The article explores how principles from educational games and simulations can guide the design of AI-enhanced learning, emphasizing agency, interactivity, challenge, and social engagement. It proposes a framework of principles and elements to ensure AI augments human learning while preserving …
AI for Student Engagement: A Global Review of Emerging Strategies
The article surveys 106 case studies (not listed) and identifies 24 emerging AI methodologies to boost student engagement, grouped into six categories. Most categories are useful, though “instructional delivery” feels less convincing, and access requires bypassing a spamwall.
The AI Tsunami Is Here: Reinventing Education for the Age of AI
In the age of artificial intelligence, higher education must move beyond content delivery toward interactionalism—a human-centered approach to learning that fosters collaboration, creativity, adaptability, feedback, and well-being. This article series will explore this system redesign in-depth, beginning with teaching and …
Enacting assessment reform in a time of artificial intelligence
Enacting assessment reform in a time of artificial intelligence builds on the principles and propositions outlined in Assessment reform for the age of artificial intelligence.
Perplexity Comet and online quizzes
The author argues for redesigning assessments to authentically measure learning rather than banning AI, noting tools like Perplexity’s new Comet browser make “cheating” trivial. Comet’s sidebar AI can access secure course content (e.g., Brightspace quizzes) directly in the browser, correctly …
Open AI, Google, and Anthropic all offer AI tutors for students. Do they work?
AI is rapidly becoming embedded in education, with OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft rolling out free AI tutor tools and forging partnerships with schools.
A tech reporter tested these new AI tutors firsthand, curious whether they truly help students learn effectively.…
Learn Your Way: Reimagining textbooks with generative AI
Textbooks are limited as one-size-fits-all resources, but Google’s Learn Your Way experiment uses generative AI to create personalized, multi-format learning materials. Early studies show promising results: students using it scored 11 points higher on retention tests compared to standard digital …
AI in the Classroom Is Often Harmful. Why Are Educators Falling Prey to the Hype?
Teachers who rush to embrace chatbots are ignoring the essence of education.
19 AI-infused apps that prove NPUs are already changing how we work
With Intel’s Core Ultra and AMD’s Ryzen AI chips integrating NPUs, more apps now run AI tasks locally, making them faster and more energy-efficient. This shift delivers quicker responses, offline functionality, and new automation options, improving both everyday and professional …
Why Language Models Hallucinate
Large language models “hallucinate” because training and evaluation reward confident guesses over admitting uncertainty, making errors statistically inevitable. To curb this, benchmarks must be redesigned so models aren’t penalized for expressing uncertainty, fostering more trustworthy AI.
Nearly one-third of university students use AI daily, study shows
A new survey by the plagiarism-detection firm Copyleaks shows that nearly all students have used AI at least once for their coursework and a majority are using it more than ever.
Former NotebookLM devs’ new app, Huxe, taps audio to help you with news and research
Google’s NotebookLM inspired three of its original developers to create Huxe, an audio-first app that generates AI-hosted podcasts to help users explore topics. The startup has raised $4.6M in funding and is now publicly available on iOS and Android.
This is the fastest way to tell if a photo is AI-generated
Deepfakes are becoming harder to spot with the naked eye, making AI image detectors essential for identifying subtle artifacts left by generative models. While not flawless, these tools are improving and should be used alongside traditional methods to fight misinformation.…
I tried 6 open-source note-taking apps so you don’t have to
Open-source note-taking apps offer transparency, flexibility, and full data ownership, often for free and with strong community support. They also provide greater privacy and customization, making them strong alternatives to closed-source tools like Evernote or Notion.
https://www.makeuseof.com/best-open-source-note-taking-apps-compared…
As AI tools reshape education, schools struggle with how to draw the line on cheating
AI use among students is so widespread that take-home tests and essays are increasingly seen as obsolete, with teachers assuming outside work is “AI’ed.”
This shift is forcing schools to rethink traditional teaching and assessment methods amid rising concerns over …