How many times per day do you check your phone? According to Gloria Mark, psychologist and author of Attention Span, people swipe from screen to screen about 566 times per day, and about half of those switches are self-motivated, meaning …
Teaching Our Students How to Use ChatGPT
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming an indispensable tool. In my opinion, it’s the responsibility of the college network to train students to use it, especially in the technical sector. If our graduates enter the job market without knowing how …
The 10 Best AI Courses in 2024
Today’s options for best AI courses offer a wide variety of hands-on experience with generative AI, machine learning and AI algorithms.
Can Using a Grammar Checker Set Off AI-Detection Software?
A college student says she was falsely accused of cheating, and her story has gone viral. Where is the line between acceptable help and cheating with AI?
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2024-04-04-can-using-a-grammar-checker-set-off-ai-detection-software…
Teachers are using AI to grade essays. But some experts are raising ethical concerns
Teachers are turning to AI tools and platforms — such as ChatGPT, Writable, Grammarly and EssayGrader — to assist with grading papers, writing feedback, developing lesson plans and creating assignments. They’re also using the burgeoning tools to create quizzes, polls, …
6 Ways to Identify Who an Unknown Caller Is
Unknown calls are pretty common these days, but tracking down the person that’s calling can be tricky. So, here are some ways to identify them.
The Gmail App Will Be Getting A “Summarize” Button Soon
Don’t have the time to read through what your boss is saying in a lengthy email? Gmail will help you summarize that.
A newsletter about our uneasy relationship to phones becomes The Guardian’s fastest-growing email ever
“Reclaim Your Brain” acknowledges “the effect that the news cycle is having on us psychologically.”
Exploring influential factors in peer upvoting within social annotation
Upvotes serve important purposes in online social annotation environments. However, limited studies have explored the influential factors affecting peer upvoting in online collaborative learning. In this study, we analysed the factors influencing students’ upvotes received from their peers as 91 …
Exploring the future of learning and the relationship between human intelligence and AI. An interview with Professor Rose Luckin
Professor Rose Luckin, a pioneer in the integration of artificial intelligence with education, holds the position of Professor of Learner Centred Design at the UCL Knowledge Lab, University College London.
https://journals.sfu.ca/jalt/index.php/jalt/article/view/1659…
AI-Assisted Grading: A Leap Forward or a Step Back?
Investigating the True Cost of Efficiency in Educational Evaluation.
https://pascalvallet.substack.com/p/ai-assisted-grading-a-leap-forward…
Teacher devises an ingenious way to check if students are using ChatGPT to write essays
This video describes a teacher’s diabolical method for checking whether work submitted by students was written by themselves, or if they cheated by getting ChatGPT to write essays.
How to Use Microsoft’s Copilot AI, and 10 Things to Try Right Away
Copilot and ChatGPT share a lot of similarities, but Microsoft’s chatbot offers certain advantages on its own. Here’s how to take it for a spin and check out its most compelling features.
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-use-microsoft-copilot-ai-what-to-try…
How AI Can Help Teachers Guide Students to Active Learning
These teachers believe that AI can redistribute teachers’ and students’ roles to further personalized learning.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/ai-teacher-student-relationships…
This smart pen uses ChatGPT and your iPhone to turn your handwritten notes into almost anything you want it to
It’s called XNote and it’s available via a Kickstarter campaign today. A combination of an iPhone app and a smart pen that can write on normal paper, the system can convert handwritten notes into on-screen text if needed, and it …