by Ruth Shillair and Bill Dutton There has been much discussion of how reliance on digital media might undermine skills in reading and writing, as with pen and paper, and, in American education, with a copy of The Elements of Style by W. Strunk Jr.& E.B. White. But the loss of traditional skills goes far … Continue reading Reading and Writing Skills: Flipping the Digital Divide?
artificial intelligence
THE SOUL OF THE MACHINE
[This post was written by A. Michael Noll and distributed here with the permission of the author.] It is nothing new. For decades, we have been fascinated with digital computing machines – thinking machines. For decades we have been using human terms to characterize them – intelligent. Artificial intelligence (AI) is over a half-century old. … Continue reading THE SOUL OF THE MACHINE
Meetings!
Bill Dutton with Dr. Ruth Shillair After reading one more litany of complaints about ‘meetings’, I must come to their defense. Harry Wallop’s article ‘Are meetings pointless?’ in The Sunday Times (12 August 2026) stirred me to answer his question. While balanced, his article basically calls into question the value of meetings. So let me … Continue reading Meetings!