Research shows that methods like exercise and multimedia learning can speed up how we learn. These “super learning” techniques boost neuroplasticity, helping the brain absorb and retain information more effectively.
What Counts as Cheating with AI? Teachers Are Grappling with How to Draw the Line
As AI tools become unavoidable in education, defining what counts as cheating has grown increasingly complex. Instead of banning AI, many educators now emphasize AI literacy, teaching students to use it responsibly and ethically.https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/what-counts-as-cheating-with-ai-teachers-are-grappling-with-how-to-draw-the-line-howard-blume-and-jocelyn-gecker/…
ChatGPT can now run apps and it forever changes how you get work done
Imagine a future where you don’t even have to open the dedicated website or the mobile app of a service, and everything can be done within ChatGPT. Well, that future is finally here. OpenAI has today announced what it calls …
Teacher Professional Development in the Age of AI
Preparing educators to lead, not follow, in classrooms transformed by artificial intelligence.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
What Games Have to Teach Us About AI-Enhanced Learning
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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.
Open AI, Google, and Anthropic all offer AI tutors for students. Do they work?
AI is rapidly becoming embedded in education, with OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft rolling out free AI tutor tools and forging partnerships with schools.
A tech reporter tested these new AI tutors firsthand, curious whether they truly help students learn effectively.…
As AI tools reshape education, schools struggle with how to draw the line on cheating
AI use among students is so widespread that take-home tests and essays are increasingly seen as obsolete, with teachers assuming outside work is “AI’ed.”
This shift is forcing schools to rethink traditional teaching and assessment methods amid rising concerns over …