Adam Croom describes his experience updating an Introduction to Advertising textbook using chatGPT. “While it’s not perfect, I am still deeply impressed with its ability. It took me only a couple hours.” Never mind questions about whether this is appropriate …
How to Use AI to Do Stuff: An Opinionated Guide
This guide is opinionated, based on my experience, and focused on how to pick the right tool to do things. I have written separately about the kinds of tasks you may want AI to do, which might be useful to …
Turnitin AI Detection Rates: 3.3% of 65M Papers Reviewed Were Flagged as Majority AI Writing
Of the more than 65 million student papers reviewed for AI writing by Turnitin’s detection tool since April, more than 2 million — or 3.3% of all papers reviewed — have been flagged as containing 80% or more AI-written text, …
Advice on building your own ecosystem
This is a short simple post but has advice that’s essential to anyone who depends on an internet presence for anything.
Coursera to introduce AI-powered online learning coach
Coursera plans to add a new AI-powered coaching tool to its platform, the online education provider recently announced.
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How Schools Are Coaching — or Coaxing — Teachers to Use ChatGPT
If educators can reclaim their time by using generative AI to do the mundane tasks, they can get back to doing some of the fun stuff that made them get into teaching,” says one school district director of technology.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-08-03-how-schools-are-coaching-or-coaxing-teachers-to-use-chatgpt…
Generative AI and Education: Adopting a Critical Approach
Exploring the impact of GenAI in education through understanding benefits and concerns of AI-generated content.
Students positive towards AI, but uncertain about what counts as cheating
Students are positive towards AI tools such as ChatGPT in education, but 62 percent believe that using chatbots during exams is cheating. However, where the boundary for cheating lies is highly unclear.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230512144730.htm…
Communities of Practice Within and Across Organizations: A Guidebook
This book (241 page PDF) is the latest release from the authority on communities of practice. This book helps guide individuals, teams, and organizations through the process. It is for organizational leaders creating a conducive environment, community leaders launching and …
Can AI Help Teachers With Grading?
A comparison of teachers and AI giving scores and feedback on middle school writing.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-06-14-can-ai-help-teachers-with-grading…
Using Grammarly to Provide Effective Feedback on Essays
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) has been quite a controversial topic lately. Regarding its use in education, I believe embracing AI can benefit both you and your students. This is why, during the Winter 2023 semester, I experimented with …
The top 5 things higher education students want from online learning
Online learning has become increasingly popular in recent years, and students have a lot to say about what they want from their online courses.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/06/higher-education-students-online-learning-survey…
Introducing Apple Vision Pro (Video)
Apple Vision Pro is an upcoming mixed reality headset developed by Apple Inc. It was announced on June 5, 2023, at its 2023 Worldwide Developers Conference and is set to be available for purchase in early 2024 in the United …
6 Online Directories of AI Tools to Discover or Search for the Best AI App
These free directories list all the AI tools available online, so you can browse or search for them quickly and easily.
https://www.makeuseof.com/online-directories-of-ai-tools-search-app/…
To Advance AI Use in Education, Focus on Understanding Educators
A better understanding of educators’ perspectives of emerging education technology, specifically tools that incorporate AI, is essential to unlock the full potential benefits of these innovations.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40593-023-00351-4…