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onto Educational Technology News February 20, 9:45 AM
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As generative artificial intelligence supercharges phishing and deepfakes, schools must adapt to protect a culture built on openness and trust.
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Today, 11:16 AM
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Understanding student intention in enrolling in online courses is more likely to ensure that scalable online learning ecosystems are built.
"Students’ performance expectancy, ease of use, engagement, flexibility and institutional trust influence their decisions."
What attract your future students to your online courses? Here are some insights!
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Today, 11:14 AM
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Learn how spaced learning in higher education improves retention, reduces procrastination, and strengthens student mastery through intentional assignment design.
"Brain research shows that the more time students spend on an assignment over time, the more successful they are, but more importantly, the more they absorb the content and make it their own on a deeper level."
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Today, 11:10 AM
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Cameron Kerry and Saurabh Mishra discuss how countries can build cognitive infrastructure to operationalize AI for real-world impact.
"AI is not a standalone sector; it creates value only when embedded in real industries."
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March 12, 10:50 AM
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How can teachers use AI in practical, low-risk ways that will save them time and reduce their workload – without compromising their professional judgement?
“Your ability to ‘get good outcomes using AI’ tracks with your ability to ‘get good outcomes without AI.' AI does not replace strong teaching; it amplifies it. The educators who benefit most are those who use AI as a second thinker, a teaching assistant, or a proofreader – not as a decision-maker."
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March 12, 10:44 AM
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Learn how structured think-aloud methodologies help faculty assess higher-order critical thinking, metacognitive skills, and AI use in higher education.
"[I]f AI can generate essays and solutions, the focus of educators needs to shift from evaluating their final products to equipping and assessing students on critical thinking, self-regulation, and motivational skills. Effective assessment techniques need to provide insight into a learner’s thought processes in real time."
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March 12, 10:39 AM
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"An international survey of university academics and students by Coursera, the massive online learning platform with 375 leading university and industry partners, has revealed highly positive attitudes towards generative AI and that more than 95% make use of AI tools. But a weighty 56% fear that higher education is unprepared to handle AI."
"The report lists four key takeaways for university leaders regarding faculty and AI: prioritise investment in AI tools for faculty; provide targeted AI training; promote best practices; and identify AI champions to lead change."
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March 11, 1:38 PM
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The country needs an AI policy response that focuses on retooling and continued human development, or else we risk losing the very skills the tech is meant to complement.
"Much of the conversation about AI and work has centered on displacement—which jobs will vanish, which will emerge. A quieter crisis is unfolding alongside it: deskilling. Workers are at risk of losing the very skills that make them employable"
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March 11, 1:31 PM
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Is there a framework for AI integration in learning design to enhance creativity, accessibility, and effectiveness in your curriculum?
"We have frameworks for teaching with AI, frameworks for teaching about AI, and frameworks for learning using AI. We don't have a systematic approach for using AI in the course development process itself."
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March 11, 1:25 PM
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Meta, the company behind some of the world’s most popular social media platforms, just scooped up a new site – for bots.
"Meta has acquired Moltbook, the social media network where AI agents interact with one another autonomously"
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March 10, 2:09 PM
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First, it was no phones in schools. Now, amid the debate around edtech, schools are looking to go screen free.
"Some legislators and advocates are pushing to roll back the reliance on devices, particularly at a younger level when children are more susceptible to distractions."
Will school forbid screens like they banned smartphones? Some movements think so.
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March 10, 1:59 PM
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Classroom Technology Bans: How Better Learning Design Will Improve Classrooms, Not Removing Devices
"Making technology the scapegoat for declining educational outcomes distracts from the real issue and risks removing one of the most powerful tools students have to explore ideas, create knowledge, and pursue their goals."
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March 10, 1:53 PM
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When you look closely at the science of learning (constructivism, cognitive psychology, and social learning theory) you realize something that most effective learning experiences were already AI-resistant.
"AI-resistant learning isn’t just a reaction to ChatGPT or generative AI.
It’s actually rooted in decades of research about how people learn best."
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Today, 11:18 AM
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In the coming year, K-12 IT directors will be taking a critical look at edtech and making sure it delivers what students and teachers really need.
"The era of technology for technology’s sake is over. The pandemic forced rapid adoption without reflection. Now comes the reckoning."
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Today, 11:15 AM
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Teaching students essential technology skills at an early age ensures that they master critical thinking skills for the future of work.
"A new generation of students and shifting workplaces are ushering in new education needs"
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Today, 11:11 AM
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GPT-5.4 is also more reliable, producing 18% fewer errors and 33% fewer false claims than GPT-5.2, according to OpenAI.
"GPT-5.4's 83% score suggests AI rivals expert professionals. Tests span nine industries and 44 real-world occupations. New capabilities boost coding, tools, and computer control."
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Today, 11:09 AM
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"The seduction of the blank prompt: The cognitive atrophy of instant gratification"
"[I]n our rush towards efficiency, we are outsourcing something far more valuable than tasks. We are outsourcing our thinking."
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March 12, 10:47 AM
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A 2025 study shows that an AI-based tutor improves learning when it prompts reasoning and is paired with peer discussion.
"[W]hen AI is designed as a tutor that asks questions instead of simply giving answers – and when students are also required to explain their reasoning to classmates – the technology can support learning rather than replace it."
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March 12, 10:40 AM
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AI is quickly becoming standard practice in higher education, with students and faculty reporting widespread use.
"75% of employers said they would rather hire a less experienced candidate with a generative AI credential than a more experienced candidate without one."
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March 12, 10:36 AM
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Face it: students are going to use GenAI whether we ban it or not. Let’s support them to use it purposefully and curiously
"While most students now use GenAI regularly for coursework, far fewer believe it truly deepens their learning or increases their engagement. Many describe it as a shortcut, an efficient way to finish tasks rather than a tool that expands understanding."
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March 11, 1:35 PM
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"Not long ago, I participated in an exercise that asked educators to define thinking and learning. It was a familiar prompt, one we have returned to countless times over the past decade.
This time felt different. The task was to triangulate, even pinpoint, what these concepts mean in today’s educational landscape."
"If machines can do much of what we once taught students to do, what should learning now require?"
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March 11, 1:28 PM
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The goal is not to eliminate AI from the classroom; the goal is to ensure that human thinking remains central.
"The more productive question for educators is not, 'How do we prevent AI use?' but rather, 'How do we design assessments that assume AI is present and still measure meaningful learning?'"
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March 11, 1:24 PM
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"As AI becomes more accessible, experience—not technical skill—becomes the differentiator."
"The leverage in AI doesn’t come from typing prompts quickly; it comes from knowing what matters, what doesn’t, and what consequences might follow."
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March 10, 2:02 PM
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What to consider when developing a formal AI policy, from an Ohio CIO who has been leading the effort to draft his district’s policy.
“We should find that balance for what we can give them as a safe tool here in the district to learn to get comfortable with AI in all its different iterations beyond just the chatbots and the generative AIs"
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March 10, 1:57 PM
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Artificial intelligence is causing college instructors to move more meaningful examinations back to the classroom, and connect the dots with students on why learning matters.
"In addition to showing students why learning matters, the professors said it is essential to teach students how to use AI tools to augment their learning, just as they will be expected to use AI tools to augment their work upon graduation."
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March 9, 5:40 PM
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Students will use AI. Here’s what it takes to ensure it strengthens their thinking instead of replacing it.
"[I]f we integrate AI thoughtfully — anchored in pedagogy, aligned with course content and designed to promote cognitive effort — we can help students build the skills that will matter most in an AI-integrated world: critical thinking, problem-solving and the ability to verify and challenge AI itself."
“Phishing messages that used to be sloppy and easy to spot can now be tailored, timely and written in a way that feels completely legitimate.”