave up on them a few years ago and think they do not help learning but perhaps it depends on the subject matter. What do you think?
The District of as well.
If you are a teacher, try out the ElevenLabs Reader and make a podcast on a class topic to throw into a Canvas discussion.
Here’s one on the difference between business, marketing and campaign plans. #artificialintelligence #highereducation
elevenreader.io/app/reader/g...
It’s kind of a joke in my family that I can’t listen to Landslide without crying. I’m with you.
Accessibility and AI course on LinkedIn Learning by Nels Henderson.
My latest course on using AI to enhance accessibility in digital marketing is live on LinkedIn Learning! #artificialintelligence #accessibility
Started on one of my resolutions today. More step 12, speak and lead more meetings. I’m old school and use index cards.
Screenshot of a Madecraft social media post featuring Nels Henderson on LinkedIn
Was happy to be featured on Madecraft’s socials the other day for my LinkedIn Learning course on AI and Marketing Content. Will announcing another course soon!
A former pro wrestling executive as Ed Sec? He’s trolling us again.
They may be! I notice Gen-Z especially is careful about AI. Like you are saying, I incorporate it into my breakouts even and some students won’t use AI
Good one. It’s a word mark anyway.
Another way is to ask ChatGTP for a Python script to do the job and use a Google Cloud account to run the app it makes?
Example of test to speech on web page.
Starting to make my client sites more accessible with text-to-speech technology. Listening to the page works for the hard of seeing but also for those that like audio books! #ai #artificialintelligence
Teaching about AI bias this week, like data, algorithmic and confirmation bias to name a few.
AI bias isn’t just a technical issue; it’s a societal one.
Who’s in power and who reports it can affect this when disinformation is spread.
Vaccines, RFK JR and HHS, for instance, is a concern.
Students have been told they are in charge of their education. Maybe it’s like helicopter parenting for students and education…that’s what I see.
Agreed. Kind of a per peeve of mine.
Vanity metrics!
Just did individual breakout rooms for my small class on the Future of Business. I spent a few minutes with everyone going over their final project to make sure they were on track. Best time spent this quarter.
Another good one like when you go into Vons before the Super Bowl and see a giant inflatable Budweiser can.
ABC News NEWS Trump taps Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead Department of Government Efficiency
Nothing quite says "efficiency" like hiring co-directors to lead your department of efficiency.
Having fun with discussing psychological effects and marketing tonight in my marketing strategy class tonight.
Hick’s Law which points to decision fatigue happens often in the real world. Sometimes we need to give people less choice so they can make a decision.
