Teachers are using AI to develop lesson plans, and in some districts, AI chatbots give students feedback on their work. Meanwhile, the research around how AI can help students is extremely limited.
5 Ways Universities Use Technology to Improve Student Outcomes
Nearly one in four first-year college students leaves higher education within a year, often due to financial pressures and difficulties adjusting to college. Universities can use technology to identify struggling students, increase participation, offer flexible study options, improve accessibility, and …
Why AI doesn’t replace education—it demands it
For AI to progress and be effective, it needs to draw upon the best of human thought and the best of human thought is likely ahead of us.
The AI Crisis in Higher Education: A Strategic Proposal
Language models have become ubiquitous in universities without being normalised. Mark Carrigan argues this has produced a multidimensional crisis of trust, and a dilemma in which adapting to AI and integrating AI undercut each other. He proposes strategic under-integration: building …
Can you spot an essay written by AI?
Generative AI is challenging assessment in higher education, raising concerns about whether instructors can distinguish student writing from AI-generated essays. Much of the debate focuses on identifying signs of AI writing and whether detection software can reliably establish authorship. Learn …
I stopped handing my real email to random websites, here’s what I use instead
Instead of giving your real email address to random websites, use email aliases or temporary addresses to protect your privacy. These tools reduce spam, limit tracking, and make it easier to identify which services share or misuse your address.
https://www.makeuseof.com/stop-giving-websites-your-real-email-address…
I gave ChatGPT, Claude, and NotebookLM my entire semester, one was built for the way students study
ChatGPT, Claude, and NotebookLM all support studying, from explaining concepts to summarizing readings and preparing for exams. After testing all three for a semester, the author finds that one stands out as particularly well suited to how students actually study.…
Teaching With AI Holograms
This article explores how AI hologram avatars are being used in health education to create realistic, repeatable practice scenarios for students.
https://www.techlearning.com/learning/stem/teaching-with-ai-holograms…
Stop Trying to Detect AI. Start Creating Better Assignments
Rather than focusing on catching students after the fact, educators need to consider what they are asking them to do, and is it actually worth doing?
5 Takeaways From Microsoft’s Global AI in Education Survey
AI has reached nearly every corner of education, though students, teachers, and leaders all experience it from a different angle.
https://edtechinsiders.substack.com/p/5-takeaways-from-microsofts-global…
Manifesto for Generative AI in Higher Education – The Book Project
A timely and thought-provoking collection exploring how generative AI is reshaping teaching, learning, and academic practice. Grounded in the Manifesto for Generative AI in Higher Education, this book brings together diverse voices from across the sector to reflect on pedagogy, …
Classroom-Friendly, Browser-Based Alternative Tools to Proprietary Software
The article introduces DrawSplat.org, a free, browser-based collection of classroom tools that can replace many proprietary apps for whiteboarding, media editing, captions, and content creation. It requires no accounts, collects no personal data, has no ads, supports multiple languages, and …
What It Takes to Build an AI Teacher
The best AI teacher won’t come from a frontier model alone. Teaching requires solving a hundred smaller problems about how children actually learn.
https://humanistxyz.substack.com/p/what-it-takes-to-build-an-ai-teacher…
Some things I have learned about generative AI
Jon Dron argues that generative AI is neither human nor merely a simple tool, but a new kind of “metatool” that redistributes cognition and can expand what people are able to learn and create. For education, he argues that the …
AI Has Made an Old Education Problem Harder to Ignore
The article argues that AI did not create shallow learning, but it makes it easier for students to produce polished work without demonstrating real understanding.
https://mindingthecampus.org/2026/09/25/ai-has-made-an-old-education-problem-harder-to-ignore…