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EDTECH@UTRGV
onto Educational Technology News August 28, 2011 10:46 AM
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"The University of Texas system's Board of Regents unanimously approved a sweeping plan on Thursday that responds to calls for more transparency about the performance of its campuses and spends $243.6-million to raise four-year graduation rates, expand the use of technology, and improve efficiency throughout the system."
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Watch this video to learn more about the fully online, accelerated, project-based Master of Education in Educational Technology at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. For more information, visit: https://www.utrgv.edu/edtech/index.htm
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This 30-hour accelerated program designed to prepare persons in K-12, higher education, corporate, and military settings to develop the skills and knowledge necessary for the classrooms and boardrooms of tomorrow. Students in this program have the opportunity to earn one or more graduate certificates in E-Learning, Technology Leadership, and Online Instructional Design.
harrietwatkins's curator insight,
August 24, 2024 10:34 PM
This is a fantastic program! Its practical, real-world based and applicable to many areas of industry where teaching and learning, training and development are used.
Katlego Mofokeng's curator insight,
May 19, 3:46 PM
Using technology in education proves affective in helping students/ learners accelerate their learning progress.
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Learning, rather than teaching, must once again become the heartbeat of education--and AI makes discovery through learning possible.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"AI should amplify curiosity rather than erode it"
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Learning in the era of AI no longer means learning once for knowledge—it's proving you can learn the next thing, quickly and efficiently.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"A college degree used to be a long-term gatepass to professional success, but in today's AI era, the half-life of knowledge is decreasing terribly fast."
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5G Standalone is scaling globally, but operators face a new smartphone moment. Success in the 6G era depends on strategic models, AI and cloud-enabled innovation.
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"Verizon SVP and CTO, Yago Tenorio, recently declared, “We are on the cusp of another smartphone moment.” He envisions a future where wearables, glasses, wristbands and other lightweight devices enable AI to see and hear what users do, exponentially accelerating learning and interaction."
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Content formats and learner expectations are changing fast, now more than ever before. If you could gain the insight you need in just 30 seconds instead of 30 minutes, wouldn’t you choose the faster option?
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"‘TikTokification’ might sound like a buzzword, but it captures a real shift, not just in how we consume content, but in how we learn."
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"This fall, Harvard students returned to a campus that felt part digital, part retro: in-person exams, handwritten assignments, and no-laptop policies in certain classrooms. These changes are not nostalgic quirks—they are part of Harvard’s broader effort to confront a new challenge reshaping higher education: the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in academic work."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"The rapid proliferation of AI has forced faculty to rethink not just assignments, but the very methods of teaching. Harvard instructors now face a delicate balancing act: integrate AI in ways that enhance learning, while safeguarding academic integrity and critical thinking."
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OpenAI has released a new evaluation to figure out how well its AIs perform on "economically valuable, real-world tasks."
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"Real-world tasks are rarely “clearly defined with a prompt and reference files,” OpenAI admits.
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Skills-focused online learning platforms are powerful tools that meet the complexity of the current moment.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Students need to learn how to work alongside AI and other emerging technologies now and develop a willingness to continue learning as new technologies appear, and teachers must be prepared to lead that education. That’s where online learning platforms come in. They can help teachers and students quickly gain skills to stay effective with new technologies"
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"Using AI is an exercise in meta-thinking. At Every, that often means writing about what it means to write with AI. Among our recent pieces, we've talked about how to build an AI writing partner, the benefits of using AI voice-to-text tools, and how to preserve a unique writing style while using AI. Today we're re-surfacing a perspective from Rhea Purohit, who after struggling to work AI into her day-to-day routine found success when she began using it not for high-volume productivity, but to amplify meaning in her work and life"
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Before you can use AI to maximize the meaning in your work and life, you’ll need to be able to articulate what you draw meaning from."
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By teaching the tasks behind the technology, we prepare students to survive in a tool-rich world.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Are we teaching students the skills behind the technology, or are we unintentionally outsourcing their thinking to the devices?"
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"[P]rototyping with AI places importance on Designers who can take principled action and adhere to a design process that a team can follow, which is where prototyping and user testing have a significant role to play. Prototyping first comes with a lot of failure"
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
AI tools are rapidly blurring the line between design and development, speeding up prototyping while underscoring the need for principled design processes, user testing, and resilience through failure.
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How can you manage and prevent AI hallucinations in L&D content? Read on to discover practical tips for Instructional Designers and AI users.
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"In this article, we explore tips for Instructional Designers to prevent AI errors and for learners to avoid falling victim to AI misinformation."
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While school drop-offs may not be at play, parents find a new host of rules to abide by with virtual schooling.
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“Learning coaches,” contracts and monitoring attendance online — while virtual school may tout itself as more flexible for students, parents are involved as ever.
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Critical data literacy is essential to help students navigate cultural nuance, question assumptions, and collaborate across disciplines.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Critical data literacy helps students see the relevance of what they’re learning"
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AI's full impact extends beyond cost-cutting to organizational transformation, accelerated growth and enhanced human potential … if leveraged correctly.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Efficiency Isn’t The Same As Impact"
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"In a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, the role of Learning and Development (L&D) professionals is evolving. It’s no longer enough to simply be aware of AI; a deeper AI literacy is becoming a core competency."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"The ultimate goal is to move from AI literacy to AI fluency"
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Students do not just need answers--they need the mentors who build resilience, adaptability, and empathy, and AI cannot offer that.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"AI is not replacing us as mentors. It is showing us where students feel unserved"
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"An artifact of the race to the top in artificial intelligence is that mistakes inevitably occur. One of those many mistakes apparently led to hallucinations in outputs."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"As model capabilities improve, errors often become less overt but more difficult to detect."
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"When people feel safe to challenge assumptions, take risks and learn from failure, innovation becomes second nature."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"[T]echnology is a role maximizer. It’s best used to augment—not replace—human potential."
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Rather than speculate on GenAI’s promise or peril, Thibault Schrepel suggests simple teaching experiments to uncover its actual effects
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Used badly, AI fuels shortcuts and laziness. Used carefully, it sharpens judgment and adaptability."
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"Too much AI‑assisted writing lands correct but hollow. Copywriter Chris Silvestri turns a hard lesson into a three‑phase workflow for great writing with AI and shows, in a side‑by‑side prompt test, how a bit of context shifts the output. You’ll see how you can apply the same method to any kind of writing—copy, board decks, novels—and where judgment does the heavy lifting."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"If you want to get good writing—at scale—with AI, you need to also provide it with the strategic raw materials first"
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A study of more than 3,300 college students shows that ChatGPT’s arrival coincided with one of the sharpest swings in grades ever recorded in a single college course.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Exam scores jumped nearly 22 points after ChatGPT’s launch, while writing project marks dropped by about 10."
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The utility of generative AI tools is expanding far beyond simple summarisation and grammar support towards more sophisticated, pedagogical applications.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"[A]dministrators have started to relax some policies and give teachers greater freedom to direct when they can be used. How these tools are used, however, is often driven by students."
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Discover how AI prompt engineering can transform higher education classrooms. Learn strategies for teaching students effective, ethical, and critical use of AI to enhance learning and engagement.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"57% of schools, up from 49% last year, now identify AI as a 'strategic priority' as they continue to adapt to the expanding impact of AI across teaching and learning"
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"Generative artificial intelligence isn't just a new tool—it's a catalyst forcing the higher education profession to reimagine its purpose, values, and future."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"The question is shifting from 'Should we?' to 'How do we?' Answering that question demands nothing less than reimagining the core value proposition of higher education."
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