How To Train A Large Language Model (LLM) Like ChatGPT To Do Your Language Homework For You
We've trained an unsupervised language model that can generate coherent paragraphs and perform rudimentary reading comprehension, machine translation, question answering, and summarization — all without task-specific training: https://t.co/sY30aQM7hU pic.twitter.com/360bGgoea3 — OpenAI (@OpenAI) February 14, 2019 Clever boy Donny Ferguson took advantage of the GPT-2 artificial neural network model to do the homework for him. Tasked […]
Open Software (and Hardware) at the Core of 5G, Privacy, Security, and Citizen Empowerment
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) continues to rule the world. Linux not only powers two thirds of the Internet already. Military and intelligence agencies go Linux, among other things for being “backdoor-free.” A position the rise of the cloud and on-demand PaaS will only strengthen. The software wars are over. Windows has conceded. Now, […]
Cybersecurity Pulse: Open Source To The Rescue! Eternalblue, Huawei, Adversarial AI
One of the biggest issues preventing Open Source advocates, myself included, to sell the apathetic ones around us on the virtues of forever free and transparent software, is a tricky one to overcome. We love to love Free, Open Source Software (FOSS). The arguments, to us, are so obvious. Why even listing them in the […]
LMS Slideshows Guide: PowerPoint, Prezi, H5P, Piktochart and More
We love to claim we cannot stand PowerPoint. But can we afford to live without slideshows? Is there a better tool that is not a simpler, easier, less… powerful solution? And why should you worry if there is not? (And yes, there are several that can be easier and better. But more powerful? That remains […]
Evidence The Moodle Gradebook Enhances University Course Quality? MoodleNews EdTech Labs
Read more on MoodleNews EdTech Labs here. Garmann, Robert et al. “Moodle, Grappa, aSQLg, Graja – Neue Entwicklungen bei der Grading-Software der Hochschule Hannover (New Developments in the Grading Software of the Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts).” Automatische Bewertung von Programmieraufgaben (2017). An unusually interesting case study delves into the technical details of […]
How to register for free Moodle hosting with Gnomio#moodle
Are you an individual teacher looking for Moodle hosting to create your online learning portal? Getting your first Moodle online learning portal can be a costly affair, especially for teachers who would like to start amidst a tight budget. Moodle HQ has its own managed Moodle hosting – MoodleCloud which is an awesome way to […]
Distilling Canvas LMS Accusations Of ‘Openwashing’
I only came across the concept (now an advocacy hashtag) of “openwashing” a few months ago. As it turns out, the international movement to denounce marketing claims of openness that do not reciprocate in corresponding user rights and freedoms has been going on for years. In the age of social media, we seem to prefer […]
If You Adopted H5P On Moodle Early, You Are A Pioneer. If You Haven’t Now, You Are Missing Out
In the past year, the “hot” interactive standard H5P has continued to grow in popularity. Many of the institutions that have decided to embrace it are also supporting its continuing development, currently in hands of Joubel, a private development and design agency led by Svein Tore-Griff in Tromsø, Norway, that remains committed to open source. […]
The EME Debacle: A Moodler’s Perspective. Open Source News Roundup
Moodle enters 100 million users club across the globe – Moodle stats
As a testament to prove its numero uno place in the education sector, Moodle as a LMS has created another record. Recently, the Moodle stats have crossed the 100 million users all over the world. Crossing the 100 million users mark is a big achievement for all the Moodle community members, developers, contributors. A big […]
