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      <title>AI Generated Text</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[AI Generated Text&#xA;&#xA;With more and more content being generated by AI, it is getting harder to work out how pieces of text have been generated.&#xA;&#xA;This guide on Wikipedia aims to help people by highlighting common catchphrases and other content that can be attributed to Ai. &#xA;&#xA;An interesting article on the BBC ChatGPT: Can students pass using AI tools at university? Examine similar issues further, but it is important for students to understand AI generated text.   As they may need to cite research and this research has to be of a certain standard or their own essays are reduced in worth (not monetary) and student / institution reputation can also be impacted.   While this is my own opinion, it is based on what I understand about this topic. &#xA;&#xA; In another example, back in the late 80s there was a paper written on cold fusion that was so bad, it was ridiculed by the community and didn&#39;t reflect well on the authors. &#xA;&#xA;AI is not going away, so we are going to have to live with it and understand the implications of it being used and apply better methods to ensure what is written is of high academic standard. &#xA;&#xA;On a sort of related note, Critical Thinking Web has some excellent resources on developing these essential skills.&#xA;&#xA;Tags&#xA;&#xA;#AI,#Writing.#Identification,#Academic,#Personal,#Standards&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AI Generated Text</p>

<p>With more and more content being generated by AI, it is getting harder to work out how pieces of text have been generated.</p>

<p>This <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AI_Cleanup/AI_catchphrases" rel="nofollow">guide on Wikipedia</a> aims to help people by highlighting common catchphrases and other content that can be attributed to Ai.</p>

<p>An interesting article on the BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-65316283" rel="nofollow">ChatGPT: Can students pass using AI tools at university?</a> Examine similar issues further, but it is important for students to understand AI generated text.   As they may need to cite research and this research has to be of a certain standard or their own essays are reduced in worth (not monetary) and student / institution reputation can also be impacted.   While this is my own opinion, it is based on what I understand about this topic.</p>

<p> In another example, back in the late 80s there was a <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12917524-400-cold-fusion-i-the-discovery-that-never-was-at-last-the-bubble-of-cold-fusion-has-burst-leaving-behind-a-sticky-story-of-intrigue-false-facts-and-wrong-inferences/" rel="nofollow">paper written on cold fusion</a> that was so bad, it was ridiculed by the community and didn&#39;t reflect well on the authors.</p>

<p>AI is not going away, so we are going to have to live with it and understand the implications of it being used and apply better methods to ensure what is written is of high academic standard.</p>

<p>On a sort of related note, <a href="https://philosophy.hku.hk/think/" rel="nofollow">Critical Thinking Web</a> has some excellent resources on developing these essential skills.</p>

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      <title>Imposter syndrome with Creative Education</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Imposter syndrome with Creative Education&#xA;&#xA;Imposter Syndrome: 5 tips for overcoming it&#xA;&#xA;No matter how many years you spend in the profession, the first day back after a long break can feel terrifying. In this short course, I’ve shared some simple practical ideas to help you feel more confident about returning to school and to help you manage if things don’t go quite to plan. &#xA;&#xA;Course page&#xA;&#xA;Completed this on 7th March 2021.  Thank you for making another course free for a week.  This is great for my own personal &amp; professional development and shows I am serious about finding ways to improve my skills. &#xA;&#xA;imposter certificate&#xA;&#xA;REFERENCES&#xA;&#xA;Creative Education&#xA;&#xA;TAGS&#xA;&#xA;#Training,#CPD,#Work,#Employment,#Personal,&#xA;#Professional,#Development,#LookingForWork&#xA;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xA;&#xA;img src=&#34;https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/uploads/default/original/1X/6aac842b7ff5c58385a02f3a131c259281be88c8.png&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34; &#xA;&#xA;a rel=&#34;license&#34; href=&#34;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/&#34;img alt=&#34;Creative Commons Licence&#34; style=&#34;border-width:0&#34; src=&#34;https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png&#34; //abr /This work is licensed under a a rel=&#34;license&#34; href=&#34;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/&#34;Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License/a&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
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<p><strong>Imposter Syndrome: 5 tips for overcoming it</strong></p>

<p>No matter how many years you spend in the profession, the first day back after a long break can feel terrifying. In this short course, I’ve shared some simple practical ideas to help you feel more confident about returning to school and to help you manage if things don’t go quite to plan.</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.creativeeducation.co.uk/courses/imposter-syndrome-5-tips-for-overcoming-it/" rel="nofollow">Course page</a></li></ul>

<p>Completed this on 7th March 2021.  Thank you for making another course free for a week.  This is great for my own personal &amp; professional development and shows I am serious about finding ways to improve my skills.</p>

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