Research report: The impact of AI, machine learning, automation and robotics on the information profession
The purpose of this independent research is to help our professional community to understand how AI, machine learning, process automation and robotics are either already impacting the daily work of healthcare information professionals or likely to do so in the near future.
In it author Dr Andrew Cox from Sheffield University, calls for a joined-up and coherent response from information professionals, enabling us to maximise the benefits of AI, machine learning, automation and robotics for information users while mitigating the emerging risks.
The full research report, published by CILIP with the support of Health Education England, sets out a detailed and methodical analysis of the challenges and opportunities presented by this new generation of technologies.
Back in 2017 I blogged how ALT had taken a different approach to developing strategy which had made the often dry, boring process more engaging and meaningful. Well, it’s now nearly 2020 and we’re developing a new strategy, so ALT have handily updated on what they achieved over the last strategy period. And as well as a nice report, we have GIFs! It may seem trivial, but I think being able to boil your outcomes down to some GIFs may be both a useful exercise in practising clarity of message, and also make them more social media friendly.
Why do learning professionals in L and D – managers, project managers, interactive designers, learning experience designers and so on, ignore research? It doesn’t matter if you are implementing opportunities for learning such as nudges, social opportunities, workflow learning, performance support or designing pieces of content or full courses, you will be faced with deciding on whether one learning strategy, tactic or approach is better than another. This can’t be just about taking a horse to water - you must also make sure it drinks. Imagine a health system where all we do is design hospitals and opportunities for people to do healthy things or get advice on how to cure themselves, by people who do not know what the clinical research shows.
Generating new knowledge is a relatively straightforward concept compared with the more unknown territory of getting knowledge to those that might need it. To ensure knowledge is useful, relationsh...
When psychologist Philip Zimbardo embarked on a new social experiment in 1971, he could not possibly have predicted its outcome nor the repercussions. The Stanford prison experiment was a study that sought to investigate what happened to people when they were imprisoned. 24 student volunteers were randomly assigned as either guards or prisoners. The former were kitted out with guard uniforms and other associated paraphernalia. They were given sunglasses to wear and told you guard the prisoners in a mock prison in the basement of one of the Stanford University buildings. Those assigned as prisoners were 'arrested' and cuffed, and brought in by police cars to the 'prison' where they were placed in the cells.
Personalized instruction, also known as competency-based learning, has emerged as a holistic, student-centered approach to education. Characterized by the promotion of 21st century skills and the use of technology to create instructional pathways that incorporate students’ needs, interests, and aspirations, the most high-impact personalized learning programs are situated within a strong community of teachers, parents, and students.
A new lab based at the University of Idaho is setting out to improve K-12 teaching and learning with technology throughout the state. Yet the use of technology may be the smallest element of all in its training toolbox....
U Idaho's new Doceo Center has set out to strengthen the capability of every willing educator in the state to improve learning through technology. Yet technology is taking a backseat in the effort.
Online digital technology has empowered users in ways that were unimaginable twenty years ago. Social media sites have given us the ability to reach a global audience, and have increased the averag
A Bibliography of Sources related to IL’s impact by Tina Weyland, Kirsten Hostetler & Tina Hovekamp An overview of IL assessment efforts: Oakleaf, M. J., Association of College and Research Lib...
As social media and other new forms of media emerge as influential ways to communicate academic knowledge, David Beer argues academics may need to pay more attention to the politics of circulation ...
A conversation within UK universities is in order to address the lack of representation of black professors. Nathan Richards discusses his new film which explores the intellectual deficit within ac...
As many a great graphic and web designer knows, human behavior is just as important to a new design as the required elements themselves. Knowing the normal patterns of the human brain can help your designs have more influence while conveying the right message to your clients’ target audience.
Please join CCCOER on Tuesday, February 26, 10:00 am (Pacific time) to hear about the critical work that librarians do to support OER adoption at community colleges. This webinar will feature three projects where librarians are leading the way in searching, curating, and creating OER to expand student access and improve teaching practices.
Paradise Valley Community College, AZ --Sheila Afnan-Manns and Kande Mickelson, faculty librarians will share how they worked with students in International Business to find and create OER to support course learning outcomes.
Houston Community College District, TX -- Angela Secrest, director of library services, will share her libguides that support faculty in the process of finding and adopting high quality OER.
Open Course Library(OCL), WA -- Shireen Deboo, OCL and Seattle Community Colleges district librarian will share her work with faculty to find, create, and curate open content for inclusion in the Washington State Community and Technical College's Open Course Library.
Every aspect of life can be guided by artificial intelligence algorithms – from choosing what route to take for your morning commute, to deciding whom to take on a date, to complex legal and judicial matters such as predictive policing.
Big tech companies like Google and Facebook use AI to obtain insights on their gargantuan trove of detailed customer data. This allows them monetize users’ collective preferences through practices such as micro-targeting, a strategy used by advertisers to narrowly target specific sets of users.
Altmetrics is probably a term that many readers of this blog will have heard of but are not quite sure what it means and what impact it could have on their role. The simple answer is that altmetrics stands for alternative metrics.
When we say alternative we mean alternative to traditional metrics used in research and by libraries, such as citations and journal impact factors. They are by no means a replacement to traditional metrics but really to draw out more pertinent information tied to a piece of academic work. A new way of thinking about altmetrics is to refer to them as alternative indicators.
E-learning can change education as we know it. Improving the ability to broadcast knowledge is one of the easiest steps we can take to enhance education.
Social media in education is a medium for educators & learners like teachers, students to express, learn and share their views, problems with others, irrespective of the language, place, time, religion
I have been writing my PhD so haven't updated this blog for a while. Thesis writing is taking up a lot of my mental space as I get the ideas, storyline and contentions to 'coalesce' and cohere in a...
Blogging is becoming an increasingly important aspect of academic life - a way to increase academic output, reach new audiences and foster original debates. This event was an opportunity to learn about opportunities in the world of academic blogging, understand current trends, and gain insight and advice from the experts. On Tuesday 25 February, the Department of Politics and International Relations hosted an event on the subject of 'Academic Blogging: Political Analysis in the Digital Age' in the Lecture Theatre of Manor Road Building.
Want to get fired from your first teaching job? Don’t read this article. Seriously. Just click on to something else. There’s nothing to see here. Move along....
First, let’s debunk the free speech myth: Many teachers believe they have the absolute First Amendment right to post anything they want on social networking sites, including party pix and diatribes about the boss. After all, they’re on their own time and using their own resources.
Libraries can and should support open education. It fits with librarians' professional support for access to information as a public good, the institutional mandate of academic libraries to support teaching and research, and the professional obligations of librarians in public libraries to support continuing education. But before libraries do so, it is useful to understand the open education movement as a whole, including some of the key challenges facing both OERs and MOOCs and how libraries are well positioned to help address these challenges. By taking a holistic approach, libraries can aid the movement to facilitate universal, affordable, quality education for the peoples of the world and ensure that institutions, faculty, funding agencies, and governments avoid pathways to open education that might prove detrimental to scholarship as well as to society as a whole.
Other Data: 20 Signs You’re Actually Making A Difference As A Teacher
You plan. You assess. You network. You collaborate.
You tweet, differentiate, administer literacy probes, scour 504s and IEPs, use technology, and inspire thinking.
And for all of this, you’re given bar graphs on tests to show if what you’re doing is actually making a difference. But there are other data points you should consider as well.
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