In this article, Luciano Floridi argues that the development of AI in terms of successful agency without intelligence does not lead to any fanciful realisation of science fiction scenarios (Singularity), which are at best distracting and at worst irresponsible.
Marius Wehner und Lynn Schmodde von der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf berichten von ihrer Forschung zu Learning Analytics. Im Verbundprojekt LADi haben sie Diskriminierungspotenziale und Bias in den Algorithmen untersucht sowie die Wahrnehmung der Lernenden von Beurteilungen durch Learning Analytics. Interviewer in Folge 11 des DINItus Podcasts ist Erik Reidt vom ZIM/Multimediazentrum der HHU Düsseldorf.
Artificial intelligence (AI) often features in visions of the future, but the education sector need not wait; this is an opportunity we are seizing right now.
by Andy McGregor on 27 April 2021
Having dropped out of university because of loneliness and depression, Hayley Mulenda – a former speaker at Jisc’s annual Digifest event - says effective use of data analytics and greater diversity of academic staff are crucial in supporting students.
Three leaders in the Initiative in Ethics and Transformative Technologies at Seattle University talk about digital ethics and their work in the intersection between technology and ethics.
Whether they’re driven by commercial interests or not, most developers and companies care about positive impact. Of course, impact helps in selling products, but it’s also a key motivation in why people develop and refine technologies: they care about supporting learning.
Hendrik Drachsler is Professor of Educational Technologies and Learning Analytics, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main & Leibniz Research Institute, Germany and Open Universiteit, Netherlands
AI holds enormous potential for transforming the way we teach, but first we need to define what kind of education system we want. Also, the head of the UK’s new Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation warns democratic governments that they urgently need an ethics and governance framework for emerging technologies.
Trusted Learning Analytics beruhen auf vertrauensvollen Beziehungen zwischen Anwendern und Nutzern
FRAGEN AN (II/II) Hendrik Drachsler, Professor an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt und Leiter des Arbeitsbereichs „Educational Technologies“ am DIPF | Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, der sich nicht nur mit Bildungstechnologien auseinandersetzt, sondern auch daran arbeitet Learning Analytics an deutsche Hochschulen zu bringen.
Somehow I had been blissfully unaware of Respondus Lockdown Browser until last week, when several students came to the library asking if we had this software available on our computers...