Doug Richmond, PhD

Doug Richmond, PhD

@drphd2k7.bsky.social

A learner PhD – Curriculum & Instruction: Instructional Design & Technology Blacksburg VA USA dougrichmond.com

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Doug Richmond, PhD
@drphd2k7.bsky.social

Using #AI to augment learning: "you have years (or even decades) of expertise versus if you're learning something for the first time... do the hard thinking" —in datascience.virginia.edu/news/ai-maki... #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence #datascience

datascience.virginia.eduIs AI Making It Harder to Learn? What a Former Capital One Executive Wants Every Student to Know — School of Data ScienceMiriam Friedel shares expertise on what happens when AI does the learning for us, why skepticism is important, and which AI skills employers are looking for.
Doug Richmond, PhD
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#Civicengagement – upcoming event: October 22 Virtual New America events.newamerica.org/events/rebui... Note the new paper "Toward #Democracy: Deepening Public Participation and Engagement in Federal Policymaking". #civiceducation #civicseducation #civics #instructionaldesign #K12 #highereducation

events.newamerica.orgNew America Events – Rebuilding American Democracy Through Public...Join New America’s Political Reform program and the Reconstructing Democracy Project on October 22 from 1-2pm ET for a panel discussion on how the next pro-democracy administration can restore public ...
Doug Richmond, PhD
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#AgenticAI for scientific #research: Paper2Agent #AI program from #Stanford Medicine researchers med.stanford.edu/news/all-new... "...Zou hopes most manuscripts will have an associated paper agent..." Note "AI-to-AI collaboration". #academia #highereducation #STEM #science #artificialintelligence

med.stanford.eduManuscripts-turned AI agents can now ‘talk’ to each other, make new discoveriesStanford Medicine researchers converted scientific papers into artificial intelligence agents that can answer questions, run analyses and collaborate to make new discoveries.
Doug Richmond, PhD
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#Highered and #AI in #Virginia – upcoming symposium: February 19, 2027 Both in-person in Charlottesville and virtual Free CORE+AI in partnership w/others cte.virginia.edu/virginia-ai-... #highereducation #instructionaldesign #pedagogy #edtech #artificialintelligence

cte.virginia.eduVirginia AI Symposium 2027 — UVA Center for Teaching ExcellenceThe Virginia AI Symposium brings together educators, staff, administrators, and students from across Virginia to explore research, strategies, and responsible uses of AI in teaching and learning throu...
Doug Richmond, PhD
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#Civicengagement at Penn www.thedp.com/article/2026... Note: > Penn Leads the Vote, the University’s nonpartisan voter registration group > "Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting" designation #democracy #civiceducation #civicseducation #civics #elections #voting #highereducation #highered

thedp.comInside Penn’s push for 100% student voter registrationIn 2022, Penn lagged behind nearly every other Ivy League institution in registration, but 58% of its registered voters cast a ballot, far exceeding peer institutions’ yield rates.
Doug Richmond, PhD
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Human-AI partnership, collaboration: new study from #Stanford hai.stanford.edu/news/humans-... Note: > "productive friction" > #AIliteracy to "'grow the population that benefits from #AI'" #artificialintelligence #futureofwork #highereducation #highered #STEMeducation

hai.stanford.eduHumans and AI Engage in Meaningful Collaborations | Stanford HAIAnalyzing thousands of human-AI conversations, a new study shows that people are turning to chatbots for increasingly critical tasks – and that productive outcomes depend on how the collaboration unfo...
Doug Richmond, PhD
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#AI in #academia: #MIT Professor and Statistics and Data Science Center Director Sasha Rakhlin news.mit.edu/2026/3-quest... #highereducation #highered #graduateschool #gradschool #research #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence

news.mit.edu3 Questions: What is the best path forward for AI in academia?A new essay from MIT Statistics and Data Science Center Director Sasha Rakhlin synthesizes recent discussions and readings about how AI is changing academia — particularly mathematics, statistics, mac...
Doug Richmond, PhD
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#Civicengagement – #VirginiaTech students take note, students who vote at A-3, E-3, and F-3 polling places in Squires Student Center: "Registering to Vote with an On-Campus Address" #democracy #elections #voting #civiceducation #civicseducation #civics #GenZ #highereducation #highered #Virginia

Doug Richmond, PhD
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Undergraduate #research at Penn: #premed www.thedp.com/article/2026... #highereducation #highered #medicaleducation #mededucation #meded #medicalschool #medschool #instructionaldesign #curriculum

thedp.comLab experience has become another box to check for Penn pre-medsCenter for Neurodegenerative Disease Research co-founder Virginia Lee said her lab regularly receives more applications from undergraduates than it can accommodate, particularly for summer positions.
Doug Richmond, PhD
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"Bringing #STEMeducation to all: #MIT for America" (includes video 1:33) news.mit.edu/2026/mit-ame... Note: "hands-on learning, #design work, use of fab labs and #makerspaces, and #experientiallearning" #STEM #artificialintelligence #AI #K12 #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #edtech

news.mit.eduMIT announces the MIT for America initiative, to strengthen STEM education across the countryMIT for America is a new initiative that seeks to strengthen STEM education nationally, at many levels of learning. The Institute-wide effort ranges across STEM fields and will engage students from ki...
Doug Richmond, PhD
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Book Launch: "The Collision: What #AI Does to Us" by Professor Eric So, #MIT www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc... "Treat AI as a cognitive trainer, not a replacement... use AI to think better." #psychology #highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #STEM #artificialintelligence #AIethics

eventbrite.comBook Launch: "The Collision: What AI Does to Us" by Eric SoPlease join us for the book launch event of "The Collision: What AI Does to Us" by MIT Sloan Professor and IDE Research Group Lead, Eric So
Doug Richmond, PhD
@drphd2k7.bsky.social

#Civicengagement – university students in #Virginia #democracy #elections #voting #civiceducation #civicseducation #civics #GenZ #highereducation #highered #VirginiaTech

Doug Richmond, PhD
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#Sciencecommunication at #VirginiaTech – upcoming event Center for Educational Networks and Impacts (CENI) ceni.icat.vt.edu/programs/sci... #highereducation #highered #K12 #science #STEM #STEMeducation #scicomm

ceni.icat.vt.eduVirginia Tech Science Festival 2026The Virginia Tech Science Festival is a Saturday celebration of science as a way of knowing. It started in 2014 with the intention of inspiring the audience by seeing what happens at Virginia Tech and...
Doug Richmond, PhD
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"...bring #AI under public control & determine how it's used, how it's regulated, & whom it benefits..." – upcoming event #MIT Radius docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #democracy #civicengagement #techpolicy #futureofwork #publicinteresttechnology #publicinteresttech #AIethics #artificialintelligence

docs.google.comTaking Collective Action to Shape AI Policy: AI, Our Jobs, and Our FutureTuesday, October 13, 2026 6pm-7:30pm 10-105 (Bush Room) Under current government and corporate AI leadership, many of us feel discouraged or powerless. But if we take strategic action together, we ha...
Doug Richmond, PhD
@drphd2k7.bsky.social

#Civiceducation – Stanford's new undergraduate minor in civic thought and practice news.stanford.edu/stories/2026... "...civic education...is a #publicgood..." #highereducation #highered #Stanford #instructionaldesign #democracy #citizenship #civicengagement #civicseducation #civics

news.stanford.eduNew undergraduate minor launches in civic thought and practiceBuilding on the first-year course COLLEGE 102: Citizenship in the 21st Century, the minor is open to students of all majors and encourages discussion of contentious issues facing democratic societies.
Doug Richmond, PhD
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Relevant to #civicseducation: Constitution Day #Civics Survey from Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) University of Pennsylvania www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/a-third-of-a... #civiceducation #democracy #civicengagement #K12 #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign

annenbergpublicpolicycenter.orgA Third of Americans Cannot Name the Three Branches of Government | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of PennsylvaniaA third of Americans cannot name the three branches of government, the 2026 Annenberg Public Policy Center's Constitution Day Civics Survey finds.
Doug Richmond, PhD
@drphd2k7.bsky.social

#AI in #highered – "...it will be necessary to make time for thinking & for learning how to think... This is where teachers can be at their best...guiding students..." www.nature.com/articles/d41... #highereducation #instructionaldesign #pedagogy #edtech #criticalthinking #artificialintelligence

nature.comIn praise of human teachers: universities must resist outsourcing everything to AIAn AI revolution is sweeping through education. But teachers who can convey the excitement of thinking and learning are irreplaceable.
Doug Richmond, PhD
@drphd2k7.bsky.social

#AI for "a whole new way to think about #cellbiology" med.stanford.edu/news/all-new... "we hope a whole new field [of study]" #highereducation #highered #Stanford #STEMeducation #biology #artificialintelligence #healthcare #medicaleducation #meded

med.stanford.eduStanford Medicine-developed AI model opens new horizons for cell biologyAn artificial intelligence cell model, trained on more than 100 million cells from a dozen species, will make it easier to compare cells between species.
Doug Richmond, PhD
@drphd2k7.bsky.social

#Globaleducation – "...the core mission of universities – the production and dissemination of knowledge – is an inherently global enterprise." news.stanford.edu/stories/2026... #academia #highereducation #highered #Stanford #instructionaldesign

news.stanford.eduBOSP's new faculty director on the future of study abroadKenneth Schultz, political science professor and longtime Bing Overseas Studies Program faculty partner, shares his vision for the program and why global education is more important than ever.
Doug Richmond, PhD
@drphd2k7.bsky.social

#AI curricula – UChicago news.uchicago.edu/story/uchica... #Experientiallearning – "From the first day of class, students are solving real problems, not preparing to someday solve them." #highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #instructionaldesign #artificialintelligence

news.uchicago.eduUChicago launches new master’s degree in applied AINew nine-month program prepares technically experienced students to move beyond AI fundamentals and build, deploy and lead with emerging technologies
Doug Richmond, PhD
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#Engineering & #AI – "...judgment & systems intuition are still paramount. The difference is that tomorrow's most valuable leaders will combine those qualities w/AI-native ways of building." www.fastcompany.com/91608061/eve... #STEM #STEMeducation #artificialintelligence #futureofwork

fastcompany.comEveryone thought AI would replace junior engineers. We’re hiring more of themEliminating junior engineers means in the future we won't have senior leaders with judgment, intuition, and a solid understanding of AI-native ways of building.