Education

A growing number of students and working professionals are returning to school to learn about artificial intelligence, hoping to cash in on the buzzy market and millions of dollars in support from large tech companies.

Teachers are redesigning assignments, administrators are revisiting policies, and students are still finding their footing as they navigate the new frontier of yet another disruptive technology.

The U.S. Department of Education and the University of California at Berkeley's Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity will hold a summit in October and develop actionable insights for ed-tech vendors.

The Phoenix-based Canyon GBS’ first community college client is Joliet Junior College in Illinois, which intends to launch an enterprise AI assistant for a variety of instructional and administrative purposes.

Whether they major in creative writing, fine arts, film or virtual reality development, students at the Ringling College of Art and Design can add an AI certificate and develop a project portfolio for job searches.

The critical incident mapping was developed by U.S. military operations veterans and adopted for use in schools. It provides first responders with a common operating picture, allowing for a more efficient response.

New "patients" made of plastic, metal and microchips are designed to sense their environment and simulate human patient experiences for students in the University of Oklahoma's College of Nursing.

A handful of Pennsylvania senators have expressed support for legislation that would require student cellphones to be placed in secure lockable bags in all public schools during the school day.

A school district in Manhattan, Kan., wants all employees to take cybersecurity training after several of them clicked on a phishing email, and fewer than 10 percent reported it as phishing.

The Consortium for School Networking’s 2024 State of EdTech District Leadership Report found cybersecurity, interoperability, broadband and device access, and funding among top concerns for district IT leaders.

Video surveillance for security reasons is fairly common on college campuses, but as law enforcement increasingly uses facial recognition to identify suspects, protestors worry they could be targeted for expressing opinions.

Baltimore City Public Schools approved a four-year, $5.46 million contract to put AI-powered security scanners from Evolv Technology at 28 schools. Staff generally supported the idea, while students were more ambivalent.

Courses will cover topics including mathematics, computing, machine learning, applications of AI, and large-scale data sets, with the goal of preparing students to influence policies and fill jobs that don't yet exist.

The searchable database of ed-tech tools and institutions gives users a snapshot of technological infrastructure at colleges and universities across the U.S. to help them make informed technology purchases.

A website created by state and university partners in Michigan offers free interactive content, games and videos to teach students about media, news, and differences between fact and opinion.

STEM summer camps at Lee’s Summit R-7 School District in Missouri sever as fundraisers while introducing students to engineering concepts, mechanical principles, programming basics and related projects and activities.

Now that students know what generative artificial intelligence is, it's time to make it more reliable by training new LLMs on educational content and large data sets fine-tuned by human subject-matter experts.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre has partnered with the cybersecurity company Fortinet to offer students training and certifications in Fortinet systems while getting their degrees, at no extra cost.