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Using social media to tackle ‘wicked’ problems: rethinking collective decision-making | Tony Bates
Tony Bates, Online learning and distance education resources, 2024/11/22

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Tony Bates lauds this video by  Anna De Liddo describing social technologies designed to address complex social problems (aka 'wicked' problems, though I hate that term). He suggests starting at the 10 minute mark, but I would recommend jumping ahead to 20. There's a paper on Democratic Reflection that presents "a tool for nudging citizens' democratic engagement with political election debates" but which is  unfortunately behind an expensive paywall (not very democratic, if you ask me). There's a presentation of the tool by Alvaro Martinez Perez and here's a paper (42 page PDF) describing one of the projects, the Cohere CI Dashboard. Also, if you're not familiar with the Open University's Knowledge Media Institute (KMI), be sure to check out their projects and technologies.

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OpenAI partners with Wharton for a new course focused on leveraging ChatGPT for teachers
Preston Fore, Fortune Education, 2024/11/22

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The original title for this article was "Exclusive: ChatGPT is creating 'absolute chaos' in education. OpenAI and Wharton are teaming up to educate teachers about using gen AI effectively." The current title captures the story more effectively. And the real story is in the pairing of OpenAI and Wharton. "The new class is co-taught by (Lita) Lilach and Ethan Mollick of the University of Pennsylvania—who have dedicated their lives to AI education. They are the co-founders of the school's generative AI lab." Here's a video promo for the course.

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