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FERPA Was Written for File Cabinets, Not Cloud Servers

FERPA Was Written for File Cabinets, Not Cloud Servers | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From thejournal.com - April 14, 1:38 PM
Passed in 1974, FERPA was never meant to govern cloud-based platforms, artificial intelligence, or the invisible flow of student data across third-party vendors. Our students deserve better.
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"FERPA is outdated for modern ed tech use: Written in 1974 for paper records, FERPA does not address cloud platforms, AI, or widespread data sharing across digital tools."

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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
February 11, 5:29 PM

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.

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  • Undergraduate and graduate teacher education programs
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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.

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FERPA Was Written for File Cabinets, Not Cloud Servers

FERPA Was Written for File Cabinets, Not Cloud Servers | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From thejournal.com - April 14, 1:38 PM
Passed in 1974, FERPA was never meant to govern cloud-based platforms, artificial intelligence, or the invisible flow of student data across third-party vendors. Our students deserve better.
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"FERPA is outdated for modern ed tech use: Written in 1974 for paper records, FERPA does not address cloud platforms, AI, or widespread data sharing across digital tools."

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3 ways students can use AI tools to improve their literacy skills

3 ways students can use AI tools to improve their literacy skills | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.eschoolnews.com - April 22, 6:00 AM
Educators must seize on the opportunity to coach students on effective and acceptable uses of AI that enhance literacy learning.
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"There are clearly questions raised about where to draw lines around when and how students should use AI tools; however, the reality is that the tools are here and students are using them."

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AI in higher education: Transformations in the year ahead

AI in higher education: Transformations in the year ahead | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From universitybusiness.com - April 6, 8:19 AM
The shift from AI possibility to measurable progress in higher education is underway.AI is not a future consideration.
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"With few exceptions, institutions are no longer debating whether AI will transform the sector; instead, they are focused on how quickly they can translate its many possibilities into meaningful progress."

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How to support students to learn from, with, about and beyond AI

How to support students to learn from, with, about and beyond AI | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.timeshighereducation.com - April 21, 9:00 PM
Educators should not be competing with chatbots and large language models. Instead, a continuum can help them guide students from passive learning from AI to synthesising information alongside it
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"To preserve this intellectual agency, we need to stop treating AI as a monolithic tool and instead guide students through purposeful pedagogical engagement with it."

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What Makes Edtech Work for Students [Infographic]

What Makes Edtech Work for Students [Infographic] | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.edsurge.com - April 15, 12:55 PM

"Even the most well-intentioned edtech can fall short if it does not meet students where they are. After several years studying the usability of edtech for teachers, the research team at ISTE+ASCD turned its attention to students — examining how the technical and pedagogical design of digital tools shapes their learning experiences."

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"The findings identify five areas that matter most to students and offer guidance for educators and product designers seeking tools that are intuitive, meaningful and engaging."

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AI chatbots could be making you stupider

AI chatbots could be making you stupider | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.bbc.com - April 20, 6:00 AM
As large language models take over more and more cognitive tasks, researchers are warning this mental outsourcing comes with a cost.
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"There is now a growing body of research suggesting that this "cognitive offloading" to AI can have a corrosive effect on our mental abilities. The consequences could be alarming and may even contribute to cognitive decline."

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AI Is Routine for College Students, Despite Campus Limits

AI Is Routine for College Students, Despite Campus Limits | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From news.gallup.com - April 2, 12:00 AM
A majority of U.S. college students use artificial intelligence in their coursework at least weekly, yet about half say their schools discourage or prohibit it.
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"Widespread use of AI among college students occurs even as many report restrictions on its use in the classroom."

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Anthropic's research shows that AI can already do a huge portion of many jobs; its top economist talks about how that could shape the future of work

Anthropic's research shows that AI can already do a huge portion of many jobs; its top economist talks about how that could shape the future of work | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From fortune.com - April 7, 3:00 AM
Peter McCrory talks about Anthropic's latest analysis of AI's role in occupations from computer programming to groundskeeping.
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"One thing that I really found fascinating is the framing around AI “exposure”—the idea that the extent of a profession’s exposure to AI depends on the job tasks inherent to that profession."

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April 20, 12:15 PM
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Dissecting higher ed's complex-yet promising-relationship with AI

Dissecting higher ed's complex-yet promising-relationship with AI | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.ecampusnews.com - April 17, 5:00 AM
A higher ed survey reveals widespread belief that AI is the future--but that belief is paired with worries about job security.
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"The CSU AI survey’s findings suggest the question is no longer whether AI belongs in higher education, but how institutions should lead its use thoughtfully, consistently and at scale."

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Has AI As A Writing Partner Been Oversold?

Has AI As A Writing Partner Been Oversold? | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.techlearning.com - April 20, 5:00 AM
Many students and educators have been convinced AI can act as a writing partner, but if that’s true, why is classroom writing getting worse?
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"[O]ver the past few years, I haven’t noticed my students' writing improving; it's been the opposite. While the grammar has gotten much better, the content has suffered."

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A people-first vision for the future of work in the age of AI

A people-first vision for the future of work in the age of AI | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.brookings.edu - March 25, 2:53 PM
Authors discuss how to reimagine work in the age of AI to reverse its degradation and protect the role of people in the workplace.
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"Policymakers must meet the moment with a transformative vision for the future of work that puts people first."

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AI is ruining the way you talk about your work

From uxdesign.cc - April 20, 11:51 AM

"Last Tuesday morning, one of the senior designers on my team at Promer sent me a Figma Make link. She wanted me to review a landing page concept for a feature we had been discussing.

I opened the link, and before looking at the output, I did something I have started doing more often. I scrolled back through the prompt history."

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"Chat UI rewards fluency, not precision. Your expertise lives in precision."

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New CoSN Report Offers Guidance on Responsible Technology Use in Schools

New CoSN Report Offers Guidance on Responsible Technology Use in Schools | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From thejournal.com - April 15, 1:40 PM
A new resource from CoSN provides guidelines for creating responsible technology use policies and supporting digital citizenship in schools and districts.
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"CoSN promotes Responsible Use Agreements over traditional AUPs: The report recommends complementing compliance-based policies with RUAs that are clearer and more student- and family-friendly."

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Higher education’s AI denial is not academic integrity-it’s institutional negligence

Higher education’s AI denial is not academic integrity-it’s institutional negligence | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.ecampusnews.com - April 22, 5:00 AM

"Higher education is having a familiar conversation in an unfamiliar moment. We are debating whether students “should” use AI, whether it is “ethical,” whether it is “cheating,” whether we can “ban” it, whether we can “detect” it, whether it will “go away.” This is what happens when an institution confuses discomfort with principle."

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"In higher education, AI should be a human-centered tool inside a curriculum that expects more from students, not less."

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Humanizing Generative AI: Three Ways to Keep Students at the Center of Your Classroom

Humanizing Generative AI: Three Ways to Keep Students at the Center of Your Classroom | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.facultyfocus.com - April 22, 12:00 AM
Learn three practical ways to humanize generative AI in the classroom and use AI to support student-centered learning, critical thinking, and differentiated instruction.
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"AI is already changing the nature of academic work. It can write, summarize, and analyze with remarkable speed. But its most important contribution may be what it gives back to instructors, time to: design richer learning experiences, think more creatively about their teaching, and finding the students."

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AI, A Mirror that Amplifies

AI, A Mirror that Amplifies | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From timmoon.substack.com - April 19, 1:36 PM

"Scroll LinkedIn for ten minutes, and you’ll meet him. The Refuser. He writes his own emails. He does his own thinking. He wants you to know this. The post is usually a variation on the same beat: I asked ChatGPT to do X and look how bad it was. Imagine outsourcing your mind to this. The comments agree vigorously. Everyone feels better. Nothing has been learned."

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"What AI does, for the person willing to use it well, is strip the proxy away and leave the actual variable exposed: what do you know, what do you notice, what do you care about enough to push back on?"

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AI Detectors Are Garbage: Here Is How to Spot a Bot Yourself

AI Detectors Are Garbage: Here Is How to Spot a Bot Yourself | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.cnet.com - April 21, 11:00 AM
Unsure how to spot AI-generated content? These tips can help.
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"One of the biggest red flags is what I call the 'Wikipedia Voice,' or text that's grammatically perfect but completely soulless, relying on vague, over-the-top language that parrots the prompt back at me."

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Beyond the Classroom: How Esports Spaces Double as Learning Hubs

Beyond the Classroom: How Esports Spaces Double as Learning Hubs | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.techlearning.com - April 21, 5:00 AM
Conversations with Kevin Hogan: Extron's Jason Bond explains how districts can start small with esports AV infrastructure, leverage dual-purpose spaces, and use AV over IP to build a scalable foundation for student engagement.
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"You're going to use that esports space for something like graphics design or cybersecurity training during the day, and then in the evening or after school hours, it becomes the esports playing facility."

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AI in Higher Education: What the 2025 Survey Data Shows

AI in Higher Education: What the 2025 Survey Data Shows | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.ellucian.com - April 2, 9:22 AM
Institution-wide AI adoption surged 17 points in 2025. Ellucian State of AI in Higher Education survey reveals strategy, barriers, and what to do next.
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"Institution-wide adoption surged: from 49% in 2024 to 66% in 2025, a 17-point jump that signals AI has moved beyond experimentation and into mainstream operational and strategic integration."

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April 21, 9:21 AM
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SDSU's Massive AI Study Finds Frequent Use but Skepticism

SDSU's Massive AI Study Finds Frequent Use but Skepticism | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.govtech.com - April 1, 3:38 PM
A poll of 94,000 students, faculty and staff across 22 CSU campuses found nearly every respondent had used AI at some point, but students were still wary of trusting it and faculty reported negative effects.
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"The survey found that despite mixed views on AI, more than 70 percent of the faculty desired formal training on it, and about half of students do too."

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AI Is a Better Researcher Than You That claim got a political scientist denounced. Is it true?

From www.chronicle.com - April 20, 12:21 PM

"Here is one surefire way to poke the academic beehive:

 

1) Declare that artificial intelligence can already do research more capably than many professors.

 

2) Embed that claim in an essay that lays out nine additional theses — “The academic paper is a dead format walking”; “Much of the opposition to AI is status protection dressed up as principle” — equally guaranteed to provoke outrage.

 

3) Reveal in a second essay that the first essay was in fact written by AI."

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"Even for AI skeptics, it just takes one “aha” moment to go from regarding AI as a hallucinating tool to having it completely change your life."

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How The Arts Help Students Build A Healthier Relationship With Tech

How The Arts Help Students Build A Healthier Relationship With Tech | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.techlearning.com - April 20, 5:00 AM
Arts classrooms demonstrate what technology integration at its best can look like
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"The arts continue to be one of the most effective places in school for students to build healthier, more intentional relationships with technology. In short, in the age of AI, we need the arts more than ever."

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Beyond Engagement: Why Higher Education Must Start with Meaning, Not Modality

Beyond Engagement: Why Higher Education Must Start with Meaning, Not Modality | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.facultyfocus.com - April 17, 12:00 AM
Discover how purpose-first learning in higher education builds student ownership, intrinsic motivation, and deeper engagement by starting with meaning, not modality.
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"Students may participate actively while still asking, implicitly or explicitly, “Why does this matter to me?”  When that question goes unanswered, even well-designed instruction struggles to produce durable learning. 

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The deceptive nature of today’s AI conversation design and how to fix it

From uxdesign.cc - April 20, 11:59 AM

"As a content designer and passionate writer, conversation design has been intriguing to me since its infancy. From the little blurbs Microsoft’s Clippy spat out, to how Spotify’s Wrapped campaign addressed users in a dialogue-mimicking way. To me, it’s fascinating how small tweaks in sentence structure and language can make words feel more two-way than one-way in an instant."

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"[C]onversation design borrows from UX ethics selectively. The field needs its own equivalent of accessibility standards: specific, measurable, enforceable."

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April 20, 11:50 AM
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Students need more than AI access-they need AI rights

Students need more than AI access-they need AI rights | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.ecampusnews.com - April 20, 5:00 AM
Regarding students, the challenge for higher ed is not if AI will be used, but if it will be used with rights, consent, and accountability.
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"Higher education is moving at breakneck speed to embed AI into admissions, advising, instruction, grading, and student support, yet student protections have not kept pace with institutional enthusiasm."

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