Let’s try peering into the future, following current trends, and seeing what lies in store for the world in ten years in Education Technology. Martin Dougiamas joins Sonya Trivedi to discuss what the new Moodle Research team has been working …
Moodle 4.5: Unlock the power of AI for your courses
Moodle 4.5 introduces over 250 new features, including an AI-powered subsystem for flexible, secure integrations, improved course organization with subsections, and enhanced assignment feedback. Additionally, it offers streamlined badge management, upgraded media tools, and automated notifications, aiming to enrich teaching …
How ChatGPT Search affects the broader AI landscape
OpenAI has introduced a web search feature in ChatGPT, enhancing user experience by integrating real-time search results into answers, similar to Bing and Perplexity.
…Textbooks come alive with new interactive AI tool
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder created Augmented Physics, a tool that brings static textbook diagrams to life on iPads, allowing students to visualize physics concepts interactively. This award-winning innovation may soon expand to other subjects, enhancing educational engagement …
AI can carry out qualitative research at unprecedented scale
The interactional skill of large language models enables them to carry out qualitative research interviews at speed and scale. Demonstrating the ability of these new techniques in a range of qualitative enquiries, Friedrich Geiecke and Xavier Jaravel, present a new …
Treat GenAI Like You Treat Google Search
Generative AI’s rapid adoption in classrooms has sparked resistance due to concerns about academic integrity and skill development, with some schools banning it. However, experts suggest that instead of restricting AI, educators should integrate it thoughtfully, treating it like Google …
2025 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Restoring Trust
The 2025 EDUCAUSE Top 10 describes how higher education technology and data leaders and professionals can help restore trust in the sector by building competent and caring institutions and, through radical collaboration, leverage the fulcrum of leadership to maintain balance …
No More Tests? Working With, Against and Around AI
Assessment is essential for validating skills, guiding pedagogy, and supporting student self-evaluation, but it’s challenging, subjective, and complex. AI offers promising advancements for more accurate, real-time assessments, though concerns about fairness, privacy, and the need for human oversight remain.
https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/no-more-tests-working-against-and-around-ai…
Decision Fatigue? Remember These 7 Tips to Make Better Choices Faster
Taking action is a more likely path to success than ruminating on options. Follow this advice to get past the decisions that are occupying your mind.
https://www.pcmag.com/explainers/decision-fatigue-remember-these-tips-to-make-better-choices-faster…
My 2nd Experience With Specifications Grading
In fall 2023, I shared my initial experience with specifications grading in my Coordination of a Work Team course. For winter 2024, I’m trying a new approach—contract assessment—in my Controlling Manufacturing Processes in Bakery course to build on last semester’s …
Adapting GenAI for the next generation of learning
A new study by learning analytics researchers presents key considerations for generative AI (GenAI) educational tools so they are carefully developed to support, rather than replace, human learning.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241023131609.htm…
Google unveils invisible ‘watermark’ for AI-generated text
Real-world demonstration in chatbot responses could encourage other firms to label material produced by AI.
This Is the Most Customizable Web Browser Without Extensions
If you’ve ever felt restricted by your current browser’s customization options, Vivaldi is the solution you’re looking for. It’s highly customizable and packed with a bunch of built-in tools that might easily become your favorite.
https://www.makeuseof.com/vivaldi-most-customizable-web-browser-without-extensions…
Researchers test ChatGPT, other AI models against real-world students
An experiment tested six generative large language models against students in an online introductory biomedical and health informatics course. The models scored higher than as many as three quarters of the real-world students in the class.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240916153435.htm…
Open Education and AI: Proselytisers, prophets and poets
The debate over open education and generative AI continues, with David Wiley’s recent perspective sparking thoughtful responses. While Wiley argues that generative AI may better achieve open education goals than OER, critics emphasize the risks of AI, its ethical concerns, …