Myles Joshua Toledo Tan

University of St. La Salle | USLS · Department of Natural Sciences

Our new article explores how generative AI, when ethically implemented, can support educational integrity. By aligning AI with educational theories like constructivism and Self-Determination Theory (SDT), we argue that AI can promote personalized, meaningful learning and foster student autonomy and intrinsic motivation. Key ethical considerations are highlighted, including the need for transparency, respect for privacy, and fairness to ensure AI empowers students while preserving trust and data integrity. These principles create a foundation for using AI in ways that support, rather than undermine, academic honesty. For educators, this framework offers insights into reshaping assessment and learning practices responsibly in the AI era.

We invite you to read our article to explore these points in depth and learn how AI might become a valuable tool in fostering integrity-driven education.

Key Points and Discussion Prompts:

Below are the links to the paper on ResearchGate and Frontiers, respectively:

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I am new to spatial transcriptomics and am exploring data sets. Can someone walk me through what's contained in the R Object (Robj) files that I have?

We are probably all aware by now that artificial intelligence will disrupt virtually every single industry globally. It will eliminate millions of old jobs and create millions of new ones. Memorization, multiple-choice testing, or rote work will no longer be relevant to these new jobs. Even jobs in the service sector that traditionally need the "human touch," like nursing and teaching will be affected in one way or another.

Unfortunately, the developing world will probably make attempts to adhere to "tradition" and resist change. How can we democratize technology so that students gain the data and computer literacy needed to succeed in the job market of the future despite this resistance?

I currently use .csv files to work with pandas dataframes and perform UMAP analyses and I would like to use Scanpy moving forward. Can anyone help me with converting .csv files into Anndata files for Scanpy?

The Philippines ranked last among 58 countries in math and science according to the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2019 [See more here: https://tinyurl.com/2v68v2pe].

Moreover, the Philippines also ranked last among 79 countries in reading comprehension according to the 2018 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). And despite English being one of the country's two official languages, the Philippines fell from the 20th to the 27th spot in terms of the 2020 English Proficiency Index (EPI) [See more here: https://tinyurl.com/ycktxnae].

Looking at the numbers, I will argue that there clearly is a crisis in education in our country. And while the problem is probably systemic and deep-rooted, what can an individual or perhaps an NGO do to begin to contribute to, at least, the easing of the situation?

It has been over a year since global lockdowns began hampering development in a multitude of sectors and industries. Let's start a discussion and hopefully, learn from each other! Could you tell me:

1. Where you're from;

2. Your areas of research;

3. How your research was before the pandemic;

4. How the conduct of research has changed over the past year or so;

5. Any benefits that arose from the experience;

6. Lessons learned.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many academic conferences that we anticipate annually to meet colleagues and share ideas have been moved online. Do you feel that these online conferences offer just as much value as face-to-face conferences? If not, what could we do to safely return to the conference halls and learn from each other anew?