EdTech
"Gmail or Office365" = "Marlboro or Camel"
Current topic on popular #highered #edtech discussion forum: "GMail or Office365?"
All I hear is, "Marlboro or Camel?"
Both are bad for students, both are nearly impossible to quit, both don't care about their customers, both companies skirt/evade regulations...
...wait, which two am I talking about?
I've asked this before, why are schools creating customers for corporations?
AI Technology Threatens Educational Equity for Marginalized Students - Progressive.org (via @linkletter@mastodon.social)
"Proctorio, for example, is a popular remote proctoring platform that uses AI to detect perceived behavior abnormalities by test takers in real time. Because the platform employs facial detection systems that fail to recognize Black faces more than half of the time, Black students have an exceedingly hard time completing their exams without triggering the faulty detection systems, which results in locked exams, failing grades, and disciplinary action."
Students Critique a ChatGPT Essay | Perspectives on History | Aha (via @postfilm@ieji.de)
"Many historians likewise have embraced digital literacy as one of the most essential skills we can teach students, but if educators bury our heads in the sand and attempt to ban AI from the classroom, crucial learning opportunities are lost."
