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1. Accepting Feedback from Word/GDoc Users as Markdown

   When I ask people to give me feedback, I’d like them to work with whatever format or app is most convenient to them. I …

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2. AI: learning, teaching, and dishonesty

   I love learning, and AI is an excellent tool for that—though we must be wary of hallucinations and verisimilitude. I love sharing what I …

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3. Teaching and AI: Processes and products

   2027 is the year I often think about. AI will be extraordinarily smart by then. Generation alpha will have come up through high school using …

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4. AI and revision history in student essays

   After moving exams online during COVID19, I’ve moved them back to the classroom. AI has rendered the online take-home exam useless. In a few …

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5. A decade of teaching with Wikipedia

   On my Wikipedia user page, I keep a list of the Online Communities courses I’ve taught. The capstone project for the course is to …

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6. Telling others to ask AI

   A topic of my online community course is related to newcomers: is there such a thing as a stupid question? (We discuss RTFM, FAQ slaps …

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7. Python tools for Reddit queries, analysis, and messaging

   For the past two years I’ve been working on Reddit related questions such as:

   1. Do researchers’ ethical disguise of Redditors’ posts work?
   2. How many …

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8. Recommendations for the Ethical Disguise of Online Sources

   Some researchers of user-generated content make an effort to disguise the public comments they quote so as to not bring additional scrutiny to the comments …

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9. Reddit masking interview with Meredith Meacham

   1. In your paper, you wrote: “Quotations are slightly altered to reduce chances of deductive disclosure of individuals who made the posts or comments.” Is this …

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