Documentation:GenAI and OER

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Using this space as an open notebook to collect ideas and resources

  • Draft idea for an AI personal ethical decision framework - Christina Hendricks: "Alan Levine noted in his comment that sometimes people talking about generative AI start by acknowledging problems with it, and then “jump in full speed” to talking about its capabilities and possible benefits while no longer engaging with the original issues. This really struck me, because it’s something I could easily see myself doing too....I decided, then, to try to come up with a framework of some kind to support folks making those decisions...."
  • The Soul of Open is In Danger - Heather Ross: "Everything I’ve learned about open, everything I’ve ever believed about what the OER movement stands for is the antithesis of what GenAI is and does. Open is about improving access to education and the lives of learners worldwide, not just for those in privileged countries or communities. GenAI is used to create papers and images for the privileged, harming many of the very people we’ve said open is trying to benefit."
  • Openness isn’t just about product - Martin Weller: "...we have seen a steady shift in the focus of research from open education as stuff (OER) to open education as process (OEP). This emphasises the benefits of open educational practices in promoting social justice, developing community, changing pedagogy, etc..."
  • 70,000 students are already using AI textbooks: From July 2024 - "Leading textbook company Pearson has outfitted its digital textbooks—specifically 50 science titles, such as Intro to Biology and Intro to Chemistry—with generative AI study tools. As of this summer, 70,000 students in over 1,000 institutions are already using these AI textbooks, according to Pearson."
  • Alan Levine Comment: "...I also have sat through so many webinars where speakers start with “acknowledging” the environmental impact of GenAI and tossing on top the built in biases, but then jump in full speed. I am tugging that acknowledging is lip service."