ChatGPT has sparked many people’s imaginations and fears. But what is it, really? It’s an example of a “large language model”—a computer program trained to recognize patterns in everyday writing and replicate them.
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I've been tinkering with it for a while and I'm beginning to see patterns in its responses. It shouldn't be very difficult to spot AI generated content if you know what to look for.
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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.
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.
Discover how online learning is driving the future of education around the world. Learn about its benefits, challenges and how it is evolving classrooms into global digital communities.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Whether we are talking about an elementary or secondary student, a university student, or a professional returning to school to upgrade their skills, the internet has opened the door for education to be flexible, affordable, and global."
"Our dynamic AI co-hosts, Andy and Liz, will unpack one of the most thought-provoking interview in EduVerse newsletter: Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI: Critical Minds, Smart Tech. This insightful interview was done with Dr. Joseph Rene Corbeil and Dr. Maria Elena Corbeil, featured in EduVerse Newsletter, Issue 21—the special edition AI and Us: The New Harmony in Education, exploring how educators can balance human creativity and critical thinking with the power of AI."
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"In today’s episode, we’re delving into one of the most transformative conversations of our time—AI and Human Harmony."
AI and education intersect on a fine line between boosting critical thinking and risking cognitive decline, a challenge educators and talent leaders must address.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"AI can boost critical thinking or undermine it. Educators and talent leaders must learn to navigate this fine line."
The institutions winning this race aren't the ones with the most AI tools—they're the ones using AI strategically to deliver experiences their students can't get anywhere else.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"The question is no longer whether to adopt AI—that ship has sailed. The real question is whether your institution will lead this transformation or get left behind by competitors who move faster."
"Advances in large language model (LLM) technology enable chatbots to generate and analyze content for our work. Generative chatbots do this work by predicting responses rather than knowing the meaning of their responses. In other words, chatbots can produce coherent-sounding but inaccurate or fabricated content, referred to as hallucinations. When humans uncritically use this untruthful content, it becomes what we call botshit."
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Like calculators in the 1970s, chatbots are likely to follow a similar path from initial skepticism to widespread adoption as supportive tools in education.
AI will change education. Will higher education will move quickly enough to prepare students for the world it is creating?
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"AI should be treated the same way: a tool to enhance learning, not to shortcut it. The real risk lies not in adoption but in absence, in graduating students into an AI-powered economy without the skills to navigate it."
Students are building knowledge about the technology that could help them in future jobs.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Artificial intelligence isn’t a new term that the K-5 students in Selver Perez’s computer-applications classes are learning about for the first time."
"The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when individuals learn about a topic from LLM syntheses, they risk developing shallower knowledge than when they learn through standard web search, even when the core facts in the results are the same."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"[L]earning from LLM syntheses (vs. web links) can, at times, limit the development of deeper, more original knowledge."
The use of an AI agent in education can transform classrooms, reshaping how students learn, teachers teach, and schools operate.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"As education continues to embrace AI integration with VR/AR, predictive analytics, and career-focused learning, the opportunities for enhanced learning experiences are limitless."
ADDIE+ can be a dynamic, data-driven learning ecosystem that delivers continuous performance improvement and measurable business impact.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"AI is transforming ADDIE from a linear design model into a dynamic, data-driven learning ecosystem that delivers continuous performance improvement and measurable business impact."
"Two weeks ago, we examined the transformation of higher education in the next five years. Today, we look at how this transformation will shift the emphasis of our teaching."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"“Every professional needs upskilling in order to maintain a competitive edge in the workforce. Keeping ahead of the latest skills and knowledge has become more crucial than ever in order to align with evolving market demands."
The recent Tech & Learning webinar, sponsored by Lightspeed Systems, explored what’s really happening with screen time, and what it means for schools.
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"Screen time is tied to mental health, to student engagement, to educational outcomes, school budgets, even topics like AI,” said Bennett. “Really, all the hot topics that are going on in edtech, screen time relates to them."
"Three weeks ago, YouTube finally decided that I must be interested in writing. Fair enough: I’m a Human-Computer Interaction professor researching writing tools and the impact of AI. Soon, my feed filled with Grammarly ads — and I started reflecting on their curious messages.
What if we took AI writing tool ads seriously?"
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Ads may seem an odd source for design reflection. Yet they are highly intentional design artefacts because they are expensive and compete for attention."
A study conducted at the University of Chicago found AI detection tools varied widely in quality, and proposes a framework for use both inside and outside of education.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"[T]he research is a warning sign for educators against relying on many AI detection tools when making decisions about student grades and disciplinary action."
A degree in computer science used to promise a cozy career in tech. Now, students’ ambitions are shaped by AI, in fields that blend computing with analysis, interpretation, and data.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"As the number of kids seeking computer science degrees falters, STEM-minded high schoolers are looking at fields that blend computing with analysis, interpretation, and data."
"As concerns mount over widespread use of large language model (LLM)-based chatbots for schoolwork worldwide, our understanding remains limited regarding their effects on learning and how to customize LLM chatbots and learning tasks to promote effective learning in the era of generative AI."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"[P]ost-survey responses revealed that students overestimated the learning benefits of the standard ChatGPT and relied on it more heavily, despite recognizing the advantages of the guided discovery ChatGPT, highlighting the risk of overreliance on standard LLM chatbots.
You’re not just a user. You are part of a system that watches, listens, predicts and nudges.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"ChatGPT (and the models behind it) revealed for the first time how many of its users engage in deeply personal, vulnerable conversations — and by extension, how much the company can know about us."
"There was a time when we would phone a best friend or even write to the agony aunt in the local newspaper for relationship advice. Today, it’s not uncommon for a heartbroken teenager to turn to AI for digital therapy.
At first glance, seeking wisdom or validation from AI might seem harmless. Yet emotional dependence on technology can lead to serious and unintended consequences."
It's a struggle to create guidelines that keep up with rapid advances in the technology.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"School districts across the country are rolling out AI policies to guide how teachers, staff, and students use the technology in response to growing interest and concern about its benefits and drawbacks."
AI has already integrated into higher education but using it effectively and in alignment with institutional missions requires strong ethical guardrails.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"The challenge for IHEs is not whether to use AI but how to use it responsibly and ensure an ethical basis for its use."
Trust in AI begins with thoughtful design, expert oversight, and acknowledgement of the work educators do every day.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"General AI tools can get you 60 percent of the way there. But that last 40 percent is the part that ensures quality, fairness, and educational value. This requires expertise to get right. That’s where structured, guided AI becomes essential."
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I've been tinkering with it for a while and I'm beginning to see patterns in its responses. It shouldn't be very difficult to spot AI generated content if you know what to look for.