Category Archives: ETEC

What do LLMs tell me to worry about?

I went a bit overboard. I started looking at two LLMs and then I just kept on adding one more to the list and then I ended up with a 20+ minute video and hours worth of unused footage and a look at how Meta AI, ChatGPT (v. o3), Deepseek, and Copilot handle the sameContinue reading “What do LLMs tell me to worry about?”

Content Prioritization

Here’s a link to my assignment this week. I wanted to embed it directly into my blog, but some features weren’t working that way, and you deserve the full experience. You’ll find my references embedded in my presentation.

‘Artificial’ Intelligence

I went a bit overboard this week, something I may not be able to sustain long term – but I had a lot of fun putting this together! The animated video and clipart are courtesy of Adobe Express. References BBC News. (2016, January 26). AI pioneer Marvin Minsky dies aged 88. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35409119 Biography.comContinue reading “‘Artificial’ Intelligence”

But Can You Use It?

What is usability?  Perhaps it is simpler to view usability through the lens of a stone age technology. The wheel proliferated because it is infinitely usable. To borrow from Issa and Isaias’ usability criteria (2015, p. 33), the wheel was easily understood and adopted across various cultures (learnability). It could be adapted for use inContinue reading “But Can You Use It?”

Historical Primary Source Analysis

Preface  It is crucial to understand that marginalized populations are often constrained by the systems imposed by the dominant culture, through no fault of their own. What follows aims to offer a historical perspective on how these communities can become entangled in their own marginalization while trying to effect change from within systems that haveContinue reading “Historical Primary Source Analysis”

Knowledge, Learning, Constructivism

Our discussions of knowledge and constructivism often focus on the elusive idea of truth. And it’s not surprising, because so much of our lives depend on the truths that others have decided for us, and the truths we have made for ourselves. For example, when people experience conflict, we ask them what actually happened, andContinue reading “Knowledge, Learning, Constructivism”