Filming, editing, and posting videos on social media is now a central activity in young people’s social lives. But it’s also a complex, even dangerous, activity, especially for young women. What do they film, what don’t they film, and why? A look back at the findings of a survey. In an article dated March 12, 2025 , […] … learn more→
Author Archives: Kevin
Videos on TikTok and Instagram: A social learning process of self-presentation
Writing creatively for work or study
Many of us compartmentalise different types of writing. Creative writing is for novelists, poets, playwrights, and so on. Research writing is done by people who are not creative writers. It consists of monographs, journal articles, book chapters, reports, and so on. Then there are a bunch of research tasks we don’t really think of as […] … learn more→
Where tomorrow’s scientists prefer to live − and where they’d rather not
Graduate students interested in an academic career after graduation day have often been told they need to be open to moving somewhere they may not want to live. This advice is because of how hard it is to get a tenure-track professor position. These days, this advice may be less relevant as graduate students are increasingly pursuing and […] … learn more→
AI can be a danger to students – 3 things universities must do
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is trained on enormous bodies of text, video and images to identify patterns. It then creates new texts, videos and images on the basis of this pattern identification. Thanks to machine learning, it improves its ability to do so every time it is used. As AI becomes embedded in academic life, […] … learn more→
Understanding Marijuana clones: A comprehensive guide for growers
How do you produce marijuana plants that are genetic replicas of your best performing specimens? The cloning of marijuana plants serves as the hidden strategy that professional growers rely on to achieve consistent quality and uniformity in their cultivation processes. With proper marijuana cloning techniques, you can: Preserve your favorite genetics indefinitely Save money on […] … learn more→
In high school, mobilizing ancient thought to understand the environmental crisis
Drawing on ancient myths and concepts, the Philia project helps high school students think from a different perspective about the links between human societies and their environment, in order to better tackle the ecological crisis. “In the beginning was Chaos, then the Earth with its broad sides, a secure foundation forever offered to all living […] … learn more→
Flow and linking, it’s a set up
Two comments that supervisors often write on doctoral texts are (1) “add link” and (2) lacks flow”. But what do these comments actually mean? In this post I’m going to provide a couple of very basic pointers to flow and linking for any reader who isn’t sure what these terms are about. I’m not going […] … learn more→
Philosopher Hannah Arendt provokes us to rethink what education is for in the era of AI
In the 1954 essay The Crisis in Education, German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt argued that crisis can act as an opportunity to revisit questions that have produced presumed and outdated answers. Arendt was concerned with how the loss of tradition and authority in larger social and political spheres was reflected in the adoption of child-centred learning in […] … learn more→
I’m a business professor who asked dozens of former students how they define success. Here are their lessons for today’s grads
As the Class of 2025 graduates into an uncertain and fast-changing working world, they face a crucial question: What does it mean to be successful? Is it better to take a job that pays more, or one that’s more prestigious? Should you prioritize advancement, relationship building, community impact or even the opportunity to live somewhere new? […] … learn more→
Google is rolling out its Gemini AI chatbot to kids under 13. It’s a risky move
Google has announced it will roll out its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to children under the age of 13. While the launch starts within the next week in the United States and Canada, it will launch in Australia later this year. The chatbot will only be available to people via Google’s Family Link accounts. But this development comes with […] … learn more→
