A3: Privacy in a Mobile World

A3: Privacy in a Mobile World

One of the underlying concerns as mobile connectivity increases is the extent to which privacy of personal data will remain desirable or even possible. I decided to dig out my crystal ball and predict three possible futures for privacy in a mobile world:

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There is no AI!

I read a really interesting take on AI from Jaron Lanier in the New Yorker. He also spoke about the same issues during a recent talk at Berkeley. The premise of his argument is that what we are calling “AI” is really just a super-clever suite of mashup technologies that take training data and use […]

Times Square New York seen through the Wikitude AR browser

Future Prospects for AR/VR in Higher Ed

“it will take time, experimentation, and thoughtful evaluation to develop appropriate and effective educational applications with AR and VR.” McGrath et al 2023 A recent EDUCAUSE review (April 2023) discussed the future prospects for AR and VR in higher education. This is an area of particular interest to educational technologists and others working in vocational […]

Me in a wine tasting cellar in Sarlat la Canéda, France

Hi, I’m Andrew

Hello all! I’m Andrew Dunn (he/him), and this is one of two courses I’m taking this semester, which will be my 6th and 7th courses in the MET – almost there! I’m originally from the UK but have been in Canada since 2006 and am slowly getting the hang of it. I somehow ended up […]