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Agenda• Topics & resources re: Artificial Intelligence (AI)• A potential, future next-gen learning platform• The powerful impact of pursuing a vision• Share some lessons from my past
• The significant impact of an organization’s culture

NOTES:• This presentation can be found out at:danielschristian.com/ETOM• At the end of this presentation, there are several slides for people to check out re: EdTech and Learning
Science.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Some key topics & resources

What is multimodal Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
• AI systems that can process and understand multiple types of dataor modes of information• Typically includes text, images, audio, & video; sometimes code
• Can reason across multiple media, mimicking what humans do

The major multi-modal players: OpenAI
Open AI’s ChatGPT as of May 2024 at GPT-4o (ofor “omni”)• Popular & widely available AI assistant• Real-time conversational speech/results• 23 videos re: GPT-4o• ChatGPT for macOS lets you share screenshots& ask Qs about it• GPT-4o is open to all, including free plans• Dall*E3 for text-to-image• Sora for text-to-video• Try ChatGPT here

The major multi-modal players: Google
Google’s Gemini  now at Gemini 1.5 Pro; formerly Bard
• Powering multiple applications• Project Astra – a real-time, multimodal AI assistant• Veo – video generation model• Imagen 3 – text-to-image model• Try Gemini here.

Other major multi-modal players
Microsoft’s Copilot for Microsoft 365
formerly Bing Chat

• Runs on GPT-4 & DALL-E 3, excels at coding,text generation• Introduced Copilot+PCs (May 2024)• Try Copilot here

Anthropic’s Claude 3 (trained on data through Aug 2023)• Designed to emulate more human-like responses• Impressive language understanding• Exceptional in generating creative and insightful text
• Via tool use, can interact with external tools & APIs
• Try Claude here.

Other major multi-modal players
Meta AI• Built with Llama 3 with strengths in handling large datasets• Open-source model with mobile device integration• Understands what’s in an image & what people are asking of it• Can use on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & Messenger• Try Meta AI here

Perplexity• Easy-to-use alternative to traditional search engines• Always up-to-date, in real-time• Conversational style – can understand context, nuances• Clear, concise, accurate, & informative content – with citings• Just released Pages – educators, researchers, hobbyists• Try Perplexity here.

Resources…
…for learning about AIResources for learning about AI
The Neuron by Pete Huang &Noah Edelman• Newsletter• Podcast

The Rundown AI• Links to articles• Step-by-step guides• Tools• AI jobs• AI & tech news

Resources for learning about AI
Ethan Mollick

Wharton (U of Penn) Associate Professor of Mgmt
Academic Director, Wharton Interactive

Heather Cooper: Visually AI
Newsletter

Tools, techniques, vendors, and individuals
who focus on visual content and storytellingResources for learning about AI
Lance Eaton

AI + Education = Simplified
Focus on HE

Zain Kahn
Superhuman AI

Resources for learning about AI
Donald Clark Plan B

Tom Barrett

Promptcraft e-newsletter
Blog focuses more on ed & edtech

Resources for learning about AI
Anna Mills – Writing teacher
Website | Twitter

Robert Gibson
LinkedIn

Dean, ITAS & Dir of Instructional Design

Resources for learning about AI
Amanda Bickerstaff
Founder/CEO AI for Education

Matt Wolfe: Future Tools

Resources for learning about AI
Dr. Philippa Hardman

Stefan Bauschard• Ideas & pedagogies• Science of learning• Impacts of AI• Learning Experience Design

Machine Learnings – by Sam
DeBrule and Brendan Langen

Rhetoria – by Marc Watkins

Resources for learning about AI
Ben’s Bites

AI Valley

Nathan Benaich & Co.
State of AI

Allie K. Miller

Twitter | AI with ALLIE blog

Resources for learning about AI• Technological trends• Finding appropriate uses for AI-enabledtechnology• Supporting AI fluency• …and moreWhat are YOUR resources for learning about AI?
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Applications of AI: AI created video

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Applications of AI• Ability to produce or create text, audio/speech, images, music• Text-to-speech(ex: ElevenLabs)• Text-to-image(Adobe Firefly, Open AI’s DALL-E 3,
Stable Diffusion, Midjourney,
Microsoft’s Copilot Designer,
Google DeepMind’s Imagen 3)• Text-to-video(ex: AI Studios, synthesia)• Text-to-music(ex: Snapmuse, Stable Audio, Suno)Applications of AI• AI writing tools/text editing• Grammarly• Microsoft Word Copilot• AI within Google Docs
• Lex
• Wordtune• Stylebot• Numerous others• AI voice generators/voiceovers• ElevenLabs• ElevenLabs > Turn your voice into passive income.
Share your voice in the Voice Library today and earn cash rewards when it's used.

• Canva• AI music generators• Udio• Canva

Colossyan: “The AI video platform for workplace learning”

Applications of AI• Answer questions• Write code
• Write emails, blog posts, articles, essays• Generate designs for graphics, logos, product prototypes• Generate ideas/brainstorming• Aid with developing a solid resume• Create simulations

Applications of AI• Learning-related• Mock interviews/role-playing• Personalize learning (more later)• Aid with developing interactive training• Develop content• Explore new topics• Research products• Increase accessibility via automatic image descriptions & transcripts• Automatic language translations• Helpful with content localization

Applications of AI• Game development; plus personalized gaming experiences• Aid with vacation planning• Help with cooking – including finding recipes• Assist with fitness training

Applications of AI
character.ai

Applications of AI• How a Hollywood Director Uses
AI to Make Movies• AI comes to filmmaking — from
Bloomberg

AI Film Festival• 2023: 300 videos submitted• 2024: 3,000• 100’s of filmmakers, techies,
artists, venture capitalists andactors/actresses

Applications of AI• Medical imaging analysis• Interpret a patient’s medical history along with imaging data (x-rays,
ultrasounds, radiography) to detect patterns & diagnose diseases• Machine learning models can be used to predict consumer behavior,target advertisements, and monitor user behavior• Platforms can create personalized recommendations based on user
preferences and behavior

Applications of AI
How People Are Really Using GenAI

From HBR.org by Marc Zao-Sanders• Technical Assistance & Troubleshooting (23%)• Content Creation & Editing (22%)• Personal & Professional Support (17%)• Learning & Education (15%)• Creativity & Recreation (13%)• Research, Analysis & Decision Making (10%)

Examples from the hardware/infrastructure side of AI• NVIDIA designs the favored chips for training AI systems• Supplying the shovels for the AI Gold Rush
• 2.82 TRILLION $$ market cap (5/30/24)• Explosive growth – esp w/ data centers• Many large tech co’s are customers• Smartphones likely the key for combining thephysical world w/ digital world• Apple is working with OpenAI (source)• Wearables & small mobile devices• Rabbit R1• Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

Usage of AI
The Verge: What’s
Next With AI

Feb 2024 Consumer Survey
Methodology
In December 2023, the Vox Media
Insights and Research team surveyed
more than 2,000 consumers with ourpartner, The Circus. The Circus is an
insight and data storytelling consultancy
that specializes in original trend
research, thought leadership, andstrategic brand positioning rooted in ahuman-data centric approach.

How have YOU used AI so far?
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My predictions re: AI• An enormous # of apps will combine the physical with thedigital – esp. re: wearables & smartphones• LLMs/SLMs will continue to grow in theirknowledge & reasoning abilities• More industry-specific AI-based assistants• Healthcare• Education• Banking/finance• Legal• Etc.

My predictions re: AI• Further integration with robotics• Prompt engineering will fade awayor (at minimum) user can choose tohave prompt assistance• Increasingly integrated into allkinds of apps
• Like OpenAI’s ChatGPT desktop app formacOS (incl. screenshots)• Ability of assistants to know what
you’re working on

My predictions re: AI• Even more personalization in retail, entertainment, &consumer-facing industries• Uses will be both positive and negative• But issue here is the enormous POWER of AI – such as deepfakes,
facial recognition• Will continue to impact the legal field in significant ways

• More people will use AI for mental health assistance• More nursing homes will help elderly people use
conversational bots for company

My predictions re: AI• Better personalized/customized learning (more later)• More tools/uses for teachers & faculty members• Like Khanmigo for Teachers• Devise lesson plans, formulate Qs about assigned readings,
generate reading passages, develop quizzes & assignment
instructions, thought starters• Build a course website – or a series of modules -- from asyllabus• Curate content• Create assessments• Increased integration with LMSs/CMSs

Generative AI – An insightful quote from David Wiley“Just as instructional designs had to be updated to accountfor all the changes in affordances of online learning, they
will need to be dramatically updated again to account for
the new affordances of generative AI.”
Source > David WileyWe need further
research re: AI andthen to integrate that
research into ourclassrooms.

Brief small group breakout – 5 minutes• As we look to our students’ futures – and their co-existence with AI –what questions should we be asking? Which topics should we be
addressing?
• How is your organization handling AI?
• With the exponential pace of change andemployers wanting people with AI skills,
where does AI stand on your campus?
• Is it working on preparing students forleveraging AI or is it shutting AI down?

The power of a vision!
• No time to reflect on how Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Walt Disney, and othervisionaries changed our world!
• But back in January, we served at the Give Kids the World Village

Lessons from the corp world: The power of a vision!
Questions to reflect upon later on:• What vision is your organization pursuing? Can you and other
employees articulate it?
• Do you know where you fit in in regards to realizing that vision?
• Are there any obstacles to you, your group, or your department inrealizing it?

Learning from the Living [AI-Based Class] Room
"I've been predicting that by 2030 thelargest company on the internet isgoing to be an education-based
company* that we haven't heard ofyet," Frey, the senior futurist at the
DaVinci Institute think tank, tells
Business Insider.
Thomas Frey – Business Insider – 12/27/16* DC: Whoever creates this next-gen
learning platform.

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Attributes of this next-gen learning platform• Powerful & global• Online-based marketplace will help employers find employees• Promotes continuous, lifelong learning & skills development• Meant to help people reinvent themselves quickly & cost-effectively• Will require human beings• Many opportunities for social/ collaborative-based learning• AI will constantly provide up-to-date curricula• Focused on marketable skills• But also, items for the joy of learningPersonalized/customized learning• Learning agents will be able
to identify & remember one’s
Zone of Proximal
Development (ZPD)• Greater access to quality
education & training• Available 24x7
• Instant feedback for studentsPeople are key!
In fact, it would begreat if the platform
could provide thesign-up capability ofmeeting face-to-face(F2F) with local
people to form astudy group.

Learning from the Living [AI-Based Class] Room
“We missed something important. At theheart of education, at the heart of any
learning, is engagement. And that’s kindof the Holy Grail.”
Satya Nitta, IBM Watson Research Center -- Source

Humans will be needed to engage &inspire other humans -- to keep themfocused & motivated.

A blended intelligence approach seeks toharness the complementary strengths ofhumans and machinesEach of us will own our own learning-related records
We will be able to say whensomeone can access ourlearning-related records – andwhich ones they can access.

Brief notes on preparing our students to enter the workforce
Coming out of high school/college, I wish I knew more about:• The power of – and benefits of – networking and had developed the skills
to do it• How to find a job – developing a solid resume, dealing with Applicant
Tracking Systems• Financial planning – including doing my taxes• Basic legal-related items• What realistic career paths and expectations look like
• The importance of an organization’s culture (more later)

Brief notes on preparing our students to enter the workforce

Questions for you to reflect upon soon:• Are your students knowledgeable and/or skilled in these areas?
• If not, does your organization provide seminars/courses to address thesethings?

From the 30,000-foot level
Half of career at Fortune 500 companies• Baxter Healthcare• Kraft Foods• Wells Fargo (then a year at Old Kent Bank)

Next half working within higher education• Davenport University Online• Calvin College (now Calvin University)• Western Michigan University’s Cooley Law School

Lessons from the corp world: Baxter Healthcare• Learned the value of a customer• Lowest salary, but my most important job• Whether internal or external, everyone was my customer after that job!

• Learned that:• If I saw a problem, I shouldn’t bring it up to management without havingsome potential solutions• I wasn’t a programmer• If I was having a rough day…listening to music and taking a walk overlunchtime really helped• Major changes happen – quickly! Be ready to adapt/pivot!
(IBM & Baxter → Spectrum Healthcare)Lessons from the corp world: Kraft Foods
I believed in the benefits of email when few others did

I helped roll out email to the entire company• Started with IBM PROFs• Then rolled out Microsoft Mail – much more successful due to GUI-based
interface• The Head of HR could send instant communications to all employees – asignificant achievement at the time

Fodder for future reflection
Some things to think about at some point:• What are some technologies that you currently believe in?
• Why do you believe in them?
• Are there any drawbacks/potential harms to them?
• How can we minimize those drawbacks?

Lessons from the corp world: Kraft Foods
Never could take that face-to-face (F2F)-based Excel class I needed• Thresholds never met at the vendor

ICC, JR.
• Let me take a course on Photoshop. That course changed my future!
• Provide employees opportunities to pursue their own ideas/interests• I had to leave Kraft to pursue further education• Nothing in the Chicagoland area

Question:• Do you see any gaps existing within your organization’s current offerings/curriculum?

Lessons from the corp world: Banks
Wells Fargo• The power of a company’s intranet• Quick updates helped our call centers• Job family was all over the place (very common these days)• Web-based techs could be used to constantly train people• Things change big time when you start having kids! ☺
• No longer was I comfortable freelancing

Old Kent Bank
• Web-based training group• 5/3 Bank acquired Old Kent on my 1-year mark. Move or lose your job.
Again, major changes happen quickly! Be ready to adapt/pivot!

Lessons from the world of higher ed: DUO
Davenport University Online (DUO)• I believed in the power of the Internet to educate/train people• [1998] Started with handful of courses & faculty members
teaching online• [2001] 25 campuses• Often class thresholds couldn’t be met• But when enrollments were pooled online, thresholds *could* be met• When left in 2007, DUO offered ~50% of the credit hours

Lessons from the world of higher ed: DUO
Davenport University Online• Leadership didn’t want to acknowledge how significant DUO
was becoming to the organization• Didn’t feel good as a DUO employee
Questions:• Are you acknowledging everyone in your group?
• Is your organization recognizing all of its components & people?

Lessons from the world of higher ed: Calvin
Learning spaces cost a lot ofmoney to build or renovate!
• Build ongoing maintenancefunds into initial project costs• Building the right infrastructure
requires a team-based
approachLessons from the world of higher ed: Calvin
Launched a pilot of Calvin Online• 13 courses developed with dual enrollment opportunities• Pilot died on the vine – never made it to the Faculty Senate Floor• May have launched if our group was on the academic side of the house• Top leadership – including the Boards – as well as many faculty members
against online-based learning
NOTE: Years later, Calvin had to go online when the college became a university.

Lessons from higher ed: The importance of culture!
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Cultures are criticallyimportant!
• I didn’t understand this until Philip Morris acquired Kraft• The importance of culture was reinforced with Calvin Online• If you can do something new…
• …it’s not just the “What are we doing?” But “How are we doing it?” and“Why are we doing it?”• Collaborative thinking helps uncover the possibilities

A reflection:• If the culture of your organization doesn’t support your or your group’s vision,
perhaps it’s time to look for a better fit.

Something to reflect upon later on
Fodder for future reflection:• How would you describe the culture at your institution?
• What are its views on emerging technologies? New programs? Curricularchanges? Providing lifelong learning?
• Are you and/or your group finding that the culture is working for you or does
the culture need to change?
Bonus question:• How has Boeing’s culture
hurt them recently?

Lessons from the world of higher ed: WMU Cooley Law School
The American Bar Association’s setup for legal education is ~20
years behind!
• No 100%-online based programs• Small % of courses could be taken online• Online-based weekend programs saved our adult students major $$• ABA is NOT ready for today’s pace of change – our society is already being
impacted (think AI)

In transitioning to two new major systems in one year:• Online-based documentation – training on demand – was criticallyimportant to our successful migrations

Lessons from the world of higher ed: WMU Cooley Law School• There are limits to how wide the gates of admission should be opened• One can’t change Bar Exam passage rates overnight• Trust your people and let them do the work they were hired to do• Be transparent as possible as an organization; as always,
communications are key

Lessons from the world of higher ed
Higher education needs to adapt!
• Too costly & too much student debt

• Difficult to keep the curriculum up-to-date• Students need solid jobs upon graduating• The business model is on its last legs

April 26, 2024

You can’t cut your way to success!

In conclusion
Some final questions to conclude this presentation:• What can you and your organization do to help people learn over a lifetime?
• How can we offer our services as cost-effectively as possible?
• How can we be more responsive to the needs that are out there?

Thank you
for your time!
Daniel S. Christiandanielschristian.com
DanielChristian55@gmail.com
X/Twitter: dchristian5
Linkedin.com: danielschristian

After this slide, see several people to check out re: EdTech & Learning ScienceSome people/orgs to follow who are involved with learning
Donald Clark Plan B• 50 blogs on learning theorists• Learning Theorists on his blog

Matthew Miller
Ditch That Textbook

Some people/orgs to follow who are involved with learning• Connie Malamed• Donald Clark• 50 blogs on learningtheorists• Learning Theorists on
his blog

Some people to follow who are involved with learning
Eva Keiffenheim
Twitter | The Learn Letter

Daniel T. Willingham

Some people to follow who are involved with learning
Dr. Philippa Hardman• Ideas & pedagogies• Science of learning• Learning Experience Design

Derek Bruff
Agile LearningSome people to follow who are involved with learning
Pooja Agarwal
Retrieval Practice | Twitter

Some people/orgs to follow who are involved with learning
Per Derek Bruff:• U of VA’s Teaching Hub is designed to
crowdsource the best teaching andlearning resources around higher ed,
resources useful for instructors,
educational developers, & IDs• Journal articles, teaching guides, books,
podcasts, and moreSome people to follow who are involved with learning• James Lang

Some people to follow who are involved with EdTech
Stefan Bauschard• Education Disrupted: Teaching and
Learning in An AI World

Some people to follow who are involved with EdTech
Dr. Alec Couros
TwitterMatthew Tower
ETCH Weekend ReadingSome people to consider following [EdTech/ID]• George Veletsianos• Blog• 5 Qs schools & universities should ask before theypurchase AI tech products
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Which educational problem does the product solve?
Is there evidence that a product works?
Did educators and students help develop the product?
What educational beliefs shape this product?
Does the product level the playing field?

I’m excited about LegalTech, because we have a major problem• The Making of the Access to Justice (A2J) Crisis – Stanford Law Review• “…the civil justice system is in crisis.”• In ~¾’s of the 20M civil cases filed in state courts each year, 1 side lacks alawyer• But tens of millions more Americans face genuine legal problems but takeno formal legal action to protect their interests

I’m hopeful that LegalTech can…
I’m hopeful that LegalTech & more self-help types of services
can increase Access to Justice (A2J) while reducing costs. I
hope that we can:• Enhance our ability to serve justice• Increase access to legal services• Improve the quality of firms’ work
• Automate mundane tasks
I’m not crazy about finding which judge is most advantageous to your case (viaanalytics).

Q to ponder: Which techs are you excited about & why?