by Dr. Hector Vila, Associate Professor of Writing & Rhetoric Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, many people have been discussing the potential benefits and drawbacks of using this type of language processing model in education. ChatGPT…
by Dr. Jeni Henrickson, Instructional Designer, DLINQ The title of this post is drawn from the article Ten Ways to Confront the Climate Crisis without Losing Hope by Rebecca Solnit. As I was doing research related to nature, technology, and alternate f…
It doesn’t take long to search and pull up a few recent news stories that reflect the mix of feelings I’m bringing to this year’s digital detox on alternate futures: Exclusive: Surveillance Footage of Tesla Crash on SF’s Bay Bridge Hours After Elon Mus…
by Dr. Sonja Burrows, Instructional Designer, DLINQ This month, we are writing to you about finding hope in hopeless times – no small feat in a world rife with war, struggle, polarization, disease and disarray. As we noted at the outset, this theme eme…
by Tom Woodward, Director of Learning Spaces and Technologies It’s said that familiarity breeds contempt. That’s particularly true in the world of technology and the Internet where “new” and “best” are functionally synonymous. Because I like to know wh…
by Dr. Amy Collier, Associate Provost for Digital Learning Freida’s finger hovers over her screen, the “Click to Accept Terms” button flashing green and gray. She knows that once she taps the buttons, the camera on her laptop will turn on…and stay on. …
In these yearly digital detoxes, we have often turned our attention to opening up the black box of our ubiquitous, and taken for granted, digital tools – exploring, for example, the environmental impacts of data centers, or the ways in many tech compan…
My group–the Office of Digital Learning and Inquiry at Middlebury–works at the intersection of technology and learning, helping faculty and students to leverage technology for their academic and professional goals. This work is hopeful work, anchored i…
My group–the Office of Digital Learning and Inquiry at Middlebury–works at the intersection of technology and learning, helping faculty and students to leverage technology for their academic and professional goals. This work is hopeful work, anchored i…
by Prof. Virginia Thomas, Assistant Professor of Psychology Have you heard about the latest incentive to coax people into doing a digital detox? The app “Uptime,” based in the U.K., is curious what people will do with their time if they unplug, so they…
