OpenAI releases ChatGPT teaching guide
Educators face myriad dilemmas in the wake of ChatGPT’s explosion, with some of the most popular including teaching with ChatGPT and how to address student use of AI chatbots in assignments.
Believing the Hope, Not the Hype, of AI
How much longer will our newsfeeds be stuffed with headlines either extolling AI as the greatest thing since sliced bread or damning it as a sign of the coming education apocalypse? It’s going to be a while I’m afraid. In the meantime, listen to Dr. Eric Wang, Vice President of AI at Turnitin, put much of the hoopla into context.
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How to fix higher ed
While the worst-case scenarios regarding the future of higher education as discussed during the height of COVID-19 have thankfully not come to pass, there are still plenty of issues that need to be addressed. Dave Sherwood, CEO of BibliU, tackles a laundry list for edtech leaders.
AI hurts students’ writing and communication skills
With ChatGPT from OpenAI launched in November 2022, the discussions don’t stop around this tech’s influence on the education niche. Teachers continue to weigh the pros and cons.
The case for ChatGPT as the ultimate educator’s toolkit
Innovations that have transformed education have often been met with skepticism. Just look at Sesame Street, which was once considered a wild, controversial experiment leveraging television for learning
An alternate view of the enrollment cliff
Tens of millions of students adn learners are looking at a different enrollment cliff–one that represents the barriers and difficulties in enrolling and progressing, unable to have the opportunity of gaining from the promise of higher education.
Author outlines a ‘Bill of Rights’ for AI in education
Because ignoring the artificial intelligence elephant in the room is no longer feasible, the author of a new “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights in Education” has proposed some principles for dealing with it.
Ransomware vs. resources: A higher education dilemma
August’s data breach warning from the Colorado Department of Higher Education following a ransomware attack is just the latest in a long string of attacks on higher education
How AI could advance computer-based tutors—and student success
The recent development of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT has opened entirely new possibilities for the design and implementation of computer-based tutors with the potential to help all students achieve Bloom’s two sigma performance threshold.
Gen Z isn’t so sure about college–but is that the whole story?
It isn’t that the generation born between 1997 and 2012 doesn’t want to get a bachelor’s degree, according to a recent study by the ECMC Group. The cost of tuition, student debt, and not feeling prepared keep them from heading to a university.
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