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onto Educational Technology News March 11, 12:28 PM
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Small language models help colleges deploy AI efficiently, reducing costs, improving security and enhancing edge computing for smarter campus operations.
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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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What students need the most, beyond LLMs, is space to strengthen those muscles of focus, writes Michael Serazio.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Some of our students falsely assume that product—a final paper—is what we seek, because high-stakes testing has trained them transactionally, and that’s what grading tallies. But, of course, process is what we ultimately aim to sharpen: The steps and lessons learned along the way. AI rewires that relationship, short-circuiting effort from output."
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AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"ChatGPT isn't its own, unique problem. It's a symptom of a totalizing cultural paradigm in which passive consumption and regurgitation of content becomes the status quo"
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Nvidia’s billionaire CEO Jensen Huang says ignoring AI may be a one-way ticket to unemployment, with the tech set to unquestionably impact every job.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Every job will be affected, and immediately. It is unquestionable... You’re not going to lose your job to an AI, but you’re going to lose your job to someone who uses AI."
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"To develop a robust policy for generative artificial intelligence use in higher education, institutional leaders must first create 'a room' where diverse perspectives are welcome and included in the process."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"This article provides additional guidance and direction to those who may want to get involved in—and invite others to join—conversations about the role of GenAI at their institutions."
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For educators, creating lifelong learners is part of the job. A glance back at novel ideas and once-new uses of technology, even minor ones, reveals how innovative thinking and problem solving can echo through time.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Technology has dramatically changed our education in myriad ways. From books to magic lanterns, audio recordings, motion pictures, computers and AI, all of these incremental steps came from a continual process of trial, error, failures and modification."
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Creating guidelines, room for experimentation and low stakes meetings can help teachers keep up with fast-moving artificial intelligence tools.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Like all new tools, understanding and adopting AI comes with a learning curve. That means teaching the teachers to think about AI innovation in meaningful ways"
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What AI usage among learners in 2025 tell us about the current & future state of instructional design
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"[I]nstructional designers should study closely how learners are working with AI and evolve our role accordingly, from content creators to learning ecosystem architects."
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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:
Balancing AI’s efficiency with human insight and empathy is key to achieving long-term, sustainable growth.
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"When Sir Ken Robinson delivered his now-iconic TED Talk in 2006, proclaiming that “schools kill creativity,” he struck a chord that continues to reverberate through education systems worldwide. Robinson’s argument that our schools systematically squash imagination in favor of conformity and compliance sparked a movement for more creative, learner-centered approaches. Yet, less than two decades later, a new fear is echoing through these same halls: that artificial intelligence will now be the force that finally kills critical thinking in schools. How did we get from blaming the system to blaming the tool?"
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
Treating creativity and critical thinking as separate or competing undermines both, especially in systems that reward conformity over original thought and inquiry.
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Must abandon politeness to prioritise efficiency and sustainability.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently revealed that including polite phrases when prompting AI systems costs the company tens of millions of dollars in additional electricity expenses."
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Research into the impact of AI in education is sparse and poorly understood, but this doesn't mean that the concerns it raises should be ignored.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"As educators grapple with the rapid integration of AI tools in classrooms, we’re bombarded with research claiming either transformative benefits or devastating consequences. Having delved deep into the current academic literature on Large Language Models (LLMs) and their impact on learning, I’ve discovered something troubling: the methodology behind these studies is often questionable, and the claims being made—both positive and negative—are frequently misleading."
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AI offers a smooth handover of mental effort. Are we, in our quick adoption of artificial cognition, unintentionally seeing our own thinking skills fade?
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Are we, in our quick adoption of artificial cognition, unintentionally seeing our own thinking skills fade?"
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Explore how students are using generative AI beyond writing—to create visuals, design slides, enhance presentations, and communicate more effectively in business communication courses.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
AI has limitations in creativity and cultural understanding, but it can still help students visualize and develop their ideas.
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Avoiding common online program pitfalls can mean the difference between creating a thriving online program and one that never gains traction.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"[D]eveloping high-quality online courses and programs is no straightforward task. Many colleges and universities stumble into common pitfalls that can derail an online program before it ever gets off the ground. Here are four key mistakes institutions can avoid when building and scaling online learning."
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Today on "Uncanny Valley," we address one of the most pressing questions in education right now: What constitutes cheating at school in today’s world of AI?
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"[O]n the show, we debate whether using AI in school is actually cheating. Plus, we dive into how students and teachers are using these tools, and we ask what place AI should have in the future of learning."
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Check out the best generative AI books that cover transformer models, synthetic content creation, deep learning architectures, and ethical AI use cases.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
We’re excited to see Teaching and Learning in the Age of Generative AI recognized as one of the top books for understanding machine creativity and deep learning!
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"Raspberry Pi, a company started with the aim of democratizing computing and recreating the programming frenzy of the 1980s and 1990s, is warning that "vibe coding" cannot replace the skills picked up during the process of learning to code."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Even in a world where AI can generate code, we will need skilled human programmers who can think critically, solve problems, and make ethical decisions."
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AI has the potential personalize learning for students, but the field must embrace solutions specifically designed for education.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"While education presents real challenges for AI, such as addressing bias and safeguarding student privacy, it also offers a rich source of inspiration to push AI research in new and valuable directions."
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AI: Explore how Artificial Intelligence is reshaping human cognition, creativity, and the implications of an algorithm-driven world. Are we risking conformity and mediocrity or unlocking new intellectual potential?
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"What happens to the writer who no longer struggles with the perfect phrase, or the designer who no longer sketches dozens of variations before finding the right one? Will they become increasingly dependent on these cognitive prosthetics, similar to how using GPS diminishes navigation skills? And how can human creativity and critical thinking be preserved in an age of algorithmic abundance?"
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As higher ed evolves, institutions are faced with decisions that will impact their longevity--as well as teaching and learning.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"The newly released 2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report – Teaching and Learning Edition reflects the dynamic changes shaping higher education and offers guidance on how to navigate them with confidence–through insights into emerging trends, innovative technologies and practices, and scenario-based foresight."
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In the most rigorous version of the Turing test conducted to date, participants couldn’t distinguish between real humans and certain AI models.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Researchers at the University of San Diego have conducted what they say is the most rigorous Turing test of AI models to date and found it was nearly impossible for participants to distinguish humans from AI models in short conversations."
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OpenAI is buying io, a hardware company founded by former Apple design chief Jony Ive, the two companies announced on Wednesday.
“I am absolutely certain that we are literally on the brink of a new generation of technology that can make us our better selves,” Ive said.
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Joshua Rothman on two papers about the future of A.I., by deeply knowledgeable experts, which arrive at absurdly divergent conclusions about the threat the tech poses.
"The technology is complicated, but our choices are simple: we can remain passive, or assert control."
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June 2, 11:17 AM
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Students are using AI to cheat and professors are struggling to keep up. If an AI can do all the research and writing, what is the point of a degree?
"As chatbot use becomes ever more widespread, what began as a trickle of issues has evolved into a profound challenge for universities. If vast numbers of students are using chatbots to write, research, code and think for them, what is the purpose of a traditional education?"
Small language models (SLMs) may offer higher education leaders a cost-effective, efficient AI solution, enabling innovative applications on network edge devices.