category LRNT 523

Two AI Claims, Two 1994 Papers

A collaboratively authored post by Christina Steklin and Craig Watson. Claims about artificial intelligence are becoming increasingly common in education, often promising to transform teaching, personalize learning, and improve student outcomes. These claims can reflect technological determinism when the technology… Continue Reading →

Cynthia Solomon, Co-Inventor of Logo

The idea for Logo turned sixty this year. So did I. Logo, a programming language designed for children, began in 1966 at Bolt, Beranek and Newman. Its inventors were Seymour Papert, Wallace Feurzeig, Daniel Bobrow and Cynthia Solomon (Solomon et… Continue Reading →

Same Desks, New Tools

A lesson with immediate relevance One lesson I took from Weller’s (2020) discussion of the LMS in his chapter on 2002 was how well it suited the way institutions already worked. Weller notes that the LMS was often used to… Continue Reading →

Year Zero, Again?

A week ago, I finished teaching in a software development program that was cancelled because of low enrolment. I taught software development for five years, and AI makes this feel like some kind of Year Zero. The job market is… Continue Reading →

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