Lance Eaton on (i)nnovations, AI, Pirates, and Access (Ep. 007)

Lance Eaton is a writer, educator, and researcher behind AI+Education Simplified and a long-time advocate for open education, technology equity, and rethinking academic publishing.For essays and expanded show notes, subscribe to the ⁠⁠Learning Stack on Substack⁠⁠.Episode Chapters00:00 Introduction01:06 Defining Big I and Small i Innovations04:25 Tracing AI's effects in Education06:15 Evaluating Innovations in Education08:05 On scaling Small i Innovations Responsibly12:08 Guardrails for Evaluating New Tools15:43 On Assessments in Higher Education19:58 Building Trust and Relationships in Education23:54 The Role of AI in Student Assessment27:51 Concerns About AI Detectors and Predictive Analytics31:13 Minimum Viable AI Policy Architecture34:44 Defining Success for AI Policies in Education37:08 Implementing AI Policies in Education38:22 Crowdsourcing AI Policies: Insights and Trends40:15 Norms in AI Syllabi: Verification and Attribution41:26 The Serials Crisis in Academic Publishing42:30 The Rise of For-Profit Publishers44:44 The Impact of Subscription Models on Access46:43 The Ethics of Academic Piracy49:29 The Role of Academic Pirate Networks50:37 Rethinking Copyright in the Age of AI52:40 The Future of Open Access and AI59:33 Access Disparities in Global Academia01:01:50 The Interplay of Open Licensing and AI01:06:19 Lance Eaton's Vision for the FutureResources and LinksLance's BlogLance's Substack AI + Education = SimplifiedLance's Syllabi Policies for Generative AI Repository Peter Suber, Open Access (Free Access)Matt Beane, The Skills CodeSci-Hub, Library Genesis, Anna’s Archive (discussed in context of academic access)***The Learning Stack Podcast is produced by the team at ⁠Eduaide.Ai⁠