Now that the weather is easing off of a swampy, soaked August, we at the Makerspace are finding ways to get back outdoors, and finding opportunities with our friends on campus to add a bit to their projects and built … Continue reading Makerspace in the Arboretum
Adam Grant, Organizational Psychologist, Wharton School Professor and writer of many recently popular books on personal improvement, believes he has the answer. But it’s not technological. Nor is it Blue Books. I found his recent essay “There’s Really Only One … Continue reading How to stop students from using AI to cheat?
Firebird can now host and run open-source large language models directly on the cluster using Ollama, a tool that makes it straightforward to pull down a model (and Ollama has LOTS of models!) and start working with it. Anyone with … Continue reading Running Open-Source LLMs on Firebird
As I continue to coach my new colleague, Caroline Larsen, on the intimate details of our scripting and processing of course materials, I have a unique opportunity to reflect on my time as an Accessibility Professional at Swarthmore. Mentoring someone … Continue reading Reflections of an Accessibility Professional at Swarthmore
While working on a Microsoft Word document recently, we noticed something unexpected: after uploading the file to Google Drive, it was being converted into a Google Doc. In this case, we wanted to share the document as a Word file—not … Continue reading No, Google Drive, I Wanted a Word Document
In collaboration with our partners in digital scholarship in the libraries, we have added additional extended reality (XR) devices in the Language Center as a result of growing interest in use of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies. … Continue reading Extended Reality Resources in the Language Center
