OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Search feature allows qualifying subscribers to use ChatGPT as a Google Search alternative on desktop and mobile. Users can even set ChatGPT Search as their default search engine using a Chrome or Edge extension provided by OpenAI.…
Copilot: Microsoft’s AI-powered chatbot explained
Microsoft rebranded Bing Chat as Copilot, an AI assistant that enhances search with GPT-powered conversational capabilities, positioning it as an alternative to Google Gemini. Copilot integrates deeply with Bing and Microsoft Edge, offering users a robust, AI-driven search experience.
New AI Tools Are Promoted as Study Aids for Students. Are They Doing More Harm Than Good?
New AI tools in education, like Google’s NotebookLM, are sparking debates about how they may aid or hinder learning, providing both benefits and ethical concerns. While AI tools help neurodivergent students organize and comprehend material, educators worry that these tools …
Small Language Models Gaining Popularity While LLMs Still Go Strong
Small language models (SLMs) are gaining popularity alongside large language models (LLMs), offering a “best of both worlds” approach in AI applications. While LLMs, like ChatGPT, rely on vast data sets to mimic human language patterns, SLMs provide more efficient, …
Google’s Audio Overview transforms your meeting notes into engaging podcasts
Google’s AI-driven NotebookLM, first showcased at I/O 2023, is now officially launched and no longer experimental as of October 2024. This marks a significant step, given Google’s past of revealing ambitious projects that sometimes don’t reach full release.
What will education feel like in 2034? with Martin Dougiamas, Moodle creator
Let’s try peering into the future, following current trends, and seeing what lies in store for the world in ten years in Education Technology. Martin Dougiamas joins Sonya Trivedi to discuss what the new Moodle Research team has been working …
Moodle 4.5: Unlock the power of AI for your courses
Moodle 4.5 introduces over 250 new features, including an AI-powered subsystem for flexible, secure integrations, improved course organization with subsections, and enhanced assignment feedback. Additionally, it offers streamlined badge management, upgraded media tools, and automated notifications, aiming to enrich teaching …
How ChatGPT Search affects the broader AI landscape
OpenAI has introduced a web search feature in ChatGPT, enhancing user experience by integrating real-time search results into answers, similar to Bing and Perplexity.
Textbooks come alive with new interactive AI tool
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder created Augmented Physics, a tool that brings static textbook diagrams to life on iPads, allowing students to visualize physics concepts interactively. This award-winning innovation may soon expand to other subjects, enhancing educational engagement …
AI can carry out qualitative research at unprecedented scale
The interactional skill of large language models enables them to carry out qualitative research interviews at speed and scale. Demonstrating the ability of these new techniques in a range of qualitative enquiries, Friedrich Geiecke and Xavier Jaravel, present a new …
Treat GenAI Like You Treat Google Search
Generative AI’s rapid adoption in classrooms has sparked resistance due to concerns about academic integrity and skill development, with some schools banning it. However, experts suggest that instead of restricting AI, educators should integrate it thoughtfully, treating it like Google …
2025 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Restoring Trust
The 2025 EDUCAUSE Top 10 describes how higher education technology and data leaders and professionals can help restore trust in the sector by building competent and caring institutions and, through radical collaboration, leverage the fulcrum of leadership to maintain balance …
No More Tests? Working With, Against and Around AI
Assessment is essential for validating skills, guiding pedagogy, and supporting student self-evaluation, but it’s challenging, subjective, and complex. AI offers promising advancements for more accurate, real-time assessments, though concerns about fairness, privacy, and the need for human oversight remain.
https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/no-more-tests-working-against-and-around-ai…
Decision Fatigue? Remember These 7 Tips to Make Better Choices Faster
Taking action is a more likely path to success than ruminating on options. Follow this advice to get past the decisions that are occupying your mind.
https://www.pcmag.com/explainers/decision-fatigue-remember-these-tips-to-make-better-choices-faster…
My 2nd Experience With Specifications Grading
In fall 2023, I shared my initial experience with specifications grading in my Coordination of a Work Team course. For winter 2024, I’m trying a new approach—contract assessment—in my Controlling Manufacturing Processes in Bakery course to build on last semester’s …