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Small Language Models (SLMs): A Cost-Effective, Sustainable Option for HiEd

Small Language Models (SLMs): A Cost-Effective, Sustainable Option for HiEd | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Small language models help colleges deploy AI efficiently, reducing costs, improving security and enhancing edge computing for smarter campus operations.
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Small language models (SLMs) may offer higher education leaders a cost-effective, efficient AI solution, enabling innovative applications on network edge devices.

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Master of Education in Education Technology | Accelerated Online Program - Project Based

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-LearningTechnology 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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'Metacognitive Laziness': How AI Helps Students Offload Critical Thinking, Other Hard Work

'Metacognitive Laziness': How AI Helps Students Offload Critical Thinking, Other Hard Work | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Two studies indicate students are using chatbots in a way that undermines what they learn.
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"The two studies were conducted by a team of international researchers who studied how Chinese students were using ChatGPT to help with English writing, and by researchers at Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude. They both come to a similar conclusion: Many students are letting AI do important brain work for them."

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Our New Co-Workers in Higher Ed

Our New Co-Workers in Higher Ed | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
A discussion between the tools joining our teams. It takes a team, if not a village, to work together to deliver quality higher education. Fortunately, we have a new cohort of colleagues joining us at colleges and universities. These new colleagues are eminently qualified; most have been knowledge certified as above-average for Ph.D. holders in their field. They are truly tireless, working 24 hours a day, without holidays, vacations or breaks. As you have guessed, I am writing about AI applications. What more do we know about these new co-workers?
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Inspired by Jurgen Gravestein’s newsletter, the author set up a dialogue between Claude 4 and a custom-trained GPT model, resulting in a fascinating exchange on how AI perceives interaction with humans.

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(PDF) The Untold Story of Training Students with Generative AI: Are We Preparing Students for True Learning or Just Personalization?

(PDF) The Untold Story of Training Students with Generative AI: Are We Preparing Students for True Learning or Just Personalization? | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"While generative AI tools like ChatGPT offer great opportunities for personalized learning, it is important to think critically about what type of learning we are reinforcing through the convenience and customization offered by AI."

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The big takeaway: While AI can enhance personalized learning, overreliance may hinder students’ critical thinking, independence, and collaboration skills, highlighting the need for balanced integration.

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Where should AI sit in your UI?

"This article explores seven emerging UI layouts and the perceived roles of AI agent, analysing how each one influences user behaviour and expectations through discoverability, user interaction patterns and agent capabilities in the experience."

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"LLMs aren’t just tools to be queried, they’re a new computing medium, one that we’re only beginning to understand. Just as GUIs, the web, and mobile interfaces reshaped design in past decades, LLMs demand a rethinking of how intelligence lives in our products, not just what it says, but where it sits, how it’s triggered, and how it guides the user."

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(PDF) Generative AI in higher education: Perspectives of students, educators and administrators

"With Generative AI’s (GenAI) rapid development and the ability to generate sophisticated human-like text, it has evolved as a powerful technology in various domains. However, its application in the education domain was initially met with resistance due to concerns about disrupting traditional learning and assessment methods, raising questions about academic integrity, and provoking ethical dilemmas related to data privacy and bias."

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"This study conducts a literature review to investigate GenAI tools from the perspectives of key stakeholders in the educational domain— students, educators, and administrators—highlighting their benefits while identifying challenges and limitations."

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Behind the Clicks: What LMS Data Is Really Telling Us About Online Learning

Behind the Clicks: What LMS Data Is Really Telling Us About Online Learning | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

“'You can tell when a student is lost in a classroom. But can you tell when they’re lost online?' That question has stuck with me ever since I started studying online learning patterns in graduate education. In a traditional classroom, instructors rely on visual cues—blank stares, confused expressions, or raised hands—to gauge whether students are keeping up. But in an asynchronous online course, all we have are… clicks. Scrolls. Logins. Time stamps."

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"One of the most surprising things we found in our research was that the frequency of activity didn’t always translate to depth of learning."

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How Students Use Generative AI Beyond Writing

How Students Use Generative AI Beyond Writing | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Explore how students are using generative AI beyond writing—to create visuals, design slides, enhance presentations, and communicate more effectively in business communication courses.
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AI has limitations in creativity and cultural understanding, but it can still help students visualize and develop their ideas.

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Build-to-last vs. building fast: Avoiding online program pitfalls

Build-to-last vs. building fast: Avoiding online program pitfalls | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Avoiding common online program pitfalls can mean the difference between creating a thriving online program and one that never gains traction.
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"[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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Let's Talk About ChatGPT and Cheating in the Classroom

Let's Talk About ChatGPT and Cheating in the Classroom | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
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?
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"[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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Best Generative AI Books for Understanding Machine Creativity & Deep Learning

Best Generative AI Books for Understanding Machine Creativity & Deep Learning | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Check out the best generative AI books that cover transformer models, synthetic content creation, deep learning architectures, and ethical AI use cases.
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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: Generative AI cannot replace learning to code

Raspberry Pi: Generative AI cannot replace learning to code | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"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."

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"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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What It Takes To Unlock The Promise Of AI For Education

What It Takes To Unlock The Promise Of AI For Education | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
AI has the potential personalize learning for students, but the field must embrace solutions specifically designed for education.
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"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 in education needs more than innovation--it needs intention

AI in education needs more than innovation--it needs intention | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
The future of AI in education will be shaped by the values we embed in the systems we build and the choices we make today.
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"[A]s AI adoption accelerates, one critical question remains: Will AI strengthen learning, or will it undermine it?"

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A Values-Based Approach to Using Gen AI

A Values-Based Approach to Using Gen AI | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Explore a values-based approach to using Generative AI in higher education with insights on ethics, transparency, collaboration, and sustainability.
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A learning designer reflects on initial hesitation toward generative AI, acknowledging its risks, but ultimately embraces thoughtful engagement to align its use with personal and professional values.

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2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Teaching and Learning Edition

2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Teaching and Learning Edition | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"Higher education is in a period of massive transformation and uncertainty. Not only are current events impacting how institutions operate, but technological advancement—particularly in AI and virtual reality—are reshaping how students engage with content, how cognition is understood, and how learning itself is documented and valued."

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Panelists identified six key technologies and practices—AI tools, generative AI faculty development, AI governance, cybersecurity, evolving teaching methods, and critical digital literacy—as the most likely to shape the future of teaching and learning.

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I Asked ChatGPT How To Stop AI Cheating. Here’s What It Said

I Asked ChatGPT How To Stop AI Cheating. Here’s What It Said | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
ChatGPT’s advice on limiting AI-generated student submissions was surprisingly sound overall.
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"The best AI counterstrategy, however, seems... to be hyperlocalized assignments that require offline reporting or research. If this can be realized, it appears to be the most direct way to beat the machines without making things harder for us instructors or unnecessarily laborious for students."

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Skills-Based Credentials Drive Higher Salaries and Lower Training Costs

Skills-Based Credentials Drive Higher Salaries and Lower Training Costs | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
As workforce requirements shift dramatically in an era of rapidly developing technology—including generative AI (GenAI), employers are shifting their focus from educational credentials to a focus on specific skills. 
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Both employers and students are rapidly embracing skills-based learning and micro-credentials, especially those focused on GenAI, citing benefits like reduced training costs, higher salaries, and increased program appeal.

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A Principal's Reflections: The Phrases That Keep Us Stuck and What to Do About Them

A Principal's Reflections: The Phrases That Keep Us Stuck and What to Do About Them | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"We often think the greatest obstacles in education are external—limited resources, shifting policies, or ever-changing standards. But sometimes, the most insidious barriers come from within. They hide in plain sight, embedded in our everyday language and mindsets. Harmless at first glance, these phrases quietly sabotage progress, limit potential, and preserve the status quo. If we want to transform education in meaningful ways, we must start by confronting the words that hold us back."

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"These phrases are more than just words—they're warning signs of fixed mindsets, low expectations, and a resistance to change. Left unchecked, they become part of the culture, quietly influencing decisions, limiting innovation, and undermining student success. To create schools that are responsive, equitable, and future-ready, we must identify and challenge the language that sustains outdated practices."

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AI in Education Ethics Framework

AI in Education Ethics Framework | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education has the potential to further customise and personalise students’ learning, and encourage self-directed learning. It can also augment teachers’ professional practice by automating routine tasks and allowing teachers to spend more time with students and provide more complex guidance to advance learning. However, inappropriate AI use may impede the development of critical thinking skills in students or propagate misinformation."

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The AIEd Ethics Framework outlines four principles of Agency, Inclusivity, Fairness and Safety.

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What College Graduates Need Most in the Age of AI

What College Graduates Need Most in the Age of AI | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
What students need the most, beyond LLMs, is space to strengthen those muscles of focus, writes Michael Serazio.
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"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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Teachers Are Not OK

Teachers Are Not OK | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."
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"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 CEO reveals the person who will replace you thanks to AI—'every job will be affected, and immediately

Nvidia CEO reveals the person who will replace you thanks to AI—'every job will be affected, and immediately | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
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.
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"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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In the Room Where It Happens: Generative AI Policy Creation in Higher Education

In the Room Where It Happens: Generative AI Policy Creation in Higher Education | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"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."

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"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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Opinion: What the Past Can Teach Us About Technology and the Future

Opinion: What the Past Can Teach Us About Technology and the Future | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
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.
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"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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AI is Moving Fast. Here Are Some Helpful Ways to Support Teachers

AI is Moving Fast. Here Are Some Helpful Ways to Support Teachers | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Creating guidelines, room for experimentation and low stakes meetings can help teachers keep up with fast-moving artificial intelligence tools.
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"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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