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onto Educational Technology News September 26, 2011 5:34 PM
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This video is a demonstration on how to organize a class of students into color coded teams in the virtual world of Second Life or Open Sim.
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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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Today, 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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Today, 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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June 23, 9:59 AM
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"As policymakers grapple with how artificial intelligence will reshape work, they face the familiar temptation to double down on training. The logic is that, if AI changes the knowledge workers need, then workforce systems should adapt quickly to teach in-demand skills.
However, this framing assumes the main problem is a shortage of skilled workers, when in many high-paying sectors the bigger problem is a shortage of entry-level opportunities."
"The core problem facing policymakers in the AI age is the same: an incentive mismatch. Expanding entry-level opportunities creates enormous social value in the form of higher earnings, stronger families, and a more capable workforce. But for employers, hiring and training new workers remains risky and expensive."
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June 23, 9:53 AM
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AI agents are already in use or pilot at most organizations, but data visibility, governance and precision recovery capabilities have not kept pace, according to Veeam's new Data & AI Trust Gap report.
"Most organizations don't have an AI adoption problem; they have an AI trust problem"
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June 23, 9:38 AM
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"In online learning, 'engagement' is one of the most frequently used words and one of the easiest to flatten into something performative. We say we want engaged students, but too often what we actually build are routines of compliance: post once, reply twice, meet the word count, move on.
That structure may produce activity, but it does not always produce connection, curiosity, or meaningful learning."
"If we want richer online engagement, we need discussion experiences that invite thought rather than routine, and we need reflective feedback practices that help us understand student experience while the course is still unfolding."
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Wearable AI can help travellers navigate cities, translate menus and fundamentally transform travel. But a weekend in Paris showed me the trade-offs behind the convenience.
"The technology deals with directions, translation, information and recommendations. It reduces issues and increases convenience. But the glasses don't live up to the promise of helping me connect well to the world around me. If anything, they sometimes place another invisible layer between me and the city."
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This article explores why strong Instructional Design skills matter more than industry experience when hiring Instructional Designers.
"Instructional Designers Are Learning Experts First"
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June 22, 6:29 PM
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"The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has pushed higher education to a crossroads, and a paradigm shift is required. Universities who expect to lead in this new AI-shaped landscape must reimagine higher education as a hyper-personalized journey for students, enabled by AI, interactive data, predictive analytics, and adaptive technologies from end to end."
"The essence of leadership in the era of AI is to be proactive, not wait for disruption to come our way."
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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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"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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Today, 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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June 24, 11:45 AM
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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."
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June 23, 9:54 AM
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The vast majority of education organizations (98%) expect their AI infrastructure budgets to either increase or hold steady over the next year, according to a recent report from cloud storage provider Wasabi.
"The vast majority of education organizations (98%) expect their AI infrastructure budgets to either increase or hold steady over the next year...Nearly half — 46% — reported planning to increase their AI spending."
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June 23, 9:44 AM
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"A healthy and progressive dialogue about technology, particularly about AI in education, should be based on the best facts available. It isn’t easy to stay current considering how quickly the technology landscape changes. When bad actors come into the mix, it becomes impossible."
"[W]e need to shed the idea that a technology tool flags a student for wrongdoing when its sole purpose is to mark a portion of text for additional attention. Tools do not make decisions. The information they generate should inform a decision, as small bits contributing to the whole."
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June 23, 9:36 AM
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"The technology worked. The training happened. The classrooms changed for about 18 months. Then the grant ended, and so did the innovation. Behind those classrooms, a complex web of scheduling, budgets, and leadership support was always determining whether the innovation would last. This isn’t a story about bad technology, unwilling teachers, or insufficient effort. It’s a story about what happens when systems invest in tools without investing in the conditions that make those tools stick."
"Research on effective professional development finds that short, front-loaded training rarely changes practice; what works is learning that is sustained, collaborative, modeled, coached, and feedback-rich"
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June 22, 6:40 PM
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Higher education often frames recruitment with motivational rhetoric, but adult learners prefer accessibility, certainty, and community over motivation.
"For years, higher education has approached adult learners as though they are standing on the sidelines waiting to be inspired. Marketing campaigns focus on aspiration. Recruitment strategies focus on encouragement...The question is rarely, 'Why should I go back to school?' More often, it is, 'Can I realistically do this?'"
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June 22, 6:32 PM
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In cyber resilience, protect the data layer and build recovery plans around the data and services that keep learning and operations moving.
"[T]he data layer is where schools’ most important information lives and where recovery begins when something goes wrong. It includes the storage, protection, backup, snapshot, and recovery capabilities that keep student records, learning platforms, research data, and administrative systems available and recoverable. If that layer is not protected, schools will struggle to restore operations quickly."
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"The videos are all over social media, making students an irresistible offer: Go ahead and let A.I. do your homework — with the latest technology, you won’t get caught...
These kinds of tutorials are now pervasive on TikTok and YouTube. They show students how to use tools known as humanizers and autotypers, which make it easier than ever to cheat. The videos — sometimes labeled ads, sometimes not — target college and high school students."
"Big tech companies and small start-ups are using social media to hype new tools that allow students to trick teachers and A.I. detectors."
