Michael Paskevicius

@mpaskevicius
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Dr. Michael Paskevicius is Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Victoria. His research focuses on learning design practices, the development of digital literacies, and supporting personal knowledge management in an environment of rapid technological change. Michael has worked in higher education institutions across Southern Africa and Western Canada since 2005, supporting collaborative, creative, and personalized approaches to learning.
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Michael PaskeviciusFeb 5
The risks of corporate AI models consuming accessible web content is putting the open web at risk. We wrestled with this very issue for a project and are looking at robots.txt as a tactic do disallow AI crawlers. A statement of our intent for use of the work was added, but will likely also be scooped up. We need a licensing mechanism that prioritizes human use. https://theconversation.com/news-sites-are-locking-out-the-internet-archive-to-stop-ai-crawling-is-the-open-web-closing-274968
Michael PaskeviciusJan 21
Celebrating 25 years of Wikipedia! I recall a time when the use of this resource was hotly debated in education, but with time it has grown to be a valuable source for information. A starting place for further research, curated by humans, rich in multimedia, linked via hypertext; lots to love. This interactive documents the first 25 years of Wikipedia - https://wikipedia25.org/en
Michael PaskeviciusApr 3, 2024
As one who appreciates the art of music videos, I was excited to see the world's first AI generated music video. Worldweight Official Music Video • Made by August Kamp with Sora. Interesting choice of aspect ratio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f75eoFyo9ns
Worldweight Official Music Video • Made by August Kamp with Sora

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Michael PaskeviciusMar 7, 2024
Thanks to the Office of Graduate Studies at Vancouver Island University (VIU) for inviting me to speak at their Open Education Week event! It was a great pleasure to be back on the Nanaimo campus. https://michaelpaskevicius.com/2024/03/open-education-week-keynote-at-vancouver-island-university/
Open Education Week Keynote at Vancouver Island University

Invited to speak at VIU’s Open Education Week, I cherished returning to my former workplace, discussing open education’s role in graduate studies.

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Michael PaskeviciusNov 23, 2023
The AI Tutor developed by Contact North has some interesting potential. I appreciate the ability to both query and conversely, be queried by the AI tutor on a topic. The user responses to each query appear to be interpreted sensibly, and do not require exact phrasing for answers. Best of all, no login (for now). https://www.aitutorpro.ca/
AI Tutor Pro | Contact North | Contact Nord

Michael PaskeviciusOct 17, 2023
Tremendously excited to be back at an open education conference with an international audience of educators, scholars, and practitioners. Some sessions appear to be streaming with links from the program https://oeglobal2023.sched.com/ #oeglobal23 #openeducation #SustainableOpenFuture #ChooseOpen #ExploreEdmonton
Michael PaskeviciusOct 17, 2023
Starting all over again. With the release of Activitypub on wordpress I am excited about the possible future for the fediverse and maintaining social infrastructure using Mastadon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MljXBJv7mA8
Starting All Over Again - Mel & Tim

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