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Cognitive Surrender’ Is a New and Useful Term for How AI Melts Brains
The concept of “cognitive surrender” describes how people increasingly defer to AI for thinking, often trusting it even when it’s wrong, reducing critical reasoning while boosting misplaced confidence.
https://gizmodo.com/cognitive-surrender-is-a-new-and-useful-term-for-how-ai-melts-brains-2000742595…
In-Person Classes Aren’t Safe From the AI Cheating Boom
One professor was surprised to learn how easy digital technology makes it for students to cheat on class participation assignments and some exams.
10 tried-and-true methods to stay off your phone, according to our readers
People creatively reduce phone use by adding friction, like keeping it in another room, using blockers, or replacing scrolling with alternatives like writing questions in a notebook.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/20/nx-s1-5752170/clever-effective-ways-to-stay-off-your-phone…
Integration of artificial intelligence as a self-directed learning tool in an undergraduate physiology course
A structured classroom intervention using ChatGPT showed that, with guidance, students can critically evaluate AI outputs, enhancing AI literacy, self-regulated learning, and ethical awareness in physiology education.
https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/advan.00174.2025…
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Using AI to forecast student dropout risk in technical education using a learning analytics approach
AI-driven learning analytics can predict at-risk students from Moodle data, enabling early intervention, adaptive course design, and more equitable, evidence-based teaching.
Faculty Push Back Against OpenAI Deals
As higher ed institutions pay tech companies millions to provide students and faculty access to custom AI-powered tools, some faculty in Colorado and California are pushing back.
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AI school seeks to revolutionize education
An AI-driven model like Alpha School aims to transform education through a two-hour learning system where students use AI early and apply skills in real-world projects.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/education/ai-school-seeks-revolutionize-education…
I thought Duolingo was enough, but Google Translate is secretly a better teacher
Duolingo helped start learning Spanish, but repetitive practice led to disengagement, with Google Translate becoming the primary practical tool.
https://www.androidpolice.com/thought-duolingo-enough-until-using-google-translate…
From Prompt to Practice: A Framework for Transparent GenAI Use in Higher Education
As generative artificial intelligence reshapes instructional workflows at colleges and universities, a four-level transparency framework can help education developers calibrate documentation and disclosure practices to support ethical responsibility and maintain student trust.
Universities embrace generative AI amidst growing concerns over cheating and bias
Generative artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming higher education, offering new possibilities for personalized learning and adaptive teaching, but its integration is also exposing deep ethical, institutional, and pedagogical challenges, according to a new study published in Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence.…
Is AI the solution to the problems that make higher education “ill” in the first place? Towards a technology-agnostic, future-proof approach
AI is widely promoted as a fix for higher education’s flaws, but this paper argues it cannot solve deep structural issues like inequality and quality, advocating instead for a technology-agnostic approach where tools are adopted only if they clearly outperform …
Opera Neon now lets external AI agents like ChatGPT and Claude control your browser
Opera has announced the availability of the MCP Connector for Opera Neon. This will allow users to enable an external AI client to connect directly to the browser, access the web, and perform actions autonomously. This will allow you to …