The Misapplication of AI
We should be genuinely worried about the hubris of the captains of AI.
economics
How To Teach with AI and Still Put People First
By Jon Ippolito Worried that generative AI might have killed the student essay? An “AI sandwich” may resurrect learning through writing for the ChatGPT age.
Digital curation jobs more than doubled in 2022
Demand for professionals who can manage collections of digital heritage and data continues to climb rapidly as related job postings rose by 130% in 2022, according to an analysis by UMaine’s Digital Curation program. This is a dramatic surge compared to the 61% increase over the pandemic years between 2019 and 2021.
Three-year study shows 60% increase in demand for digital curation
A three-year analysis of jobs advertised on Twitter suggests that the pandemic increased demand for digital curation professionals, which has grown by almost two-thirds since 2019. Despite the maturity of the field–UMaine’s Digital Curation graduate program was launched in 2021–there still appears to be no consensus on what to call these positions, whose titles have …
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NFTs: the promises and perils of crypto-art
NFTs hold out the promise of democratizing art by letting digital creators sell their works directly to collectors. But does the reality hold up to the hype?
Digital Curation tuition discount extended to Spring 2015
Good news for out-of-state and international students interested in the University of Maine’s online Digital Curation graduate program. The University has extended its long-distance discount to students who enroll in the Certificate by this spring.
Demand grows for Digital Curation
The University of Maine’s online program in digital curation has been growing quickly, with applications to the graduate certificate tripling over the past two years. It’s good timing, because US employer demand for digital curation professionals grew 60% from 2010 to 2013. That’s according to a report just out from the Education Advisory Board, which …
$10 piracy settlements signal that file-sharing is the new normal
By now university administrators and IT departments are accustomed to passing on letters from the music industry accusing students of sharing music illegally over the Internet. What’s surprising about the latest round of letters from the RIAA is that they offer to settle piracy charges with students for only $10 or $20, despite recent high-profile …
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What good is knowledge that can’t be shared?
Maine Public Radio highlights the debate over open access to scholarly publications in conversation with Still Water’s Jon Ippolito and his fellow colleagues from the University of Maine.
Maine-based sharing networks in the news
Still Water’s co-directors are in the news this month in articles about an online song-and-story sampler and crowdfunding for indie movie projects.