The article explores how principles from educational games and simulations can guide the design of AI-enhanced learning, emphasizing agency, interactivity, challenge, and social engagement. It proposes a framework of principles and elements to ensure AI augments human learning while preserving …
How to Use Your Phone to Make Life Better
We’ll unlock a few new tips to use our phones in surprising and useful ways. And, because putting your phone down entirely sometimes is a good idea, we’ll cover a few tips for using it less, too. Let’s get into …
The AI Tsunami Is Here: Reinventing Education for the Age of AI
In the age of artificial intelligence, higher education must move beyond content delivery toward interactionalism—a human-centered approach to learning that fosters collaboration, creativity, adaptability, feedback, and well-being. This article series will explore this system redesign in-depth, beginning with teaching and …
2025 Horizon Action Plan: Building Skills and Literacy for Teaching with GenAI
Generative AI is reshaping higher education, influencing all six key areas highlighted in the 2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report. The report offers expert insights and actionable steps to proactively shape GenAI’s role in teaching and learning.
Nothing launches AI tool for building mini apps using prompts
AI-powered app development is really taking off, and smartphone maker Nothing seems intent on capitalizing on the bandwagon: the company on Tuesday revealed Playground, an AI tool that lets users create apps with simple text prompts and deploy them to …
AI for Student Engagement: A Global Review of Emerging Strategies
The article surveys 106 case studies (not listed) and identifies 24 emerging AI methodologies to boost student engagement, grouped into six categories. Most categories are useful, though “instructional delivery” feels less convincing, and access requires bypassing a spamwall.
Perplexity Comet and online quizzes
The author argues for redesigning assessments to authentically measure learning rather than banning AI, noting tools like Perplexity’s new Comet browser make “cheating” trivial. Comet’s sidebar AI can access secure course content (e.g., Brightspace quizzes) directly in the browser, correctly …
Kids Need Soft Skills in the Age of AI, but What Does This Mean for Schools?
Generative AI is forcing K-12 schools to reconsider what key skills to teach students.
Enacting assessment reform in a time of artificial intelligence
Enacting assessment reform in a time of artificial intelligence builds on the principles and propositions outlined in Assessment reform for the age of artificial intelligence.
Canada needs a national strategy for generative AI in higher education
Without co-ordination among Ottawa and the provinces, universities risk deepening inequities in how students and faculty use generative AI across campuses.
This is the fastest way to tell if a photo is AI-generated
Deepfakes are becoming harder to spot with the naked eye, making AI image detectors essential for identifying subtle artifacts left by generative models. While not flawless, these tools are improving and should be used alongside traditional methods to fight misinformation.…
Nearly one-third of university students use AI daily, study shows
A new survey by the plagiarism-detection firm Copyleaks shows that nearly all students have used AI at least once for their coursework and a majority are using it more than ever.
I tried 6 open-source note-taking apps so you don’t have to
Open-source note-taking apps offer transparency, flexibility, and full data ownership, often for free and with strong community support. They also provide greater privacy and customization, making them strong alternatives to closed-source tools like Evernote or Notion.
https://www.makeuseof.com/best-open-source-note-taking-apps-compared…
19 AI-infused apps that prove NPUs are already changing how we work
With Intel’s Core Ultra and AMD’s Ryzen AI chips integrating NPUs, more apps now run AI tasks locally, making them faster and more energy-efficient. This shift delivers quicker responses, offline functionality, and new automation options, improving both everyday and professional …
Former NotebookLM devs’ new app, Huxe, taps audio to help you with news and research
Google’s NotebookLM inspired three of its original developers to create Huxe, an audio-first app that generates AI-hosted podcasts to help users explore topics. The startup has raised $4.6M in funding and is now publicly available on iOS and Android.