perhaps about me! I don’t really yet know what this post is going to be about. I just know I feel this ultimate urge to write…in a pursuit of trying…just trying to make sense of what has just happened. (there will be typos, and there will be grammar inconsistencies, I am just warning you…!) I’m […]
Any stories worth sharing?
Here is some thoughts about my own experience as a PhD student.
This post was inspired by Joyce Seitzinger’s tweet … and my lack of sleep!
Basically the PhD is a journey … a journey you will start out with all the willing of the world. I still remember the big smile […]
Two months ago or so I was challenged to submit a case study to the VITAE Integrating Technology in research training Workshop, which I did. It ended up being accepted and on Thursday I presented it.
A shared space for research
View more presentations from Cristina Costa.
As it often happens, after presenting it I keep mulling over […]
I am still stranded in Europe, waiting to return to the UK. If everything goes as planned I will touch British soil tomorrow.
Meanwhile I have been working online. And if it weren’t for the fact that I had to postpone some rather important meetings, my absence in the office would have probably gone unnoticed. And […]
Well, this is a question many people have been asking me. This is equally a question I ask myself. Simply because it is still hard to articulate my purpose and choices in such a way it becomes clear enough to those who ask. As Einstein once said, if you can’t explain it simply, you don’t […]
It’s been a while since I last posted.
A feeling of guilty hovers over my mind. I need to post more. I should voice my feelings and record my experiences more often. After all, this is my thinking spot. But this is also a shared spot and I don’t want to overwhelm you with my troubles. […]
A couple of weeks ago I went to see Nitin Sawnhey talking about his career. I must say, to my embarrassment, I knew nothing about this artist before that day, but I was quite pleased to come away from this event with a little bit more understanding about his music and influences, and, especially, about […]
I have just come back from the Joint Technology Enhanced Learning Winter School. It brought together young and senior researchers in the field of TEL in meaningful discussions. It was great fun too.
Each day new topics were introduced and there was an effort to make the sessions as much interactive as possible. In […]
Last night @m_a_s_c , @krajagopal and I were talking about education. In General!
It all started with talking about doing a PhD and not feeling we have the same kind of ‘endurance’ we had when we first went to University. The three of us, although in different countries, have experienced similar educational structures, which basically […]
I am off to the JTEL Winter School on Advanced Learning Technologies 2010
It was quite a surprise to have received a scholarship, and quite short notice too. I can’t believe it’s already about to start! WOW
I am excited about the programme. It seems to be quite hands-on.
I was asked to create a three minute presentation […]
Cyborg patented?
Forbes reports that Microsoft has obtained a patent for a “conversational chatbot of a specific person” created from images, recordings, participation in social networks, emails, letters, etc., coupled with the possible generation of a 2D or 3D model of the person.
Racial bias in algorithms
From the UK Open Data Institute’s Week in Data newsletter
This week, Twitter apologised for racial bias within its image-cropping algorithm. The feature is designed to automatically crop images to highlight focal points – including faces. But, Twitter users discovered that, in practice, white faces were focused on, and black faces were cropped out. And, Twitter isn’t the only platform struggling with its algorithm – YouTube has also announced plans to bring back higher levels of human moderation for removing content, after its AI-centred approach resulted in over-censorship, with videos being removed at far higher rates than with human moderators.
Gap between rich and poor university students widest for 12 years
Via The Canary.
The gap between poor students and their more affluent peers attending university has widened to its largest point for 12 years, according to data published by the Department for Education (DfE).
Better-off pupils are significantly more likely to go to university than their more disadvantaged peers. And the gap between the two groups – 18.8 percentage points – is the widest it’s been since 2006/07.
The latest statistics show that 26.3% of pupils eligible for FSMs went on to university in 2018/19, compared with 45.1% of those who did not receive free meals. Only 12.7% of white British males who were eligible for FSMs went to university by the age of 19. The progression rate has fallen slightly for the first time since 2011/12, according to the DfE analysis.
Quality Training
From Raconteur. A recent report by global learning consultancy Kineo examined the learning intentions of 8,000 employees across 13 different industries. It found a huge gap between the quality of training offered and the needs of employees. Of those surveyed, 85 per cent said they , with only 16 per cent of employees finding the learning programmes offered by their employers effective.
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