This post explores the latest developments in AI and education. The focus has shifted from acquiring AI tools to developing educator skills and using AI to empower teachers. Educators remain central, with resources available to prepare them for AI and explore its potential for personalized learning, assessment, and reducing administrative burdens. The European Union and individual countries are also taking an active role, with the EU proposing a standardized degree and educators in the UK advocating for assessment reform. AI is poised to transform education, but it's clear that teachers will be at the heart of this transformation.
Michael Webb, JISC, Mar 08, 2024 The shift from the previous version three years ago is from the acquisition of AI tools to staff training and skills. As it stands the model is looking like SAMR for AI. At the most 'mature' level we read that "there will be two main outcomes. The first is that AI will support...
Copilot for Microsoft 365 will be available for students soon, and Microsoft is sharing tips on how they'll be able to use it.
Bryan Mathers, Visual Thinker, Mar 11, 2024 Short article with some detailed diagrams summarizing Bryan Mathers's session at Galway, Ireland, as part of the CESI conference. "The gift of a cartoonist is this: just by creating a few lines on a page, we can communicate powerful ideas. Even better, you already...
ReportThis report follows the second phase of research into curriculum and learning design in higher education (HE) in the UK, which was conducted between November 2022 and July 2023.About this reportAuthorsHelen BeethamResearcher at University of WolverhamptonSheila MacNeillConsultantPublished: 05 September 2023Updated: 06 February 2024CookiesPrivacyModern...
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Anticipation fills the conference hall in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, as Finnish and Rwandan higher education leaders convene for the inaugural meeting of the HEP-TED project. This occasion marks the culmination of years of collaborative efforts between six higher education institutions: the University of Helsinki, the University of Rwanda, Tampere...
Pascal Vallet, Apr 02, 2024 I'll share Pascal Vallet's new newsletter because it exists, but I'm not a fan of the whole idea of email-only newsletters with subscription plans and no RSS feeds. Anyhow, in this post, he shares the wisdom that "not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that...
Neil Mosley, Neil Mosley Consulting, Apr 11, 2024 This is a good article and I appreciate Neil Mosley's desire to engage with the argument in the article 'Online learning has all but destroyed the university experience' (from the Telegraph, and paywalled). The key point appears near its end: "more online...
The European Commission has adopted a package of ambitious proposals for Europe’s higher education sector, with the aim of working towards a European degree. The package contains a blueprint for this new and universally recognised qualification, as a result of deeper and wider transnational cooperation between higher education institutions - a key...
63% of educators also believe AI can help them create more personalized materials for students.
It is an exciting time for education in the UK. For several years, advocating for assessment reform - to provide greater breadth and balance in school curricula - was considered a specialisation. However, it’s now refreshing to see progress on this within UK education systems, with many embracing such change. I was fortunate to spend time in London...
UNESCO, Apr 26, 2024 A recent meeting of UNESCO on digital education futures is notable for the resources distributed: "its AI Readiness Assessment tool to translate the Recommendations on the Ethics of AI into actions, as well as its Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms to enable freedom of expression...
eCampusOntario, Apr 26, 2024 I like this a lot. "This e-book is a template for you to use to get started documenting your learning journey (aka an e-Book of One's Own - eBoOO). You are free to copy the book and use the template to make it your own. Instructions on how to do all this are included within....
World Bank, World Economic Forum, Apr 29, 2024 This report (28 page PDF) focuses on four major ways the authors believe AI will serve education: personalized learning content and experiences; refined assessment and decision-making processes; optimization of teacher roles through augmentation and automation of tasks;...
Studying for finals is hard. AI can simplify it for you.
Kyle Mackie, Erin Aspenlieder, eCampusOntario, May 03, 2024 Yet another helpful resource from the eCampusOntario Open Library, this pressbook is subtitled 'Strategies and Exercises for Meaningful Use in Higher Ed." The first 'chapter' is just a few paragraphs; the second contains a useful listing of AI engines...
Gila Kurtz, et al., Education Sciences, May 07, 2024 This is a shortish and matter-of-fact article describing authors' recommendations for integrating generative AI into higher education. It begins with some definitions of key terms, a brief overview of relevant literature, and then offers a set of experts'...
Perplexity, May 07, 2024 Perplexity is a generative AI (GAI) interface that promises accuracy and cites real sources in its answer. "It has a conversational interface, contextual awareness and personalization to learn your interests and preferences over time." Wikipedia notes, "the paid version Perplexity...
Kate Lucariello, Campus Technology, May 09, 2024 This article raises more questions than it answers. Questions like: why doesn't the author remind the reader that AI-detection algorithms are not reliable? Or, why are institutions still assigning essay assignments when it's so easy to use AI to complete them?...
2. AI and Teams EDU for Educators Using generative AI to create rubrics in AssignmentsRubrics are a useful tool to communicate the expectations for the assignments to the students, and to provide an easy and effective way for the educator to grade and give specific feedback to the students. However, creating detailed rubrics can take a lot of time....
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