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Monday, September 28
[2026] 8000+ OpenCourseWare Courses from Top Institutions
Curated collection of thousands of open educational resources from MIT, Stanford, Yale, and more. The post [2026] 8000+ OpenCourseWare Courses from Top Institutions appeared first on The Report by Class Central.
classcentral.comPriority 1: Getting a View and Setting a Vision Across Systems
A week ago, Angela Jackson (the CEO of Future Forward Strategies), Mallory Dwinal-Palisch (the President of Craft Education, a WGU company and nonprofit data platform that enables apprenticeship degrees), Danny Curtis, and I published a series of six papers
michaelbhorn.substack.comEllucian Harnesses AI for 10,000 Academic Procedures
AI Leadership in Higher Education Starts With a More Coherent Student Experience
One way of understanding the last several years of work on digital teaching and learning is as a transition from fragmented to coherent. University departments, institution-wide project teams, and sector-wide ... The post AI Leadership in Higher Education Starts With a More Coherent Student Experience appeared first…
everylearnereverywhere.orgCollege rankings, like those of US News and World Report, remain influential, despite their many flaws and decades of criticism
College rankings assign schools numbers that may correspond more closely with their wealth than other factors of quality, critics say. Talaj/iStock via Getty Images Plus U.S. colleges and universities are governed by many traditions – including the annual U.S. News Best Colleges rankings, which list schools based on a…
theconversation.comThe role of context and visual-spatial memory in recall performance within an immersive VR environment
doi.orgExpanding conceptual evidence-building with the science of learning: integrating evidence weights, alignment estimates and iterative updates for educational innovations
Abstract Educational innovations should articulate a clear rationale that situates the innovation within existing literature. Current frameworks, such as ESSA Tier IV, emphasize this requirement, though they only mandate a general review of research. Consequently, the process for demonstrating this connection…
doi.orgCampus Engagement and Climate-Based Factors Associated With Academic Achievement of Collegiate Athletes: A Meta-Analytic Investigation
In the ever-evolving landscape of intercollegiate athletics, postsecondary institutions are increasingly committed to creating inclusive environments that enable collegiate athletes to thrive academically. Some of the influential factors shaping athletes’ academic achievement may be their experiences of campus…
doi.orgBeyond the Blueprint: Navigating Higher Education for Students with Autism and Co-Occurring Disabilities
Although research on autistic college student success is growing, less is known about those who navigate both autism and co-occurring disabilities during college. This mixed-methods study employs a rigorous proposition testing approach to address critical gaps in the literature. Drawing on national survey and…
doi.orgEduGears AI is now a Moodle Certified Integration
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2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.comWhen AI’s architects ask to slow down, education must speak up
When the people building the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence systems warn that their creations are advancing too quickly, the rest of society should stop and listen. The post When AI’s architects ask to slow down, education must speak up appeared first on eCampus News.
ecampusnews.comEllucian Earns EDUCAUSE Higher Ed Ready™ Designation
Sunday, September 27
An Empirical Study on how Computing Students Interact with Large Language Models for Learning Purposes
Large Language Models (LLM) have become popular tools in education. Therefore, understanding how students interact with LLMs for learning purposes is an important aspect of the responsible design and development of LLM based learning tools. However, existing research has focused on evaluating model performance,…
arxiv.orgFrom Granular Revision Operations to Meaningful Revision Units: Evaluating LLMs for Revision Boundary Detection
Revision traces provide valuable evidence about students' writing processes, but their usefulness for learning analytics depends on how individual revisions are represented. Automated draft-comparison methods often produce granular edit operations that can fragment a single purposeful revision into multiple analytic…
arxiv.orgVictory Laps All the Way Down
I have yet to post about my talk and subsequent podcast interview with Jöran Muuß-Merholz at the end of June. It’s been quite a summer, and I kept waiting for the perfect time to blog, but there’s no perfect time. … Continue reading →
bavatuesdays.comLeading Academic Advising Redesign and Reform at Community Colleges
Objective: Timely and effective academic advising is critical to community college student success. As colleges engage in initiatives aimed at accelerating completion rates, many institutions are simultaneously working to implement new advising structures that bolster the success of these initiatives. Our goal was to…
doi.orgEllucian brings AI built on 10,000 cataloged college processes to EDUCAUSE
Saturday, September 26
Blue 3DS XL Version 2
A post from the blaugust26 hootenany —now lost to the sands of bad search and rusty bookmarking skills— inspired me to re-visit my random desire to replace the Blue 3DS XL my kids used to play with. I already blogged … Continue reading →
bavatuesdays.comBeyond the lab: ecological validation of classroom-native multimodal learning analytics in an active learning classroom
doi.orgCan you ace the ideas that changed schools?
Kindergarten.
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Friday, September 25
To Dismantle Democracy, You Subvert Public Schools
For at least the past fifty years*, conservatives have made substantial efforts to dismantle public education, through a variety of policies, practices, and story-lines: budget cuts, vouchers, charter schools, anti-tax measures, anti-union initiatives, “free to choose” and “failing school” narratives. And of course,
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.comIt’s Not Just About AI Skills
Much of the AI conversation in higher education focuses on the value of AI literacy and AI-related skills for students’ future prospects in the job market. Far less attention, however, has been paid to how students can communicate what they have learned with potential employers. As part of a recent national survey on…
sr.ithaka.orgElement451 secures $175M strategic investment from PSG
What civil rights enforcement cuts mean for students with disabilities – fewer staff, closed offices, longer waits
The Department of Education has undergone various changes, including closing regional offices of its Office for Civil Rights, since 2025. J. David Ake/Getty Images Felicita Piñón weighed just 1 pound at birth. She was later diagnosed with cerebral palsy that requires her to use a power wheelchair, and she also has…
theconversation.comEvaluating Large Language Models for career guidance: A comparative analysis of computing competency recommendations across ten African countries
Employers increasingly expect graduates to utilize large language models (LLMs) in the workplace, yet the competencies needed for computing roles across Africa remain unclear, given varying national contexts. This study examines how six LLMs, namely ChatGPT-4, DeepSeek-V2, Gemini 1.5 Pro, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Llama 3…
doi.orgInCommon Round-Up: 3 Things You May Have Missed in August 2026
Summary New NET+ Persona Service Provides Identity Proofing Solution Working Group Recommends Continued InCommon Investment in OpenID Federation AI is Already in IAM Operations New NET+ Persona Service Provides Identity Proofing Solution In 2027, the National Institutes of Health will require institutions whose…
internet2.eduStop trying to AI-proof your assignments
A few years ago, many of us in higher education were asking a fairly straightforward question about AI: How do we stop students from using it to do their work? I was asking a different question. The post Stop trying to AI-proof your assignments appeared first on eCampus News.
ecampusnews.comMajor public universities report hits to international enrollment
Major public colleges across the U.S. have reported big drops in their international student populations this fall. As more institutions release their newest enrollment data, the higher ed sector is getting a clearer picture of the impacts of the federal government's crackdown on foreign students and moves to tighten…
highereddive.comThe Harvard Anthropologist Who’s Skewering His Own Field
95 per cent oppose Turnitin plans to train AI on student work, poll by The Lancaster Tab finds
Thursday, September 24
Nowhere to turn: Many grad students in health care fields can’t get loans for their degrees
With her senior year of college now underway, Mitzie Westgate has begun planning what she’ll do after graduation next spring. An exercise science major, she hopes to go straight to graduate school and pursue a doctorate in occupational therapy so she can open a nonprofit to help children with disabilities like her…
hechingerreport.orgYuJa EqualGround v26.7.0 Release – Automate Your Website Remediation Workflows at Scale with New AI-Powered Features
Over the next few weeks, YuJa EqualGround will be adding several new features to refine existing remediation workflows, enhance user-friendliness with plain language configurations, and more. S Automatically apply accessibility fixes in real time as... The post YuJa EqualGround v26.7.0 Release – Automate Your Website…
yuja.comCouch to Family Pictures Podcasts
I don’t know if you know this about me, but I am a content producer! So much so I can’t even keep up with it on this blog. It is serious. Michael Branson Smith and I are approaching our 80th … Continue reading →
bavatuesdays.comIntroducing Open edX MCP: Connecting AI Assistants to the Open edX® Platform
By Zameel Hassan Head of Product, Blend-ed Open edX administrators handle a lot of small, repetitive tasks: enrolling learners, checking course numbers, assigning roles, updating schedules, starting reports and managing course content. None of these tasks is difficult on its own. But across many courses and users, the…
openedx.orgShared Responsibility
A national commission uses real-world examples to make the case for improving education and workforce readiness, while another set of reports calls for integrated education-to-career systems. Also, Eckerd Connects and evolving job centers, and seed money for helping North Carolina community colleges reimagine the…
workshift.orgEDUCAUSE 2026: Ellucian Showcases Ellucian Student and Higher Education's AI, Powered by Unmatched Expertise
Friendship is built over time, through ordinary moments – I teach lonely college students to notice them
Nearly 6 in 10 college students said in 2026 that they felt lonely sometimes or always. Denis Novikov/iStock/Getty Images Plus The first skill I learned when I became a political science professor nearly 20 years ago was how to quiet a room full of chatty undergraduates. These days, I often walk into a silent room,…
theconversation.comUnpacking student interactions in GenAI ‐assisted social annotation: An epistemic network analysis of cognitive and social presence
Abstract Cognitive presence and social presence are essential for computer‐supported collaborative learning (CSCL). Yet, monitoring and providing personalised feedback to support these presences remain a persistent challenge, particularly in the context of social annotation (SA). Generative Artificial Intelligence…
doi.orgOperationalizing IDC-based reading activities with GenAI pedagogical agents to foster reading interest and narrative performance
doi.orgDevelopment and validation of Generative Artificial Intelligence Readiness and Perception (GenAI-RP) Scale for faculty and students in higher education
Abstract This study developed and validated a suite of Generative Artificial Intelligence Readiness and Perception (GenAI-RP) Scale for faculty and students in higher education. Three subscales, including a) Readiness, b) Benefit, and c) Challenge were created based on a review of relevant literature and validated…
doi.orgUnveiling the epistemic features and roles of digital tools through epistemic scaffolding
doi.orgJoy Starts with Me: A Visual Exploration of Black Queer and Trans Joy in College
doi.orgNYC Banned AI in Schools. That Won’t Work.
The nation’s broadest restriction may buy educators time—but only teacher literacy can provide a durable path forward. GUEST COLUMN | by Sohan Choudhury On September 2, Mayor Mamdani announced a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI in New York City public schools, covering pre-K through eighth grade.…
edtechdigest.comOpinion | Could AI Be Better at Peer Review Than Humans?
After Missing Its Enrollment Goal, Syracuse U. Is Questioning Everything
Uni students' fears over essay-checker AI plan
Wednesday, September 23
HelpCoach: Scaffolding Targeted AI Help-Seeking During Problem-Solving
Students increasingly turn to AI for help with problem-solving, yet too much AI support can undermine learning itself. To benefit from AI, students need to specify the necessary knowledge and scaffold type in their questions. However, they struggle to formulate such targeted questions because they lack metacognitive…
arxiv.orgCalifornia Governor Proposes Independent Watchdogs Within AI Safety System
California Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing a new model of artificial intelligence regulation that would give independent organizations a formal role in evaluating the safety claims made by leading AI companies.
campustechnology.comAI's Productivity Gains in Science Tempered by Time Spent Validating Outputs
Artificial intelligence is saving scientists substantial amounts of time, but researchers are giving some of those gains back by checking the technology's work, according to a new study involving Google, Google DeepMind, and MIT.
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