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Doug Richmond, PhD
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A learner
PhD – Curriculum & Instruction: Instructional Design & Technology
Blacksburg VA USA
dougrichmond.com
x.com/drphd2k7 (from X to #Bluesky, @drphd2k7 on both)
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#Edtech summit –
photos and videos from the summit
acceleratelearning.stanford.edu/conference/a...

#instructionaldesign
Accelerate Edtech Impact Summit 2025 • Stanford Accelerator for Learning
This year's Accelerate Edtech Impact Summit centered around the theme, "Future-Ready Learning by Design."
acceleratelearning.stanford.edu
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
drphd2k7.bsky.social
#Futureofwork –
#labor and #AI
inequality.org/article/an-a...

#workers #unions #artificialintelligence #generativeAI #AIethics #automation
An Alternative Vision for the Future of Tech and Work: A First Look at Labor’s AI Values
A new report details how unions are responding to AI in the workplace.
inequality.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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#AI and #libraries –
online event November 19
dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...

#library #librarians #artificialintelligence
Co-Opting AI: Libraries - DTD Lab
Join panelists, Shauntee Burns-Simpson, director of youth and family services at the District of Columbia Public Library, Eric Klinenberg, director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York Un...
dtdlab.virginia.edu
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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The Future of Knowledge and Publishing –
upcoming DLI Seminar at Cornell Tech
dli.tech.cornell.edu/seminars/dig...

#academia #highereducation #STEM #science #artificialintelligence #AI #generativeAI #LLMs #AIethics
The Future of Knowledge and Publishing
dli.tech.cornell.edu
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#Stanford
Graduate School of #Education (GSE) –
new campus
stanforddaily.com/2025/11/10/g...

"Education was one of the founding departments of Stanford when the University opened its doors in 1891."

Campus includes an #AI #makerspace.

#highereducation #highered #K12 #instructionaldesign #edtech
GSE inaugurates first day of classes with dedication ceremony for new campus
GSE Dean Dan Schwartz led students, faculties and administrators in a celebration of the School of Education's new home.
stanforddaily.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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"Long thinking"
—in video 1:27:45
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeWE...

#cognition #learning #learningmindset #psychology #digitalminimalism
Regain Your Ability to Think (in 60 Minutes a Week) | Cal Newport
YouTube video by Cal Newport
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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"...reimagining how #library principles can shape the future of legal technology...."
(podcast 36:48 w/full transcript)
www.seyfarth.com/news-insight...

#libraries #academiclibraries #legaleducation #legaltech
Pioneers and Pathfinders: Jack Cushman
Today, we’re joined by Jack Cushman, director of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab, where he and his team are reimagining how library principles can shape the future of legal technology. Jack is a…
www.seyfarth.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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An upcoming hybrid event w/relevance to #civiceducation:
cyber.harvard.edu/events/fires...

#democracy #civicengagement #civicseducation #civictech #technology #STEM #emergingtechnologies #emergingtech #Harvard
Fireside Chat with Cindy Cohn (EFF) and Larry Schwartztol (HLS)
How are technologies being misused to undermine democratic processes? Where might we have leverage to steer things back on course? What can we expect to see over the next few years, and what can we do...
cyber.harvard.edu
November 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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"A Guide to #AI in Schools: Perspectives for the Perplexed"
from #MIT
news.mit.edu/2025/helping...

Related:
> "The Homework Machine"
> "What past education technology failures can teach us about the future of AI in schools"

#K12 #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence #generativeAI
Helping K-12 schools navigate the complex world of AI
MIT Associate Professor Justin Reich is working to help k-12 educators by listening to and sharing their stories about AI in the classroom.
news.mit.edu
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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#Techpolicy
at Duke Sanford
sanford.duke.edu/faculty-rese...

#highereducation #highered #publicpolicy #STEM #technology #emergingtechnologies #emergingtech
Featured Theme: Tech Policy | Sanford School of Public Policy
Featured Theme: Tech Policy - Sanford School of Public Policy
sanford.duke.edu
November 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Archives-based learning
at UGA
ctl.uga.edu/programs/fac...

#highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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The #ActiveLearning Summer Institute (ALSI)
at UGA
activelearning.uga.edu/instructor-d...

#highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #pedagogy
Active Learning Summer Institute (ALSI) - Active Learning at UGA
The Active Learning Summer Institute (ALSI) offers instructors a supported course redesign process, including workshop sessions and structured work time, consultative support from CTL faculty, and col...
activelearning.uga.edu
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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UGA grant can include #OER
ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

#highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #edtech #openeducation
November 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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#Highered –
#humanities and #futureofwork
www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/do-we-n...

Note SHAPE disciplines:
#SocialSciences, Humanities and the #Arts for People and the Economy.

#highereducation #STEM #STEMeducation #instructionaldesign #workers #workforce
Do we need humanities graduates to deliver the industrial strategy?
Policymakers should take a broad view of the value of degree courses when building our future workforce, says Charlotte Hallahan
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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#AI and #workers –
"...curiosity...
Permission to be a beginner. The freedom and the space to learn...
'I don’t know. But I want to learn.'"
www.fastcompany.com/91427276/the...

#artificialintelligence #AIliteracy #AIethics #workforce #workculture #futureofwork #leadership #management
The most powerful AI skill? Saying 'I don't know'
True AI literacy isn’t about mastering the latest tools—it’s about creating space to ask questions, admit gaps, and learn without shame.
www.fastcompany.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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#Civiceducation resources –
The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate
emkinstitute.org/civic_educat...

#K12 #highereducation #highered #democracy #civicengagement #civicseducation
November 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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"This report details the current status of #AI use in schools along with four emerging risks associated with this technology...."
cdt.org/insights/han...

#K12 #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence #AIethics #techpolicy
Hand in Hand: Schools’ Embrace of AI Connected to Increased Risks to Students
Artificial intelligence (AI) has continued to alter the educational experiences of teachers, students, and parents during the 2024-25 school year. The frequency and variety of AI uses continues to gro...
cdt.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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More #digitalsovereignty:
#Austria Ministry of Economy
www.zdnet.com/article/anot...

Note:
EuroStack Initiative –
Buy European, Sell European, Fund European.

#opensource #Europe #EuropeanUnion #EU #BigTech
Another European agency shifts off Big Tech, as digital sovereignty movement gains steam
European Union states are increasingly shifting toward European-based companies that offer open-source solutions. Here's why.
www.zdnet.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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"If you think #AI can, in any meaningful way, replace communities of #learning, then you fundamentally misunderstand what learning and #teaching are."
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/10...

#K12 #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #pedagogy #edtech #artificialintelligence
How Do You Like Them Apples? On the Importance of Teaching in the Time of AI — The Learning Scientists
… I think of those conversations with my dad often. About the enthusiasm and curiosity they inspired in me. And the stark contrast in how I felt about technology and the future then to how I feel abou...
www.learningscientists.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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#Bioinspiration at
#VirginiaTech –
#agtech:
bat-inspired #robot #drones
(video 3:38)
news.vt.edu/videos/k/202...

#highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #STEM #engineering #biomimicry #biomimetics #robotics #agriculture #farming
Engineering Explained: Bat-inspired robot drones
What is biomimicry? Can technology inspired by nature, or biomimetics, solve modern problems? What if humans could use sonar to mimic how bats fly using echolocation and acoustic sensing? What does it...
news.vt.edu
October 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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#AI and #workers, #futureofwork –
"pro-worker AI...shared prosperity"
mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...

#techpolicy #artificialintelligence #AIethics
Who benefits from AI? New comic explores technology’s impact on labor | MIT Sloan
Download “Power and Progress: The Mini-Comic!” for free. A new comic book adapts MIT Nobel Prize-winning economists’ work on how AI affects workers and shared prosperity.
mitsloan.mit.edu
October 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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#AI
at #VirginiaTech
ai.vt.edu/content/dam/...

#highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence #AIethics #Virginia
October 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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#Science and
fundamental, "basic", or "blue skies" #research
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#STEM #scientists #researchers
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
www.nature.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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A "...conversation about the value of human labor in increasingly automated workplaces...." –
upcoming event:
In person & online
November 20
New York Public Library
www.showclix.com/event/unders...

#digitaleconomy #artificialintelligence #AI #generativeAI #automation #workers #futureofwork
Understanding AI with Data & Society | Standing Up for Human Value in the AI Economy
Tickets for Understanding AI with Data & Society | Standing Up for Human Value in the AI Economy in New York from NYPL. In this closing session of SNFL's fall series with Data & Society, D&S Labor Fut...
www.showclix.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Winners of Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in #Science Communications
National Academies of Sciences, #Engineering, and #Medicine
www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...

#STEM #communication #sciencecommunication #scicomm #journalism #sciencejournalism
October 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM