DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
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…
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.
As free AI tools have improved, the author replaced ChatGPT Pro with a mix of free alternatives that collectively handle research, document work, structured answers, and productivity needs.
https://www.xda-developers.com/6-free-ai-tools-that-do-the-same-thing-as-chatgpt-pro…
A teacher shares key lessons from a workshop on alternative grading and explains how they designed a specifications grading system for an ESL course.
https://eductive.ca/en/resource/designing-your-own-alternative-grading-system…
Google Chrome automatically downloads an AI model to support features such as scam detection and tab organization. Here’s how to remove it.
https://ca.pcmag.com/ai/15499/chrome-is-quietly-downloading-4gb-ai-model-without-your-permission…
I’ve been exploring local LLMs more seriously as AI subscriptions get pricier or more limited, so I’m committing to a reliable local inference setup on my laptop.
A professor argues that, amid widespread student AI use, handwritten, tech-free writing remains essential for preserving authentic thinking and learning.
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 …
A massive hack of education platform Canvas hit California especially hard. What happens next?
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…
AI literacy in Canada will depend on how provinces embed it in curricula and whether they frame it as basic app use or as digital citizenship grounded in concepts, ethics, and critical thinking.
Gen Z’s growing backlash against AI is driven by fears of job loss, ethical concerns, environmental impact, weakened critical thinking, and frustration with AI’s rapid intrusion into work and education.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/gen-z-turning-against-ai…
Most teachers are not resisting AI; they need practical, step-by-step guidance to build real AI literacy and use it critically, confidently, and responsibly.
Nature retracted a meta-analysis claiming ChatGPT improves student learning because serious discrepancies undermined confidence in the study’s analysis and conclusions.
https://www.404media.co/nature-retracts-paper-on-the-benefits-of-chatgpt-in-education…
In the age of AI, meaningful active learning helps students build agency, critical thinking, creativity, and real-world skills that AI cannot replace.