Artificial intelligence (AI) contains the possibility to drastically alter education, promoting a disruptive paradigm shift. One of the implications contained within is the capability to help make education more equitable for all learners. Currently learners may struggle with biases connected to their gender or race, as well as socio-economic and geographic factors, among other contending

Generative AI is a hot topic these days, with constant chatter regarding the potential and pitfalls of using it happening both online and offline. It remains to be determined how it may be used for learning and teaching, with ongoing exploration and discussion. However, generative AI is only one type of AI and there’s plenty

Asynchronous E-Learning Design The presentation of asynchronous e-learning design in Chapter 9 strongly correlates with the definition I’ve internalized thus far, but there’s one aspect that I fundamentally disagree with given modern developments. Piskurich (2015) includes the missing presence of the instructor and their inability to answer questions, clarify issues, or make changes as needed

When attempting the Method of Loci, I struggled with going through the process of constructing a ‘memory palace’ using visualization techniques. I unfortunately have ADHD, which makes focusing or meditating difficult, so I employ other ways to improve my memory or avoid relying on my memory in the first place. I prefer to create memory aids,

Students pursuing higher education, whether taking classes at a community college or four-year institution, often end up seeing a bill they may balk at. Some of the costs associated with higher education usually come in the form of the materials students need to purchase for class, notably textbooks. A too common scenario involves buying a

“Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?” Sabriel by Garth Nix. Sabriel is a defining novel of my childhood. The first of a series, Garth Nix paints a land split in twain by a Wall, in which the dead roam and an Abhorsen, bound by ancestral duty, lays them to rest.