Derek Hunt

Mar 25

"I’m a recent STEM grad. Here’s why the right is winning us over " [TL:DR - right-leaning tech businesses have more incentives and $ to offer recent grads, and way more of them out there. Left-leaning employment may have noble goals, but that's all they really offer to the masses.] https://www.the...Read more

"I’m a recent STEM grad. Here’s why the right is winning us over " [TL:DR - right-leaning tech businesses have more incentives and $ to offer recent grads, and way more of them out there. Left-leaning employment may have noble goals, but that's all they really offer to the masses.] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/18/stem-graduates-technology-careers

Mar 20

"What is the most important thing you have learned from your 50 years of research into learning technologies? I think the most important lesson is that video is greatly underused in higher education teaching." Also: - The Gartner hype cycle is very accurate in predicting the path of a new technolo...Read more

"What is the most important thing you have learned from your 50 years of research into learning technologies? I think the most important lesson is that video is greatly underused in higher education teaching." Also: - The Gartner hype cycle is very accurate in predicting the path of a new technology for teaching - The in-person formal lecture continues to dominate, despite all the research on its lack of efficiency in helping students learn compared to learning design incorporating technology (this can be put simply as instructors’ resistance to change) - The potential and dangers of AI for teaching and learning - The importance of an instructor’s deep subject knowledge combined with imagination for the successful use of technology in teaching - That students need to learn how to use a technology effectively to learn (it doesn’t just happen) - There is no one super-technology (not even, or especially, AI). https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/teaching-video-digital-age

Mar 18

In 2019, Iceland Approved the 4-Day Workweek, 6 years later. The pilot program, which started in 2015 with 2,500 workers (about 1% of the workforce), quickly dispelled these fears. By 2019, the program was expanded, and nearly 90% of workers in Iceland were working reduced hours—just 36 hours a wee...Read more

In 2019, Iceland Approved the 4-Day Workweek, 6 years later. The pilot program, which started in 2015 with 2,500 workers (about 1% of the workforce), quickly dispelled these fears. By 2019, the program was expanded, and nearly 90% of workers in Iceland were working reduced hours—just 36 hours a week instead of the typical 40, with no loss in pay. Surprisingly, productivity not only remained steady, but in some sectors, it actually increased. Workers reported reduced stress and a better work-life balance. https://www.wecb.fm/in-2019-iceland-approved-the-4-day-workweek-nearly-6-years-later-all-predictions-by-generation-z-have-come-true/

Jan 27

The Use of AI-Detection Tools in the Assessment of Student Work [Sarah Eaton]. "Tools to detect text written by artificial intelligence aren’t really reliable or effective. It would be wise to be skeptical of any marketing claims to the contrary." https://drsaraheaton.com/2023/05/06/the-use-of-ai-...Read more

The Use of AI-Detection Tools in the Assessment of Student Work [Sarah Eaton]. "Tools to detect text written by artificial intelligence aren’t really reliable or effective. It would be wise to be skeptical of any marketing claims to the contrary." https://drsaraheaton.com/2023/05/06/the-use-of-ai-detection-tools-in-the-assessment-of-student-work/

Jan 22

"the Trump people ran out of VIP tickets, but that’s not what the donors were buying. This is pure, obvious corruption — the kind that used to trigger shame, back when we were a populace that could still experience that emotion." https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/20/24346317/trump-gangster-tech-regu...Read more

"the Trump people ran out of VIP tickets, but that’s not what the donors were buying. This is pure, obvious corruption — the kind that used to trigger shame, back when we were a populace that could still experience that emotion." https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/20/24346317/trump-gangster-tech-regulation-corruption-grift