Part 1: Lane Assist We recently bought a car, a fancy new car with fancy options like lane assist: a feature that keeps the car in its lane by moving the steering wheel for you. In theory, it is a great feature. In practice, it sometimes fails. Not often, but often enough it will decide […]
Why *not* to use LLMs in computer science education?
In a previous post I have tried to describe the reasons I see being used to use LLMs in CS education: 1) professionals use them, 2) LLMs can replace parts of teaching and 3) students will use them anyway so we as teachers have to somehow deal with that. What I am missing a lot […]
Why to use LLMs in computer science education?
This Friday I will be in a panel at the SEN symposium (which I was participating in 2 years ago too, talking about autograders) The organizers told me that the “discussion will revolve around opportunities, challenges, and potential solutions” and I was allowed to discuss one statement. Since they only gave me 7 minutes (and […]
The case of Claudine Gay was not about plagiarism
After an American media frenzy of a few weeks, the new president of Harvard has resigned after the shortest term ever, only 6 months. This saga began with a US congressional hearing in December at which the presidents of drie major universities (all three women) were asked to say something about the increasing anti-Semitism at […]
Teaching is the best job in the world!
This week’s unsolicited advice is about teachers. You can find all columns via Spotify, this edition can be found here: Listen to this column on BNR (Dutch)Listen to this column on Spotify (Dutch) Teachers! Last weekend I read a great piece in the NRC, editor Patricia Veldhuis spent the past year as a special intern […]
