Leif Nelson (@leifnelson) 's Twitter Profile
Leif Nelson

@leifnelson

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Register for the #IndustryWeb Innovation at the Intersection of Technology and Teaching. Join Leif Nelson and contemplate the role of innovation as it relates to the function of #HigherEd as a public good. events.educause.edu/webinar/2018/i… #EdTech

Register for the #IndustryWeb Innovation at the Intersection of Technology and Teaching. Join <a href="/leifnelson/">Leif Nelson</a> and contemplate the role of innovation as it relates to the function of #HigherEd as a public good. events.educause.edu/webinar/2018/i… #EdTech
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I feel fortunate to work with such brilliant colleagues. "Boise State University Awarded $3.5 Million to Research Storing Data on DNA" news.boisestate.edu/update/2018/08…

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Anyone know of "history of AI and machine learning in education" type summaries or taxonomies? #edtech #ai #edresearch #education

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The language of adaptive learning & analytics, as in this Educause video, advances a neo-Fordist ideology and instrumental rationalism (i.e., "efficiency") while distorting individuality and equity disq.us/t/3i4p831 #preparingformydissertationdefense

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Higher education is often framed as serving the needs of "industry" or "the economy" with special attention to making the poor and people of color "employable." I wonder if this rhetoric is helping to solve inequality or if it is reinforcing it? e.g., University Innovation Alliance (UIA) The Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning

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Check out my dissertation. It has something for everyone: history, science, politics, linguistics, big data, economics . . . #edtech scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/1622/

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Let me protest against the common method of estimating intellectual work by numerical standards alone. If such a standard were allowable, the largest number of scholars taught by the cheapest teacher would be the greatest success. . . this is wrong, absolutely wrong. Gilman, 1885

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Among black families, the average financial benefit of a college degree fell to zero for those born in the ’70s and 80's. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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Being flexible goes beyond the mere mechanics of making exceptions and allowances...it creates a culture of compassion and care …ystem.educationtechnologyinsights.com/cxoinsights/fl…