Lance Eaton is a writer, educator, and researcher behind AI+Education Simplified and a long-time advocate for open education, technology equity, and rethinking academic publishing.
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Episode Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:06 Defining Big I and Small i Innovations
04:25 Tracing AI's effects in Education
06:15 Evaluating Innovations in Education
08:05 On scaling Small i Innovations Responsibly
12:08 Guardrails for Evaluating New Tools
15:43 On Assessments in Higher Education
19:58 Building Trust and Relationships in Education
23:54 The Role of AI in Student Assessment
27:51 Concerns About AI Detectors and Predictive Analytics
31:13 Minimum Viable AI Policy Architecture
34:44 Defining Success for AI Policies in Education
37:08 Implementing AI Policies in Education
38:22 Crowdsourcing AI Policies: Insights and Trends
40:15 Norms in AI Syllabi: Verification and Attribution
41:26 The Serials Crisis in Academic Publishing
42:30 The Rise of For-Profit Publishers
44:44 The Impact of Subscription Models on Access
46:43 The Ethics of Academic Piracy
49:29 The Role of Academic Pirate Networks
50:37 Rethinking Copyright in the Age of AI
52:40 The Future of Open Access and AI
59:33 Access Disparities in Global Academia
01:01:50 The Interplay of Open Licensing and AI
01:06:19 Lance Eaton's Vision for the Future
Resources and Links
Lance's Substack AI + Education = Simplified
Lance's Syllabi Policies for Generative AI Repository
Peter Suber, Open Access (Free Access)
Matt Beane, The Skills Code
Sci-Hub, Library Genesis, Anna’s Archive (discussed in context of academic access)
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