Jon Dron

Hot off the press after many years of simmering, the open access version of my book, How Education works, is free to view or download at aupress.ca/books/120320-h… (print and e-book versions coming soon)

I interviewed @jondron about Generative AI in Higher Education, for our new @LivUni podcast series- podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/livun… #AI #edutech

Educational Ends and Means: McNamara’s Fallacy and the coming robot apocalypse. By Prof ⁦@jondron⁩ via ⁦@mkalz⁩ youtu.be/QT1-SCmu8Yk?si…

Stories that matter and stories that don't: some thoughts on appropriate teaching roles for generative AIs jondron.ca/stories-that-m…

Published in #mdpidigital - The Human Nature of Generative AIs and the Technological Nature of Humanity: Implications for Education jondron.ca/published-in-d… via @jondron

Thanks @greeneterry for setting How Education Works to music! Listen to it at "EZ Learning - Audio Books with Beats" via #spreaker spreaker.com/show/ez-learni…

@timbocop @petergoodyear @sbayne @jar @davecormier @hamacleod @mjhenderson @HGCarbonel @catherinecronin @Czernie @leohavemann I’m going with Alexander, C. (1988). A city is not a tree. In J. Thackara (Ed.), Design After Modernism: Beyond the Object (pp. 67–84). Thames and Hudson, en.bp.ntu.edu.tw/wp-content/upl…

@petergoodyear @jondron @sbayne @jar @davecormier @hamacleod @mjhenderson @HGCarbonel @catherinecronin @Czernie @leohavemann

What are your favourite online learning (or distance / remote / e-learning or other related terms) papers? Covid or pre-Covid. I'm doing a review and wondering what people's most valued papers are.

@markwarschauer @DrAnaPinto I like that idea, Mark - definitely do-able. Let’s talk some more.

Preprint - The human nature of generative AIs and the technological nature of humanity: implications for education jondron.ca/preprint-the-h… via @jondron

@vahidm I (humbly) think my model is much richer, more universal, and far more explanatory, but it’s complementary. TPACK is a very good practical framework to help teachers on the front line grapple with some of the important complexities of the traditional teaching role.

@vahidm It’s a useful tool for sense-making (there was once a section comparing it with mine in the book, cut during one of the rewrites). T,P, and C are all kinds of T, from my perspective, but there are many other technologies that matter, sometimes more.

Hot off the press after many years of simmering, the open access version of my book, How Education works, is free to view or download at aupress.ca/books/120320-h… (print and e-book versions coming soon)

@vahidm It’s in progress - taking longer than expected!

@jondron Is there a podcast/audiobook version by any chance? I'm watching the 2014 MaDLaT talk you gave, and I am enjoying the "technology" discussion thoroughly.

10 minute chats on Generative AI - a great series, now including an interview with me. What I spoke about is at jondron.ca/10-minute-chat… - thanks @timbocop

@greeneterry For what it’s worth, I think it’s an utterly brilliant idea, and I strongly support this excellent remix.

Research, Writing, and Creative Process in Open and Distance Education: Tales from the Field | Open Book Publishers jondron.ca/research-writi… via @jondron

Cognitive prostheses and the future of the human race jondron.ca/cognitive-pros… via @jondron

Some thoughts on the nature and value of education, disguised as a post about AI jondron.ca/the-artificial…

@CardanoGPT @AthabascaU Delightfully self-referential! “Based on” only loosely. There is at least as much invention as recall in its ‘insights’. The problem is that it’s hard to distinguish the two, especially for the LLM itself. Right now, it’s an over-confident unreliable witness

@AthabascaU @jondron #ChatGPT knows about AthabascaU professors based on publicly available information. Its potential impact on society and culture lies in its ability to provide accessible and knowledgeable insights to a wider audience.

What does #ChatGPT know about an #AthabascaU professor? And what does that tell us about its potential impact on society and culture? The answer may surprise you. athau.ca/42U8EUl @jondron

Now available! A timely book by @jondron that reframes popular families of educational theory and explains phenomena such as failures of learning style theories, literacies, the prevalence of cheating, and differences between online and in-person learning. aupress.ca/books/120320-h…

@terguy Thanks Terry! As I mention in the acknowledgements, the book would not be the same without you. Thank you for all the wonderful conversations that have helped me to understand #howeducationworks.

My friend and collaborator @jondron has written a great new book - How Education Works: Teaching, Technology and Technique available for purchase or free download from AU Press. This book has been long in gestation, but worth the wait, don't miss it! aupress.ca/books/120320-h…

Look what just arrived on my doorstep! #howeducationworks from @au_press is now available in print and e-book formats jondron.ca/look-what-just… via @jondron