AI in Education: A Powerful Tool But Not a Replacement Teacher


Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming education. This blog post explores recent developments in AI for education, including Google's LearnLM product and OpenAI's ChatGPT Edu. The articles discuss how AI can personalize learning, improve student outcomes, and provide additional support. However, they also emphasize that AI should not replace teachers, but rather act as a complementary tool to enhance the learning experience. Ethical considerations and the role of teachers in the AI-powered classroom are also addressed.

TB872: A systems map of organisations involved with LERs in the USA
Note: this is a post reflecting on one of the modules of my MSc in Systems Thinking in Practice. You can see all of the related posts in this category.  As part of my preparations for my End of Module Assessment (EMA) I need to create a diagram giving an overview of an ecosystem I’m trying to help influence. Having already created diagrams...
Innovation Challenges as a Professional Development Method
One of the most rewarding parts of my work is facilitating change. Especially mindset change in individuals. This can come in many forms and the one that I think is the best is in more intensive learning experiences such as innovation challenges. Learning what is possible in a short amount of time can be a real mindset shift for many people. This...
Skills Transcripts at Scale: Why The ETS & MTC Partnership is a Big Deal
Tom Vander Ark, Getting Smart, May 15, 2024 Just a note on what the reform crowd is up to. The Mastery Transcript Consortium "provides a mastery transcript that replaces traditional high school transcripts. Instead of a list of courses and grades, learners share competencies with colleges and employers."...
Ethical Guidelines for International Student Recruitment in Use by Finnish Higher Education Institutions
Finnish higher education institutions have collectively developed an Agent Code of Conduct, an ethical guideline, aiming to establish standards for education agents and other partners involved in international student recruitment. The purpose of the guidelines is to ensure responsible and professional conduct in all interactions with potential students,...
How Google's LearnLM plans to supercharge education for students and teachers
At Google's annual I/O Developer's Conference, the company went all-in on AI, including addressing how it plans to apply the power of artificial intelligence to improve education and learning. "What if everyone everywhere could have their own personal AI tutor on any topic," Google SVP James Manyika asked the conference's keynote audience. "Or what...
Meet Gemini Education: Three ways Google is equipping students and educators with AI
On the heels of I/O, Google unveils new AI offerings for the education sector.
A foreign-language nursing student needs the support of a supervisor and the work community during practical training | Tampere universities
When a bilingual nursing student goes to the workplace for their first practical training, they need special support from the internship supervisor and the work community. In the workplace, however, many people are nervous about speaking English and avoid bilingual students, which can slow down or hinder learning and the feeling of belonging to the...
How I Survived Distraction Overload and Created the Ultimate Online Learning Blueprint
by Helen Todd, Learning Technologist, University of Sussex So I’m trying to write a blog post about engagement while WFH but I keep getting distracted. I select the perfect track to relax but also focus the mind on Spotify, have a quick doom scroll of the news headlines and depress myself further by checking my current energy bill before realising...
AI in Education: Google’s LearnLM product has incredible potential
Daniel Christian, Learning Ecosystems, May 24, 2024 Daniel Christian summarizes three articles looking at the recently released AI models. Though I think the lead article on LearnLM from AI Supremacy isn't useful (it feels like an AI-assembled jumble of acontextual platitudes) the second makes an important...
Why AI Can’t Replace Teachers
John Spencer, May 24, 2024 I really disagree with the main argument in this post, though I imagine many readers (especially those that are educators) would agree: "Whether it's a project-based learning unit or a class discussion, it is the teacher, as the artist and the problem-solver and curator, who sparks...
AI in Enterprise Learning Systems
This presentation provides a general perspective on the use of AI in enterprise learning systems like Learning Experience Platforms, Learning Management Systems, and Talent Management Systems, and what that might mean for learning. Summer Institute on Education and AI, Montreal () May 26, 2024 [Link] [Slides]
OpenAI's new ChatGPT Edu is for universities. Here's how teachers and students can benefit
This new AI offering is designed to make it more affordable for universities to bring AI to their campuses.
The Rise of Artificial Intelligence and the Implications for School Districts
Tom Vander Ark, Getting Smart, May 28, 2024 This is kind of fun because Tom Vander Ark offers his opinions at a school board meeting about the short and long-term implications of AI and then chatGPT is asked to do the same thing. Neither are horrible, both are what you would expect if you wrote your testimony...
Speculative futures for higher education
Sian Bayne, Jen Ross, International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, Jun 17, 2024 I'm not generally a fan of scenario-building as a method of futurism (my feeling is, if you're going to predict, do that, instead of watering it down with a list of possibilities). This paper though offers...
What’s New in Microsoft EDU | ISTE Edition June 2024
Learning Accelerators Updated Create Flow To make it easier for you to get started with creating Learning Accelerators we have added a new entry point in the create button in Assignments. When: Generally available now! Microsoft Reflect New Reflect brain breaks celebrating Disney and Pixar's Inside Out 2Teens juggle a rollercoaster of emotions...
Positive Artifcial Intelligence in Education (P‐AIED): A Roadmap
Ig Ibert Bittencourt, et al., International Journal of Artifcial Intelligence in Education, Jun 26, 2024 A lot of the discussion has focused on the use of AI to address learning outcomes. This paper, by contrast, looks at "the strengths and the positive aspects of the learning process to promote wellbeing" - in...
Kohti kokonaisvaltaista ja transformatiivista pedagogiikkaa.pdf
Towards ecosystem for research and development of electrodermal activity appl...Jari JussilaTowards ecosystem for research and development of electrodermal activity applications, presentation at Academic Mindtrek Conference 2018, October 10, Tampere. Authors Jari Jussila, Niina Venho, Henna Salonius, Jarkko Moilanen, Jari Liukkonen & Mikael Rinnetmäki.

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