Generative artificial intelligence has unsettled higher education, raising fears that students will lose the ability to think. Drawing on classroom experience and student feedback, we argue that grounded inquiry sharpens judgement in Earth science teaching by limiting AI to set …
Teaching AI by Doing, Not Studying
A new library-based initiative at the University of Virginia embeds hands-on AI learning and workforce skills across disciplines.
Teach in the Microsoft 365 Copilot App
Teach in the Microsoft 365 Copilot App gives educators with a Microsoft 365 Education license free access to AI tools for creating and adapting lesson plans, quizzes, rubrics, and other teaching materials.
What’s new in the Microsoft Education AI Toolkit
Microsoft updated its Education AI Toolkit to help schools move from AI pilots to scalable, practical implementation across teaching, learning, and multilingual support.
SUNY Sets Systemwide AI Policy
New guidelines for the 64-campus system expand artificial intelligence in teaching and student support while adding guardrails for data privacy and high-risk uses.
Assessing students when artificial intelligence is ubiquitous
If we continue to prioritise memorisation in an age of wall-to-wall information, we send the wrong message to our students and employers. Michelle Seref offers advice on assessment that builds critical thinking skills.
What Will Gen Alpha Expect From Their Higher Ed Experience?
This article explores how the next generation of students may arrive in higher education expecting constant connectivity, hybrid learning, and more seamless digital experiences.
Can AI tools assess coding assignments?
A Nature career column shares lessons from experimenting with ChatGPT to support the grading of undergraduate coding assignments.
Should We Integrate AI into Our Teaching?: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Deciding When AI Belongs
A practical framework for deciding when AI genuinely supports learning and when it risks replacing productive struggle, critical thinking, and human interaction.
https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-with-technology-articles/should-we-integrate-ai-into-our-teaching-evidence-based-guidelines-for-deciding-when-ai-belongs/ …
2026 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition
The new EDUCAUSE Horizon Report identifies key signals of change in teaching and learning, helping institutions anticipate major educational technology trends.
Am I an LLM?
As LLMs reshape how we think about intelligence, the author reflects on the recurring human habit of using our latest technologies as metaphors for the brain and wonders how far the comparison really goes.
Artificial intelligence as a site of global educational governance: the case of UNESCO
UNESCO promotes ethical, inclusive AI in education, but its governance role reveals tensions between human rights principles, member-state priorities, rapid digital transformation, and Big Tech influence.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02680939.2026.2646218#abstract…
Expanding OER with GenAI
Generative artificial intelligence can expand the reach of open educational resources, but educators and institutions need a clear framework for licensing, disclosure, and responsible use.
https://er.educause.edu/articles/2026/5/expanding-oer-with-genai…
California colleges went big on online learning tools. Then the worst happened
A massive hack of education platform Canvas hit California especially hard. What happens next?
Anthropic says Claude learned to blackmail by reading stories about evil AI
The company has traced its model’s most uncomfortable behaviour to the corpus of science fiction it was trained on. The fix it describes is unsettling in a different way: teaching the model the reasons behind being good, not just the …