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Wednesday, September 30
Six Important Findings from the AI in Action Learning Tour
This study is four years overdue.
danmeyer.substack.comEllucian Redefines the Economics of AI for Higher Education
Using an AI chatbot to practice new languages can be helpful, but it doesn’t replace speaking with an actual person
Relying on AI chatbots to learn a new language has various drawbacks, including the propensity for the chatbots to sometimes have cultural biases and make grammatical mistakes. Andriy Onufriyenko/iStock via Getty Images Approximately 30% of U.S. adults who were learning a language in 2025 reported that they were using…
theconversation.comHard Rain Falling
Post by @jimgroom@social.ds106.us View on Mastodon I had a lot of emotions while I was helping to settle my daughter in for her first year of college in Michigan a couple of weeks ago. I couldn’t help but … Continue reading →
bavatuesdays.comRoles for virtual reality integration into university teaching
Virtual Reality (VR) is increasingly integrated into university teaching, yet many VR projects lack clearly defined interdisciplinary roles. As a result, responsibilities remain unclear, collaboration becomes difficult, and technically sophisticated VR applications often fail to achieve their intended pedagogical…
doi.orgWhat does it mean to be “career ready”? A study of competencies important for instructional designers and educational technologists
Abstract This study considers the professional needs of instructional design (ID) and educational technology (ET) professionals, including not only the technical and domain-related knowledge and skills traditionally covered by most professional organizations and institutions, but also crucial professional and…
doi.orgWho Pays When the Government Taxes Colleges?
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act introduced a 1.4% excise tax on the net investment income of select nonprofit colleges. Affected colleges warned that the tax would force them to cut educational spending and reduce financial aid to students. Using a triple-difference design that exploits the policy’s dual eligibility…
doi.orgUse AI to Build Fireplaces
Some reflections on how AI is enabling me to make more engaging learning experiences for my students this semester.
joshbrake.substack.comAI Cannot Lead Your District. Only People Can.
FETC unveils an agenda for human leadership in the age of AI. GUEST COLUMN | by Jennifer Womble These are extraordinary times in education. Artificial intelligence can generate a lesson, summarize a report and analyze a mountain of district data. However, it cannot decide what a community owes its children. It cannot…
edtechdigest.comDisrupting a coordinated model-distillation campaign
Learn how OpenAI disrupted a campaign to extract protected model reasoning and is strengthening defenses against adversarial distillation.
openai.comYour institution’s website should prioritize prospective students
I’ve spent more than 30 years working in higher education, so I know my way around a college website. I understand how institutions are organized. I know the difference between admissions and enrollment, academic affairs and student affairs, advancement and communications. I generally have a pretty good idea of where…
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Tuesday, September 29
Fearing AI, young workers retrain for hands-on jobs
ChatGPT hit the internet in November 2022 during Keon Davis’ junior year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He used it and grew overreliant, but it also worried him. Davis, who was studying marketing, soon watched it automate tasks he handled in a summer internship, like crafting outreach emails and doing…
hechingerreport.orgHigher education can become more collaborative in course provision – but the onus is on institutions to work out how
Ministers want the sector to move forward with regional collaboration around skills and economic priorities. Poppy Short and Kate Newman explain that it’s possible, but it takes work
wonkhe.comCan Schools Trust AI Features in Edtech Products?
In this episode of This Week with EdSurge, two former educators join to discuss EdReport's recent brief and explain why it is so important to verify ...
edsurge.comTraditional PD Wasn’t Enough. So I Used TikTok to Create an Engaging Alternative.
Tired of compliance-driven workshops, one teacher took to TikTok to turn literacy research into actionable classroom strategies.
edsurge.comWhy executive sponsorship is a top driver of AWS transformation success
In this post, we share what we've learned at Amazon Web Services (AWS) working with public sector and higher-education organizations through cloud migrations, contact center modernizations, and AI adoption initiatives, and why we think getting executive sponsorship right is your first priority, not your last.
aws.amazon.comFairness Theatre: Evaluating Post-Hoc Fairness Interventions in Vendor-Controlled Early Warning Systems
Public institutions increasingly procure AI systems whose design they cannot inspect or change. In higher education, proprietary Early Warning Systems (EWS) leave colleges with few options beyond adjusting model outputs to address inequity. This raises the question of how fairness work is coordinated among vendors,…
arxiv.orgHow Colleges Are Using Technology To Attract Students on Campus Visits
Prospective students and their families have been known to judge an institution based on first impressions. In fact, 86% of higher education enrollment leaders said campus visits are the defining factor in securing enrollment, with smaller schools relying on campus visits the most, according to the 2026 State of…
edtechmagazine.comAI Will Work Best for the Students Who Need It the Least
The families with the most resources are buying more human support, not less. GUEST COLUMN | by Alicia Kacharia There is a lot of excitement about how, for the first time, every student can access a personalized tutor regardless of income, location, or level. To be fair, AI is great at delivering detailed,…
edtechdigest.comAnnouncing a National Cohort Exploring Students’ Perspectives on Basic Needs Insecurity
We’re excited to announce that 15 colleges and universities are participating in Understanding Postsecondary Students’ Perspectives on Basic Needs Insecurity, a three-year research initiative led by Ithaka S+R with support from ECMC Foundation. By centering students’ perspectives, this project helps institutions…
sr.ithaka.orgCritical Thinking with Generative AI: A Constraint-First Design Pilot of a Thinking-Partner Intervention
Generative AI (GenAI) tools entered higher education classrooms faster than the field was able to study their effects on learning. One concern is that GenAI may displace the critical thinking and AI literacy that students will need after graduation. This paper reports a Design-Based Research pilot of a GenAI-assisted…
arxiv.orgScaling expertise, one avatar at a time
The post Scaling expertise, one avatar at a time appeared first on Kaltura.
corp.kaltura.comThree Pathways of Student-AI Interaction: Constraint-First Design for Higher-Order Thinking
How students interact with artificial intelligence (AI) systems in educational settings may determine whether that interaction supports or displaces critical thinking. This paper introduces two contributions. The first is the Three Paths of Student-AI Interaction, a typological framework identifying three…
arxiv.orgHigher education’s AI advantage is the intelligence institutions already hold
The institutions that lead the next phase of AI will connect the intelligence they hold to AI in ways that are secure, governed, and actionable. The post Higher education’s AI advantage is the intelligence institutions already hold appeared first on Microsoft Education Blog.
microsoft.comUpdate on Turnitin and generative AI
Element451 Introduces Bolt Fraud Detection and Resolution, an Agentic Solution Built With Socure to Close the Gap on Higher Education Fraud
Why Trump’s plan to cut Head Start regulations could undermine services for the country’s poorest families
A teacher leads a clay activity with students at a dual language Head Start program at Hillcrest Elementary School in Monterey Park, Calif., in August 2026. Christina House/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images For over 60 years, the federal program Head Start has helped children from low-income families get ready for…
theconversation.comAre religious charter schools constitutional? After deadlocked SCOTUS decision, another Oklahoma case is trying to find out
Another case about the constitutionality of a religious charter school may be on the Supreme Court's horizon. Finn Gomez/Getty Images Just over a year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court rendered an unusual judgment: a tied vote. Without stating why, Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself from Oklahoma Statewide Charter…
theconversation.comMany hands make light work? Individual and collaborative interaction with a GenAI ‐powered multi‐agent system: Effects on learning performance and critical thinking
Abstract The rapid proliferation of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has made fostering learners' critical thinking an increasingly pressing educational challenge. While single‐agent GenAI applications are prone to limited perspective diversity and echo‐chamber effects, multi‐agent systems (MAS) offer a…
doi.orgExploring collaborative patterns in generative AI-supported collaborative learning: effects on knowledge construction and performance
doi.orgEarly Prediction of AI-Assisted Cheating Risk in Online Exams Through Learning Analytics
AI-assisted cheating has become an important threat to the security of online exams. This study examines whether the risk of AI-assisted cheating in the final exam can be predicted using students' digital traces in the learning management system (LMS) during the first eight weeks of the semester. The sample comprised…
arxiv.orgWhy work with a Moodle Certified Partner?
The post Why work with a Moodle Certified Partner? appeared first on Moodle.
moodle.comHigh costs, dwindling enrollment: What happened to one school district after a state takeover
This story was produced by The Texas Tribune and republished with permission. HOUSTON — Fonville Middle School hired learning coaches to help students falling behind in the classroom. It bought new state-of-the-art technology, such as webcams and smart boards. The school days are longer. All that aggressive change…
hechingerreport.orgInternet2 Community News Spotlight – September 2026 Edition
This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members and collaborators, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. This Week Community News Recap – Sept. 20-26 Community News Recap –…
internet2.eduHow to Assign Research Papers Again
Instructure Launches First EdTech Top 40 for Higher Education, Finds Dedicated AI Tools Outside the Top 100
AI tools not as popular on campus as the buzz suggests
Monday, September 28
Presenting Coursera’s Global Skills Report 2026, and our new AI-Human Skills Synergy Index—the first of its kind in the world
By Anthony Salcito, SVP & President, Enterprise, Coursera The rate of AI deployment is outpacing the rate at which people are gaining the skills needed to use it effectively. According to Deloitte, 43% of leaders say their organization is highly prepared when it comes to their technology infrastructure, yet only 20%…
blog.coursera.orgYes, when LLMs don’t use tools they still suck at niche questions
And that’s important for nonobvious reasons
mikecaulfield.substack.comSTUDENT VOICE: Higher education was never built for nontraditional students like me. Here’s why it can and should be
When I graduated from college in December 2025, I crossed a stage I once worried I would never see. In the months since, I have spent a lot of time thinking about how many students start but never finish. Just six in 10 students earn a degree within six years. While that number is bad […] The post STUDENT VOICE:…
hechingerreport.orgFrom kindergarten to disciplinary school: Texas sends kids as young as 6 to harsh alternative campuses
The most notable thing about Melissa’s son’s 6th birthday should have been the vacation the family took. Instead, it was the letter waiting for them when they returned home. Her child was assigned to the disciplinary campus in their school district in McKinney, Texas, for 30 days, the April 2024 letter told them, over…
hechingerreport.orgStudy: Edtech Is Rushing AI Integration Before Proving It Works
As AI features flood K-12 curricula, educators are left to filter proven quality from marketing hype.
edsurge.comIntroducing dots
Dots by OpenAI are proactive assistants that can keep working across complex projects and everyday tasks. Learn how dots help you stay in control while work moves forward.
openai.comHow UMiami and Quantiphi optimized radiology coding with Amazon Bedrock
The University of Miami Health System (UHealth) set out to close that gap in both downstream and upstream directions. Working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and AWS Partner Quantiphi, the UHealth Department of Radiology built a generative AI coding solution on Amazon Bedrock that pairs AI with a radiologist…
aws.amazon.comGovernment Relations Update — September 2026: Funding Forecast, AI Legislation, and the Midterm Elections
This update covers the latest developments in the federal appropriations process, plans for bipartisan federal AI legislation, plus a preview of midterm elections and their potential impact on R&E. In this September 2026 update, we will answer the following questions: The Status of Federal Science Funding in FY2027…
internet2.eduAI Platform Behind 12,000 E-mail Breaches Shut Down
Microsoft has disrupted EvilTokens, a cybercrime service that used AI to help attackers break into e-mail accounts, study their victims, and build convincing financial scams.
campustechnology.comIndustry Alliance Targets Common Security Model for AI Agents
A new vendor coalition built on an Okta-developed blueprint is proposing a shared architecture for discovering, governing, monitoring and containing enterprise AI agents.
campustechnology.comStudent Perceptions of Tablet-Based Teaching and Learning in TNE Undergraduate Mathematics
Tablet-based teaching and learning has become increasingly common in university mathematics courses, offering capabilities such as digital ink, dynamic visualisation, and real-time annotation. However, there is limited experiential evidence regarding how students perceive the specific benefits and drawbacks of…
arxiv.orgHealth Care Nation, a 2026 update
Greetings from late September. I’m writing this from several different airplanes and airports, traveling back from the University of Alaska’s second AI Symposium. Aircraft wifi has been uneven, dropping in and out, and once tried to double charge me. Another … Continue reading →
bryanalexander.orgArgus: Academic Integrity in the Era of Generative AI
The rapid proliferation of large language models (LLMs) in the context of education has introduced significant challenges in enforcement of academic integrity, especially in programming courses. We present Argus, an automated detection system for LLM-assisted student work in undergraduate C programming assignments.…
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