Artificial Intelligence both terrifies and fascinates me. I have been an educator for 39 years, and as a classroom teacher, I, like all teachers, am navigating the new world of AI. This year, I have been experimenting with AI tools to help my students and me learn more deeply. I know AI
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Many current students will be downgraded by AI, and that future might be inevitable without a radical change in how we do school."
It’s not about replacing teaching — it’s about reimagining it. The best educators aren't afraid of AI; they’re asking, “How can this help us learn better, think deeper, and stay human in a tech-driven world?”
The latest news related to the meaningful and effective implementation of educational technology and e-learning in K-12, higher education, corporate and government sectors.
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One month of web browsing data shows most respondents visited a search page with an AI-generated summary, but visits to in-depth content about AI were much rarer.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"A small share of respondents used search engines to get information about AI. One-in-ten conducted an AI-related query on a search engine during the month. But more often, search engines were a source for material generated by AI."
"AI is rapidly becoming ubiquitous in every corner of our society, impacting individuals and industries alike. The potential of AI in the chemical industry is no exception. This is something I've seen firsthand during my time in the industry, especially within my role at Trinseo."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"In the hands of scientists, engineers, operations leaders and innovators of all kinds, AI has the potential to fundamentally transform how we operate"
"It’s been over two years since the rise of generative AI, marked by the release of ChatGPT in November 2022. Yet, the impact of this technological shift continues to intensify rather than plateau. Just recently, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Deep Search, a tool that promises to redefine how we conduct research. Meanwhile, China’s DeepSeek, a ChatGPT competitor, entered the scene with a level of hype and controversy that signals the ever-escalating global AI race."
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The big takeaway from this article: "If you are a teacher or educator feeling uncertain about AI’s impact on your practice, here’s the reality: AI is here to stay, and it will only get better. Your role is not to resist it but to adapt, explore its potential, and guide your students in using it wisely."
Literacy instruction has surfaced as one of the fastest-growing areas for AI applications in education.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Rather than simply redlining typos or grammatical errors, today’s AI-powered assistants are capable of offering personalized feedback through conversational interactions with users."
AI in writing instruction has evolved from merely identifying typos and grammar errors to offering personalized feedback through conversational interactions with users. Free tools such as Khanmigo and Quill have emerged as valuable AI resources, providing teachers with instant feedback.
"There are, allegedly, millions of people that chat with AI like they’re buddies. Platforms like Replika and Character.AI advertise themselves as virtual friends available to talk whenever you need a friend. They’re supportive, encouraging, entertaining, but these chatbots aren’t really your friends… are they?"
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"According to Mark Zuckerberg, the average American has approximately 3 friends, but a need for around 15. In an interview on the Dwarkesh Podcast, he suggested that one way to meet this demand would be through AI."
"Much of the interest on AI and work concerns its possible effects on job losses – will jobs be replaced by AI or will they be transformed? While it is not possible to predict the future – particularly as the technology is still evolving – ILO researchers first developed a methodology in 2023, and later refined it in 2025, to estimate the potential effects of generative AI on existing occupations, and then in a second step, on employment."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"As most occupations consist of tasks that require human input, transformation of jobs is the most likely impact of GenAI."
"As AI increasingly pervades internal processes, so too do threat actors. For example, GenAI tools amplify the scale and impact of polymorphic malware that can evade existing detection systems, and phishing campaigns using AI-led personalization are extremely convincing with a high success rate."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"[T]hreat research labs (CTRL) revealed five trends defining how bad actors will further exploit AI to advance their malicious intentions."
"The next world is AI-integrated, project-driven, future-focused, and human-inspired. Is AI bad? Is AI good? Should we recoil in fear or embrace a new technology that some believe holds the seeds of our own destruction as creative human beings? That's the divide now. And schools, more than any other institution, are destined to face the dilemma of AI."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"PBL 2.0... offers a methodology that engages them as facilitators, co-designers, and knowledge guides in a student-driven classroom."
As key players in local workforce training, community colleges are well placed to lead the adoption of artificial intelligence tools and ensure students are prepared for the business world of tomorrow.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant disruptor. It's already reshaping how we teach, learn and prepare students for tomorrow's workforce. For community colleges, the question isn't if we adopt AI — it's how we lead its adoption effectively and responsibly."
Educause's 2025 Horizon report reveals a complex landscape — from new VR applications to uncertain social and regulatory factors — shifting the priorities of educators.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Inclusive learning environments are on the rise. Virtual reality is being adopted with growing regularity. New technologies are providing new ways to document student success. Governments are expanding green energy subsidies. But amid it all, there’s uncertainty in how technologies will be regulated in higher education institutions."
Artificial intelligence tools should be installed only after considering their security, ethics and problem-solving capabilities.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Artificial Intelligence is an incredibly hot technology, which means IT teams are trying to apply AI tools to almost every problem — even those that AI doesn’t solve well. Here are five questions to ask about any project before diving in."
This guide is a detailed overview of AI literacy that addresses technical, ethical, critical, and societal dimensions of AI in education in our current AI-embedded world.
"Society has reached a pivotal moment in computational intelligence. AI has been evolving rapidly yet predictably for the past decade through increased automation, more innovative models and ever-larger datasets. But the next phase won't be defined by size or speed. It will be determined by context. The future of AI is about artificial intelligence, not just artificial, but intuitive—aware of environment, emotion and enterprise."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"In its first phase, AI helped us automate routine tasks. In its next phase, it will support and enhance executive judgment."
"The modern workplace has undergone a radical transformation. No longer tethered to physical offices, employees now operate within a dynamic ecosystem of cloud-based tools, collaborative platforms and AI-powered assistants. All of this is often accessed through a single, ubiquitous interface: the browser."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"While organizations have invested heavily in securing their networks and endpoints, the browser itself often remains a blind spot, leaving them vulnerable to a growing array of sophisticated threats."
A movement that started at Harvard University aims to help students wean themselves off smartphones incrementally, recommending that they delete their social media accounts one by one.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"APPstinence forgoes popular quick fixes like screen time controls, algorithm hacking, or digital detoxes, and offers something much more radical: a five-step method (which sounds Alcohol Anonymous’ 12-step program) to free yourself once-and-for-all from the chains of technology addiction."
"Meta-analysis published in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications evaluates ChatGPT's effect on learning performance, perception, and higher-order thinking across 51 studies."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
The study found "a positive effect on student learning performance, with more moderate effects on student perception and higher-order thinking."
In following along on a conversation via Linked In, I saw Shana V. White ask this question: How do you define "ethically"? Later, someone asks the question that Shana may really be asking in regards to AI, "What is ethical AI?" From my perspective, the questions raise the bigger issues. It reminded me of a…
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Ethical AI refers to artificial intelligence systems designed and operated according to principles such as fairness, transparency, and accountability, with safeguards to prevent harm and discrimination."
"To play a game is to come up against problems and work out a solution to them, and the research backs this up. 'Evidence is emerging that playing any kind of video game, regardless of whether or not it is violent, enhances children’s creative capacities'”
Artificial Intelligence both terrifies and fascinates me. I have been an educator for 39 years, and as a classroom teacher, I, like all teachers, am navigating the new world of AI. This year, I have been experimenting with AI tools to help my students and me learn more deeply. I know AI
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Many current students will be downgraded by AI, and that future might be inevitable without a radical change in how we do school."
It’s not about replacing teaching — it’s about reimagining it. The best educators aren't afraid of AI; they’re asking, “How can this help us learn better, think deeper, and stay human in a tech-driven world?”
The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office estimated that 31.4 percent of student applications in 2024 were fraudulent, coming from bots or AI agents being used to steal financial aid money.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"ghost students are artificially intelligent agents or bots that pose as real students in order to steal millions of dollars of financial aid"
The vast majority of today's college students — 93% — believe generative AI training should be included in degree programs, according to a recent Coursera report. What's more, 86% of students consider gen AI the most crucial technical skill for career preparation, prioritizing it above in-demand skills such as data strategy and software development.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"74% of employers report challenges sourcing generative AI talent. 69% of entry-level employees would like employer-supported gen AI training; only 33% currently receive it."
Can you apply the pyramid approach in eLearning? Of course, and with great benefits. Find out about them here.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"The pyramid approach is a learning model with three stages: foundation, understanding, and mastery, building knowledge from basics to real-life application."
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"Many current students will be downgraded by AI, and that future might be inevitable without a radical change in how we do school."