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With Teens Comfortable Confiding in AI, Should Schools Embrace It for Mental Health Care?

With Teens Comfortable Confiding in AI, Should Schools Embrace It for Mental Health Care? | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Why are students so comfortable using AI for emotional support?
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"Navigating budget shortfalls and limited mental health staff, Interlachen Jr.-Sr. High School, where Phillips works, is using an AI platform to vet students’ mental health needs."

Nik Peachey's curator insight, March 5, 6:00 AM

Interesting article about the use of AI to support teens’ mental health - With Teens Comfortable Confiding in AI, Should Schools Embrace It for Mental Health Care? https://www.edsurge.com/news/2026-03-03-with-teens-comfortable-confiding-in-ai-should-schools-embrace-it-for-mental-health-care

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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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Looking for a Textbook on Generative AI in Education?

Looking for a Textbook on Generative AI in Education? | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

Teaching and Learning in the Age of Generative AI: Evidence-Based Approaches to Pedagogy, Ethics, and Beyond

 

Edited by Joseph Rene Corbeil & Maria Elena Corbeil (2025)

 

🏆 Winner of the 2025 Systems Thinking & Change Division Outstanding Book Award from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology!

 

If you are designing a course that addresses generative AI in education, this award-winning volume provides a research-driven, classroom-ready foundation. Rather than offering hype or fear, this book helps educators:

  • Ground AI integration in learning theory and research
  • Address academic integrity with thoughtful, practical strategies
  • Redesign assessment for an AI-enabled world
  • Explore ethics, bias, privacy, and institutional responsibility
  • Leverage AI to enhance critical thinking and digital literacy


Bookended by historical and forward-looking analyses of AI in education, the chapters move beyond surface-level discussions to provide evidence-based approaches for real classrooms—K–12, higher education, and professional learning environments.

This text is ideal for:

  • Undergraduate and graduate teacher education programs
  • Curriculum & Instruction courses
  • Educational Technology programs
  • Higher education faculty development
  • School technology coordinators and talent development professionals

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We invite you to request an inspection copy and explore how this resource can support your students in navigating AI with skill, ethics, and informed judgment.

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Award-winning "Teaching and Learning in the Age of Generative AI" offers research-based, practical guidance for educators seeking to thoughtfully integrate generative AI into their courses—request an inspection copy: https://www.routledge.com/textbooks/evaluation/9781032688602.

Dong Jiayi (Deyiss)'s curator insight, April 30, 3:09 AM
Technology get advanced.
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What Colleges Get Wrong About AI Education

What Colleges Get Wrong About AI Education | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
As AI use becomes common in the workforce, institutions of higher education must train students to be fluent in the technology, so they can evolve with it.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Competency means knowing how to operate the tools. Frankly, our students can gain competency quickly through a weekend workshop, YouTube videos or simple trial and error. Fluency, on the other hand, means understanding what the tools can and cannot do. It requires recognizing the assumptions baked into systems trained on imperfect data, asking who benefits and who bears the costs when AI is deployed in a hiring process, a courtroom or a healthcare setting."

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When AI means something different in every classroom

When AI means something different in every classroom | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
AI is already in the classroom--will we give it a place that makes sense for teaching and learning as the technology evolves?
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Teachers are responding in real time, trying to protect their classrooms, their expectations, and their students. But over time, that flexibility creates inconsistency. Students are left to figure out what is acceptable, what is not, and when the rules apply."

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How AI is Reshaping the Future of Work

How AI is Reshaping the Future of Work | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
How AI leadership and enterprise AI strategy are transforming the future of work, and how Stanford GSB Executive Education prepares leaders to adapt.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Organizations should approach...as an ongoing capability that requires refinement. With technological changes, adaptability will matter more than technical knowledge of any single tool."

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The psychological fine print of AI

"We have spent decades cataloguing the ways the human mind trips itself up. Confirmation bias. The Dunning-Kruger effect. Anchoring. The list currently stands at over 180 documented cognitive biases, each a small, predictable glitch in our otherwise remarkable thinking apparatus. Most were identified long before a large language model could hold a conversation, draft a legal brief, or talk someone through a difficult evening."

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"What happens when technology starts reshaping the minds using it? Meet the new class of cognitive biases AI is creating."

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The Learning Loop #5: From Critical Thinking to AI “Slow Drips”

The Learning Loop #5: From Critical Thinking to AI “Slow Drips” | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"As AI tools become ubiquitous, the “human” competitive advantage shifts to metacognition and critical inquiry. In this issue, we dive into why “thinking about our thinking” is the ultimate learning power-up and test whether AI can actually handle high-stakes academic writing. You will find frameworks for a “slow drip” of personal insights, a five-minute strategy for mastering new tools, and a refresher on the SIFT method to keep your digital literacy sharp."

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Instead of just checking if an answer is right, ask students: 'What specific strategy helped you reach this conclusion, and would you use it again?'”

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In An AI Classroom, Content Knowledge Matters More Than Ever

In An AI Classroom, Content Knowledge Matters More Than Ever | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"Artificial intelligence has rapidly shifted the instructional landscape. Tools that can generate explanations, draft essays, and summarize complex topics are now readily available to students. This accessibility has led some to question whether deep instructor content knowledge still holds the same importance. The answer is an unequivocal yes."

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Strong instruction in an AI-rich classroom depends on strong content knowledge"

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Universities urged to prepare students for AI‑driven economy

Universities urged to prepare students for AI‑driven economy | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"A pointed warning about the future of work and education took centre stage as the Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM), UWI, Mona brought together leaders from academia and industry to confront a pressing question: is the Caribbean truly ready for the age of artificial intelligence?"

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"AI is going to change everything – how we work, how we learn, how we interact. It won’t replace human talent, but those who understand AI will have a clear advantage. Our responsibility is to ensure every graduate is AI fluent, regardless of discipline.”

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How to Maintain Ownership When Writing with AI

How to Maintain Ownership When Writing with AI | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"We take the ability to write for granted. It is actually quite a complex non-linear activity driven by our goals and purpose. To understand this process and how AI can support it while you maintain ownership, it’s helpful to understand the cognitive activities of writing.

 

Several cognitive models explain the writing process, and the core of most models is based on Flower and Hayes’ cognitive activities of writing (1981). The model identifies the mental operations that underlie writing as distinct activities: planning, translation (text production), and reviewing."

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Agent Swarms: The Next Frontier in AI Collaboration

Agent Swarms: The Next Frontier in AI Collaboration | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"For years, progress in artificial intelligence has been defined by scale. Bigger models, more data, longer context windows. But a quieter shift is now underway, and it’s one that may prove even more transformative. Instead of building a single, ever-larger model, researchers are beginning to focus on how multiple AI systems can work together. This emerging paradigm is known as agent swarms. And it signals a move away from isolated intelligence toward collaborative intelligence, where coordination, communication, and adaptation matter just as much as raw capability."

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Agent swarms aren’t just multiple models running in parallel. The defining feature is interaction. Each agent operates with partial information, contributes to a shared goal, and adjusts its behavior based on others."

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Understanding AI: AI tools, training, and skills

Understanding AI: AI tools, training, and skills | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Google offers various AI-powered programs, training, and tools to help advance your skills. Develop AI skills and view available resources.
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"Explore foundational concepts in artificial intelligence. Learn how AI works and how to effectively use it in your daily work."

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(PDF) The potential of learning with (and not from) artificial intelligence in education

(PDF) The potential of learning with (and not from) artificial intelligence in education | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"AI-powered technologies are increasingly being developed for educational purposes to contribute to students' academic performance and overall better learning outcomes. This exploratory review uses the PRISMA approach to describe how the effectiveness of AI-driven technologies is being measured, as well as the roles attributed to teachers, and the theoretical and practical contributions derived from the interventions."

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Findings from 48 articles highlighted that learning outcomes were more aligned with the optimization of AI systems, mostly nested in a computer science perspective, and did not consider teachers in an active role in the research. Most studies proved to be atheoretical and practical contributions were limited to enhancing the design of the AI system."

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The Illusion of AI Productivity Gains

The Illusion of AI Productivity Gains | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Why your AI tools aren't delivering the ROI you were promised — and what to do about it
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"[I]n some organisations, AI is driving unprecedented increases in productivity and with it employee growth and satisfaction. In others, AI is cited as the primary cause of reduced productivity and with it growing employee 'brain drain', frustration and attrition."

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Human-In-The-Loop AI Fails The Real-Time Test

"​Human-in-the-loop (HITL) has emerged as the default answer to concerns about AI trust, safety and governance. The logic is that when AI systems make decisions that affect people, a human should be involved.​"

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"In safety-critical environments, insisting that humans be in every real-time loop does not make systems safer. Designing for reliability does.​"

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AI Tunnel Vision: The Hidden Risk In AI-Driven Learning

AI Tunnel Vision: The Hidden Risk In AI-Driven Learning | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
AI replaces information overload with tunnel vision, creating faster decisions but hidden risks. Organizations must build AI literacy.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"AI doesn't just filter information. It narrows it. Like blinders on a horse, it blocks out the periphery and presents a single, coherent path forward."

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Edtech's Big Tobacco Moment Is Here. Schools Can't Afford to Miss the AI Reckoning That Follows

Edtech's Big Tobacco Moment Is Here. Schools Can't Afford to Miss the AI Reckoning That Follows | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Conversations with Kevin Hogan: Author and educator Andrew Marcinek argues that the Meta lawsuit is the inevitable outcome of 20 years of algorithmic manipulation — and that schools have a narrow window to get AI right before history repeats itself.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Schools that treat AI primarily as a cheating threat, Marcinek contends, are asking the wrong question — and risking the same institutional failure that defined the social media era."

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Async, Not Absent: Strategies for successful implementation of asynchronous courses

"When students and educators think of asynchronous courses, they envision something akin to a correspondence course, lacking an available professor with disengaged students struggling to understand assignments in isolation, all within a disconnected learning environment. This type of course structure has the potential to leave students with high levels of stress and anxiety, feelings of apathy, and an overabundance of reading materials, without the requisite expertise to guide them through the learning process. However, in a high-functioning, engaging, and rigorous asynchronous learning environment, the instructor’s presence and engagement with students is not only prevalent, but they can create a learning experience which students enjoy and want replicated."

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"In a well-designed, dynamic asynchronous learning environment, the instructor's presence and interaction with students are not only evident but also contribute to a learning experience that students enjoy and wish to replicate"

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Join #TCEA for #Free #education #teachers

Join #TCEA for #Free #education #teachers | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
So excited to generate these with AI in response...they were a great test of ChatGPT: All of this was made in response to a need from members so they could share the good word.
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TCEA is an amazing professional organization for technology educators and EdTech professionals in general.

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Online Classes and Conflicting Desires

Online Classes and Conflicting Desires | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Whether students vote with a ballot or with their feet, the outcome of the vote sometimes has unintended consequences. Voting offers limited information, and that’s true whether voting with your ballot or with your feet. When you chose Smith over Jones, was it because of a policy position, a party identity, personal familiarity, or because you liked their name better? And if it was based on a policy position—most votes aren’t, at least directly—did you understand the nuances behind the policy?
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Conflicting desires play out beyond electoral politics. I’m seeing it in the push-pull of students wanting a more robust on-campus college experience while simultaneously crowding into online classes. The desire for a robust on-campus experience conflicts with the desire for a convenient schedule."

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4 higher education leaders on AI’s biggest benefits and risks

"Artificial intelligence is rapidly progressing and poised to reshape the workforce in the near future. The higher education sector is in a unique position, as both an employer of millions of workers and a system that prepares students for the labor force.

 

At the annual ASU+GSV Summit last week, four college leaders talked to Higher Ed Dive to weigh in on two questions: What about AI’s use in higher education are you most excited for? And what has you most concerned?"

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"[P]eople have to be thoughtful about deploying AI. Think of it as an amplifier. The largest amplification capacity for any human being is an AI agent."

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Designing with AI without losing your mind

"With critical thinking skills on the line I built a real-time AI collaborator, Thia — with vision and voice capabilities to keep early ideas raw, the loop tight, and the thinking mine."

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"AI is making light work of building, but there are some spaces in the design process where I believe deep thinking is sacred, where I didn’t want AI to encroach upon."

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What Today’s Leaders Will Wish They’d Learned About AI Five Years Earlier

What Today’s Leaders Will Wish They’d Learned About AI Five Years Earlier | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"What will today’s leaders wish they’d learned about AI five years earlier? The answer: that AI is no longer a fringe IT project but a core strategic imperative, and that many basic lessons about data, talent, and governance need to be front-and-center. AI adoption has already accelerated faster than many executives expected, creating a “regret gap” between early movers and late adopters. In fact, 88% of companies report regular AI use, yet many still struggle to integrate it into daily operations."

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Five years from now, successful leaders will look back wishing they had treated AI as a business priority sooner – not as a passing tech fad."

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4 Ways Teachers Are Using AI

4 Ways Teachers Are Using AI | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Researchers looked at more than 150,000 prompts from more than 4,400 K-12 teachers interacting with AI. Here's what they found.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Teachers, the research suggests, are generally using the tool to help them build curriculum content and as a sounding board, all with an eye toward better helping students."

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AI fears may drive more young adults to grad school, reports show

AI fears may drive more young adults to grad school, reports show | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
Experts say going back to school for a graduate degree is one way to hedge against a rapidly changing labor market.
EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"Typically, enrollment in graduate school increases during recessions as workers seek to advance or to move to another industry with better career prospects or pay. Today, more people in a survey said they plan to go back to school within a year, even though the economy is doing well."

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“AI Evals” for L&D: How to Check Whether Your AI-Generated Content Is Good Enough to Ship

“AI Evals” for L&D: How to Check Whether Your AI-Generated Content Is Good Enough to Ship | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"If (like ~90% of us) you’re using AI to generate learning content — quiz questions, scenarios, feedback, objectives, anything — you’ve already stopped being a creator in the traditional sense. You’re not the person writing the quiz question anymore: you’re the person deciding whether the quiz question is good enough to put in front of a learner.

 

That’s not a small change: it’s a fundamental redefinition of what it means to be an L&D professional."

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"The emerging consensus is that the bottleneck isn’t AI capability — it’s AI quality assurance. And this problem is heading straight for L&D."

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Building AI Initiatives with Bottom-Up Champions

Building AI Initiatives with Bottom-Up Champions | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it

"Driven by a bottom-up partnership between the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning and the Division of Digital Learning, the University of Central Florida established an evolving campus infrastructure of policies, training, and a national conference to guide the ethical and effective integration of generative artificial intelligence into teaching and learning."

EDTECH@UTRGV's insight:

"The bottom-up approach used by the DDL and FCTL to kick-start the development of resources and programming on AI use in teaching and learning has evolved into a strong foundation of faculty support for this rapidly advancing technology."

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