Briana Fraser

We're hiring a full-time, permanent Educational Technology Advisor to lead our PebblePad project. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with extensive experience teaching with eportfolios. Come join our team! langara.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External…

@karenraycosta Depends on the location. Convertible pants if it's going to be warm/hot, but also off trail. If your boots are new, lots of walks to break them in!

@DrSarahEaton We should be allies, not adversaries.

#AcademicIntegrity is not about checking off items in a list. It is about decisions, behaviour, and actions that reflect our commitment to ethics in the academy and beyond. Right now, I am having a hard time communicating that to some folks. Today is "one of those days"...

@Linkletter Students also have the right to know how AI classifers work and to view the results of AI detection tools and the scores.

972 days ago, Proctorio sued me for sharing links to 7 unlisted YouTube videos. Due to my tweets, they theorize, students learned how their AI surveillance software works. Students have a right to know. It's in the public interest. Our future depends on us knowing how AIs work.

@Linkletter I'm sorry, Ian. This is devastating news. You raise essential concerns, and I sincerely hope you continue to do so.

The BC Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of my anti-SLAPP application. Proctorio’s lawsuit, which has already taken a massive toll on me and my family, will continue to do so for the time being. It isn’t over, as I had hoped. My statement: linkletter.opened.ca/stand-against-…

@timbocop @bonni208 Be transparent - if you're using AI, let your students know. Credit - model proper citation. Sanction use - if you've embraced the technology, let your students use it. AI literacy - ensure your students are informed and competent.

What are people's thoughts on using AI-generated images (e.g. DALL-E, Midjourney, Bing image generator) in teachers' presentation slides? What are the issues to think through?

@Linkletter Thank you for sharing!

Here we go. This is a screenshot of Turnitin's AI Writing Detection tool. It's a little blue box labeled "AI" which has a percentage between 0 and 100. That's it. That's all instructors have to go on. This is nothing more than an algorithmic suspicion score. It's not teaching.

@Linkletter I look forward to proving them wrong.

Turnitin claims a less than 1% rate of false positives. DOUBT.

@Linkletter A dangerous claim. Who takes responsibility when students are falsely accused of plagiarism?

On really powerful thing you can do with Bing AI is ask it to look up the research on a particular communication style, and then apply that research to your writing task. For example, here is a corporate apology (using the six principles of apologies) for blowing up the Earth.

I am officially no longer the Engineering Manager for the Accessibility Experience Team at Twitter. I have words. 🧵

@MayorofBurnaby and @CityofBurnaby how are you making our city climate resilient? Walking through my south Burnaby neighborhood and seeing dead and dying Western redcedars everywhere I look. What happens when we get our next big storm?

My first published #UDL game is called Go Fishing with UDL! This card game is an opportunity for 2-5 people (per deck) to learn about the UDL framework & put that new knowledge to use. Learn more here: bit.ly/3BZJTum #UDLChat @CAST_UDL

There’s something grimly poetic about being sexually harassed by a man in a hockey jersey while talking about alleged sexual misconduct by hockey players.

At N.Y.U., Students Were Failing Organic Chemistry. Who Was to Blame? nytimes.com/2022/10/03/us/…

@edtechfactotum Interesting! I'm actually surprised that faculty digital literacy scored as high as it did. If we want to improve digital literacy, we need an honest assessment of digital literacy in HE.

Help: looking for research on LMS course site design and layout practices that improve the student experience. No research suggestions? Let me know what practices you employ. #edtech #highered