Apologies for the late notice, but I am a crispy critter after this week at work.
I am canceling the recording for this week, and we will get back together with an excellent topic in two weeks.
Thank you for supporting the show over the years with your love, knowledge and support.
See you in two weeks.
Maurice.
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Maurice, Paul, Tom, and Mark Corbett Wilson talked about imposter phenomenon, (not syndrome) the causes, how to spot it in the wild and how to help stop it.
Shameless self-promotion = Paul and are involved in a new venture with #357’s guest Anthony Chow of the San Jose State University iSchool called Information Gone Wild. Our first guest was R. David Lankes and that episode is out now on the SJSU iSchool YouTube channel. We just recorded episodes with Patty Wong, past ALA President and Cindy Hohl, Incoming ALA President coming up soon. Smash the like button and subscribe to the show!
This article from Brown University‘s Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning kicked us off today.
Here are the Pull quotes and observations:
There’s never enough time to know what you need to know.
I don’t give a shit about degrees.
I give a shit about the quality of thinking.
There’s a difference between internal imposter syndrome and external imposter syndrome.
Tom Haymes
A Man’s a Man for All That
Fighting in Academia is so vicious because the stakes are so small.
I look stupid all the time.
Mark Corbett Wilson
Remember, you were always that bird. or I can’t get this Sh*t to work.
Academic grades were co-opted from meat grading… So I’d Rather be USDA Prime than Choice.
Charles Sanders Peirce invented semiotics https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/peirce/
There is a burr in my saddle about imposter phenomenon.
My degree is bigger than your degree.
Imposter phenomenon comes from a dysfunctional hierarchy.
You can feel like an imposter if you are ahead of the curve and are waiting for everyone else to catch up.
Join us in two weeks for another taping at 9 eastern on May 2nd 2o24.
T is for Training 357 – Vetted Misinformation Download Here Listen Here
Maurice’s Notes – Books are linked throughout the notes.
Maurice, Paul, Tom, and Mark Corbett Wilson were joined by San Jose State University’s iSchool head Anthony Chow For those just joining us, this is an informal podcast conversation with stream of thought notes. And books. Always books.
Our jump-off point – A conversation with San Jose State University School of Information Professor/Director Anthony Chow on all things LIS, with an eye toward making connections between what students are gaining and what we need to know to support them through professional development opportunities as they enter (or advance through) our workplaces.
Pull quotes
Empowering people to be all they can be.
Don’t be afraid of AI.
There will be an AI divide – those who know and those who don’t know how to use it.
Why is AI dangerous = inaccuracy, doesn’t deal with uncertainty vetted misinformation, AI picks up stereotypes.
Digital resources are like a buffet, some are taking and eating and some aren’t sure if the food tastes good.
It’s not about money, it’s about how you think about information and what literacy means.
Antiquated is a mindset
We judge the book by the cover so do our customers.
Discussion
K-12 libraries are about the haves and have-nots. How do we support everyone across the socio-economic spectrum?
Here’s a link to the SJSU School of Information Advocacy Projects page, which provides an example of the innovative approach SJSU is taking to education for information professionals:https://ischool.sjsu.edu/library-advocacy-projects
There are some things to think about for the future of libraries:
AI? Yeah, AI.
Think of AI as a powerful disruptive force for libraries and society. What is the impact of AI on everything?
Don’t be afraid of AI.
There will be an AI divide – those who know and those who don’t know how to use it.
Jarvis, Jeff. The Gutenberg Parenthesis(book) Author interview on YouTube blurb: The Gutenberg Parenthesis traces the epoch of print from its fateful beginnings to our digital present – and draws out lessons for the age to come.
Mark Corbett Wilson’s AI & HE presentations on a Google Site: https://sites.google.com/wisr.edu/ai-and-he/home
I forgot who said this – “LLMs are moderately competent assistants that need constant supervision and work around the clock.”
Learning to bring things back to the iSchool.
Why is AI dangerous = inaccuracy, doesn’t deal with uncertainty vetted misinformation, AI picks up stereotypes.
AI – the Terminator endgame.
https://www.splicetoday.com/digital/asking-ai-life-s-big-questions
Leverage, work with, and cite AI
Digital Literacy
For students to experience and accomplish
There is as much time for learning for digital students
Create a digital baseline.
SJSU is a competency-based program.
Support to succeed not fail.
Digital resources are like a buffet, some are taking and eating and some aren’t sure if the food tastes good.
The Future of Libraries
Library 2035 (Book)
GPS thinking aka Yo Dummy, Rerouting.
Agile with Data.
Relevance and ROI
the robot followed them home show title 6
Excited about perception. Changing perception,
We judge the book by the cover so do our customers.
We have to role model behavior and technology failure to learn what we do or don’t know.
It’s not about money, it’s about how you think about information and what literacy means.
Antiquated is a mindset
Situated Learning – https://www.cambridge.org/highereducation/books/situated-learning/6915ABD21C8E4619F750A4D4ACA616CD#overview
T is for Training 356 – Hammer time Summary and listen in the browser.
Maurice Notes.
Paul Signorelli, Tom Haymes and Daniel Bassill joined Maurice Coleman to talk about the following article: 11 Benefits of Collaborative Learning (Plus Tips To Use It)
Then we went in many directions.
We talked about collaborative learning to scale, the education system is borked and presentations.
Links and discussion points:
Doug Englebart https://dougengelbart.org/
Daniel Bassill’s Maps https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/conceptmaps
Tom Haymes Concept Mapping https://ideaspaces.net/generative-augmented-perspective/
PowerPoint is evil. https://www.wired.com/2003/09/ppt2/ Edward Tufte is brilliant, and I disagree with this statement. It’s a damn tool. The user determines evil or not.
Grab the long tail….
The facilitator is the keystone?
Collaboration takes a skillful dedicated facilitator
Tech should augment human behavior.
Democratization of technology.
I was told this was a normal crowd.
Hard to read over the reflection.
This blog shows interns who worked with me from 2006 to 2015. https://michaelcnt.blogspot.com/
99 percent of good design is invisible.
An issue with collaborative learning is that people learn at a different pace.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/writing-ai-transcendence-replacement-tom-haymes-n9qnc/
Today’s T is for Training 355 – Zero Engagement Droning featured Paul, Tom, Maurice and our new/old friend Dorothy Stoltz.
Download/listen to the show here.
And sorry, you get Maurice notes again.
Our jumping-off point was this excellent article from the Association of Talent Development by Cornelius “Neil” Dowdell –
https://www.td.org/magazines/td-magazine/agility-will-elevate-your-facilitation-skills
There were lemmings.
A mention of AI or two https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/creativity-vs-conformity-our-ai-augmented-future-tom-haymes-pofwc/
Dune. Yes, Dune. Alternate Title- Dune as a Training-Teaching-Learning Manual
“Many have marked the speed with which Muad’Dib learned the necessities of Arrakis. The Bene Gesserit, of course, knew the basis of this speed. For the others, we can say that Muad’Dib learned fast because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult. Muad’Dib knew that every experience carries its lesson.” Tom quoted it from Dune.
Dorothy mentioned the first book I cared about during the show. The Six Thinking Hats Here is the De Bono Website https://www.debonogroup.com/services/core-programs/six-thinking-hats/
Dorothy added a Creative Intelligence Hat, drawing on your intuition
Find Dorothy’s books on https://waldopublishers.com/books-%26-resources
Another alternate show title: Let’s Not Have a Smackdown
Next Show Thursday, March 21st, 2024 at 9 Eastern.
T is for Training 354 – Yapping with Bots Between Madness (Magic) and Idiocy. Listen to it here. Download the show here.
Ironically? Talkshoe placed a commercial for HP’s AI at the start of the program.
The next show in four weeks on March 7th, 2024. And my voice is all bleeped up.
Premise:
We talked with Mark Corbett Wilson who is working with Tom Haymes, a usual suspect, on their *still in development* open course to prepare learners to think critically about the AI tools they are using and to leverage them to give them an edge in mastering their learning pathways
Again, Maurice at the note-taking helm. Sorry.
Without the Modifier.
Lost in the forest.
The course is not out yet, but it will likely be released likely a Creative Commons license. Designed for anybody to use AI better. The course will be designed from a point of view to support and encourage student success.
They hope that GLAMS (Galleries, Libraries, Artists and Museums) remix the course for their needs.
We need to look at this socially, not technically. Large Language Models are ultimately social constructions. Tom Haymes.
If you have an alignment problem, it will fuck up your tires.
Selected Resources:
Microsoft’s Kate Crawford: ‘AI is neither artificial nor intelligent’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jun/06/microsofts-kate-crawford-ai-is-neither-artificial-nor-intelligent
Community College trap https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/how-to-escape-the-community-college-trap/355745/
The ETMOOC Episode – Lifelong Learning Brought to Life T is for Training 330: https://tisfortraining.wordpress.com/2023/02/23/tisfortraining-330-lifelong-learning-brought-to-life/
Mark’s List of AI/HE (Artificial Intelligence)/(Higher Education) readings.
It is extensive. Use this list as a start, not the destination.
Paul suggested an information school student might benefit from organizing and summarizing the entries in the document. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ELYfEXGrSvh2y6pKd6ne4093C_0uPUYmUWSJI0ltXNc/edit?pli=1
Track Changes: A Literary History of Word Processing
The Alignment Problem (book) by Brian Christian
Introducing Alignment Stress-Testing at Anthropic web article
On Bullshit A book. Why Bullshit is more dangerous than lying.
https://www.cathydavidson.com/books/ Mentioned how grades were coopted from the meat processing industry. *Ed Update: The book it come from was The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World In Flux found here: https://www.harvard.com/book/the_new_education/
Tom’s current thoughts on AI use and future: https://ideaspaces.net/generative-augmented-perspective/ and https://ideaspaces.net/the-disconnect/
The next show in four weeks on March 7th, 2024
Maurice, Paul, Tom, Diane with Aaron Blumberg and special guest Connie Guglielmo (CNET) T is for Training 353 on Talkshoe. Download the show from this page.
You get Maurice style notes again…
Connie’s Article on AI – AI Chatbots Are Here to Stay. Learn How They Can Work for You kicked off the show. Read it.
Topics discussed included Transparency, AI, Open vs Closed AI Systems. Most of the AI we talk about are Neural Networks within a Language Learning Model. AI’s are good for brainstorming. Garbage In and Garbage Out, or the importance of a good prompt. AI will be disruptive to copyright. Protecting IP. Useful for older information depending on the service Neural Network within Large Language Model. The chatbots can give you a hallucination as an answer. Less likely now. The EU and Bletchley Park accords. The Need for Prompt Libraries for Libraries. They are a for-profit business. Those who pay for the services can use them without the service learning from them, protecting intellectual property. Image below via CC from https://turnoff.us/
Some Links:
Robocalls in New Hampshire used Biden’s voice to tell people to stay home
Eric Adams uses AI to send out public service messages in multiple languages.
Khanamigo (Khan Academy AI)
We next record at 9 pm Eastern on February 8th. See you then!
T is for Training 352 – The Joy of Finding Excellence or Simplicity (Take Your Pick) is ready for a listen.
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The jumping off Point:
Tom’s Photographs (all about the framing)
Objectified the documentary – General information: https://watchdocumentaries.com/objectified/ the IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1241325/ page, the Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-l5rOBLwNk and the link to Part 1 https://vimeo.com/265861057 and available on Kanopy at your local library
Quotes:
It’s a short internship.
Baby Librarian peeps
If you stop learning you’re dead.
As a teacher, you have to learn and adapt to their unspoken needs. Be a work reader or mind reader.
What pushes Tom forward? Solving the art part of his brain to find joy. Photography takes away and reframes reality.
Photography helps teaching. Photography helps reframe reality.
We are AIs Curators of Information
Photography is removal; removing everything that impedes grasping the point of the picture. Those moments when you find the shapes and tones and textures and lighting, and it feels good, then you take the picture. It is instant analysis, and the shutter is pressed when it feels right, feels good. – Fred Price
Simplify the range:
With the right eyes and an open mind, everything can be inspirational.
The challenge is getting learners to think deeply and quickly.
Technology should simplify, not make it more complex.
Composition is the joy of finding excellence.
“Solvitur ambulando is a Latin phrase which means “it is solved by walking” and is used to refer to a problem which is solved by a practical experiment. It is often attributed to Saint Augustine.”
Scarcity mindset finds its way into the classroom.
Time is the only finite resource in a classroom.
You’re going to have shrinkage no matter what.
Always be learning. If you don’t continue to learn, you won’t grow.
Keep your hands at your side – Don’t swat gnats and flies with presentation
Art is in the movement.
On this end of the year show, we talked about what has happened this past year in training, teaching, and learning. On the call were Tom Haymes, Jill Hurst-Wahl, Maurice Coleman, Paul Signorelli, and Andrea Snyder.
Topics included:
We ended the show with each of us stating something we’re thankful for. You can hear the entire show and what we gave thanks for on TalkShoe.
The next episode is scheduled for Jan. 11 at 9 p.m. ET.
Happy New Year!
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On the call were Diane Huckabay, Tom Haymes, Jill Hurst-Wahl, Paul Signorelli, Maurice Coleman, and Sardek Love. Sardek is our guest this week to talk about the transition from one learning format to another (e.g., from onsite face-to-face to asynchronous online learning) and will be drawing upon his own fairly recent work in that area. He is the author of . (paid links)
Sardek started off by asking us to think about an online presentation and how many people are disengaged after 30 minutes. How many? We guessed 100%, but listen to the podcast for the real answer.
And how do you teach someone that with practice they can go farther and do more? That’s at about the 26-minute mark.
Interesting that Sardek used ChatGPT to help draft his new website. Tom loved hearing that! Tom asked if AI is a threat to training. Sardek thinks that AI will automate some jobs and some aspects of the training process will become automated. Will there be mass adoption of AI? Not quickly. And while AI might write for us (and write training materials), it will not do the final version. Copy editors will still be needed.
Sardek’s business went from 95% in-person in early 2020 to then developing a robust online business for delivering training. While he is back to doing more in-person session, delivering training online is extremely important to him.
What followed were a number of stories and good things for trainers and facilitators to think about. This episode will be a very good listen!
Our last episode of 2023 will be on Dec. 28 at 9 p.m. ET/ 8 p.m. CT/ 7 p.m. MT/ 6 p.m PT and it will be our episode for wrapping up 2023.
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