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Wednesday, September 30
Hard 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.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.orgCan 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.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.comCritical 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
Many 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.eduInstructure 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.comStudy: 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.…
arxiv.org[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.orgThe 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.orgEduGears AI is now a Moodle Certified Integration
The post EduGears AI is now a Moodle Certified Integration appeared first on Moodle.
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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…
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