Today's guest bloggers share insights into the fragmented, tiring, and uncertain digital landscape for academics, and evidence that a shift is underway — with implications for scholarly communication that may be far-reaching. The post Guest Post — The Great Pullback: Why Academic Social Media’s Fragmentation Matters appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.| The Scholarly Kitchen
"We shouldn’t attempt to fit 'outreach' or 'engagement' into one of the existing three categories [of research, teaching, or service]. It doesn’t fit neatly into those categories. And, more importantly, all of us should be doing it as part of our jobs, not just a few of us. We are in an all-hands-on-deck situation." In| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
If versions of any of your books are on LibGen or similar online collections of pirated material, there is a chance it was used as training data for AI, and you may be able to join a lawsuit about it. Earlier this month, a group of authors sued Anthropic, the firm behind the Claude family| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
For the latest installment of the occasional academic equipment series, let's talk coffee. How is coffee done in your department? Is it every-coffee-drinker-for-themselves? Is there a communal coffee-making device of some sort? If there is an office coffee machine, what is it? What do you (realistically) wish it was? Why? Who pays for the coffee?| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
Graduate students interested in an academic career after graduation day have often been told they need to be open to moving somewhere […]| Social Science Space
Martha Burtis discusses the benefits of loving students in the classroom. Hear how pedagogies of care affect classroom labor.| Hybrid Pedagogy
Kaitlin Clinnin and sarah madoka currie acknowledge that we’re all worn out, then explore ways to contextualize the problem and show ourselves some grace.| Hybrid Pedagogy
Should authors consent to have their publishers grant licensing requests by firms and projects to allow them to train their generative AI on their books? That question was suggested by Elliott Sober (Wisconsin), who is curious what philosophers think of the issue. It's worth noting that not all publishers are asking authors for consent. As| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
