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Once again, SXSW in Austin was an intense and inspiring week. As an experiment, I set out to use AI during the event as a thinking partner and to help write this blog afterward. More on that in the notes at the end.
What stood out this year is that the conversation about AI has fundamentally changed. In previous years it was mostly about applications, experiments and (promised) possibilities. AI appeared in every talk, but usually as a component, often in passing, because AI was simply trendy. This year was different. AI was back as the direct subject of conversation. Not as hype or a standalone technology, but as systemic technology: a foundation beneath everything.
At first glance it seems to be mostly a large block of glass attached to a tilted stand that shows some image, but there is a little bit more going on than meets the eye. Started as a Kickstarter project in July 2018, and quickly reaching its funding goal and going far beyond, the Looking Glass is an interesting new holographic display device.
eduID is a digital student identity, independent of any institution. Currently, eduID offers a way for educational institutions to grant guests - for example lecturers and researchers from other institutions and external advisors - access to internal systems. That, however is just the beginning for eduID. A possible future for eduID lies in the concept of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI), a novel approach to digital identity which puts the user at the center. During the second half of 2021, on behalf of the eduID project team, I explored what eduID could look like as an SSI and what standards could be used to implement such an SSI system.
In 2025, over seven million people bought Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses. They look like ordinary eyewear. They record video and audio; it’s causing problems! The questions this raises are not hypothetical. Two Harvard students, and others, have demonstrated that footage from Meta Ray-Ban glasses could be linked to facial recognition systems to identify strangers in public. (Example 1, Example 2)
More recently, a joint investigation by two Swedish newspapers found that footage recorded by the glasses, including deeply private moments, is reviewed by human contractors in Kenya, with workers describing repeated exposure to bathroom visits, people undressing, and bank card details.
What makes these devices different is that the unwritten rules we rely on to navigate public space, eye contact, the phone on the table, the camera pointed at you, simply weren't written with this in mind. Moreover, the safety features put into the camera are being hacked and changed to be even more difficult to notice. So, what can we do? Article Cover Image from link
Hoe bereid je studenten voor op specifieke casuïstiek in de praktijk? Sommige praktijksituaties komen weinig voor en andere zijn simpelweg niet toegankelijk voor studenten. Dit is een probleem waar veel opleidingen tegenaan lopen. Om studenten toch te laten oefenen met dergelijke praktijksituaties hebben deskundigen van het Radboudumc een extended-reality-tool (XR) ontwikkeld die in diverse opleidingen inzetbaar is. In deze tool kan een 3D-model geïmplementeerd worden op basis van foto’s van een specifieke casus zodat complexe structuren inzichtelijk worden voor studenten. Op deze manier kan eenzelfde casus onderzocht worden door meerdere studenten, op verschillende momenten.
Er is behoefte aan meer inspirerende voorbeelden van online binding in het onderwijs. Dat werd wel duidelijk tijdens het webinar Online Binding en de SURF Onderwijsdagen. En of we voorbeelden voor je hebben! Petra Wentzel van de community Online Binding deelt ze iedere woensdag in ‘Een koffie break met…’. En daar komen handige tips uit voor online binding met studenten. Van docenten, voor docenten!
Update 15 februari 2021: nieuwe tips toegevoegd.
