Personalized education leverages AI and educational data mining to tailor learning experiences to individual student needs, enhancing cognitive development and engagement. Key advancements include educational recommendation systems, cognitive diagnostics, knowledge tracing, and learning analytics, which support targeted interventions and adaptive …
New AI Tools Are Promoted as Study Aids for Students. Are They Doing More Harm Than Good?
New AI tools in education, like Google’s NotebookLM, are sparking debates about how they may aid or hinder learning, providing both benefits and ethical concerns. While AI tools help neurodivergent students organize and comprehend material, educators worry that these tools …
Teachers who leverage AI for guidance and lesson plans feel more effective
Research shows teachers using generative AI for both lesson planning and teaching insights feel more productive and effective. However, many new users face challenges in leveraging AI fully, highlighting the need for training and strategic support to maximize AI’s educational …
When AI Meets Education: The Power of Diffusion Over Replication
The most impactful educational changes occur through natural diffusion rather than forced replication, a principle now crucial in integrating generative AI. Effective AI adoption should adapt to each teacher’s strengths and local context, rather than relying on one-size-fits-all solutions.
Small Language Models Gaining Popularity While LLMs Still Go Strong
Small language models (SLMs) are gaining popularity alongside large language models (LLMs), offering a “best of both worlds” approach in AI applications. While LLMs, like ChatGPT, rely on vast data sets to mimic human language patterns, SLMs provide more efficient, …
Google’s Custom Searches Are the Best-Kept Secret for Searching Exactly As You Want
Google’s programmable search engine is easy to set up and a great way to get the custom search results you want faster and without clutter. Google first introduced this feature in 2006, and it’s underused and underappreciated, but everyone should …
Google’s Audio Overview transforms your meeting notes into engaging podcasts
Google’s AI-driven NotebookLM, first showcased at I/O 2023, is now officially launched and no longer experimental as of October 2024. This marks a significant step, given Google’s past of revealing ambitious projects that sometimes don’t reach full release.
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …