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Study Shows AI Can Pass The Turing Test More Reliably Than Humans

Study Shows AI Can Pass The Turing Test More Reliably Than Humans | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.bgr.com - June 8, 11:17 PM
The result comes from OpenAI's GPT-4.5 model, which tricked the judges into thinking it was the human 73% of the time, while another model was just 56%.
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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

 

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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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Artificial Intelligence is playing a significant role in both cyber defense and cybercrime. Security professionals are leveraging AI-powered tools to detect threats faster, analyze suspicious activities, and automate incident responses. At the same time, cybercriminals are using AI to create more convincing scams and sophisticated attacks, creating an ongoing battle between attackers and defenders.read more..https://pressearn.it.com/blog/?s=Technology+
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The Learning Paradox: Is Technology Making Our Kids "Metacognitively Lazy"?

The Learning Paradox: Is Technology Making Our Kids "Metacognitively Lazy"? | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From ammaramerhbi.substack.com - March 26, 3:39 PM
As we navigate the educational landscape of 2026, we find ourselves deep in what might be called the "era of the offload," surrounded by personalized systems that promise to simplify our cognitive lives.
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"[A]cademic success in an AI-enhanced world depends on ensuring students remain the agents of their own progress, equipped with the resilience to navigate a lifetime of independent growth."

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Why EdTech Fails (And the Hidden Metric that Predicts It)

Why EdTech Fails (And the Hidden Metric that Predicts It) | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From ammaramerhbi.substack.com - June 23, 5:28 PM
The binary debate between tech-utopianism and neo-Luddism is broken. To save educational technology, we need to talk about "Viability."
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"When a digital tool fails to improve student outcomes, critics almost always blame the technology itself, or the abstract concept of "screen time." But a new study recently published in Smart Learning Environments...argues that we are diagnosing the problem entirely wrong. The failure isn't necessarily a failure of innovation or design. It is a failure of viability."

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Building AI that teaches: Scaling learning systems

From www.ecampusnews.com - July 17, 5:00 AM
Crafting an AI learning platform also requires rethinking content delivery, assessment, and learner support as a single integrated system.
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"Building an AI-native learning platform also requires rethinking content delivery, assessment, and learner support as a single integrated system. Most platforms still treat these as separate products. Content is served. Quizzes are appended. Support is reactive."

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UC Berkeley shows no signs of AI grade inflation as professors adapt

UC Berkeley shows no signs of AI grade inflation as professors adapt | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.dailycal.org - July 2, 9:00 AM

"A study released by UC Berkeley’s Center for Studies in Higher Education found a correlation between the release of ChatGPT in 2022 and an increased share of A grades for classes with take-home assignments at a selective public university in Texas. However, Berkeleytime data collected by The Daily Californian found no equivalent trends at UC Berkeley."

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"While the study found that grades have been increasing in classes with lots of take-home assignments, grades across UC Berkeley have remained relatively stable."

 

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AI in Learning and Development: 5 Myths Debunked

AI in Learning and Development: 5 Myths Debunked | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.commlabindia.com - June 29, 7:30 AM
Not everything you have heard about AI in learning and development holds up. Here is a grounded look at what works, what does not, and what to expect.
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"For L&D leaders, the opportunity is not to chase AI for its own sake; it is to use it deliberately, with the same rigor applied to any significant investment in workforce capability."

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Podcast: What Is the AI Cheating Panic Really About?

From www.edsurge.com - July 16, 11:03 AM

"Microsoft just released the third edition of its AI in Education Report, surveying more than 3,000 students, educators and leaders across six countries. Ira Apfel sat down with Pat Yongpradit, general manager of global education and workforce policy at Microsoft, which sells AI tools including Copilot to schools, at ISTELive 26 in Orlando, to talk through what the data reveals about daily use, trust, training gaps, and where the policy backlash against AI in schools may be headed next."

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"Yongpradit walks through why daily AI use in schools still lags far behind overall adoption, even though nine in 10 educators, students and leaders report having tried the tools at least once."

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Distance learning has never mattered more – but you wouldn’t know it

Distance learning has never mattered more – but you wouldn’t know it | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From wonkhe.com - July 1, 7:07 PM
For Carmen Miles, much of the higher education sector is still acting as if distance learning was an optional add-on For Carmen Miles, much of the higher education sector is still acting as if distance learning was an optional add-on
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"In some programmes and some faculties, the design is genuinely good: thoughtful, well-resourced, built around the realities of students who are working, commuting, or managing caring responsibilities. But that quality tends to be concentrated in pockets, dependent on particular teams or particular champions, and largely invisible to the quality assurance processes that sit around it."

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AI systems are demanding new interaction models. Are designers ready?

From uxdesign.cc - July 15, 3:48 PM
The first big shift in how we use software in years is underway. Are we ready to design for it?
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"We’re moving from task-driven interfaces, where you operate every step, to intent-driven interfaces, where the work starts after you’ve spoken or typed your intent."

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Why AI Learning Tools Fail Without Instructional Scaffolding

Why AI Learning Tools Fail Without Instructional Scaffolding | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From ammaramerhbi.substack.com - July 15, 7:22 AM

"We’ve all been experimenting with Google’s NotebookLM lately. Drop a dense, 30-page institutional report or a dry chapter into the platform, hit “generate,” and the result is surprising.

 

Suddenly, two hyper-realistic AI hosts are talking back and forth, turning cold prose into an approachable conversational audio track. It just feels highly efficient, and it looks like an easy way to help busy students get through material."

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"[S]tudents with access to the AI podcasts achieved significantly higher scores on their essay-style examinations than the previous semester’s cohort...higher individual click volume directly correlated with stronger exam performance."

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How AI Tools Are Really Being Used In Classrooms

How AI Tools Are Really Being Used In Classrooms | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From the-learning-agency.com - June 27, 10:17 AM

"Artificial intelligence is a widely discussed topic in education, often prompting questions and at times debate about cheating, screen time, and the future of learning itself. Yet conversations with teachers suggest that AI’s role in classrooms is more nuanced than many of the headlines imply."

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"AI is neither a simple solution nor a singular problem, but a tool that is being tested, questioned, and adapted in real time."

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Teachers are worried about students cheating with AI, but my survey suggests the deeper issue is learning

Teachers are worried about students cheating with AI, but my survey suggests the deeper issue is learning | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From theconversation.com - July 10, 8:07 AM
As schools consider AI guidelines, educators are also thinking about how they can adjust their assignments to accurately measure what students are actually learning.
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"As an assistant professor of school psychology studying artificial intelligence in K–12 education, I think the question is not only whether students are using AI to cheat, but whether there is evidence that learning actually happened."

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Weak hands and blurry vision: Is your tech giving you 'phone body'?

Weak hands and blurry vision: Is your tech giving you 'phone body'? | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.bbc.com - July 1, 6:00 AM
Your devices are changing your body in ways you might not realise. It's not too late to do something about it.
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"Technology is part of a global shift towards more of our time spent indoors. In that sense,...our devices may have an indirect negative effect on your eyes."

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Still the Teacher: How California’s AI Law Keeps You at the Center

Still the Teacher: How California’s AI Law Keeps You at the Center | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.facultyfocus.com - July 17, 12:00 AM
Learn how California's AI law shapes AI use in education and offers practical strategies for faculty to teach responsibly with AI.
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"AB 2370 assumes that faculty will use professional judgment when incorporating AI. One practical way to exercise that judgment is to evaluate AI tools the way you evaluate textbooks or other course materials."

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The “Engagement” Illusion: Why EdTech Research is Built on Shaky Ground

From ammaramerhbi.substack.com - April 25, 2:13 AM
We often treat “cognitive engagement” as the holy grail of online learning.
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"To truly understand online learning, we have to stop trusting the “illusion” of engagement and start measuring the actual mechanics of the mind."

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Adoption: What To Measure To See If Workers Using The Tool

Adoption: What To Measure To See If Workers Using The Tool | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From elearningindustry.com - July 16, 1:00 PM
Why course completion measures attendance, not tool adoption, and what to track instead: usage that holds and behavior on the job.
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"Completion Measures Attendance, Not Change"

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Don't Panic — Yet: What the FCC's E-Rate Review Means for Schools

Don't Panic — Yet: What the FCC's E-Rate Review Means for Schools | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.techlearning.com - July 14, 5:00 AM
Conversations With Kevin Hogan: Education policy attorney Reg Leichty explains why the FCC's inquiry into sunsetting E-Rate is a serious threat, why screen time is a red herring in this brouhaha, and what district leaders can do about it
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"For nearly 30 years, E-Rate has been what one might call the most boring of utility programs — a broadband subsidy that quietly connects America's schools and libraries. Now the FCC is asking whether it should exist at all."

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I start my lectures by introducing my teaching assistant: GenAI

I start my lectures by introducing my teaching assistant: GenAI | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.timeshighereducation.com - July 2, 8:01 PM
Artificial intelligence is offering us an opportunity to give every student in the lecture hall the chance to think ideas through and truly understand. Let’s take it
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"[T]oday, with AI as my teaching assistant, I actually think I am a better professor than I have ever been."

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AI as a Learning Scaffold: Reimagining Higher Education in the Age of Continuous Intelligence

AI as a Learning Scaffold: Reimagining Higher Education in the Age of Continuous Intelligence | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From evolllution.com - July 15, 12:15 AM
Higher education fears AI will encourage cognitive offloading, but thoughtful integration can enhance engagement and critical thinking.
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"The core value proposition of higher education therefore cannot remain centered primarily on information delivery or controlled access to knowledge."

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How My School Used Common Sense and Collaboration to Confront AI

From www.edsurge.com - July 16, 11:01 AM
What I learned navigating a policy vacuum as a tech coordinator and the collaborative process to build an AI-ready culture.
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"AI has exposed an uncomfortable truth: common sense is often just unspoken assumptions masquerading as policy. Without a common understanding of AI use, implementation practices, potential risks and benefits, schools risk creating inconsistent and inequitable experiences for both students and educators. This raises the question: who decides what is reasonable or what makes a decision good?"

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Designers are sharpening knives for the wrong fight

From uxdesign.cc - July 15, 3:51 PM

"AI made building free. So why is the whole conversation still about how to build?"

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"We have made building products nearly free, and we have spent all our energy getting even better at it, while the one thing that actually decides whether a product succeeds, why it deserves to exist and for whom, gets almost none of the conversation."

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The Hidden Cost of Offloading: Why "Remembering to Remember" is a Dying Academic Skill

The Hidden Cost of Offloading: Why "Remembering to Remember" is a Dying Academic Skill | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From ammaramerhbi.substack.com - June 5, 4:47 PM
A new study reveals how automated reminders destroy long-term prospective memory learning, and what it means for our classrooms.
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"A new experimental study titled “Offloading Reduces Prospective Memory Learning,” demonstrates that while digital reminders maximize immediate performance, they carry a hidden cost: they completely derail long-term independent skill acquisition."

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Designing a Course Students Want to Screenshot

Designing a Course Students Want to Screenshot | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.facultyfocus.com - July 15, 12:00 AM
Learn how intentional course design and branding can improve accessibility, student engagement, and the online learning experience in Canvas.
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"Every course communicates something visually. Course branding is not decoration. It is a way to bring personality, professionalism, and purpose into the space where learning happens and to make sure that space is built for everyone who walks into it."

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Rethinking School Cell Phone Policies In The Age Of Digital Learning

Rethinking School Cell Phone Policies In The Age Of Digital Learning | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From the-learning-agency.com - July 6, 1:57 PM
As education evolves in the age of AI, school leaders face a new tension: distinguishing between wasteful screen time and active digital learning.
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"While few would argue that fewer classroom distractions are a bad thing, studies suggest that cell phone bans produce only modest effects on student achievement."

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Despite the growth of some AI schools like Alpha, research doesn’t show that AI tutors are better than human teachers

Despite the growth of some AI schools like Alpha, research doesn’t show that AI tutors are better than human teachers | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From theconversation.com - July 13, 8:05 AM
Instead of schools trying to replace teachers with AI, teachers could use AI to become better educators.
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"The argument for more personalized education may be a good one in some cases. But it also risks creating a false dichotomy where all AI programs are seen as responsive and motivating, and all classroom teaching is rote lecturing."

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See if you can spot an AI deepfake with our test

See if you can spot an AI deepfake with our test | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.bbc.com - July 10, 8:00 PM
Researchers in Aberdeen have been finding out if you can train people to identify computer-generated facial images.
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"Artificial intelligence has become so adept at creating realistic images, it is increasingly hard to figure out what is real or not."

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