Learning Ecosystems

OpenAI Says DALL-E Is Generating Over 2 Million Images a Day—and That’s Just Table Stakes [Dorrier]

On 10/04/2022, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, design, digital video, disruption, emerging technologies, Facebook / Meta Platforms, graphics, media/film, open courseware and systems, vendors, by Daniel Christian

OpenAI Says DALL-E Is Generating Over 2 Million Images a Day—and That’s Just Table Stakes — from singularityhub.com by Jason Dorrier

Excerpt:

The venerable stock image site, Getty, boasts a catalog of 80 million images. Shutterstock, a rival of Getty, offers 415 million images. It took a few decades to build up these prodigious libraries.

Now, it seems we’ll have to redefine prodigious. In a blog post last week, OpenAI said its machine learning algorithm, DALL-E 2, is generating over two million images a day. At that pace, its output would equal Getty and Shutterstock combined in eight months. The algorithm is producing almost as many images daily as the entire collection of free image site Unsplash.

And that was before OpenAI opened DALL-E 2 to everyone.

Here’s a look at what DALL·E 2 can do. ???

Want to see more? Follow along on Instagram: https://t.co/eKejIFxWdn

— OpenAI (@OpenAI) April 6, 2022

From DSC:
Further on down that Tweet is this example image — wow!
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On the video side of things, also relevant/see:

Meta’s new text-to-video AI generator is like DALL-E for video — from theverge.com by James Vincent
Just type a description and the AI generates matching footage

A sample video generated by Meta’s new AI text-to-video model, Make-A-Video. The text prompt used to create the video was “a teddy bear painting a portrait.” Image: Meta

From DSC:
Hmmm…I wonder…how might these emerging technologies impact copyrights, intellectual property, and/or other types of legal matters and areas?

More adults, low-income students enroll when community colleges offer bachelor’s degrees, study suggests [Schwartz]

On 10/04/2022, in business side of he, community colleges, higher education, leadership, learning ecosystem, United States, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

More adults, low-income students enroll when community colleges offer bachelor’s degrees, study suggests — from highereddive.com by Natalie Schwartz

Dive Brief:

Community colleges that begin offering bachelor’s degrees see enrollment increases, including among low-income students and those who are age 25 and older, according to new research published in Community College Review, a peer-reviewed journal.
However, the research is inconclusive on whether community college baccalaureate degrees increase enrollment of students of underrepresented races, which include those who are African American, Hispanic, Native American and multiracial.
Opponents of community colleges offering bachelor’s degrees often argue that these programs cause institutions to drift away from their missions of serving underrepresented students. But the new research suggests that the programs actually reinforce community colleges’ commitments to certain disadvantaged student populations.

5 college recruiting lessons from a mom and a marketer [Lamphier]

On 10/04/2022, in business side of he, colleges, community colleges, higher education, ideas, leadership, marketing/social marketing, productivity / tips and tricks, strategy, United States, by Daniel Christian

5 college recruiting lessons from a mom and a marketer — from highereddive.com by Denise Lamphier
The executive director of communications and marketing at Central College, in Iowa, shares what she learned from her own child’s college search.

Excerpt:

Just after that first piece arrived, I proposed the idea to E.J. to collaborate on a four-year project together, reviewing admission materials. As part of the project, he wrote some journal entries about the mailings. Then I took the pieces to my office at Central and taped them on the wall. This allowed my team to see the four-year progression of materials that a high school student receives from colleges. E.J. also offered me access to his school email account so I could read all the college emails he amassed.

The following statistics reflect his recruitment experience in a numbers nutshell:

One student. Four years. Ninety different colleges and universities. A total of 5,228 emails. Four military recruitment brochures, 23 handwritten notes, 302 postcards, and 162 viewbooks and pamphlets mailed alone. That’s in addition to 130 letters, often including viewbooks, applications or other materials. And we mustn’t forget one yellow flying disc mailed as an irregular parcel.

All to elicit one decision.

Addendum on 10/10/22:

4 more insights from a mom and a marketer — from highereddive.com by Denise Lamphier
The executive director of communications and marketing at Central College, in Iowa, shares more of what she learned from her child’s college search.

The Key To Becoming A Lifelong Learner, With Amrit Ahluwalia Editor In Chief At The EvoLLLution Episode 79

On 10/04/2022, in adult learning, business, career development, colleges, community colleges, credentialing, higher education, learning ecosystem, lifelong learning, United States, universities, vendors, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

The Key To Becoming A Lifelong Learner, With Amrit Ahluwalia Editor In Chief At The EvoLLLution Episode 79 — from thefutureofwork.libsyn.com

From Pasadena City College:
We are leading the conversation of how to begin closing the gap between what our students are learning and what the demands of the workforce will be once they enter. Listen Now.

Another reason why I call this blog “Learning Ecosystems” [Christian]

On 10/04/2022, in Daniel S. Christian, instructional design, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, vendors, by Daniel Christian

Excerpt from this article from GSV Ventures

Multimodal — CoRise’s suite of learning modalities — synchronous instruction, asynchronous instruction, peer-to-peer learning, TA-supported learning, project-based learning — combined together deliver a unique and rich learning experience.

From DSC:
This nicely outlines another reason why I call this blog Learning Ecosystems — as there are many forms for learning and things are constantly changing/morphing.

Also from GSV Ventures:

Gamification in corporate training: 10 examples and techniques — from bigthink.com by Michael Wiseman
Brands like BMW, Walmart, and IBM are seeing big wins from the use of gamification in corporate training. Here’s how.

21st-Century Skills That Every Learner Needs [studycorgi.com]

On 10/04/2022, in 21st century, Blockchain, bots, collaboration, communications, copyright/ownership/NFTs, creativity, innovation, leadership, learning, learning ecosystem, new media literacies, pace of change, skills, technology (general), by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
The Ultimate List of 21-Century Skills – 2022 that’s on that page lists fifty skills. Whew! That’s a lot of skills. I doubt anyone will have them all. But the posting/infographic has a lot of fodder for further reflection and growth.

Digital Learning Definitions — from wcet.wiche.edu

Excerpt:

Higher education uses many variations of terms to describe slightly different digital learning modalities, such as: “in-person,” “online,” “hybrid,” “hyflex,” “synchronous,” “asynchronous,” and many more. These variations have long confused students, faculty, administrators, and the general public,

WCET has worked on this issue in the past, and continues to advocate for simple, easy to understand terms that can bring consistent agreement to the use of these phrases. The WCET Steering Committee has made it a priority to attack this issue.

In 2022, WCET sponsored and led a partnership with Bay View Analytics and the Canadian Digital Learning Research Association to conduct a survey to explore the use of the terms by higher education professionals. The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), Quality Matters (QM), and the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) assisted with survey participation and promotion. The works published below highlight the findings of the study.

Also relevant/see:

What’s in a name? Definitions of digital learning — from tonybates.ca Tony Bates

Some scripture for you

On 10/04/2022, in Uncategorized, by Daniel Christian

James 3:17

17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.

2 Corinthians 13:14
14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Proverbs 4:23

²³Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.

2 Corinthians 10:17-18

¹⁷But, “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.” ¹⁸For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

²⁵Fear of man will prove to be a snare,
but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

Inclusive Education For Students With Hearing Impairment [Gupta]

On 10/04/2022, in A/V -- audio/visual, Bias | Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DE&I), communications, digital audio, India, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, learning spaces, motivation, neurodivergent/special needs, parents/guardians, participation, smart classrooms, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, tools, writing, by Daniel Christian

Inclusive Education For Students With Hearing Impairment — from edtechreview.in by Priyanka Gupta

Excerpt:

The following may be difficult for a student with a hearing impairment:

The subjects of spelling, grammar, and vocabulary
Making notes while listening to lectures
Participate, engage or understand classroom discussions
Understand educational videos
Present oral reports

This kind of thing needs to happen in law schools across many countries. [Christian]

On 10/04/2022, in 21st century, Africa, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, Asia, Australia, Blockchain, bots, Canada, copyright/ownership/NFTs, cryptocurrencies, emerging technologies, Europe, law schools, legislatures / government / legal, robotics, society, UK, United States, by Daniel Christian

HSF embraces the metaverse with new digital law course for students — from legalcheek.com by Thomas Connelly

Excerpt:

The global law firm has launched a series of free workshops exploring how lawyers help clients navigate novel legal and regulatory issues relating to techy-topics including the metaverse, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), robotics and artificial intelligence (AI).

From DSC:
This kind of thing needs to happen in law schools across many countries.

The consequences of our legal pace in the U.S. seems to already be having seriously negative ramifications [Christian]

On 10/04/2022, in change, Daniel S. Christian, data related items, emerging technologies, Europe, future, innovation, internet, IT in HE, law schools, Legal operations, legal reform, legal technologies, legislatures / government / legal, policy, political science, United States, by Daniel Christian

Also relevant/see the following post I created roughly a month ago:

In the USA, the perspectives of the ABA re: online-based learning — and their take on the pace of change — are downright worrisome.

In that posting I said:

For an industry in the 21st century whose main accreditation/governance body for law schools still won’t let more online learning occur without waivers…how can our nation expect future lawyers and law firms to be effective in an increasingly tech-enabled world?

The pace of the ABA is like that of a tortoise, while the pace of change is exponential

A team of Stanford, MIT, and Harvard scientists finds “weaker ties” are more beneficial for job seekers on LinkedIn [news.stanford.edu]

On 10/03/2022, in career development, experimentation, Microsoft, parents/guardians, research, strategy, student-related, United States, universities, workplace, by Daniel Christian

The real strength of weak ties — from news.stanford.edu; with thanks to Roberto Ferraro for this resource
A team of Stanford, MIT, and Harvard scientists finds “weaker ties” are more beneficial for job seekers on LinkedIn.

Excerpt:

A team of researchers from Stanford, MIT, Harvard, and LinkedIn recently conducted the largest experimental study to date on the impact of digital job sites on the labor market and found that weaker social connections have a greater beneficial effect on job mobility than stronger ties.

“A practical implication of the research is that it’s helpful to reach out to people beyond your immediate friends and colleagues when looking for a new job,” explained Erik Brynjolfsson, who is the Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professor at Stanford University. “People with whom you have weaker ties are more likely to have information or connections that are useful and relevant.”

Interesting: “California Moves Forward to Allow Vital Records to be Issued on Blockchain”

On 10/03/2022, in Blockchain, emerging technologies, experimentation, health, legislatures / government / legal, United States, by Daniel Christian

California Moves Forward to Allow Vital Records to be Issued on Blockchain — from coindesk.com by Jesse Hamilton
Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law [last] week that establishes a blockchain option for delivering individuals’ records, such as birth and marriage certificates

Speaking of blockchain, these next two resources comes from Roberto Ferraro’s weekly enewsletter:

Blockchain 101 – A Visual Demo — from andersbrownworth.com

Blockchain 101 – Part 2 – Public / Private Keys and Signing

Futures Literacy: shaping your present by reimagining futures [Damhof & Badminton]

On 10/03/2022, in Emotion, future, ideas, morals/values, by Daniel Christian

Futures Literacy: shaping your present by reimagining futures — from futurist.com by Nikolas Badminton and Loes Damhof

Learning Ecosystems

More adults, low-income students enroll when community colleges offer bachelor’s degrees, study suggests [Schwartz]

5 college recruiting lessons from a mom and a marketer [Lamphier]

The Key To Becoming A Lifelong Learner, With Amrit Ahluwalia Editor In Chief At The EvoLLLution Episode 79

Another reason why I call this blog “Learning Ecosystems” [Christian]

21st-Century Skills That Every Learner Needs [studycorgi.com]

Digital Learning Definitions [WCET]

Some scripture for you

Interesting: “California Moves Forward to Allow Vital Records to be Issued on Blockchain”

Futures Literacy: shaping your present by reimagining futures [Damhof & Badminton]

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