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An AI hiring firm says it can predict job hopping based on your interviews
Karen Hao, MIT Technology Review, 2020/07/29

This article should be classified under the heading of examples where artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics are replacing credentials and degrees in the hiring process. It's not being presented that way - it's being presented in part as gee whiz technology (aka, the headline) and in part as justification for AI-supported hiring, specifically, "the makers themselves argue that algorithmic hiring helps correct for human biases. Algorithms can be tested and tweaked, whereas human biases are much harder to correct." It cites a study analyzing algorithmic screening companies (covered previously in OLDaily here) and then takes a longer look at a new preprint (22 page PDF) from Australia-based PredictiveHire focusing on the detection of job-hopping.

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10 Recommendations for Peer Engagement & Consultation
Corey Ranger, BCcampus, 2020/07/29

I really like where this peer consultation process is coming from and especially the desire to do more than token consultations. I also note that every person was compensated, so consultation was not limited to those with free time and no need for money. The ten recommendations are derived from their experience consulting 271 peers for the development, implementation, and evaluation of a Provincial Peer Training Curriculum for people with lived/living experience (PWLLE) in mental health and substance use. The recommendations themselves (1 page PDF) (suitable for framing) form a sound basis (in my opinion) for consultation and consensus. There are no shortcuts. "Understand that your outcomes are null and void if your process is harmful, tokenizing, or oppressive."

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Teaching from Home: Some Technical Advice
Mikio Akagi, 2020/07/29

This article is just what the title claims it is: a longish set of sound technical advice for people using online audio and video. There's no advice on pedagogy, and it's presented as a menu of options, rather than as a prescription. It's not intended to be read top-to-bottom, but rather browsed on an as-needed basis.

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Online Learning Is Not The Problem, Bad Design Is
Luis Alvarado, Medium, 2020/07/29

This isn't an especially long or detailed article, but it makes a point that needs to be made over and over, it seems. "Simply placing content and quizzing students with various assessments will no longer suffice for creating an online course. Where is the community? Where is exploration? Where is the opportunity to create? ...  Instructors and Instructional Designers need to place themselves in the perspective of the students. More time needs to be spent focusing on how you can get learners doing and less time reading/listening."

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