"As UX professionals, we need to be more like good doctors. When someone comes to us with “users are confused” or “conversion is low,” our first instinct shouldn’t be to grab our favorite “design treatment”. We should ask: I wonder what layers this problem lives in?"
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.
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
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
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.
Gen Z is more mindful and less divided than some suggest, writes Jeff LeBlanc in a thoughtful commentary on his experiences teaching post-Millennials.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"What I haven’t seen is a loss of values. I’ve seen values under stress. And I’ve seen students rise to meet that stress with reflection, humor, honesty, and in some cases, the emotional clarity that many of us didn’t learn until adulthood. They’re not fractured so much as they’re adapting."
Learn how institutional leaders can develop mission-driven AI policies that balance innovation, ethics, and stakeholder needs in higher education.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"This article delves into the complexities of developing and implementing an AI framework that not only aligns with an institution’s unique mission but also addresses the diverse needs of its stakeholders, including faculty, students, staff, and administration."
"For AI to succeed, we’ll need to devise new interface patterns that support its capabilities rather than copy those patterns of the technology it seeks to replace."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"AI needs its own paradigm shift. We need interfaces that wrangle the inherent complexity of AI into something that feels effortless and intuitive."
"Picture this: A teacher excitedly introduces her class to a new AI-powered writing assistant. Students' eyes light up as they prompt the tool and generate paragraph after paragraph with minimal effort. Within minutes, they've produced essays that would have taken hours to write by hand."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"The question isn't whether AI belongs in our schools (it's already here). The real question is this: Are we using AI to enhance meaningful learning, or are we letting the tool become the destination instead of the vehicle?"
"In today's fast-paced digital world, where development cycles move faster and consumer expectations are higher than ever, design thinking has become the foundation of human-centered problem-solving. Yet, this powerful framework needs an upgrade when problems become more complex."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"As machine intelligence blends with human instinct, GenAI is reshaping how we use execution, experimentation and empathy throughout the design process."
"May marks two and a half years since OpenAI launched ChatGPT. In the first five days, over a million people signed up to try it. People used it to instantly answer questions, write essays, find recipes and build grocery shopping lists. But while consumers found immediate utility, organizations are finding that bringing generative AI (GenAI) into the workplace is a different ballgame—and the stakes are high."
Rarely in the course of history has a single technological advancement provoked the hope that it will be a universal gateway to future prosperity. GenAI is the next technological leap—but can its real-world impact match the hype?
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"'GenAI is a technological breakthrough comparable to the “change from flip phone to smartphone,'” says Abhay Pradhan, head of analytics technology at LSEG. 'This is one of those technologies where the size of change is massive.'”
"In 1984, Apple Computer introduced the Macintosh with a Super Bowl commercial that changed the world for graphic designers. The ad begins with a Big Brother totalitarian speaker from George Orwell’s 1984 barking commands to a subservient audience. He is interrupted by a woman swinging a mallet, smashing the image of the authoritarian speaker while the narrator promises, '1984 will not be like 1984.'”
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Upheaval and disruption are nothing new for graphic designers."
"This Outlook report, prepared by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), examines the transformative role of Generative AI (GenAI) with a specific emphasis on the European Union. It highlights the potential of GenAI for innovation, productivity, and societal change."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"The societal impact of GenAI is also addressed, with focus on both the opportunities for inclusivity and the risks of bias and over-reliance."
"Students light up when they create something meaningful, and every educator has seen that spark. Self-expression fuels learning, and creativity lies at the heart of the human experience. As AI rapidly reshapes software development, computer science (CS) education must move beyond syntax drills and algorithmic repetition. Coding alone isn’t enough; students must also learn to think systemically, design creatively and build with intention.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"As AI automates many of the mechanical aspects of programming, the value of CS education is shifting, from writing perfect code to shaping systems, telling stories through logic and designing ethical, human-centered solutions. Creative coding unlocks all of these possibilities."
"Today I presented this short collection of thoughts at an online conference. I consider myself a ‘veteran’ in the online and in-person presentation challenge, well I have been doing it a long time, and perhaps better than some. This event, or my session I mean, was not well attended, and that’s fine but I decided to do a screencast video and share more widely. Because…..I am interested in hearing from other educators or AI gurus who are also working on ideas and projects with AI as a learning partner."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"What if your next collaborator wasn't human?... What might change?"
The increasing accessibility of AI technologies among K-12 and higher education students has raised concerns around academic integrity, although research shows that these tools may be used to supplement instruction, prioritize critical thinking, and promote digital literacy. The new book “Teaching and Learning in the Age of Generative AI,” edited by Joseph Rene Corbeil, Ed.D., and Maria Elena Corbeil, is a comprehensive resource providing evidence-based strategies for classroom implementation and helpful summaries of common benefits and risks.
"As educators we must strike a balance between harnessing generative AI's immense potential with upholding education's core values of fairness, integrity, and high standards."
How to equip teachers and staff with the necessary skills and confidence to integrate AI into their classrooms
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"[W]hen we talk about artificial intelligence or anything that's associated with personalized learning, we need professional development consistently for teachers across the country to help build that capacity"
"As UX professionals, we need to be more like good doctors. When someone comes to us with “users are confused” or “conversion is low,” our first instinct shouldn’t be to grab our favorite “design treatment”. We should ask: I wonder what layers this problem lives in?"
School IT leaders and educators need a clear understanding of what artificial intelligence tools do. Resources such as workshops can help them adopt a security posture to prepare for AI grading and learning.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"AI security in schools will require a culture change and an understanding of who the technology impacts rather than simply a new IT infrastructure"
"AI is revolutionizing businesses worldwide, and could add as much as $13 trillion to the global economy by 2030, according to a McKinsey report. But there is one critical challenge: 76% of companies say they can’t find enough workers with the right AI skills."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"While companies are ready to move forward with AI technologies, they are being held back, not by the technology itself, but by the shortage of skilled people."
Explore Time for Class 2025 and discover how educators can empower students amid the rise of generative AI.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"This latest report in Tyton’s annual series examines how higher education is responding to the rapid rise of generative AI, deepening student engagement challenges, and shifting expectations around flexibility and support."
To find their way in a changing job market in which employers are replacing interns with AI, college grads must adapt faster than the technology trying to displace them, while jumping into more advanced work.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"AI is analyzing documents, writing briefing notes, creating Power Point presentations or handling customer service queries, and — surprise! — now the younger humans who normally do that work are struggling to find jobs."
"The more we let devices optimize us, the less we trust ourselves — until the line between decision and suggestion is all but erased."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"The more we hand over decisions to devices that monitor and guide us, the more we lose touch with the instincts that once defined us. What feels like progress often becomes something else — a quiet trade-off between convenience and self-trust."
How to use project-based learning to address ethical concerns and improve students’ AI literacy, including key questions to ask yourself before introducing the tools
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Despite widespread GenAI use among students, many might not be aware of its ethical implications and far-reaching consequences. Begin your project by having conversations about these as a group."
"Picture this: Tomorrow’s graduates walk into workplaces where AI tools are as common as email — diagnosing patient symptoms, analyzing market trends, optimizing supply chains or designing new infrastructure. From healthcare to marketing to engineering, nearly every field is being transformed. Are our schools preparing them for this new reality? And do we have an effective method of assessing such readiness?"
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"Diagnostic measures of AI readiness can provide districts with crucial data for strategic planning and resource allocation, ensuring students are prepared for a world saturated with AI."
"Mark Cuban and Dario Amodei are battling it out about AI job losses. It’s a reminder that when it comes to AI, no one is sure about anything."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"The job market for entry-level office roles may be very rough as this transition plays out. Certainly plenty of people will have to up their game or reshuffle their career."
Meet Sarah, Year 10, 2029 Path 1 Reality: Sarah sits. Sits in amongst row upon row of anxious peers, pen gripped tight, staring at a blank exam paper. The question asks her to analyse a poem she's never seen before; she then needs to compare two poems from a set of sixteen she’s been trying to memorise for the past two years and then, as if this wasn’t all enough, she needs to write about a modern novel she read sometime over a year a go – all closed book, all without support of the text or notes. She has two hours to do this – handwritten."
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:
"The question isn’t whether change is coming—it’s whether we’ll lead it or be overwhelmed by it."
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"As UX professionals, we need to be more like good doctors. When someone comes to us with “users are confused” or “conversion is low,” our first instinct shouldn’t be to grab our favorite “design treatment”. We should ask: I wonder what layers this problem lives in?"