Artificial intelligence and other boogey men

Artificial intelligence and other boogey men

Everybody Panic! As night follows day, new technologies trigger moral panics. In the 1980s, the “video nasties” controversy erupted in Britain—as home video allowed unprecedented access to scary films like The Driller Killer (1979) and The Boogey Man (1980) while the...
Minimising barriers to learning with technology

Minimising barriers to learning with technology

It’s an obvious statement, but technology can both help and hinder learning. And if we’re not careful, it can create more barriers to learning than it reduces. In this article, we’re going to look at how cognitive load affects learning, and the role...