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onto Educational Technology News October 1, 2024 1:27 PM
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There is optimism about artificial intelligence’s productivity gains amid worry about inappropriate student use. Here’s what you need to know.
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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.
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May 19, 3:46 PM
Using technology in education proves affective in helping students/ learners accelerate their learning progress.
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As AI continues to be more pervasive, lessons have to go beyond the basics
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"[S]tudents (and teachers) need to understand not only what AI is and how it functions, but also how it impacts many facets of our society, and its potential for harm."
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When education institutions prioritize thoughtful technology use over constant acquisition, they can save resources and build a stronger culture of purpose-driven innovation.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"In today’s technology-rich environment, educational leaders face constant pressure to adopt new technologies, particularly with the current explosion of predictive, reactive, and generative AI tools. These tools promise to improve student outcomes, streamline operations, and modernize learning environments. Yet, amid this excitement, many institutions overlook a critical issue: ensuring that existing technologies are being used to full potential before investing in new ones. Equally important is the ability to strategically phase out tools that no longer serve the institution’s mission."
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"AI agents are fast becoming much more than just sidekicks for human workers. They’re becoming digital teammates—an emerging category of talent. To get the most out of these new teammates, leaders in HR and procurement will need to start developing an operational playbook for integrating them into hybrid teams and a workforce strategy."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Emerging research out of Harvard Business School and the Digital Data Design Institute shows that AI agents are fast becoming much more than just sidekicks for human workers. They’re becoming digital teammates—an emerging category of talent."
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If AI is the new literacy and the foundation of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the future may be written by those who learned it first.
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"Beginning in kindergarten, children are exposed to age-appropriate AI tools, taught how to interact with large language models, and trained to think computationally in ways designed to mimic how AI 'thinks.'”
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We cannot force students to write "original" prose without any external help. But we can teach them to be responsible authors who understand the tools they use and the ideas they put into the world.
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"Colleges and universities are facing a parallel crisis: uncertainty over whether and how students should be allowed to use generative AI."
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In this McKinsey Explainer, we look at what multimodal AI is and how this revolutionary new technology is reshaping the field of artificial intelligence.
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"Multimodal AI is a type of artificial intelligence that can understand and process different types of information, such as text, images, audio, and video, all at the same time. Multimodal gen AI models produce outputs based on these various inputs."
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"'Idea voodoo' is the insidious belief that a powerful, innovative idea is sufficient on its own to manifest change. It’s a form of organizational superstition, treating a concept not as a starting point for hard work, but as a magical incantation that should effortlessly reshape reality. This mindset is one of the most significant yet subtle inhibitors of genuine progress, as it fundamentally misunderstands that change is not a revelation, but a process."
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"Voice technologies are no longer just about recognizing what we say; they are beginning to understand how we say it. As artificial intelligence (AI) advances, it can detect subtle emotional signals in our speech, promising more human-like interactions with machines. Emotional AI is reshaping how voice data is used across industries."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Paralinguistic voice analysis focuses on non-verbal elements of speech like tone, pitch, volume, pauses and rhythm that convey emotion, intention or attitude. While traditional voice recognition focused on transcribing spoken words, emotional AI adds a new layer: interpreting how those words are delivered. Today’s AI systems use deep learning to identify these paralinguistic features in real time."
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July 6, 10:31 AM
"Voice technologies are no longer just about recognizing what we say; they are beginning to understand how we say it. As artificial intelligence (AI) advances, it can detect subtle emotional signals in our speech, promising more human-like interactions with machines. Emotional AI is reshaping how voice data is used across industries."
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"AI promises amplified intelligence, but are we repeating old habits that bankrupt our thinking?"
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"AI-powered innovation faces the same old problem: speed over depth."
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"It’s been a little over a year since ChatGPT brought generative AI into the mainstream. In that time, we’ve ridden a wave of excitement about the current utility and future impact of large language models (LLMs). These tools already have hundreds of millions of weekly users, analysts are projecting a multi-trillion dollar contribution to the economy, and there’s now a growing array of credible competitors to OpenAI."
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The AI world of tomorrow isn’t just knocking--it’s already in our higher education classrooms, learning management systems, and labs.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"The institutions best positioned to thrive will be those that treat AI not as an add-on but as a framework. Faculty development programs should include AI pedagogical design."
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Enhance engagement, personalize instruction, and streamline tasks with AI tools that support smarter, more efficient classroom learning.
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"During an ISTELive 25 session, Eric Curts, a technology integration specialist with the Stark Portage Area Computer Consortium, offered an overview of can’t-miss AI resources."
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"A new report found middle and high school students, regardless of age or location, are discussing the same challenges with AI bots."
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"While social media, bullying and loneliness have long been flagged as top concerns among educators for their students, a new report shows the biggest concern for kids is balancing it all. The kicker: Students didn't share these concerns with adults in their lives. Instead, they expressed these worries to an AI chat system, which schools and health care institutions are increasingly turning to in an attempt to better support youth."
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ChatGPT’s Deep Research tool acts as a research assistant and can quickly find great sources on a variety of topics.
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"Deep research is designed to work independently by finding, analyzing, and summarizing hundreds of online searches."
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Learn 5 practical steps to update college assignments for the AI age—boosting critical thinking, authentic learning, and academic integrity.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"One promising solution to the triple challenge of fostering critical thinking, meaningful learning, and academic integrity is to double down on transparency. We can provide the guidance students want, embed analysis and evaluation into our assignments to get at that all-important critical thinking, and nudge students toward integrity. How? By embracing transparency."
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Universities have relied on expert knowledge being scarce, but AI is changing that. Tuition now needs to focus on human skills that machines still struggle to copy.
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"Universities can no longer rely on scarcity setting the price for the curated and credentialed form of information that used to be hard to obtain."
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High school educators report at least half of their curriculum will focus on skills-based learning to prepare students for future success.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"By incorporating skills-based learning into their curricula, educators are equipping students with the tools necessary to transition seamlessly into the workforce after graduation–and online education is poised to play a pivotal role in this evolution."
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Insights from the 2025 RSAC reveal how AI is reinventing cybersecurity: a threat and opportunity for businesses.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Artificial intelligence is not just changing cybersecurity—it’s redefining it."
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"The way we learn new skills has changed dramatically in recent years. Thanks to online learning platforms, gaining new qualifications has never been more convenient. Whether you’re looking to boost your career or pick up a personal interest, there’s now a course for almost anything—without ever stepping into a traditional classroom."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Online courses can eliminate many of these logistical barriers, giving learners reasonable flexibility in the time and pace of their studies and where they study."
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"As AI technology and no-code automation tools continue to evolve, manual testing seems to be losing its edge. This perception may or may not align with reality, as multiple factors are impacting manual testing, including budget cuts driven by the tech sector slump. But as QA professionals, we must acknowledge the realities outlined in the latest World Quality Report, which highlights the forces shaping the future of manual testing."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Humans are crucial in validating AI-generated outputs. This is why the authors advocate for a hybrid approach that combines manual expertise with automation, and where SMEs review and refine AI-generated test cases."
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"The future of AI UX will be shaped by those who understand these principles are not suggestions — they are laws. Natural laws of the intelligence era, as fundamental as gravity, as powerful as evolution, as inevitable as progress itself."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
As AI reshapes user experience, the collapse of old design rules calls for a new set of guiding principles to bring clarity and direction to a rapidly evolving and often chaotic landscape.
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How does ChatGPT affect memory, brain activity, and critical thinking? A neuroscientist breaks down the science behind the MIT study.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Based on these findings, the researchers argued that over-reliance on AI tools could lead to “cognitive debt”—a kind of mental shortfall where people don’t engage deeply enough to learn or remember."
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Hear from UTRGV alumnus Reynaldo Garcia III as he shares how earning his Master of Education in Educational Technology strengthened his skills, boosted hi
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
The Online M.Ed. in Educational Technology is a 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. Learn more here: http://utrgv.edu/edtech
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The key to responsible use of AI tools lies in choosing tools designed to aid understanding, not undermine it by encouraging cheating.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Here are 5 high-caliber AI tools that can help K-12 students learn more effectively, without crossing the line into cheating or unfair shortcuts."
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"How the tools designed to augment human intelligence are accidentally replacing it."
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There’s a growing concern that the smart tools designed to help us may actually be making us less intelligent. It raises a deeper question about how much of our thinking we’re giving over to machines.
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"As students settle back into classroom routines for the 2024-2025 school year, K–12 teachers and administrators face a host of pressing issues. Among them: how to navigate the use of artificial intelligence in education."