Are AI-driven EdTech developments really improving learning in higher education, or just focussed on boosting efficiency?

Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...

Jennifer Sano-Franchini, West Virginia University Photo by Steve Johnson on Pexels.com Not long after my child started attending the childcare center near campus, another parent asked whether my sp…

Nepal’s anti-corruption protests led by Gen Z activists toppled the KP Sharma Oli government. Now, Gen Z is using the US-based social media app Discord to decide on the country’s next leader.

For posts and articles

Anthropic will pay at least $3000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated. The company downloaded unauthorized copies of books in early efforts to gather training data for its AI tools.

In our July Fourth special broadcast, we revisit our interview with longtime technology reporter Karen Hao, author of the new book Empire of AI, which unveils the accruing political and economic power...

A Q&A with author Michael Ansara

Yesterday marked my fifth Mother's Day without him. Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of his passing. My beautiful boy, for whom I still grieve and will grieve every day forever; and despite his death...

An anthology of feminist thought across centuries, edited and introduced by me

Hello :) Welcome, and thank you for your interest in #MYFest25 The "Mid-Year Festival" (MYFest) will be a “recharge and renewal experience” exploring community building, critical pedagogy, socially j...

There's an argument I make in Teaching Machines that I'd like to repeat here – a setup to this first of many essays in which I work through some ideas about AI, agents, and agency: In 1971 the psycho...

There is growing interest in critical studies of education and technology. But what does it mean to be ‘critical’ of edtech, and how can this work genuinely make a difference in the world? Felici...

Dear faculty member, We hope you will be able to join us at during CLT's 2025 Symposium, "The Future of Learning 2025". There are multiple in-person and online events you can register for. Please ind...

I’m facilitating AI roundtables at my department’s Symposium and I’ve invited faculty members from across disciplines to share what they’re doing in their classes. I’v…

Digital technology and algorithmic recommendations have, as the story goes, segmented society into a million little data-driven designations, where we all watch and listen to different content – a rad...

A new open-access book, Humane Autonomous Technology, examines the ethical and societal impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous systems. Written by a multidisciplinary group of research...

I regret to inform you that Paul Graham, investor and founder of the startup training program Y Combinator, has published a new essay: "The Origins of Wokeness." You can tell the political bent of his...

Liz Norell shares about her book, The Present Professor, on episode 553 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

<em>British Journal of Educational Technology</em> publishes research, perspectives, and methodological developments in the fields of digital education and training technology.

Research in Digital Learning in Higher Education is a new conference, launching on 3rd-4th September 2025 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

<p>This collection includes resources about clear and effective ways to assign reading. These resources will help you consider how to motivate student engagement in reading tasks, while being attentiv...

Swan Lake, Montana, nearing sunset yesterday, through the smoky haze of a nearby prescribed burn.

You can hear it in the distance, you saw the first ripples of what’s coming in 2024. Get ready for its arrival in 2025: the Beige Wave. You’ll have seen signs… | 11 comments on LinkedIn