Digital Transformation

Cal State East Bay started its online course about the uses and business of cannabis, in partnership with a Ventura-based company that has developed a curriculum to build up the industry's workforce.

Cheating at one school prompted teachers and administrators to form a committee, and some educators who tolerated text-based AI this year have become more wary of the advantage it gives dishonest students.

One of the only two states to provide schools with official guidance on artificial intelligence so far, Oregon published an explainer on its website with tips, definitions, references and links to helpful resources.

A new facility at the University of Dayton proposes to be a "community toolbox" for members of academia, the tech industry, Air Force and other government agencies to work on solving their digital challenges.

With its third acquisition in two years, and not its first related to digital credentials, the software company Instructure intends to expand both its product suite and its footprint in the market.

Jennifer Gonzalez, founder of the Cult of Pedagogy podcast and website, said thinking about education technology should go beyond the classroom to encompass school operations and even community problem-solving.

Campus, a national community college startup, is developing an online academic portfolio with the goal of keeping tuition rates at or below the maximum federal Pell Grant rate for low-income students.

A free AI-powered tool from the Journalistic Learning Initiative and Playlab Education Inc. is designed to instill in middle and high school students high standards for interviewing, fact-checking and reporting.

University of Illinois professors have already seen suspicious and potentially dishonest behavior from students using artificial intelligence to write, but some are more worried about the long-term effects than others.

The movement to create online virtual campuses, or “metaversities,” continues even as slowly dropping costs have yet to make it widely accessible. The professional development required is another hurdle.

The state of West Virginia has set up a new website through Tutor.com to offer free test preparation and tutoring in 200 subjects, as well as help with job searches and applications, resumes and cover letters.

The Center on Reinventing Public Education found just two states have provided official guidance to schools about artificial intelligence so far, and states that delay or decline doing this might face more problems.

The Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) asks tech companies developing artificial intelligence tools for education to commit to equity and inclusion, transparency, privacy, and working with the educators.

Professors at Wilkes University, Kings College, the University of Scranton and others are exploring AI's potential to help students refine their writing, and to help multilingual learners and those with disabilities.

The Center for Emerging Artificial Intelligence Systems (CEAIS) at the University at Albany is a research initiative with IBM to study the next generation of AI and how supercomputing tech might improve its performance.

Vernier Science Education officials say their new program could accelerate STEM education past pre-pandemic levels and eventually change or at least improve the way those subjects are taught.

The Cullman County Board of Education in Alabama approved a five-year contract with Spot.ai to integrate with the district's roughly 800 security cameras so administrators can access them from a centralized hub.

Project Tomorrow's recent Speak Up research, which focused on use of classroom technology and involved 50,000 respondents, found it's more often used to support adult management goals than student skill-building.