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The question is no longer whether students will use AI after graduation but to what extent. So, how can universities best ensure that students are workforce-ready?
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June 12, 1:37 PM
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Discover why critical thinking often disappears in student writing and how purposeful reading, synthesis, and thesis-driven writing can strengthen academic work.
"Orally or in discussion postings, students engage complex ideas but struggle to demonstrate comparable reasoning in writing for assignments. The writing describes what authors wrote, more of a regurgitation, rather than effectively synthesizing sources into the context for their writing."
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June 12, 1:31 PM
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"I once had an SVP tell me, “Don’t ever talk to me about a problem unless you have options to solve them.” Fair point. So here’s what actually works.
Real AI governance doesn’t live in a framework. It shows up in how decisions get made, how people work, and more importantly, in what teams no longer have to think about."
"It doesn't live in a framework. It lives in how decisions get made."
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June 11, 9:29 AM
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Social media firms face thousands of lawsuits, the BBC looks at four which could be significant.
"[T]he outcome of the lawsuits, whether they ultimately settle out of court or end up with jury verdicts against companies, could change the way social platforms operate forever."
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June 11, 9:24 AM
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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 11, 9:19 AM
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Researchers say a lack of reliable information on artificial intelligence use on campus could lead to misguided policies.
"Without reliable information about how many students are using AI and how they are using it, college administrators risk designing policies based on assumptions rather than evidence."
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June 10, 1:34 PM
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While some experts suggest AI integration for teaching and learning, schools still have to figure out how to pay for it.
"Most conversations about generative artificial intelligence in schools eventually zoom in on using AI in the classroom. Before districts redesign teaching and learning around AI, they may need to answer a more fundamental question: Can schools afford an AI-first future?"
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June 10, 1:25 PM
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While not all are of equal value, a new survey from Coursera found that the vast majority of employers are inclined to offer higher starting salaries to candidates with microcredentials. Both students and employers say microcredentials are valuable assets in today’s tough job market, new data shows.
"As technology, economic uncertainty, and demographic shifts reshape the labor market, employers are increasingly prioritizing verified, job-relevant skills...micro-credentials can play in helping learners build career-relevant skills"
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June 10, 1:19 PM
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The head of learning initiatives for Google Deepmind says debates about use of new technologies should focus on how to embrace more holistic teaching methods. Banning the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education risks shutting down conversations about how to innovate in pedagogy, according to a learning expert at Google Deepmind.
"Banning the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education risks shutting down conversations about how to innovate in pedagogy"
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June 9, 9:34 AM
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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%.
"[I]n short text conversations, under a specific experimental design, it's possible for an LLM to be mistaken for a person more often than the person it's paired against."
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June 9, 9:29 AM
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The absence of desirable difficulty in AI interactions effectively ignores the biology of human learning.
"The ultimate goal of using AI in learning should go beyond generating answers—it should aim to cultivate resilient, creative, and capable human minds, fully equipped to tackle complex challenges. This is what true deep learning achieves."
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June 9, 9:22 AM
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"Not long ago, I participated in an exercise that asked educators to define thinking and learning. It was a familiar prompt, one we have returned to countless times over the past decade.
This time felt different. The task was to triangulate, even pinpoint, what these concepts mean in today’s educational landscape."
"For generations, schools treated knowledge acquisition as the central hurdle. If students could read closely, recall accurately and write coherently, they were considered prepared. Tasks that once demonstrated understanding now signal access."
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June 9, 9:19 AM
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When students don’t see the point of an activity, they often turn to AI for a shortcut. Here’s how to make learning meaningful and relevant
"If a task seems lengthy or irrelevant, students will naturally seek the shortest path to completion. By banning AI, we risk overlooking the root cause. A better response would be to pivot from policing technology to designing for relevance."
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June 12, 1:54 PM
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As AI becomes more integrated into higher education, institutions must address ethics, including representation, sourcing, modeling and accountability.
"AI has the potential to reflect our existing power structures, but—if used intelligently and critically—it can also be deployed to help disrupt them."
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June 12, 1:33 PM
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"On convenience, abdication, and the quiet erosion of the open web. The internet isn’t dying. That’s the problem."
"In 2026, over half of all web traffic is generated by bots, not humans (Computing, 2026). The most damning part is not the rise of the bots. It is that most of us did not notice when the internet stopped being… ours."
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The question is no longer whether students will use AI after graduation but to what extent. So, how can universities best ensure that students are workforce-ready?
"As AI continues to evolve, universities will need to help students develop both technical fluency and critical awareness. The goal is to prepare them to engage with these tools thoughtfully and productively."
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June 11, 9:28 AM
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To help readers focus on top trends worthy of their attention, EdSurge journalists distilled expertise from education sources of all sorts into abou
"Beyond devising ways to make sure students don’t stunt their own learning by over-relying on AI,...questions remain on how to best help them master another facet of AI literacy: telling fact from fiction when the technology can be used to generate fake content or spin up incorrect information in an effort to people please."
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June 11, 9:22 AM
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"Growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, I remember spending countless hours with Atari, Nintendo, and Gameboy. At the time, these consoles seemed to reshape childhood overnight, even if parents were skeptical. My mother often told me to stop playing, assuming the games had no long-term benefit. Today, that assumption feels outdated. The video game industry, now exceeding $160 billion, plays a significant role in shaping education and professional opportunities. Beyond its entertainment value, gaming has evolved into a cultural phenomenon with lasting implications for communication, collaboration, and learning."
"Around the world, universities are increasingly offering esports-related programs...These programs not only support players but also prepare students for roles in the broader industry. When coupled with academic accountability, esports becomes an effective motivational and educational pathway."
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June 10, 1:35 PM
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A new survey from Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation finds that the vast majority of teachers have not received formal guidance on how to use AI in their work, and about a third have gotten none.
"A new report suggests that districts are moving on AI faster than many expected, but the infrastructure needed to do it responsibly is struggling to keep up."
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Your finger hovering over the “Allow” button.
A pop‑up window appears on your laptop. On your phone. Maybe even on your smart glasses someday.
“Copilot, or Gemini, or ChatGPT with screen recording wants access to:
One click. That’s all it takes."
"One click, and it promises to finally understand you. To finish your sentences. To remind you of the name of that actor. To draft emails that sound exactly like you. But as your heartbeat quickens...a question whispers from the back of your mind: Is this freedom…or is this a velvet cage?"
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June 10, 1:22 PM
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Do your AI literacy efforts account for the full range of ways AI can hurt you, cognitively? AI has … introduced entirely new categories of harm.” —Brookings
"Over time, slack can leave you so dependent on AI that you accept its outputs more or less at face value and give up thinking for yourself altogether"
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June 9, 9:37 AM
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"OpenAI intends to ditch the prompts and features, betting that its models will be able to automatically understand users’ intentions when they are on the app or site."
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June 9, 9:31 AM
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Ironically, the rise of intelligent systems (AI) may make these deeply human capabilities even more valuable.
"What kinds of expertise still matter when information, summaries, frameworks, and even simulated insight become endlessly available?"
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June 9, 9:24 AM
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‘It’s not looking good’: The unemployment rate for recent grads is the highest in five years, but AI is not primarily to blame — at least not yet
"Labor experts say AI hasn’t cannibalized much entry-level or white-collar work just yet, even as the technology injects more uncertainty into an already tight market."
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June 9, 9:20 AM
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Threat or opportunity? Advice for using, managing and embedding artificial intelligence in university assessment, skills development and task design
"As AI technologies become ubiquitous, educators must consider how to design assignments that work with these tools in productive ways to aid learning and AI literacy."
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"[A]s the country wrestles with restricting screens, some parents and disability advocates are beginning to express concerns about whether students who rely on accessibility tools are being excluded from the rulemaking process. Some of these advocates say they agree that new tech restrictions are necessary, but they are calling for careful consideration in how these rules are written."
“We've got to make sure we're not stomping on kids that are actually utilizing these devices for really important reasons.”
"As AI continues to evolve, universities will need to help students develop both technical fluency and critical awareness. The goal is to prepare them to engage with these tools thoughtfully and productively."