Derek Hunt

Dec 2

"I believe the 'Police and Punish' model must now be replaced," writes Mike Larsen. "A reliance upon detection was perhaps once a necessary evil but it has never aligned with the fundamental values of higher education. The assumption that policing student behaviour is the only way to safeguard stand...Read more

"I believe the 'Police and Punish' model must now be replaced," writes Mike Larsen. "A reliance upon detection was perhaps once a necessary evil but it has never aligned with the fundamental values of higher education. The assumption that policing student behaviour is the only way to safeguard standards no longer applies." https://www.downes.ca/post/78534

Nov 28

"a powerful social network in which some, depending on what they knew, were perhaps able to look away because they had learned to look away from so much other abuse and suffering: the financial meltdowns some in the network helped trigger, the misbegotten wars some in the network pushed, the overdos...Read more

"a powerful social network in which some, depending on what they knew, were perhaps able to look away because they had learned to look away from so much other abuse and suffering: the financial meltdowns some in the network helped trigger, the misbegotten wars some in the network pushed, the overdose crisis some of them enabled, the monopolies they defended, the inequality they turbocharged, the housing crisis they milked, the technologies they failed to protect people against. ... that all too often takes care of its own more than the common good. They are right to resent that there are infinite second chances for members of this group even as so many Americans are deprived of first chances. " https://the.ink/p/essay-my-deep-dive-into-the-epstein

Nov 24

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/27/tobin-harvard-canvas-outage/ "But professors can be more conscientious of how the timing of their deadlines impacts their pupils. I can’t imagine that it makes much of a difference for them whether an assignment is due at midnight or 9 a.m. Unless a pro...Read more

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/27/tobin-harvard-canvas-outage/ "But professors can be more conscientious of how the timing of their deadlines impacts their pupils. I can’t imagine that it makes much of a difference for them whether an assignment is due at midnight or 9 a.m. Unless a professor starts grading as soon as assignments are submitted at 11:59 p.m., a midnight deadline seems unnecessary. Frankly, midnight deadlines — and the zero-tolerance policies for late submissions which often accompany them — seem to be nothing more than rules for the sake of having rules "

Nov 19

"They’re not necessarily trying to cheat; they’re just being efficient... That kind of cognitive offloading happens when students don’t see value in doing the work themselves." https://aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/theyre-not-necessarily-trying-to

Nov 11

I interviewed for a TATP (Teaching Assistants' Training Program) podcast. You can check it out here - Short: https://youtube.com/shorts/1p0d8ZXRdAY?si=U6rdMJCuck3HwaLH Full podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUn0dXGQOHY&list=PLm9zcxSvwTwpbJpwZvM9QFXvRqDlsapMa&index=4 TATP website: https://ta...Read more

I interviewed for a TATP (Teaching Assistants' Training Program) podcast. You can check it out here - Short: https://youtube.com/shorts/1p0d8ZXRdAY?si=U6rdMJCuck3HwaLH Full podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUn0dXGQOHY&list=PLm9zcxSvwTwpbJpwZvM9QFXvRqDlsapMa&index=4 TATP website: https://tatp.utoronto.ca/resources/the-ta-table/