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At an EdTech conference in New York, Coursemojo co-founder Dacia Toll argued that AI has so far had a net negative impact on students, despite its potential. She cautioned that education faces a complex mix of good and bad uses …

AI offers powerful opportunities to enhance teaching and learning but also poses serious risks to student learning and data privacy. Educators are actively exploring ways to balance these challenges while integrating AI responsibly into their classrooms.

https://www.edweek.org/technology/ai-in-action-how-educators-should-approach-the-technology…

AI companies are aggressively targeting students with free trials, discounts, and referral programs to lock in future users. Educators warn that this strategy fuels dependency and academic dishonesty, as new AI agents make cheating easier while companies deflect responsibility for …

A new wave of AI browsers is emerging, putting generative models at the core of web navigation, offering AI-powered search, answers, and even task automation. Early tests of tools like Perplexity Comet, Opera Neon, ChatGPT Atlas, and Dai show promise, …

This guide offers strategies for integrating Generative AI into multimodal teaching, learning, and assessment. It supports educators and educational developers in driving pedagogical innovation amid evolving educational landscapes.

https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194252/1/Output1_an-educators-guide-to-multimodal-learning-and-generative-ai.pdf…

After trying out plenty of options, here are the five best Duolingo alternatives that stand out from the rest.

https://www.androidauthority.com/duolingo-alternatives-3608570…

Universities often fail at implementing learning analytics because they treat it as a static IT or enterprise system rather than a dynamic decision-support process. Using situational awareness theory, the author shows that effective analytics must align with teachers’ real contexts, …

Copilot now has its own virtual character for its voice mode.

https://www.theverge.com/news/804106/microsoft-mico-copilot-ai-assistant-clippy…

OpenAI’s new browser, Atlas, replaces real web content with AI-generated material, blurring what’s authentic online. It also shifts control, users must guess commands while effectively working for the browser instead of it serving them.

https://www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/atlas-anti-web-browser…

Comet, a Chromium-based browser by Perplexity AI, integrates an AI assistant that automates web tasks, summarizes content, organizes tabs, and provides contextual guidance. Unlike Chrome, it acts as an agentic browser, handling emails, research, shopping, and scheduling through natural prompts …

The author built a local AI-powered mind-mapping system using Obsidian, LM Studio, and custom prompts to turn notes and documents into structured visual maps. This setup offers privacy, control, and flexibility—outperforming online tools like Xmind by allowing deeper customization and …

I’ve tried countless note-taking apps over the years: OneNote, Google Keep, and everything in between, from the ultra-minimalist to the overwhelmingly feature-packed. Yet none have made me want to write quite like Anytype.

https://www.makeuseof.com/anytype-beautiful-open-source-note-taking…

Champlain College Saint-Lambert’s Millennium Certificate Program (MCP) helps students build 21st-century skills through independent and experiential learning using the Linkr platform. Guided by faculty mentors, students earn certificates by completing projects and peer exchanges, an approach that could inspire similar …

Teachers in EdSurge’s research urged schools to replace AI bans with a harm reduction approach, teaching students to use AI responsibly rather than prohibiting it. This philosophy emphasizes preparedness over prohibition, fostering transparency, co-learning, and context-specific guidelines that build critical …