AI’s Growing Role in Education


As the new school year starts, AI is transforming education. Google’s “school time” setting helps parents manage children’s screen time, while tools like Quizlet and Grammarly enhance study experiences. Research shows chatbots improve student learning and engagement. Universities are focusing on lifelong learning in data. AI aids in essay writing and homework help, but comprehensive AI policies are needed. Creativity and problem-solving remain vital, with UNESCO emphasizing ethical AI use. Balancing technology and human skills is key.

Google's 'school time' setting for kids coming to Android devices
Over the next year, parents whose children have Android phones and tablets will notice a new setting called "school time," Google announced Thursday. The parental control allows caregivers to set limits on their child's device functionality while at school, or during other periods when they want to minimize distraction. The setting is already available...
4 ways my favorite study app Quizlet just got even better (and it's still free)
Exclusive: Quizlet harnesses generative AI to bring students new study tools just in time for going back to school.
A Systematic Approach to Evaluate the Use of Chatbots in Educational Contexts: Learning Gains, Engagements and Perceptions
Wei Qiu, et al., EdArXiv, Aug 08, 2024 This paper (15 page PDF) aims "to provide researchers and educators with a replicable framework for a structured approach to evaluating the impact of chatbots on student learning." As the title suggests, the framework is based on measurements of learning gains, engagement...
The new European University :: Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
1) L = Lifelong learning in data: UNINOVIS aims at becoming the leading European University in learning how to understand, analyse, use, manage and safeguard data in all fields, from Medicine to the Bio-technologies, from Engineering to Linguistics, from Business to the Social Sciences, from Economics to the Humanities.
Grammarly's new tool aims to detect AI-generated text. Here's how it works
Grammarly Authorship will attempt to detect whether AI, a human, or a combination of the two created content. Though it will be available to any user, the new tool is targeted to the education market in particular.
5 ways ChatGPT can help you write an essay
Back-to-school season is in full swing, and AI can help with brainstorming and writing your next paper. Here's how.
Metaverse Teaches Our Students
For many, it is time to go back to school. Students are returning to academic life in droves. But how has education changed in the past five years—and how will it continue to change in the next five? Certainly, the pandemic shook things up, but there is another huge force at work that could completely transform how we teach at all levels: technology....
5 free AI tools for school that students, teachers, and parents can use, too
These AI tools can summarize PDFs, tutor you, help with essay writing and math problems, and much more.
5 ways college students can use Gemini AI to keep up with school work
Studying smarter, not harder, can be made easier with these AI-powered Gemini tools.
2024 EDUCAUSE Action Plan: AI Policies and Guidelines
EDUCAUSE's 2024 AI Landscape Study, based on a survey of more than 900 higher education technology professionals, made clear the current gaps in higher education's AI-related policies and guidelines: "Only 23% of respondents indicated that their institution has any AI-related acceptable use policies already in place, and nearly half (48%) of respondents...
AI 'won't replace' creative skills, study finds
A new report from Canva encourages students' creativity and design skills to compete in the age of AI. Other areas to focus on? Time management and problem-solving.
What you need to know about UNESCO's new AI competency frameworks for students and teachers
UNESCO, Sept 06, 2024 This is a really nice summary of the similar but slightly different competency frameworks in AI for teachers (52 page PDF) and students (80 page PDF). Both emphasize a human-centered mindset, ethics and applications, while students also learn problem-solving while teachers focus on...
Students Are Using AI Already. Here’s What They Think Adults Should Know
Ryan Nagelhout, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Sept 11, 2024 This article summarizes a report Teen and Young Adult Perspectives on Generative AI and states the main points as follows (quoted): Half of teens surveyed have used generative AI, but few (4%) use it frequently Most common uses are for getting information (53%) and...
Most students are using AI for academics
Laura Ascione, eCampus News, Sept 13, 2024 This post refers to a report from the Digital Education Council (spamware, as they want you to provide personal information before you can see it). According to the report, 86 percent of higher-ed students are already using AI, with 54 percent reporting using it...
remembering nothing and failing
In an article on the impact of AI on computer science education, the general conclusion is that all jobs will have a generative AI component and it will be necessary in most jobs to understand computer science. The piece opens with an experiment conducted by a professor with one of his computer science classes. One group was allowed to use ChatGPT...
The 5 best Linux distributions for students - from middle school to college
Linux distros are ideal operating systems for educational environments for multiple reasons. A big one is that they're 100% free to download.
ASBA Releases Artificial Intelligence Policy Guidance for K-12 Education
Alberta School Boards Association, Sept 19, 2024 It's another list of principles to toss into the ever-growing list of AI policy statements. This one resembles most of the others, particularly with a very standard list of principles (illustrated). One interesting newish thing: "Ensure there is no copyright...
Educating for innovation
Learning is at the heart of Design Factory. We engage in multiple scientific and applied studies investigating pedagogical practices and learning results in co-creation and innovation. Based on 54 interviews with educators across the globe conducted in 2024, this new report takes stock of pedagogical choices and collaboration in project-, problem-...
Learning Types by Tim Klapdor
Tim Klapdor, Sept 26, 2024 My first thought on reading this is that this is clever branding. Tim Klapdor writes, "Learning Types is a resources developed to create and share a typology of learning to aid the design and development of engaging learning experiences." We're all familiar with the categories,...
5 online services to get help with homework
As students prepare to go back to school, finding reliable online homework help services can be a challenge.Websites touting "homework help," for example, are often obscuring dicey services that simply complete assignments for you (done both by human and robot hands), while self-proclaimed "tutors" peddle possible money-grabbing scams. Educators are...

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