Cerstin Mahlow @CerstinMahlow@qoto.org

@Eric @atpfm

Here's a view of how many years each Macintosh mouse has lasted. Google Sheets sees a positive trend line, but really, Apple has been very bursty:

The really remarkable thing isn't just that #Microsoft has decided that the future of #search isn't links to relevant materials, but instead lengthy, florid paragraphs written by a #chatbot who happens to be a habitual liar - even more remarkable is that #Google agrees.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/16/tweedledumber/#easily-spooked

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Trugoy, einer der beiden Rapper des New Yorker HipHop-Trios De La Soul, ist gestorben. Nachruf auf einen hochbegabten Wortschmied. https://taz.de/Nachruf-auf-De-La-Soul-Rapper-Trugoy/!5916490/

5 Jahre Republik: Das war erst der Anfang.

Wir sind überzeugt, dass unabhängiger Journalismus eine Zukunft hat. Mit Ihnen. Und Ihrer Yogalehrerin. Und Ihrem Schwiegervater, Ihrer Nachbarin, Ihrem Coiffeur und Ihrem Göttikind.

Gemeinsame Standards für Speicherung riesiger Datenmengen aus der Forschung https://idw-online.de/de/news809193

Neue Wörter. #kaengurucomics

“What’s noteworthy isn’t that large language models generate false information, but how good they are at turning off people’s critical reasoning abilities.”

The possibilities are endless.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/16/1068695/chatgpt-chatbot-battle-search-microsoft-bing-google/

#OpenOlat #FeatureOfTheWeek:
Create a specific structure in the participant folder in advance in order to standardize the structure of submitted documents and facilitate submission.

https://docs.openolat.org/release_notes/Release_notes_17.1/

#OSS #LMS #OLAT #eLearning #eAssessment

Unlike #VSCode, “#Emacs is Free Software and not owned by anyone. I say that not as a true believing ideologue but as someone who’s been around long enough to know how #Microsoft operates and to not trust them or their intentions. I worry that Microsoft will eventually revert to type and pull the rug out from under VS Code users.”
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11153

I fully agree. I’d even say it’s absolutely certain that Microsoft will at some point lock people in. For example, why is code plain text and can be edited with any text editor? Microsoft will certainly change this at some point: if you want to use the cool new AI features, you’ll have to store your code in a proprietary format in the Microsoft cloud. Maybe you’ll be able to export it, but only one file at a time, and through a Web interface that crashes after three files.

Mental health therapy, digital transformation in schools or sustainable urban spaces: the 18 newly funded projects use technologies and develop innovative applications to address human needs and values.
Congratulations to the researchers! We look forward to working with you and are excited about your projects.

https://dizh.ch/en/2023/02/16/innovative-projects-put-people-at-the-centre/

@zhdk #uzh #ZHAWdigital #phzh #research #innovation #education

Moodle is funded largely through Moodle partners who pay a 10% royalty “off the top” back to Moodle HQ for the right to use the Moodle trademark. Moodle partners influence what new features get into Moodle and frequently contribute code to core Moodle. They employ people who maintain some of the most widely installed plugins.
Moodle is free/libre under the GPL. But if you want the most expert advice and to contribute to its future, use a Moodle partner.
https://moodle.com/solutions/certified-service-providers
#moodle #edtech

Sharing because I mentioned this in a lunchtime conversation and it just seems so broadly useful: NPR resource on transitioning from writing for print to writing for radio/audio. I refer back to this whenever I'm writing a spoken presentation.
https://training.npr.org/2017/12/06/the-journey-from-print-to-radio-storytelling-a-guide-for-navigating-a-new-landscape/

Does anybody has a setup for storing image credits in a way that can be automatically processed, e.g., by a #Pandoc filter?

The idea is: when I use an image in a lecture, the required image credits are looked up automatically and added to the slides or lecture notes in a way that is appropriate for the output format (as a footnote, a link, listed on an extra page, etc.).

The hardest part seems to be to decide where to store the information, because there are so many standards (see, e.g., https://cweiske.de/tagebuch/exif-url.htm or https://iptc.org/standards/photo-metadata/quick-guide-to-iptc-photo-metadata-and-google-images/).

This Thursday and Friday, the German-speaking community for #invertedClassroom gathers in Chur, #Switzerland at the #ICMbeyond2023 conference to discuss recent developments and showcase latest best-practice around #HigherEducation, #TeacherTraining, #BlendedLearning and #OnlineLearning.

Looking forward to two engaging days in the midst of snow capped mountains. (pictures may follow...)

Check out the conference program: https://icmbeyond2023.notion.site/icmbeyond2023/ICMbeyond-2023-6da690c360c9433eaac387ff1cff3a35

"Tag der Schrift feiert zwanzigstes Jubiläum" https://publisher.ch/2023/02/08/tag-der-schrift-feiert-zwanzigstes-jubilaeum/

Protokolle von OtterPilot: Konkurrenz für Microsofts Teams Premium?

Die künstliche Intelligenz von OtterPilot erzeugt automatisierte Protokolle – das erinnert in Teilen an die neuen Premium-Funktionen von Microsoft Teams.

https://www.heise.de/news/Protokolle-von-OtterPilot-Konkurrenz-fuer-Microsofts-Teams-Premium-7516726.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

#KünstlicheIntelligenz #MicrosoftTeams #Videokonferenz #news

And another workflow acquisition by one of the big four surveillance publishers:

https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/media/press-releases/springer-nature-acquires-researcher-created-writing-tool/24020648

Soon, there will be no escaping the surveilance...

#openscience #surveillance

#whataweekhuh