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217 – A Dive into PreTeXt
Santiago and David provide an in-depth look at PreTeXt, an open-source authoring tool designed to separate the roles of authors and publishers. David…
8 months ago
216 – The Five Quiz Framework for Electronic Assessment
Santiago and David discuss the innovative “five quiz” model – an educational framework designed to improve student learning outcomes. Conceived durin…
8 months ago
215 – The History of Computer Assisted Statistics Textbooks
Lily and David Stern discuss the history and impact of Computer Assisted Statistics Textbooks (CAST), developed by New Zealand lecturer Doug Sterling…
8 months, 1 week ago
214 – Teaching Statistics from the Data Up
What happens if statistics teaching starts from data rather than methods? In this episode, Lily and David explore the idea that statistics education …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
213 – STACK in Africa
For those unfamiliar with STACK, consider searching the podcast backlog for previous episodes on the subject. In this episode, Santiago and David dis…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
212 – Personalised AI-Driven Textbooks
Michele Pancera and David Stern critically discuss a recent Google paper on AI-augmented textbooks. They consider the paper's proposal of AI-generate…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
211 – Open vs Open Source
Lily and David discuss the often misunderstood concepts of “open” and “open source.” They discuss the origins of these terms within the programming …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
210 – Two Years of The IDEMS Podcast: The IDEMS Collaboratories and CommonTech
In this special two-year anniversary episode David and Kate reflect on their journey, from improving audio quality to hosting more expert guests. The…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
209 – Individual Initiative and Collective Responsibility
In this episode, Santiago and David delve into the two of IDEMS’ staffing principles: Individual Initiative and Collective Responsibility. They discu…
9 months ago
208 – The Significance of the Turing Test
Michele and David discuss the Turing test, and its relevance today. They explore various philosophical questions about intelligence, the limitations …
9 months ago