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AI replaces information overload with tunnel vision, creating faster decisions but hidden risks. Organizations must build AI literacy.
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Some students with disabilities rely on assistive technology to learn, and they worry it could be swept up in the movement to get screens out of schools.
"Much of the pivot away from screens in schools has come from parents who are concerned screen use is getting in the way of their children’s learning"
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Why story-driven training sticks — and how to build it fast in SHIFT Meteora AI Studio or deliver it through the LMS you already use.
"[A]sk someone about a story that moved them, even one they heard years ago, and the details come back instantly: the character, the moment of tension, what they would have done differently."
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June 26, 3:33 PM
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AI voiceovers are reshaping corporate training. Discover how L&D leaders can use AI in eLearning effectively and ethically.
"For instructional text, which is typically clear, structured, and professional — the quality gap between AI and studio talent has narrowed considerably."
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June 26, 2:58 PM
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"or years, Learning and Development focused on a single goal: delivering knowledge. Courses were built, content was deployed, and completion rates were tracked. Yet one persistent challenge remained: learning did not reliably translate into on-the-job performance."
"AI coaching agents are emerging as a key part of the answer: moving development from scheduled events into continuous, real-time performance support."
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June 26, 2:47 PM
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Lessons learned from a year of building an AI literacy tool.
"My advice to any educator considering building their own edtech tool: build something that extends what teachers do rather than replaces what they do. The technology should handle the matching but let the children’s learning guides handle the moment."
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June 26, 2:41 PM
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As technical barriers fall, design, judgment, and imagination matter more for AI's role in learning and instructional technology.
"When students ask weak or incomplete questions, the problem often lies in their thinking rather than in the tool itself."
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June 25, 10:27 AM
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"Discover how educators can use AI to create a month of summer communication in minutes, helping families stay connected, inspired, and engaged while reducing workload before summer break begins."
"With the right prompt, educators can generate family engagement posts, newsletter content, and summer learning ideas in just a few minutes. You bring the educational expertise and knowledge of your community. AI helps turn those ideas into messages that families will actually read."
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June 25, 10:23 AM
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"The AFT’s new 10-point plan, “Devices Down, Eyes Up, Hands-On,” gets some things right. Students do need more active, human, hands-on learning. They need career-connected experiences, civic engagement, collaboration, movement, and opportunities to solve real problems.
But the “devices down” frame points schools in the wrong direction."
"The problem is not the device. The problem is passive learning, poor infrastructure, weak support, and policies that confuse classroom management with meaningful instruction."
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June 25, 10:20 AM
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The conversation around AI in schools is changing almost as rapidly as the technology. Here are some recent trends.
“AI literacy is no longer about, 'Do I know how to prompt? What is prompt engineering?'...It's about understanding the capabilities, being better at assessing the problems, and figuring out what context is needed to solve them.”
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June 24, 12:04 PM
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"Higher education institutions should stop asking which artificial intelligence (AI) tool to buy and instead develop an integrated "AI for operations" architecture to execute end‑to‑end institutional processes effectively."
"The question many colleges and universities are asking about artificial intelligence (AI) is, 'Which tool should we buy?' That is the wrong question."
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June 24, 11:57 AM
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"A recent craze in education that has garnered the attention of students and teachers alike is the ever increasing presence of phone pouches, or more specifically for my school, Yondr pouches, These small, neoprene packs have a firm magnetic seal that can only be released by tapping it against an unlocking base. Their main purpose is quite simple: stop students from accessing their phone during the school day. The rationale is that the less time students spend on their phone, the more time they will spend learning."
"A well-intended policy has unintended consequences."
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June 24, 11:48 AM
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Higher ed leaders and employers believe microcredentials sustain student interest and improve workforce readiness for an economy in flux.
"Microcredentials are expected to play a pivotal role as workforce demands shift...About 60% of the global workforce will require reskilling, while 1.2 billion more people are expected to enter the workforce over the next decade."
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AI moves into law, mathematics, and the arts as the public turns on the data centers, and Washington moves to claim its share.
"[A]s intelligent machines take on more of the legal, creative, mathematical, and financial work we once trained people for, what should we actually be teaching now?"
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Two educators are reckoning with who is really in charge: technology or the teacher.
"[T]he information gleaned from social media is already shaping how future teachers think, so the more productive move is to help them engage with it critically rather than dismiss or ignore it."
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June 26, 3:39 PM
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Learn how teaching AI literacy helps students use AI as a writing assistant rather than a substitute, improving revision, critical thinking, and ethical AI use.
"[I]f students were taught how to use AI more deliberately and critically, could it strengthen their writing rather than replace it?"
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June 26, 3:26 PM
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Reading Anthropic's new reports on the 'AI exponential' and recursive self-improvement alongside recent scholarship on tech oligarchy, this piece asks a simple question: is AI being built to serve people, or to serve its own acceleration?
"Since the dawn of personal computing, a technology's worth has been measured by whether it becomes helpful, intuitive, and meaningful for everyone — across every economy, culture, and belief. As AI begins to build itself, that measure matters more than ever."
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June 26, 2:57 PM
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"There’s a screen most people have seen at least once.
You’re trying to cancel a subscription. You’ve made up your mind. You click the button that looks like it starts the process.
And then something strange happens.
The page that loads isn’t a cancellation form. It’s a full-screen gallery of everything you’re about to lose. Videos. Deals. Music. Free delivery. Presented in bright tiles, warm colours, friendly icons. A highlighted countdown showing how many days you have left. And somewhere at the bottom, small, grey, easy to miss, the option to continue cancelling."
“Too often, businesses make people jump through endless hoops just to cancel a subscription. Nobody should be stuck paying for a service they no longer want.”
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June 26, 2:44 PM
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"The job market is undergoing a profound shift, one where degrees alone no longer guarantee career success. Skills-based hiring, focusing on what candidates can do rather than where they studied, is gaining more ground across industries. This change creates necessary pressure for colleges and universities to adapt, from new types of credentials and stronger workforce partnerships to career services built for today’s learners."
"Skills-first hiring is no longer the future—it’s happening now, and higher education must evolve to keep pace. Institutions and industry must connect learning with modern workforce demands, and education solution providers play a crucial role in the process."
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"Academic libraries have long struggled with shrinking budgets, yet some are now making room for a new position: the artificial-intelligence librarian. That’s because at a time when many colleges are grappling with the impacts of generative AI, some are hoping librarians can lead them through the thicket of challenges raised by the new technology."
"At a time when many institutions are grappling with the technology and its implications, some are turning to librarians for leadership."
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June 25, 10:25 AM
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"In a time when one wrong click can freeze an entire institution, cybersecurity becomes not just an IT issue, but an issue for everyone. We think of smart hackers who are ready to take our information, yet most of the time, it is a simple human oversight."
"Sometimes security is a tech issue, but a lot of the time, it is human error. This means the power to protect your school or organization is in your hands."
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June 25, 10:21 AM
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"Across the United States, K-12 schools have spent the past decade building one-to-one device programs. These initiatives have established an essential baseline for digital access, making it easier for students to complete daily schoolwork across grade levels and subjects. By putting a device in the hands of every learner, districts have created a standard foundation for digital literacy, research and everyday classroom engagement.
As STEM programs continue to grow and mature, however, school leaders are beginning to encounter new questions about how well those devices support more advanced coursework. Pathways in fields like robotics, engineering, cybersecurity and data science increasingly rely on specialized professional applications that reach well beyond general-purpose classroom software."
"One-to-one device programs gave students a baseline for digital literacy. Now, specialized pathways like robotics and CAD require a new tier of processing power."
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In today’s low-fire, low-hire labor market, young Americans are looking for ways to stand out from their peers. Some believe that mastery of artificial-intelligence tools differentiate them within crowded pools of job applicants.
But in reality, it’s soft skills that are critical for navigating the workplace in the age of AI, says Ellevest CEO Sylvia Kwan. The ability to communicate your ideas clearly and engage effectively with clients and co-workers is becoming even more important for young job applicants, she said.
"I don’t think anything will make you AI-proof in this labor market...But if a candidate has good verbal skills and can use AI as a complement, then they will be in a much better position than someone who has only one of those.”
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June 24, 12:01 PM
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"As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes higher education, educators and technologists must rely on ACTUAL intelligence—agency, connection, trust, uniqueness, adaptability, and lifelong learning—to ensure AI enhances, rather than replaces, human judgment, relationships, and learning."
"ACTUAL intelligence...leverages the key human capacities of agency, connection, trust, uniqueness, adaptability, and lifelong learning to guard against becoming overly reliant on AI."
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June 24, 11:53 AM
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"In today’s evolving higher education landscape, learner demographics are changing, and more learners want flexible course delivery options [1, 2]. The traditional brick-and-mortar classroom, where learners attend in person on specific days and times, is becoming less appealing. As higher education institutions (HEIs) grapple with the enrolment cliff, HEIs are becoming innovative and even partnering with industries to offer alternative credentials (e.g., massive open online courses (MOOCs), micro-credentials), which are available online and are of shorter duration than the typical 16-week college semester. While the flexibility of online delivery options attracts more learners, they need strong self-regulated learning skills to succeed in online courses."
"Educators can support learners' self-regulation by intentionally designing features into courses that aid learners' goal setting, environmental structuring, task strategies, time management, help-seeking behavior, and self-evaluation."
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"Without clear strategies, AI integration risks widening existing disparities and undermining academic standards. The AI Course Compass: A Seven-Phase Framework for Ethical, Equitable, and Adaptive Course Design (AI Course Compass Framework) addresses the critical gap of higher education’s AI integration through a structured seven-phase model that balances innovation with systemic ethics. While existing frameworks like OLC’s AI Strategy, ETHICAL Principles, and ARCHED offer valuable high-level guidance, they frequently lack phased roadmaps, course-level specificity, model-agnostic adaptability, and integrated ethics assurance."
"A successful AI integration strategy begins with a shared vision and ethical foundation. Leadership, instructional designers, and faculty collaborate to define institutional goals for AI use, align resources, and establish accountability structures."
"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."