Bill Hart-Davidson
billhd.bsky.social
Bill Hart-Davidson
@billhd.bsky.social
Academic, Cyclist, Bass Player, Enjoyer of Foods, Husband, Father
How I know I'm old: we got through that whole news cycle without even one "Where's the Beef?"
February 29, 2024 at 2:40 AM
Crowdsourced this '80's time capsule playlist. Prompt "If you could put one song in a time capsule to represent the 80's it would be..." Enjoy! open.spotify.com/playlist/2nM...
80's Time Capsule!
80's Time Capsule! · Playlist · 83 songs · 3 likes
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February 18, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Been singin' this tune for thirty years!
February 15, 2024 at 5:27 PM
When I was young, I won a poetry contest with this and got to meet John Updike. I still remember it.

SpringSoundSong

A frog
grass green
croaks. Crocus
sprout spurts
of purple.
People play,
blue breeze
in their hair.
So Spring
splashes the air
in song.
January 24, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Had a media inquiry for end of the year perspective on Generative AI trends to watch for in 2024. Here's the piece that question inspired. medium.com/@billhd/what... #AI #GenerativeAI #Trends
December 31, 2023 at 12:45 AM
At MSU, new site published today w/ guidance on use of GenAI in Research & Creative Activity research.msu.edu/generative-ai
December 20, 2023 at 10:21 PM
Good Ideas. Making the case for the business we (public research universities in the U.S.) are in. medium.com/@billhd/good...
Good Ideas
This is a proposal for building trust in the scholarly enterprise of public universities. We sometimes refer to this as the “research…
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November 21, 2023 at 2:07 PM
A podcast! A pleasure to share the mic with Anjana and Russ for this conversation about Generative AI www.wkar.org/show/msu-tod...
November 16, 2023 at 4:12 PM
Being done vs. being better is one of the key struggles in a pedagogy emphasizing formative feedback. It's always easier and less valuable to be done. It's hard to get better.
Starting to despair about the impact of GPT's on teaching and learning. This post outlines a "feedback assistant" for student writing that is truly terrible, and yet it will be hugely attractive as a way to marginalize teacher expertise and labor. open.substack.com/pub/oneusefu...
November 10, 2023 at 3:16 PM