Ian O'Byrne | wiobyrne.com

How code and ethics shape media and information literacy.

Why education has a central role in the AI revolution.

How media and information literacy can keep pace with a changing web.

How to choose among AI and LLM models for a specific use case.

How AI can help protect user data in a breach-prone digital world.

How trustworthy data shapes AI tools for detecting cyberattacks.

A fictional AI startup pitch about trust, safety, and authenticity online.

How to build an AI tool that helps identify trustworthy information.

How AI can help people brainstorm and make decisions together.

How AI is changing education, teaching, and learning.

What educators should know about the promise and risks of generative AI.

How AI is changing the work teachers do and what that means for education.

What theory of mind tests can and cannot tell us about AI.

Why education can be a meaningful path for positive change.

How to think about academic rigor as a condition for learning.

How generative AI tools can change the way presentations get made.

How AI fits into online reading comprehension and new literacies research.

How to introduce future teachers to virtual AI assistants.

How digital literacy, identity, and SEL can support post-truth classrooms.

How privilege shapes the future of AI in classroom settings.

How AI virtual assistants are evolving in public view.

How AI pushes knowledge workers to balance manager and maker modes.

How Bing and ChatGPT are shifting search toward generated answers.

How an AI writing assistant can help draft a conference proposal.

How ChatGPT changes classroom conversation and why the underlying model matters.

How to tend to social media and critical media literacy in class.

How Habitica turns habits and tasks into a gamified learning system.

How wicked problems can open critical literacy across disciplines.

How teaching can blend practices, skills, and content across disciplines.

What wicked problems are and why they resist simple solutions.

What the post-COVID classroom changed and what still needs attention.

Why the addiction frame can distort how we talk about tech use.

How the pandemic changed the stakes for student privacy.

What a new normal might mean for teaching after the pandemic.

A personal reflection on grief, ceremony, and bearing witness.

How to plan a website that serves members instead of just existing online.

How the metaverse could reshape the internet and its risks.

Why digital platforms make consensus about truth harder to reach.

Why starting a new project often feels messy before it gets better.

How knowledge workers can improve their information workflow.

How to build a classroom culture that supports inquiry.

Why sharing what you love can make teaching more meaningful.

Why long-term thinking works better when you break life into chunks.

What I learned after my first semester of ungrading.

A reminder to close the gap between values and behavior.

How a student privacy program can deepen privacy expertise.

A course centered on identity, race, equity, and inclusion in gaming culture.

How ungrading can support more equitable intellectual discovery.

How ungrading feedback pushed me toward more critical pedagogy.

What you need to start mobile vlogging.