Derek Hunt

Jul 4

"What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are not informed? If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer......Read more

"What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are not informed? If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer... It is deprived not only of its capacity to act but also of its capacity to think and to judge. And with such a people you can then do what you please." - 1973 Hannah Arendt

Jun 26

"structural changes frequently involve reorienting assessment from output to process. Rather than evaluating only the final product, which could potentially be AI-generated, assessment may be designed to capture the student’s development and attainment of understanding and skill over time. This migh...Read more

"structural changes frequently involve reorienting assessment from output to process. Rather than evaluating only the final product, which could potentially be AI-generated, assessment may be designed to capture the student’s development and attainment of understanding and skill over time. This might mean building in authenticated checkpoints where students must demonstrate their evolving thinking." - Talk is cheap: why structural assessment changes are needed for a time of GenAI https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02602938.2025.2503964

Jun 24

My brain had not brained this before 🤯 (re: how to scale education with personalized learning) - "How do you scale a personal trainer? How do you scale a plumber? How do you scale an electrician? You don't. You just have lots of them. And I think that's the answer. I think people are always going...Read more

My brain had not brained this before 🤯 (re: how to scale education with personalized learning) - "How do you scale a personal trainer? How do you scale a plumber? How do you scale an electrician? You don't. You just have lots of them. And I think that's the answer. I think people are always going to complain about education ... We do have enough teachers in a way, the goal should always be to get more of them and to make them better and I think that's a system problem, but we can do that" Derek Muller (Veritasium), Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://youtu.be/0xS68sl2D70?si=LRm6D5ueWuNq4qVi&t=3341

Jun 16

"ChatGPT’s vision for campuses. My biggest complaint for universities is the weak response of leaders to meaningfully plan for AI’s impact on learners and on the future of society. This article details ChatGPT’s vision to be a “part of the core infrastructure of higher education”. Great. I also want...Read more

"ChatGPT’s vision for campuses. My biggest complaint for universities is the weak response of leaders to meaningfully plan for AI’s impact on learners and on the future of society. This article details ChatGPT’s vision to be a “part of the core infrastructure of higher education”. Great. I also want that. But, it should be in service of the university’s mission in society and vision for learners with agency. Instead, leadership will sign these licenses with NO understanding of the institutional agency they’re handing over to AI companies. This will be online learning and OPMs 2.0." George Siemens' Sensemaking, AI, and Learning (SAIL) newsletter - https://buttondown.com/SAIL/archive/sail-the-backlash-on-device-ai-a-gentle/

Jun 10

#UofT Faculty - new resources for your students in GenAI Literacy, integrates into your Quercus course. https://ocw.utoronto.ca/innovation-projects/genai-literacy-course-modules/ The University of Toronto has released a set of open educational resources to help instructors integrate Generative A...Read more

#UofT Faculty - new resources for your students in GenAI Literacy, integrates into your Quercus course. https://ocw.utoronto.ca/innovation-projects/genai-literacy-course-modules/ The University of Toronto has released a set of open educational resources to help instructors integrate Generative AI (GenAI) literacy into their courses. Developed through the GenAI Literacy Course Modules initiative and supported by the Office of the Vice-Provost, Innovations in Undergraduate Education, these flexible, customizable resources are available in multiple formats, including modules for Quercus import, downloadable files, and a standalone website. They are designed to support a range of teaching goals—from introducing GenAI concepts to fostering critical discussion.