New tool empowers users to fight online misinformation
Most people agree that the spread of online misinformation is a serious problem. But there is much less consensus on what to do about it.
Modeling mental health for students
Student mental health is suffering. Mental health is being recognized as a key area of concern for young people, including on college campuses. Alarmingly, half of college students identify mental struggles as one of their top stressors.
Skills-based hiring gets a push at the federal level
A White House event focused on creating pathways for more Americans to enter the growing field of cybersecurity through practices like skills-based hiring and earn-and-learn opportunities such as apprenticeships.
Student mental health supports remain a necessity on campuses
Eighty-three percent of the institutions have increased student mental health support services in response to the pandemic, according to a new survey from HelioCampus.
Gen Z workers increasingly dissatisfied with their career readiness
Nearly two-thirds of surveyed Gen Z workers younger than 24 say they are dissatisfied with how their school or college prepared them for employment, according to a new report.
AI, edtech can improve equity in college admissions
Eighty percent of surveyed college counselors agree that AI and edtech carry the potential to revolutionize equity and fairness in education, according to a survey from Bespoke Education.
Defining higher-ed policy for AI in teaching and learning
There is an increasing need for the establishment of institutional-level policies for the development, implementation, and use of AI tools/platforms for teaching and learning.
Balancing Bloom, assessment, and AI
Early this school year, faculty had a conversation about student teachers pulling all-nighters in order to complete their lesson plans. Most of the faculty commiserated their own experiences in taking lots of time to develop high-quality lesson plans.
Harnessing AI tools to enhance student success, career readiness
AI’s near-infinite uses in education are still emerging, but higher-ed leaders are turning to the technology to buoy student success and ensure students complete their path to graduation.
EDUCAUSE Horizon Report notes AI’s role in shaping teaching and learning
Chief among the topics in the 2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report – Teaching and Learning Edition is the impact AI technologies will have on higher education moving forward.