Educational Technology News

"As with all innovations, there will be trade-offs. Each time we trade an interaction with AI for a speedy response, we trade-off something else with it. We lose the opportunity to connect with another person."

"The Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology recently produced a report noting that teachers play a critical role in the AI revolution: 'Teachers and other people must be ‘in the loop’ whenever AI is applied in order to notice patterns and automate educational processes. We call upon all constituents to adopt Humans-in-the-Loop as a key criteria.'”

"This post is inspired by an insight into human social interaction that explains a lot about the user experience of generative AI."

"Apple is also planning a major overhaul of Siri, meaning the voice assistant could get way smarter and more capable with a generative AI boost."

"Imagine a future where every student gets their own AI tutor. This article examines just how close we are to making personalized education a reality."

"Sam Altman says the team has been working on new projects, which he believes its users will love."

"When it comes to AI accelerating academic processes, 'a lot of the new work for us is figuring out what we want to assess in the process, instead of just at the end,'”

"By the end of the 2023–2024 school year, 60 percent of districts plan to have trained teachers about AI use. Urban districts were the least likely to deliver such training."

"Claude 3 Opus is the best in following (detailed) prompts, especially compared to Open AI models, which tend to generalize, diverge from the prompt, and exhibit their “creativity”. However, GPT-4 understands the briefest prompt exceptionally well, unlike Opus."

"The continued debate on AI’s pros and cons doesn’t slow the technology’s growth or hinder its wide-ranging application in new tools. Whether and how schools choose to bring it into classrooms, generative AI continues to proliferate just outside of districts’ doors."

"As pre-service teachers are being prepared to instruct, assess, and support millions of students in the years to come, the instruction they receive regarding AI use in K-12 classrooms is critical."

"This study represents one of the earliest attempts to empirically examine the power of AI literacy and explore the determinants of behavioral intentions to learn AI among K-12 teachers. Our findings can theoretically and practically contribute to the virgin field of K-12 teachers’ AI learning."

"Microsoft just dropped a new AI tool, Vasa-1, that transforms a 2D portrait image into a much better-looking talking or singing video based on an audio clip input."

"Through careful planning and inclusion of teachers, administration, and community representatives it is possible to thoughtfully address this need and develop structures for appropriately delivering instruction that incorporates AI platforms. "

"Starting next spring, the University of Pennsylvania will expand its AI course offering with a new online master's degree program focused on AI."

"The Future of Privacy Forum notes there are over 128 state student privacy laws that schools need to keep an eye out for when procuring AI ed tech."

"This report profiles the trends and key technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, and envisions a number of scenarios for that future. It is based on the perspectives and expertise of a global panel of leaders from across the higher education landscape."

"The market for Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasing quickly as a result of developments in Machine Learning, higher processing power, and expanding data quantities. This article sheds light to everything you need to know about the trends and opportunities that lie ahead."

"Now that AI can create assignments, complete the assignments and grade them too, what’s left for us?"

"Would you let your students submit a paper where 5% of the text was written by ChatGPT?  What about if they disclosed their use of ChatGPT ahead of time?  Or, if they cited ChatGPT as a source?"

"[T]he education transformation has been underway for years, but AI is poised to accelerate it at speeds we are not prepared for."

"AI-driven tools and their use in creative writing, specifically with the purpose of writing essays, have long been a subject of heated debate. The argument against AI-powered tools remains the same: any content produced by artificial intelligence can be viewed as plagiarism."

"Higher ed is facing an uncertain future: Current and prospective students are grappling with increasing financial burdens, AI has thrown institutions for a loop as faculty race to equip students with the AI skills they’ll need for success, and many students are questioning the overall value of a 4-year degree."

"Robots can now create content of all kinds, and consume it: from updates on social networks to news on media and music, fueling dumb schemes that move money flows based on even dumber metrics."