Turns out that prompt needs a little more "engineering"
15.5.2025 10:04Turns out that prompt needs a little more "engineering"I have been experimenting with how my #Moodle #aitext question type which uses an external AI/LLM to process students responses can process questions that the Regular Expression Short answer question type was designed for, see
https://docs.moodle.org/500/en/Regular_Expression_Short-Answer_question_type
I think the answer is "quite well". It deals with mis-spellings and similar issues without having to learn regex or anticipate every permutation on an answer.
#ai #llm #edtech #chatgpt #googlegemini
15.5.2025 08:39I have been experimenting with how my #Moodle #aitext question type which uses an external AI/LLM to process students responses can...“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
14.5.2025 19:50“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all...I'm not paying attention properly, but I like what I have seen you write. Thank you.
14.5.2025 19:49I'm not paying attention properly, but I like what I have seen you write. Thank you.Teaching in the Age of AI by Jon Fila
"I decided to do what I always do: take the path of most resistance. "
https://minnesotaenglishjournalonline.org/2025/05/09/teaching-in-the-age-of-ai/
14.5.2025 19:47Teaching in the Age of AI by Jon Fila"I decided to do what I always do: take the path of most resistance. "#ai #llm #chatgpt...The people who ultimately own Blackboard VLE appear to have financial difficulties.
https://onedtech.philhillaa.com/p/anthology-owner-might-walk-away
I am currently listening to the audiobook version of
"AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference. "
I am not so interested in the coverage of “predictive AI” as that seems obviously “Snake Oil”, but I found the coverage of Generative AI very interesting.
To quote from the book "In contrast to generative AI, predictive AI often does not work at all."
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691249131/ai-snake-oil#preview
13.5.2025 19:26I am currently listening to the audiobook version of "AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to...Am interested in this extract
"Unfortunately, as of this writing, the setup of the AI Text tool allowed only
for a single ChatGPT interaction per assignment via the OpenAI API."
And wondering what could be done to extend the interaction (e.g. multiple attempts with hints)
11.5.2025 16:26Am interested in this extract "Unfortunately, as of this writing, the setup of the AI Text tool allowed onlyfor a single ChatGPT...An academic paper has been published that uses my #Moodle #AIText #question. AIText uses an external #AI #LLM system to evaluate free text responses to questions.
The paper is called
“Exploring AI to automate EFL corrective written feedback in the first language”
And covers use for English Language learners in Japan.
You can read it at
https://www.castledown.com/journals/tltl/article/view/tltl.v7n1.2208
I am on annual leave all week visiting Munich Germany, famous for its breweries and history. Though for me the presence of Mebis-lp is at least as interesting ...
11.5.2025 15:51I am on annual leave all week visiting Munich Germany, famous for its breweries and history. Though for me the presence of Mebis-lp is at...Matt Bury @matbury has written a summary of a paper that highlights weaknesses in recent studies & outlines principles for conducting research that focuses on real learning outcomes using #AI This bit jumped out at me.
“No-intervention” control groups (comparing AI to doing nothing) show only that AI is better than no support, offering limited insight into its instructional quality compared to alternative methods.”
#edtech #learning #LLM #aitext
11.5.2025 06:02Matt Bury @matbury has written a summary of a paper that highlights weaknesses in recent studies & outlines principles for conducting...I taught 16 to 19 year olds for 10 year a long time ago. I constantly got assignment submissions that were copied from the web/wikipedia. I would ask students if they wrote it. They would say yes, Then I asked if they could explain it. They said no. I didn’t get annoyed, I explained they had to submit their own work and please do it again.
Was the issue the web/wikipedia/tech.? Fast forward, now the problem is AI (or is it human nature?)
https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-slop-education/?ref=second-breakfast-newsletter
9.5.2025 19:16I taught 16 to 19 year olds for 10 year a long time ago. I constantly got assignment submissions that were copied from the web/wikipedia. I..."What we mean when we talk about AI in education is necessarily ideological. "
#edtech #ai #llm #chatgpt #audreywatters #education #teaching #learning
5.5.2025 11:07"What we mean when we talk about AI in education is necessarily ideological. "#edtech #ai #llm #chatgpt #audreywatters #education...STACK and MecLib
The MecLib library allows the creation of #Moodle #STACK #maths related questions with Graphics without having to write any #Javascript. It uses the JSXGraph library that comes bundled with #STACKmaths and the output can be customised purely within the casmaxima of the questionvariables field.
https://github.com/mkraska/meclib
(See the wiki link)
#edtech #education #math #mathematics
2.5.2025 16:35STACK and MecLibThe MecLib library allows the creation of #Moodle #STACK #maths related questions with Graphics without having to write any...I have written a blog post about my recent visit to the STACK25 conference in Durham UK.
#STACK is a #Moodle #Maths related question type that uses the #maxima Computer Algebra System (CAS) as the back end. This means it can handle just about any imaginable #Math problem.
I was particularly taken with MecLib which allows the creation of good looking and interactive graphics without writing any JavaScript.
https://www.catalyst-eu.net/blog/2025/04/30/field-notes-from-stack-2025
#mathematics #edtech #education #teaching
1.5.2025 14:05I have written a blog post about my recent visit to the STACK25 conference in Durham UK.#STACK is a #Moodle #Maths related question type...When I taught ICT I explained that a Local Area Network was a LAN and covered a single building and a Wide Area Network was a WAN and covered multiple buildings.
I further explained that there was a silent K in WAN but it was never pronounced as otherwise people would constantly be saying KWAN.
Would anyone like to know more about my Tourettes?
#teaching #learning #education #memory
29.4.2025 20:57When I taught ICT I explained that a Local Area Network was a LAN and covered a single building and a Wide Area Network was a WAN and...How did people manage before the web provided answers to pressing questions such as
"How to Wear Cufflinks"?
https://www.gq.com/story/how-to-wear-cufflinks?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb
29.4.2025 08:27How did people manage before the web provided answers to pressing questions such as "How to Wear...There is something very gratifying to receive code contributions to my github repositories. In the last few days I have received updates to two of my #Moodle plugins.
29.4.2025 07:20There is something very gratifying to receive code contributions to my github repositories. In the last few days I have received updates to...My #AIText #Moodle question type uses an external AI/LLm to evaluate student responses. I have developed a branch which allows the creation of multiple test responses for use when editing a question. You can see the branch and test it out at
https://github.com/marcusgreen/moodle-qtype_aitext/tree/response_test
It is beta code but I am fairly confident it works as expects and I intend merging it into the main branch in the near future. Feedback would be apprciated
27.4.2025 22:57My #AIText #Moodle question type uses an external AI/LLm to evaluate student responses. I have developed a branch which allows the creation...I rashly returned to #Duolingo recently and subsequently started to receive the standard passive aggressive emails to encourage me to return which I find patronising and annoying.
A friend who studies French and Spanish recommended a site called
https://www.linguno.com/
And based on my brief testing looks worthwhile investigating both as a learning tool and as an implementation of #edtech.
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