Intro Mainstream usage of generative AI models (GenAI) is everywhere. In a 2024 survey conducted on 459 Canadian university students, 59% of them were using GenAI models during their workflow, an increase of 7% from the previous year. But as… Continue Reading →
Surviving your first year at university is almost never an easy task. Keeping track of exam days, assignments to get done, or merely understanding your material can be overwhelming without external help, like an academic advisor, which many students struggle… Continue Reading →
Wency Lum, the AVP at UVIC’s IT department recently gave a talk on cybersecurity and how it relates to us taking Digital Literacy (EDCI136)- and I wanted to share the points I found the most interesting. The importance of cybersecurity… Continue Reading →
In my previous inquiry updates, I detailed that I was going to use the same format as before to help guide me through a Japanese midterm exam. Here’s how I did it. I began with a similar prompt to what… Continue Reading →
This is a photo of a stop sign. It was taken in Denver, Colorado but underneath it there’s an extra sign, an annotation, giving us a reminder that this block of the city used to belong to Denver’s indigenous communities…. Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: sorry this post was submitted late: I had some midterm exams to prepare at the time that this assignment was due. -Ben Dr. Mariel Miller hosted a fascinating guest lecture for Week 6 on GenAI usage by students… Continue Reading →
I have some terrible news; the reading break is officially over, and the blitzkrieg all the way to final exams has officially begun at UVIC. While I’m on the topic of intense, nonstop studying, I had a major exam in… Continue Reading →
Hey everyone, I wanted to update you on how I’ve been using ChatGPT to help me break down grammar points related to other courses I’ve been taking. For context, I’m currently taking part two of intensive beginner’s Japanese, (PAAS238) and… Continue Reading →
If you watched the lecture from Week 3 that featured Jeff Hopkins (principal at PSII), you may have heard my voice from off-camera chiming in during the lecture. I graduated from PSII last year and this post is going be… Continue Reading →
A couple weeks ago, I was watching a guest lecture from Mark Caulfield from the University of Washington, and this post is for reflecting my thoughts on his insights. In his guest lecture, Mike describes generative AI as like a… Continue Reading →
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