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Law librarians & the future of law firms [Furlong]

On 10/28/2019, in analytics, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Algorithms, business, career development, change, emerging technologies, future, game-changing environment, law schools, legal technologies, legislatures / government / legal, library / librarians, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Law librarians & the future of law firms — from aallnet.org by Jordan Furlong

Excerpt:

Law firms that want to win the highest-value, most complex work from clients will need more than just smart lawyers. They will need powerful knowledge engines to augment and amplify the skills of those lawyers, while also constituting capital assets that accrue in size and value every year. Law libraries and legal information professionals hold the key to assembling and growing such engines, and they are, therefore, the key to the future sustainability and competitiveness of the firms themselves.

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Instructional Design Basics [Ziska Strange]

On 10/25/2019, in adjunct faculty, adult learning, colleges, community colleges, content development, aggregation, repositories, corporate universities / corporate training, education, elearning, faculty, higher education, instructional design, K-12 related, law schools, learning, online learning, pedagogy, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, training / L&D, universities, by Daniel Christian

Instructional Design Basics — from facultyfocus.com by Kristin Ziska Strange

Excerpt:

Instructional designers can help with many different course-based problems and challenges, including helping you figure out where and how to start with your course design. When a course is new or needs a little design love, knowing where to start can be difficult. By starting with your main goals and then moving to assessments and content, it is easier for your course to stay in alignment with your goals than working from topics and assessments to objectives. Starting is as easy as asking yourself one simple question.

Start with a Question
In any course design, whether it is a brand-new course or a redesign, the best place to start is to write down what you hope your students will carry with them several years down the road. What do you want your students to be able to do, and what content is crucial for them to remember? It doesn’t have to be the formalized language of objectives and goals that you put into your syllabus but just a straightforward list.

We do this for a few reasons.

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How can we stop these armies of drones from amassing?

On 10/25/2019, in 21st century, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, emerging technologies, ideas, law schools, leadership, legislatures / government / legal, policy, technology (general), the downsides of how people use tech, trends, United States, vendors, by Daniel Christian

Drones from CVS and Walgreens are finally here—and they’re bringing Band-Aids — from fastcompany.com by Ruth Reader
With UPS and Google sister company Wing as partners, the big pharmacies are starting to deliver pills, Cheez-Its, and first-aid supplies by drone.

From DSC:
Add those drones to the following amassing armies:

 

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This database from Stanford is built on a growing community of legal technology companies worldwide.

On 10/25/2019, in global / globalization, innovation, law schools, legal technologies, legislatures / government / legal, productivity / tips and tricks, society, technology (general), tools, universities, by Daniel Christian

Discover legal tech by checking out techindex.law.stanford.edu

 

Per their website:

This database is built on a growing community of legal technology companies worldwide. Our Twitter stream gives you a real time glance of what the companies in our database are sharing.

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Are smart cities the pathway to blockchain and cryptocurrency adoption? [McFarlane]

On 10/24/2019, in 21st century, architecture, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Algorithms, Blockchain, emerging technologies, health, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, intelligent systems, interaction design, internet, law schools, leadership, legislatures / government / legal, platforms, policy, political science, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

Are smart cities the pathway to blockchain and cryptocurrency adoption? — from forbes.com by Chrissa McFarlane

Excerpts:

At the recent Blockchain LIVE 2019 hosted annually in London, I had the pleasure of giving a talk on Next Generation Infrastructure: Building a Future for Smart Cities. What exactly is a “smart city?” The term refers to an overall blueprint for city designs of the future. Already half the world’s population lives in a city, which is expected to grow to sixty-five percent in the next five years. Tackling that growth takes more than just simple urban planning. The goal of smart cities is to incorporate technology as an infrastructure to alleviate many of these complexities. Green energy, forms of transportation, water and pollution management, universal identification (ID), wireless Internet systems, and promotion of local commerce are examples of current of smart city initiatives.

What’s most important to a smart city, however, is integration. None of the services mentioned above exist in a vacuum; they need to be put into a single system. Blockchain provides the technology to unite them into a single system that can track all aspects combined.

 

From DSC:
There are many examples of the efforts/goals of creating smart cities (throughout the globe) in the above article. Also see the article below.

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Reflections on “What happens when employers can read your facial expressions?” [Selinger & Hartzog]

On 10/24/2019, in 21st century, Amazon, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Algorithms, bots, business, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, computer science, corporate / business world, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, higher education, ideas, intelligent systems, law schools, leadership, legal technologies, legislatures / government / legal, pace of change, platforms, policy, political science, society, the downsides of how people use tech, trends, United States, workplace, by Daniel Christian

There are major issues with AI. This article shows how far the legal realm is in wrestling with emerging technologies.

What happens when employers can read your facial expressions? — from nytimes.com by Evan Selinger and Woodrow Hartzog
The benefits do not come close to outweighing the risks.

Excerpts:

The essential and unavoidable risks of deploying these tools are becoming apparent. A majority of Americans have functionally been put in a perpetual police lineup simply for getting a driver’s license: Their D.M.V. images are turned into faceprints for government tracking with few limits. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are using facial recognition technology to scan state driver’s license databases without citizens’ knowing. Detroit aspires to use facial recognition for round-the-clock monitoring. Americans are losing due-process protections, and even law-abiding citizens cannot confidently engage in free association, free movement and free speech without fear of being tracked.

 “Notice and choice” has been an abysmal failure. Social media companies, airlines and retailers overhype the short-term benefits of facial recognition while using unreadable privacy policiesClose X and vague disclaimers that make it hard to understand how the technology endangers users’ privacy and freedom.

 

From DSC:
This article illustrates how far behind the legal realm is in the United States when we look at where our society is at with wrestling with emerging technologies. Dealing with this relatively new *exponential* pace of change is very difficult for many of our institutions to deal with (higher education and the legal realm come to my mind here).

 

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Conscious onboarding: 10 ways to support new online instructors — from evolllution.com by Rebecca Cooney

On 10/23/2019, in adjunct faculty, adult learning, career development, colleges, communities of practice, community colleges, faculty, higher education, online learning, teaching online, universities, by Daniel Christian

Conscious onboarding: 10 ways to support new online instructors — from evolllution.com by Rebecca Cooney
In the scramble of expanding online programs, colleges often neglect to establish a formal onboarding process to address the unique challenges of online instruction—putting faculty confidence and retention at risk.

Excerpt:

#1: Establish an Online Community of Practice Devoted to Faculty Teaching Online Courses

When executed well, a culture of community establishes a set of shared values and expectations that influence how a group interacts, functions, and collaborates. By developing a specific online community of practice for your instructors teaching online courses, you provide them with a real-time information hub they can refer to for topics and materials that directly impact the work they are doing every day. An online community of practice includes announcements and discussions, a shared files system, FAQs and how-to’s, templates, databanks for approved-to-use lecture slides, recorded lectures, tutorials, standard syllabus language, approved digital assets and rubrics.

Learn more and download a report about exploratory research in the value of developing online communities of practice. (Office of Educational Technology, n.d.)

 

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2019 Legal Trends Report [Clio] 

On 10/23/2019, in career development, communications, law schools, legal technologies, legislatures / government / legal, society, tools, trends, United States, by Daniel Christian

2019 Legal Trends Report — from clio.com

Excerpts:

Get access to the legal industry’s first longitudinal analysis on how law firms succeed—and how they struggle. You’ll also get critical insights into how today’s legal consumer shops for legal services.

This year’s report also includes results from our in-depth analysis of law firm responsiveness, where we put firms to the test with 1,000 emails and 500 phone calls.

 

Clio's Legal Trends Report for 2019

 

Also see:

 

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Psalm 29:1-2 (NIV) — via a picture I took on my way to work the other day

On 10/23/2019, in art, creativity, Daniel S. Christian, design, faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, society, by Daniel Christian

Psalm 29 verses 1-2 -- via a picture I took on my way to work the other day

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NVIDIA announces CloudXR for AR/VR rendering of SteamVR applications over 5G [Lang]

On 10/23/2019, in Augmented Reality (AR), cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, telecommunications, tools, vendors, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, XR - extended reality, by Daniel Christian

NVIDIA announces CloudXR for AR/VR rendering of SteamVR applications over 5G — from roadtovr.com by Ben Lang

Excerpt:

At MWC Los Angeles this week, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang demonstrated the company’s CloudXR platform which is made to stream cloud-rendered AR and VR content over 5G connections. Built to support SteamVR/OpenVR content out of the box, Nvidia says it will release a CloudXR SDK to enable companies to offer AR and VR content from the cloud.

Nvidia wants to leverage GPU-based cloud infrastructures to enable businesses to render high-end AR and VR visuals remotely and deliver them to customers over 5G. The idea is to remove VR’s high-end hardware barrier by rendering the visuals in the cloud and streaming them to a host device which itself doesn’t need particularly beefy or expensive hardware. Nvidia already offers a very similar service called GeForce Now, but it’s for traditional games rather than VR.

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Announcing AI Business School for Education for leaders, BDMs and students [Salcito]

On 10/23/2019, in 21st century, accessibility / UDL, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Algorithms, education, education technology, emerging technologies, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, instructional design, leadership, learner profiles, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning preferences, Microsoft, online learning, online media, personalized/customized learning, by Daniel Christian

Announcing AI Business School for Education for leaders, BDMs and students — from educationblog.microsoft.com by Anthony Salcito

Excerpt:

…Microsoft’s AI Business School now offers a learning path for education. Designed for education leaders, decision-makers and even students, the Microsoft AI Business School for Education helps learners understand how AI can enhance the learning environment for all students—from innovations in the way we teach and assess, to supporting accessibility and inclusion for all students, to institutional effectiveness and efficiency with the use of AI tools. The course is designed to empower learners to gain specific, practical knowledge to define and implement an AI strategy. Industry experts share insights on how to foster an AI-ready culture and teach them how to use AI responsibly and with confidence. The learning path is available on Microsoft Learn, a free platform to support learners of all ages and experience levels via interactive, online, self-paced learning.

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How to choose a co-teaching model [Cassel]

On 10/21/2019, in education, face-to-face, K-12 related, learning, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, pedagogy, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, youth, by Daniel Christian

How to choose a co-teaching model — from edutopia.org by Sean Cassel
Knowing the pros and cons of the six models of co-teaching can help teachers determine which one is best for a given lesson.

Excerpt:

Fortunately, a lot of available research categorizes different models of co-teaching. There are basically six models:

  • One Teaching, One Observing: One teacher is directly instructing students while the other observes students for evidence of learning.
  • One Teaching, One Assisting: One teacher is directly instructing students while the other assists individual students as needed.
  • Parallel Teaching: The class is divided into two groups and each teacher teaches the same information at the same time.
  • Station Teaching: Each teacher teaches a specific part of the content to different groups as they rotate between teachers.
  • Alternative Teaching: One teacher teaches the bulk of the students, and the other teaches a small group based on need.
  • Team Teaching: Both teachers are directly instructing students at the same time—sometimes called “tag team teaching.”
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The impact of voice search on firms [lawtechnologytoday.org ]

On 10/21/2019, in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, Amazon, Apple, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Algorithms, bots, corporate / business world, digital audio, law schools, legal technologies, legislatures / government / legal, multimedia, Natural Language Processing (NLP), tools, vendors, voice recognition / voice enabled interfaces, web design and production, by Daniel Christian

The impact of voice search on firms — from lawtechnologytoday.org

Excerpts:

“Alexa, where can I find an attorney near me who specializes in…?”

“What is my liability if a tree in my yard falls on my neighbor’s house because of a storm?”

“…voice-activated legal searches are coming, and probably faster than you expect.”

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Exploring Artificial Intelligence and the Law [Brudner]

On 10/19/2019, in 21st century, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Algorithms, business, computer science, corporate / business world, law schools, legal technologies, legislatures / government / legal, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Exploring Artificial Intelligence and the Law — a presentation/video by Avi Brudner, from blue J Legal

Exploring Artificial Intelligence and the Law

 

Exploring Artificial Intelligence and the Law

 

Exploring Artificial Intelligence and the Law

 

 

 

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YouTube’s algorithm hacked a human vulnerability, setting a dangerous precedent [Birmingham]

On 10/19/2019, in bots, computer science, emerging technologies, engineering, ethics, Google, leadership, morals/values, platforms, policy, programming, psychology, society, sociology, technologies for your home, the downsides of how people use tech, tools, United States, vendors, by Daniel Christian

YouTube’s algorithm hacked a human vulnerability, setting a dangerous precedent — from which-50.com by Andrew Birmingham

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

Even as YouTube’s recommendation algorithm was rolled out with great fanfare, the fuse was already burning. A project of The Google Brain and designed to optimise engagement, it did something unforeseen — and potentially dangerous.

Today, we are all living with the consequences.

As Zeynep Tufekci, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina, explained to attendees of Hitachi Vantara’s Next 2019 conference in Las Vegas this week, “What the developers did not understand at the time is that YouTube’ algorithm had discovered a human vulnerability. And it was using this [vulnerability] at scale to increase YouTube’s engagement time — without a single engineer thinking, ‘is this what we should be doing?’”

 

The consequence of the vulnerability — a natural human tendency to engage with edgier ideas — led to YouTube’s users being exposed to increasingly extreme content, irrespective of their preferred areas of interest.
…
“What they had done was use machine learning to increase watch time. But what the machine learning system had done was to discover a human vulnerability. And that human vulnerability is that things that are slightly edgier are more attractive and more interesting.”

 

From DSC:
Just because we can…

 

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