Discover how using AI to teach critical thinking in higher education turns AI errors into powerful classroom strategies that build information literacy and academic judgment.
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Discover how using AI to teach critical thinking in higher education turns AI errors into powerful classroom strategies that build information literacy and academic judgment.
"When AI gets things wrong, it creates powerful teachable moments. Giving students an AI-produced answer that contains mistakes pushes them to slow down, test claims, and fix problems."
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May 20, 11:23 AM
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A BBC investigation revealed a simple way to get AI chatbots to spit out misinformation. Google and other AI companies are now trying to fix the problem.
"Last week, Google updated its spam policies to officially confirm that attempts to manipulate AI responses are against the company's rules."
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May 20, 11:17 AM
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A new report ranks Gen Z's top 100 dream colleges, preferred employers, and the values shaping their career decisions--including views on AI.
"The percentage of students “not using AI at all” decreased from 36 percent in 2024 to 6 percent in 2026. Half (49 percent) use it on a daily or weekly basis."
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May 20, 11:09 AM
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"We’ve all lived a version of this story. You start small — asking AI to refine an email. Then something a little harder, like writing a function in a language you barely know. Then a whole feature. Eventually you give it access to your files, your calendar, your codebase. At first it feels like an intern. Then it feels like a colleague. At some point, it even feels like the expert in the room. At first, this feels incredible. A month of work compresses into a few days."
"We’ve been focusing a lot on how to make AI better. We should also talk about the other side: is there a way to make users better through interactions with AI."
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May 19, 11:04 AM
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AI usage has reached 17.8% among the world's working-age population, while adoption remains far higher in developed economies than in the Global South.
"The growing gap between developed and developing economies shows that AI's benefits are not spreading evenly, according to the company's data. Microsoft found a 12.1 percentage point difference in adoption between the Global North and Global South, a divide that appears to be widening as infrastructure, language support and economic barriers continue to shape who can use these tools."
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May 19, 10:58 AM
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What are the differences between a quiz vs. test vs. exam in eLearning? Read this guide to explore when you should use each method.
"One of the most common mistakes is using quizzes, tests, and exams as if they serve the same purpose...Each assessment type should match a specific learning objective."
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May 19, 10:53 AM
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"Micro-credentials — short, skills-focused programs granting a verified certificate or digital badge — are gaining ground in fast-changing sectors like tech, digital marketing, AI, cybersecurity, and data analytics."
"As technologies evolve faster than universities can adapt, workers and employers want cheaper, targeted ways to build job-ready skills"
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May 19, 10:14 AM
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"At the end of 2025, almost nine in ten organizations surveyed by McKinsey in The state of AI in 2025: Agents, innovation, and transformation reported using AI in at least one business function. Ninety-four percent reported they were not yet seeing significant value from those investments.
That gap, examined in “Where AI will create value and where it won’t” in the April 2026 issue of McKinsey Quarterly, is not an adoption problem. It is a framing problem. Most companies are using AI to do their existing work faster, when the durable returns require a different kind of work entirely."
"Productivity is the floor of AI’s value, not the ceiling. New McKinsey research on where the durable returns actually live, and what that means for teams deciding what to build."
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May 18, 1:06 PM
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Training providers are under enormous pressure to integrate AI, but sometimes getting it right means slowing down and asking, why?
"For workforce organizations on their own AI implementation journeys, our main advice is this: don’t wait for the perfect tool or the perfect study. Start with a clear theory of change, measure what you can, take adoption seriously, and create the conditions for honest learning."
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May 18, 1:01 PM
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AI is reshaping EdTech faster than platforms and institutions can keep up. Here is what the data actually reveals about the readiness gap.
"[W]hile over half of students and teachers now report using AI for school, professional development for teachers, student training on responsible AI use, and school-level policies are all significantly lagging that adoption rate"
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May 18, 12:56 PM
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AI may make it easier to manipulate athletic performance, but students often underestimate how easily it can be exposed
"A recent Sports Illustrated article described how some high school football players are using artificial intelligence to fabricate highlight plays in recruiting videos. Generative tools can now insert touchdowns, tackles, or explosive runs that never actually occurred, creating a misleading picture of an athlete’s performance."
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May 18, 12:49 PM
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Cooperative learning has long been recognized as an effective pedagogical strategy, yet the development of innovative techniques tailored to modern educational demands remains a challenge. This study introduces the Curriculum Concept Constellation Technique (CCCT), a novel cooperative learning technique developed with the support of artificial intelligence (AI).
"The study demonstrates that AI can serve as a valuable generative tool in pedagogical innovation, producing structured cooperative learning techniques based on human-authored prompts. The findings suggest that AI-generated techniques can be effectively implemented in higher education contexts, offering a scalable model for developing tailored instructional methods."
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May 15, 3:04 PM
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Meta Platforms has acquired Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI), a robotics artificial intelligence startup focused on humanoid systems, as the company expands its AI work beyond software and into models that could help robots operate in physical environments.
"The deal signals an industry shift toward physical AI. Large AI companies are increasingly looking at systems that can act in the real world, not just generate digital content."
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May 20, 11:25 AM
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A comprehensive guide to online teaching strategies covering preparation, procedures, communication, and practices for effective online learning.
"By preparing to teach, and through planning and preparation, we can implement procedures and practices that build and strengthen online relationships and facilitate student success."
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May 20, 11:19 AM
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"Keri Rodrigues, a mother of five boys, knows the value of screens. For her boys, four of whom receive school accommodations, screens serve a practical purpose at school."
"Fueled by distress over the mental health impacts of too much screen time, lawmakers have begun to pass device bans and other restrictions for schools, in a rising “techlash” across state capitols."
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May 20, 11:15 AM
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These strategies have helped me get consistent work as an adjunct professor.
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May 19, 11:07 AM
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How to design governance that is serious and protective without becoming brittle or performative.
"The challenge is not simply that AI is changing quickly. It is that institutions are being asked to govern systems they do not fully understand, in environments that keep changing, under political and market pressure, with uneven information and limited administrative capacity."
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May 19, 11:00 AM
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Without a coordinated strategy that involves multiple academic and administrative units across the entire campus, colleges risk wasting resources, duplicating efforts, and ultimately failing to deliver on the promise of deploying technology to improve learning and operations.
"[E]ducation has the highest AI usage rate of any industry, with nearly nine in 10 education institutions globally reporting that students, instructors, and campus leaders are using generative AI."
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May 19, 10:54 AM
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This article redefines what true eLearning engagement for meaningful digital learning means, and offers tips on building it.
"Real engagement starts long before a learner ever opens a course. It starts in how that course is built."
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May 19, 10:51 AM
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"Across higher education, artificial intelligence is now embedded in everyday academic work, from early research to final drafts. For many students, it has become a default starting point.
The urgent question is not whether students use AI, but how they use it—specifically, whether these tools are reinforcing learning or bypassing the cognitive work that leads to it."
"As artificial intelligence reshapes how we learn, work and create, the essential skills students need are not disappearing—they are evolving"
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May 18, 1:07 PM
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The 2026 EDUCAUSE Teaching and Learning Horizon Report highlights how artificial intelligence, enrollment pressures, policy shifts, and sustainability
"AI increasingly complicates traditional assessments; institutions are moving toward authentic, process‑based demonstrations of learning."
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May 18, 1:03 PM
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"The rise of AI tools that instantly answer questions and complex problems could make humans less intelligent, the Royal Observatory Greenwich has warned."
"A reliance solely on instant answers risks losing the habits of questioning and evaluation that underpin knowledge, expertise and innovation"
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May 18, 12:59 PM
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Practical advice for district leaders implementing AI in their district.
"By giving students a seat at the table both locally and nationally, CSD ensures that AI policy isn't just something done to students, but with them."
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May 18, 12:54 PM
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Learn how faculty can make informed decisions about AI in teaching while protecting critical thinking, human interaction, and durable learning.
"Given what the research tells us, faculty should adopt a default of “offline pedagogy”—designing instruction around the conditions known to produce durable learning—and integrate AI only when it can be shown to genuinely support, rather than substitute for, those conditions."
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May 15, 3:06 PM
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Strategies for enterprise teams who aim to build a data foundation to move the institution from AI experimentation to real-world execution.
"The trust deficit surrounding AI is especially acute in higher education. AI data leaders must produce and leverage centralized sources of governed data. Effective data models should provide organizational context so that AI can provide more relevant responses."
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May 15, 3:03 PM
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Parents have concerns about cheating, privacy and equity. Experts say clear policies, transparency and communication are needed to address those concerns.
“While AI use is happening, communication from schools is lagging, which leaves families feeling like they're playing catch up on something that directly affects their child's learning”
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