Fantastic post. I will be coming back to it over the course of the week to fill out my already full slate of newsletters. The notes on google search alerts were eye-opening. Thinking about a post myself on podcasts. Wonder if you have any you listen to?
Thanks for reading Rob and glad to know it's helpful.
I keep wanting to try to listen to more podcasts--I really do...but over the decades, I've gotten so used to listening to audiobooks (as in 3-5 audiobooks a week), it's such a hard habit to break to interweave podcasts...there's definitely a bunch that I've bookmarked or have been recommended.
You have to use the media that works for you. I can't do audiobooks when driving because I lose the thread of the story, but for some reason podcasts work. In any case, it leaves me an opening for a similar AI Log post focused on podcasts.
As for audiobooks--yeah, I also know that different genres work better for me in audio than in reading.
The other secret I learned with not losing the thread...listening at faster speeds than they talk. We can hear much faster than we can talk and audiobook narrators are supposed to be deliberate. This results in way too much time between words and sentences for our mind to wander. But if the audiobook is playing at a closer clip to what we can listen to, it is harder to get distracted :)
Thanks for rounding all the info up in one place (and for the shoutout). It's always helpful to see how others are keeping up. Lately I'm trying to do a deeper dive into specific subtopics within AI that interest me even if it means I can't be as informed about some other headlines, tools, features, etc. I've been thinking about starting a weekly or monthly thread in the AI in Ed Google Group where everyone shares just one link with a one-sentence annotation explaining why it's useful.
I hear you about the deeper topics. I'm still finding folks needing somewhere to dip toes into the water or find practical uses. I haven't been able to do as much of the latter but getting there.
Yeah--I really like that annotated exploration approach. I'm working with 2 colleagues to also think about creating a practice repository for folks doing faculty support in higher ed. Like what are the things you're doing that can help you (and others) in your work around support faculty (e.g. instructional/learning design, faculty developers, librarians, etc).
I really appreciate the range of folks doing distinct things that all seems to be helping in different ways!
Fantastic post. I will be coming back to it over the course of the week to fill out my already full slate of newsletters. The notes on google search alerts were eye-opening. Thinking about a post myself on podcasts. Wonder if you have any you listen to?
Thanks for reading Rob and glad to know it's helpful.
I keep wanting to try to listen to more podcasts--I really do...but over the decades, I've gotten so used to listening to audiobooks (as in 3-5 audiobooks a week), it's such a hard habit to break to interweave podcasts...there's definitely a bunch that I've bookmarked or have been recommended.
You have to use the media that works for you. I can't do audiobooks when driving because I lose the thread of the story, but for some reason podcasts work. In any case, it leaves me an opening for a similar AI Log post focused on podcasts.
YES! That would be great!
As for audiobooks--yeah, I also know that different genres work better for me in audio than in reading.
The other secret I learned with not losing the thread...listening at faster speeds than they talk. We can hear much faster than we can talk and audiobook narrators are supposed to be deliberate. This results in way too much time between words and sentences for our mind to wander. But if the audiobook is playing at a closer clip to what we can listen to, it is harder to get distracted :)
Thanks for the shoutout Lance!
Here are a few of my favorite posts from some others you mentioned in the list.
- From Marc Watkins: https://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/chatbots-stink-writers-need-better
- From John Warner: https://biblioracle.substack.com/p/chatgpt-cant-kill-anything-worth
Yeah--I really like Warner in general--I just wish his books would be turned into audiobooks so I could have time to read them!!!
Thanks for rounding all the info up in one place (and for the shoutout). It's always helpful to see how others are keeping up. Lately I'm trying to do a deeper dive into specific subtopics within AI that interest me even if it means I can't be as informed about some other headlines, tools, features, etc. I've been thinking about starting a weekly or monthly thread in the AI in Ed Google Group where everyone shares just one link with a one-sentence annotation explaining why it's useful.
Thanks Daniel for reading and commenting!
I hear you about the deeper topics. I'm still finding folks needing somewhere to dip toes into the water or find practical uses. I haven't been able to do as much of the latter but getting there.
Yeah--I really like that annotated exploration approach. I'm working with 2 colleagues to also think about creating a practice repository for folks doing faculty support in higher ed. Like what are the things you're doing that can help you (and others) in your work around support faculty (e.g. instructional/learning design, faculty developers, librarians, etc).
I really appreciate the range of folks doing distinct things that all seems to be helping in different ways!