"Many students are simply refusing to do *anything*."

https://bsky.app/profile/jesbattis.bsky.social/post/3m6pvvkojqk2l

#study #learning #education #student #students #knowledge #university #universities #academic

Asking for a friend: Do you know any scientific evidence that #OpenSource and #OpenResearchSoftware lead to more software innovation and/or scientific evidence than #ClosedSource?

Common sense (transparency, reproducibility..) is clear. But there are certainly studies that have also dealt with this scientifically. Recommendations?

Boosts are welcome!

#Academic #Science #FediHelp #OpenScience #ResearchSoftware #FAIR

"Many students are simply refusing to do *anything*."

https://bsky.app/profile/jesbattis.bsky.social/post/3m6pvvkojqk2l

#study #learning #education #student #students #knowledge #university #universities #academic

Asking for a friend: Do you know any scientific evidence that #OpenSource and #OpenResearchSoftware lead to more software innovation and/or scientific evidence than #ClosedSource?

Common sense (transparency, reproducibility..) is clear. But there are certainly studies that have also dealt with this scientifically. Recommendations?

Boosts are welcome!

#Academic #Science #FediHelp #OpenScience #ResearchSoftware #FAIR

at a recent meeting discussing the use of #LLMs #AI in #teaching, it was clear to me that if someone is smart then there is no guarantee that they cannot also be very stupid. even worse, the smarter they are then the higher the risk that this poses because few will question their stupidity. …i wish we could move away from #academic #FOMO … #GenerativeAI is an enormous risk to teaching and learning (as well as posing serious legal and ethical questions, in general).

As an #Academic, do you reject #Elsevier and other for-profit publishers? Do you think they should stop going in the way of free exchange of knowledge?
Or maybe you think Elsevier is not that bad and wonder why people are concerned with them?

In both cases, have a look at this list of researchers pledging to stop supporting Elsevier:
http://thecostofknowledge.com/index.php

And if you are convinced... add your name to the list :)

Quoting @djoerd for the link:
https://idf.social/@djoerd/115564353571445019

#ScientificPublishing #Research #Academia #AcademicChatter

at a recent meeting discussing the use of #LLMs #AI in #teaching, it was clear to me that if someone is smart then there is no guarantee that they cannot also be very stupid. even worse, the smarter they are then the higher the risk that this poses because few will question their stupidity. …i wish we could move away from #academic #FOMO … #GenerativeAI is an enormous risk to teaching and learning (as well as posing serious legal and ethical questions, in general).

As an #Academic, do you reject #Elsevier and other for-profit publishers? Do you think they should stop going in the way of free exchange of knowledge?
Or maybe you think Elsevier is not that bad and wonder why people are concerned with them?

In both cases, have a look at this list of researchers pledging to stop supporting Elsevier:
http://thecostofknowledge.com/index.php

And if you are convinced... add your name to the list :)

Quoting @djoerd for the link:
https://idf.social/@djoerd/115564353571445019

#ScientificPublishing #Research #Academia #AcademicChatter

I'm getting desperate so am turning to the Fedi for help. Boosts will be appreciated.

I really need to find a private tutor of East Syriac. I do know Classical Arabic which I've heard helps, but can't find any sources or courses.

@medievodons @histodons #Syriac #Academic #History #Medieval #Medievallanguages #language

I'm getting desperate so am turning to the Fedi for help. Boosts will be appreciated.

I really need to find a private tutor of East Syriac. I do know Classical Arabic which I've heard helps, but can't find any sources or courses.

@medievodons @histodons #Syriac #Academic #History #Medieval #Medievallanguages #language

#Linux #ubuntu question: my limitation to ditch windows entirely is that I need to be able to do #academic writing #WordProcessor, i. e. texts with footnotes and with access to my library database. have been using #notabene for decades and have an extensive library database built up. so far I have been unable to run Notabene on Linux. tried exporting the library database to #zotero once and that was a mess. any thoughts appreciated...