I don’t know if it’s my age (hello fluctuating hormones caused by perimenopause!) but I have a bit less patience some days than others. Something I get AI to help with is image creation. I have a look at various image sites to see if what I need exists already, if it doesn’t, I get … Read more
Just a short follow on from my litter data post. As I mentioned, I’m recording myself wandering the streets of West Lothian and narrating what I pick up to put in my bag. I then save a transcript of the recording, give it to an AI which produces me a list of items, highlighting any … Read more
Southampton and Newcastle universities have both said they aren’t renewing Turnitin, a similarity detection platform, going forward. Although Newcastle cites a number of reasons, both institutions mention that the non-renewal is at least partly due to Turnitin’s intention to change its End User License Agreement (EULA) and add new terms allowing them to use submissions … Read more
You may or may not know that I am an avid litter picker in my spare time. We have a very strong litter picking community in West Lothian (West Lothian Litter Pickers – WLLP) and pick thousands of bags of litter across the county year-on-year. I have volunteered to help out as the Social Media … Read more
Ok … so this is not your usual Karen blog post. It’s less about tech and more about my other interest in life – litter and the environment. There’s a lot that frustrates me about how we deal with litter and recycling in the UK… but I do eventually get to the technology bit in … Read more
I’ve been doing a bit of work that’s made me go away and think about OER in more detail than I probably have done in many years. If you don’t know about OER, they’ve been around nearly as long as I have – and have had their ups and downs. You can find out about … Read more
I’ve been doing some work to extract some SCORM packages out of a bespoke VLE and import them into Moodle as something that’s a bit more easily editable directly in Moodle. These are SCORM packages that were, in some cases, create a number of years ago and need a wee refresh. The original source packages … Read more
I’ve been doing a bit of work with Moodle this week and in particular I’ve been looking at how to do digital badges for learners within Moodle. I’m familiar with digital badges from my time at Edinburgh. We had a digital badges service (Parchment which was Canvas Credentials which was Badgr… confused???) and it was … Read more
Anyone who knows me well will know about my dislike for litter. I can often be seen wandering around Bathgate of an evening or weekend, litter picker, hoop and bags in-tow, trying to tidy up our beautiful countryside. I don’t understand why people litter in such a beautiful part of the world but that’s an … Read more
This is just a quick summary, for anyone who might find it useful, about some testing/mucking around I’ve been doing using AI to create images. In the past, where I’ve had issues finding Creative Commons Licensed images to use on newsletters, I’ve had some success generating images with AI – typically using ChatGPT or Adobe … Read more
