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New workforce research shows decision education is one of the most sought-after skills in an AI-driven economy.
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In an AI-rich classroom where ideas are abundant and answers are cheap, the scarce resource is not information--it is ownership.
"While the Need to Know list is a classic for identifying knowledge gaps, AI can act as a Socratic mirror, reflecting a student’s latent interests back to them until they recognize a personal connection to the driving question."
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GenAI can be a useful tool in assessment – if used intentionally. Find out what an intelligent dashboard can do for your students’ relationship to GenAI
"Students were noticeably more motivated and participated more, as the tool engaged them and helped them enhance their work."
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Today, 11:58 AM
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Rethinking the role of the teacher builds on alternatives to scripted material, such as studio-style sessions, flipped problem-based work, team-based clinics, Socratic debates, in-class case simulations and live data analysis
"Relinquishing top‑down control and adapting ourselves to AI now being embedded in education will require a rewiring of norms and bravery."
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April 9, 4:02 PM
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"What constitutes general intelligence? What abilities do machines currently have (natural language, basic reasoning, some creativity) and what don’t they have (ability to apply learning from one domain to another, perceive, plan a response, respond, memory, long-term planning, common sense, empathy, resilience, sense of morality, sentience, consciousness, more)?"
"[T]he most important skills students need in an AI world is keep learning, keep changing and how to keep a 'flexible mind'”
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April 9, 3:49 PM
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"Social media companies are finally facing legal consequences for their toxic design philosophy. In March 2026, a California jury found in favour of a plaintiff (identified by the court-protected name “KGM” or “Kaley”) who had sued Meta and Google for deliberately targeting children like her with addictive design."
"A truth, shocking even for those who have long been worried about the toxic design practices used at social media companies, is emerging: children in adverse circumstances and abusive homes are particularly vulnerable when it comes to poorly designed social media products."
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April 9, 3:44 PM
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"There is something incredible about large language models that I don't think we've fully reckoned with. I honestly think this may be the most important thinking I've ever done.
When an LLM is trained on a substantial fraction of humanity's written output, across cultures, centuries, languages, and genres, it converts that record into statistical patterns of language use. The model learns to predict what comes next, which means it learns the regularities, the recurrences, the structures that assert themselves across texts so distant in time and geography that shared intellectual influence cannot explain the convergence."
"What if, instead of using evolutionary theory to predict behavior and then seeking confirmation, we asked the question the other way around? What patterns does the AI actually detect in the record, and what do those patterns tell us about the species that produced them?"
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April 8, 11:41 AM
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Learning from failure boosts skills 4x faster with 200% better retention via safe spaces, instant feedback, and gamification.
"Top companies are now adopting "fail forward" philosophies, where failure is used to create explosive growth within their adaptive learning strategies."
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April 8, 11:37 AM
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Discover how print-based reading strategies in the age of AI improve student engagement, accountability, and critical reading skills in college classrooms.
"Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and NotebookLM can quickly produce fluent overviews of complex texts. While these tools can be useful for review or clarification, they also make it easy for students to bypass the cognitive work that reading is meant to support."
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April 8, 11:34 AM
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"In March 2026, a California jury found in favour of a plaintiff (identified by the court-protected name “KGM” or “Kaley”) who had sued Meta and Google for deliberately targeting children like her with addictive design.
KGM alleged that Instagram and YouTube had caused them addiction and depression which eventually triggered body dysmorphia. The jury, finding in their favour, awarded $6M in total damages (additional penalties because they determined that Meta and Google had “acted with malice, oppression and fraud”)."
"Social media companies are finally facing legal consequences for their toxic design philosophy."
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April 8, 11:30 AM
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Discover how to embed choice into learning in a clear, manageable and meaningful way
"People are diverse with multiple different needs. UDL understands this. A core concept at its heart is to provide multiple means to learn."
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April 7, 12:59 PM
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Riley: With AI literacy becoming part of PISA, are we ready for this level of embarrassment on the global stage for a technology we largely created?
"What’s needed now is a shared national commitment to AI literacy that creates urgency around implementation and ensures that by 2029, students and educators alike are prepared, confident, and competitive on a global stage."
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Resilience is often presented as feats of bravery and endurance. But everyday practices like journaling, drafting a text or even writing a to-do list are manifestations of a capacity to adapt.
"Choosing to write is also choosing to make meaning. Studies suggest that having a sense of agency is both a prerequisite for, and an outcome of, writing."
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"Algorithms. Beauty filters. Endless scrolling.
The case over “social media addiction” against Meta and Google in a California courtroom ultimately came down to these elements, legal experts say, and what a jury found was negligence on social media companies’ part when designing apps where tweens and teens would come to spend roughly one-fifth of their day."
"Just one day before the California verdict, a New Mexico jury found Meta liable in a $375 million consumer protection lawsuit over its failure to protect children from social media harm on its platforms."
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More than 40% of bachelor’s degree students said generative AI has caused them to consider changing their major.
"Workforce disruptions caused by generative AI have some students rethinking their majors with one analysis characterizing higher education’s relationship with AI as 'both promising and complex.'”
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Boost student engagement in online courses with a simple weekly discussion question that strengthens critical thinking, instructor presence, and participation in asynchronous learning.
"In the structured world of online education, even a single weekly question can have a real effect on engagement."
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"These days, people can hardly use the Internet without running into generative AI—yet many everyday beliefs about “how AI works” are inaccurate in ways that matter especially for education"
"[M]any of today’s problems with generative AI tools stem from widespread misconceptions about how these systems work—and how people interpret their outputs."
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April 9, 3:52 PM
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Learn what real interactivity in learning actually means—and how to move beyond clicks and quizzes to design meaningful learning experiences.
"[A] lot of what we label as "interactive" in eLearning is really just reactive. Click. Reveal. Next. That's not interaction. That's polite participation."
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April 9, 3:45 PM
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Here is a reusable editorial framework ensuring the use of AI in Edtech is transparent, accountable, and subject to rigorous oversight.
"AI can accelerate educational content creation, but only if teams pair it with rigorous human oversight and public accountability."
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April 8, 11:50 AM
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As students engage with artificial intelligence companions, schools must develop guidelines that focus on education, monitoring and content moderation.
"States are beginning to pass laws that address the mental health and safety risks posed by AI companions. Schools have a responsibility to be more proactive, with guidelines and support in place that focus on education, monitoring and content moderation rather than reactive discipline."
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April 8, 11:40 AM
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New workforce research shows decision education is one of the most sought-after skills in an AI-driven economy.
"[W]hile technology can generate information and automate tasks, people still need to evaluate options, weigh tradeoffs, and determine what to do next. These are decision-making skills–and demand for them is rising."
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April 8, 11:35 AM
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CSU's multimillion-dollar AI push across its campuses is showing mixed results, according to a major survey of 94,000 students, faculty, and staff from 22 campuses.
"The California State University system is grappling with how AI is affecting assignments, classroom instruction, competition for jobs and academic integrity."
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April 8, 11:32 AM
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Why one early adopter of computers in classrooms has decided to toss them
"[I]n January, he took the Chromebooks away. He had sensed that the technology was falling short of its promises. Within weeks of ditching the screens, he saw how they had been holding both him and his students back."
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April 7, 1:02 PM
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Responses from more than 94,000 students, faculty and staff reveal higher education’s promising yet complex relationship with AI.
"Demand for training is real, and the students who need it most want it most."
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Student View: School AI policies directly affect students’ outcomes and futures. To exclude them from the conversation is simply undemocratic.
"These AI policies directly affect students’ outcomes and futures. To exclude them from the conversation is simply undemocratic."
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April 7, 12:48 PM
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Chatbots can facilitate ‘cognitive offloading,’ or taking shortcuts when learning. But emerging research on AI and cognitive science shows that learning is like a workout.
"As with other complex technologies such as smartphones, the internet or even writing itself, it will take more time for researchers to fully understand the true range of AI’s effects on cognition and learning."
"[W]hile technology can generate information and automate tasks, people still need to evaluate options, weigh tradeoffs, and determine what to do next. These are decision-making skills–and demand for them is rising."