Educational Technology News

"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,'”

"This research not only highlights deficiencies in current training but also emphasizes the urgent need to adapt educational curricula to close these competency gaps and effectively prepare future professionals for the challenges of Industry 4.0."

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

"Educators use tech to foster a sense of community and keep students engaged"

"When it came to risk management strategies, the study found parents were having conversations with their children about being safe and not sharing personal information online. Many parents were also sharing VR accounts with their children, so that they could monitor their children's VR app use."

"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."

"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."

"Funds For Learning, the leading E-rate compliance services firm for schools nationwide, launched its 14th annual E-rate survey last month. The survey enables applicants to provide confidential feedback about essential aspects of the federal E-rate program, which can help shape its future direction. Funds For Learning submits responses directly to the FCC."

"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."

"AI-based image generators are still in their infancy. Most of the tools have the capability of analyzing your video content or video scripts to choose matching assets to the scenes. But to generate something like cartoons, films, or other such video content, you still rely on cameras and professionals."

"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?"

"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 study, published April 13 in Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), investigates how adolescents perceive and engage with digital communication, including connectedness, positive social comparison, authentic self-presentation, civil participation and self-control."

"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."

"It's becoming increasingly challenging to keep modern learners engaged due to shrinking attention spans. Can microlearning and nanolearning come to the rescue and keep learners hooked?"

"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."

"The right data management is make-or-break in student success"

"Studies demonstrate that early exposure to technology profoundly impacts cognitive development. Introducing edtech tools at a young age lays the foundation for future academic success and digital literacy."

"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."