Digital Transformation

Educators and technologists alike say the genie is out of the bottle with AI, and understanding the technology will be critical for all students — how it works, potential uses, the ethics around it and what it will do.

A new world of problem-solving tech companies is fast emerging in our time, and today's students have a lot to gain by venturing out of the classroom, whether by field trip or Zoom tour, to see it for themselves.

S.A.F.E., a new software tool from AMSimpkins and Associates in Georgia, is designed to detect and remove fake student applications, recommendation letters and other fraudulent admissions documents generated by AI.

College ought to be a prime opportunity for human connection, something that shouldn't be outsourced to AI. We’re not going to outcompete the robots on efficiency, so let’s get better at being humans.

The ed-tech platform Copyleaks has developed an AI-assisted tool to eliminate human bias and discrepancies in the grading process, aiming to provide consistency in grading while helping teachers save time.

The Consortium for School Networking's 2023-2026 strategic plan means to involve IT leaders in curriculum and other matters, shape policy and standards for AI use, and, as always, strengthen cybersecurity.

As enrollment declines and online options proliferate, colleges and universities are hoping gamification will help boost student participation and engagement in classroom and campus activities.

Data-driven well-being audits are becoming more common in Denmark’s classrooms, and experts are mixed on the potential for mood-monitoring tech to help address student mental health in the United States.

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin were able to successfully glean the gist of a person’s thoughts by pairing a brain scanner with an AI language model, generating concerns about ethical uses of brain data.

K-12 schools and universities in several states are using gamification to teach science through virtual experiments, simulators and LMS integrations like those offered by the global ed-tech company Labster.

An annual report from the market research firm EducationDynamics, which surveyed over 3,000 current and prospective higher ed students, assessed tuition, marketing and other factors in attracting online students.

The university has tapped a six-year, $17 million grant from Canada's New Frontiers in Research Fund for an international research project to involve Indigenous scholars in the training of new AI models.

A laptop-building seminar for younger Florida students is a highlight of Remake Learning Days, an initiative to bring computer literacy and other learning opportunities in STEM subjects to low-income communities.

With student behavior being the top issue of concern among staff, Lincoln Public Schools might install an electronic hall pass system through students' Chromebooks at secondary schools, and vape detectors as well.

A new artificial intelligence tool from Student Select can rate non-cognitive traits, such as positive attitude and conscientiousness, as well as performance skills like communication and critical thinking.

AI chatbots are undoubtedly a new way to cheat, but with five months of exposure to the new technology, K-12 teachers and college professors are seeing its potential in project-based learning and other areas.

Educators don't think bans or AI detectors are practical long-term solutions to ChatGPT's potential for plagiarism, but they still worry some students will use it as a crutch and become hooked on it.

Some teachers are requiring students to handwrite all their assignments while studying how to implement ChatGPT, others are already using ChatGPT to design quizzes, but the underlying concern about plagiarism remains.