leadership – learning – technology
Trigger warning. This is a more political post than usual for me. If political commentary offends you, walk away. Reflecting on Remembrance Day In honor of Remembrance Day, I decided to dedicate a few hours to reflect on—and, to be honest, learn more about—the two world wars. Like many in my generation, I have…
I’ve been an advocate on and off for a very long time. Many of my jobs included advocating for clients who were entangled in the justice, mental health, and substance abuse treatment systems. It’s meaningful, often challenging, and to be honest sometimes heartbreaking work. Needless to say I have a soft spot for the…
You can listen to the NotebookLM podcast version of this article. They still think I’m a he and not a she… jamie · AI, productivity and upskilling TL;DR Canada faces a growing skills gap, with many workers either under- or over-skilled for their jobs as the demands of the workforce evolve. This gap is…
I just watched a video by Drake Surach that walks through a myriad of ways you can take advantage of ChatGPT’s new advanced voice features. This is going to be, as we’ve already seen with Google’s Notebbok LM, a game-changer when it comes to personalized learning, productivity, and creativity. Whether you’re using it for…
A while ago, I wrote about a generative learning framework proposed by Logan Fiorella in Making Sense of Generative Learning. Logan’s framework focuses on how learners actively construct knowledge by integrating new information with what they already know. Remember schema theory? That’s the cognitive framework where our brains organize knowledge into networks called schemas,…
A couple of things happened today as I was trying to focus on something else completely. First, I read a LinkedIn post by Mairéad Pratschke, PhD. In the post she asks some really good questions about AI and learning. But instead of thinking deeply about passive vs. deep learning, as she suggested, I opted…