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Doug Richmond, PhD

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A learner PhD – Curriculum & Instruction: Instructional Design & Technology Blacksburg VA USA dougrichmond.com

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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 10h
#Civicengagement event In-person Tow Center for #DigitalJournalism Columbia University www.eventbrite.com/e/nyc-influe... #democracy #civiceducation #civicseducation #GovernmentCommunications #GovComms #socialmedia #NewYorkCity #NYC
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NYC influencers and the Future of Civic Engagement
Join us for a conversation with influencers, government officials and academics about our findings.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 13h
"...bring #AI under public control & determine how it's used, how it's regulated, & whom it benefits..." – upcoming event #MIT Radius docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #democracy #civicengagement #techpolicy #futureofwork #publicinteresttechnology #publicinteresttech #AIethics #artificialintelligence
docs.google.com
Taking Collective Action to Shape AI Policy: AI, Our Jobs, and Our Future
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 6pm-7:30pm 10-105 (Bush Room) Under current government and corporate AI leadership, many of us feel discouraged or powerless. But if we take strategic action together, we ha...
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#Highered – "enhancing the traditional undergraduate #curriculum: Penn scholars program" www.thedp.com/article/2026... #highereducation #instructionaldesign
thedp.com
Penn scholars programs offer unique undergraduate paths
Programs are hosted University-wide and at a school-specific scale — each combining research, coursework, and community in different ways.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#AI and #expertise – upcoming hybrid event Registration: > virtual stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regi... > in-person www.eventbrite.com/e/neil-thomp... #highereducation #highered #Stanford #futureofwork #digitaleconomy #artificialintelligence
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"This...report examines what it will take for digital and AI-enabled technologies to genuinely improve learning outcomes worldwide..." www.unicef.org/digitaleduca... #K12 #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence #AI
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
About "The Collision: What #AI Does to Us" – new book by Professor Eric C. So, #MIT (video 2:26) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJsR... "Treat AI as a cognitive trainer, not a replacement." #highereducatoin #highered #instructionaldesign #psychology #intelligence #cognition #artificialintelligence
youtube.com
Introducing: The Collision – What AI Does to Us
YouTube video by Eric So
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#Civiceducation – Stanford's new undergraduate minor in civic thought and practice news.stanford.edu/stories/2026... "...civic education...is a #publicgood..." #highereducation #highered #Stanford #instructionaldesign #democracy #citizenship #civicengagement #civicseducation #civics
news.stanford.edu
New undergraduate minor launches in civic thought and practice
Building on the first-year course COLLEGE 102: Citizenship in the 21st Century, the minor is open to students of all majors and encourages discussion of contentious issues facing democratic societies.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#Libraries in #Nairobi "reimagined as centers for culture, coworking and caregiving" reasonstobecheerful.world/nairobi-libr... #library #publiclibrary #publiclibraries #librarian #librarians #civicengagement #Kenya
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Bringing #design to your classroom" – upcoming event mad.mit.edu/events/day-o... #K12 #instructionaldesign #activelearning #experientiallearning #designthinking
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Inaugural #AI Educators Pilot Summer 2026 #MIT Schwarzman College of #Computing computing.mit.edu/news/mit-sch... "...expanding AI education across diverse learning environments..." #highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #instructionaldesign #pedagogy #artificialintelligence #machinelearning
computing.mit.edu
MIT Schwarzman College of Computing launches pilot to help educators teach AI across disciplines - MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#K12 #STEMeducation at #VirginiaTech – #quantumcomputing: QMist app Watch live October 2, 9a ET icat.vt.edu/events/2026/... #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #edtech #STEM
icat.vt.edu
ICAT Playdate — Demystifying Quantum Education
October 2, 2026
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Relevant to #civicseducation: Constitution Day #Civics Survey from Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) University of Pennsylvania www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/a-third-of-a... #civiceducation #democracy #civicengagement #K12 #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign
annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org
A Third of Americans Cannot Name the Three Branches of Government | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
A third of Americans cannot name the three branches of government, the 2026 Annenberg Public Policy Center's Constitution Day Civics Survey finds.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#Highered – "We're in an attention crisis... Columbia...must act quickly & decisively to offer guardrails against the erosion of our attention... must establish tech-free study spaces" —Columbia Spectator op-ed www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2026... #highereducation #instructionaldesign
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Upcoming #publicinteresttechnology event (hybrid) pit-un.org/pit-un-summi... #techpolicy #publicinteresttech #civicengagement #civictech #LATechWeek
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Registration - PIT-UN
Registration Join us in Los Angeles during #LATechWeek or virtually on October 14, 2026. Loading… Speakers Our speakers—builders, practitioners, community partners, researchers, and investors—are acti...
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#AI in #highered – "...it will be necessary to make time for thinking & for learning how to think... This is where teachers can be at their best...guiding students..." www.nature.com/articles/d41... #highereducation #instructionaldesign #pedagogy #edtech #criticalthinking #artificialintelligence
nature.com
In praise of human teachers: universities must resist outsourcing everything to AI
An AI revolution is sweeping through education. But teachers who can convey the excitement of thinking and learning are irreplaceable.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#Criticalthinking in the age of #AI www.nature.com/articles/d41... Note: "friction is good". #psychology #K12 #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence #generativeAI #genAI #LLMs
nature.com
How to stay smart in the age of AI: the science of critical thinking
There is growing concern that AI can blunt memory and reasoning. But science shows ways to keep the brain sharp.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#AI for "a whole new way to think about #cellbiology" med.stanford.edu/news/all-new... "we hope a whole new field [of study]" #highereducation #highered #Stanford #STEMeducation #biology #artificialintelligence #healthcare #medicaleducation #meded
med.stanford.edu
Stanford Medicine-developed AI model opens new horizons for cell biology
An artificial intelligence cell model, trained on more than 100 million cells from a dozen species, will make it easier to compare cells between species.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#Publicinteresttechnology – "Join PIT-UN Members Fran Berman, PIT@UMass, and Lauri Goldkind, Fordham, for an interactive conversation centered around making PIT work for all." us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #techpolicy #publicinteresttech #civictech
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#Womeninscience – Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, PhD & MD from UChicago, joining FDA in 1960 mag.uchicago.edu/science-medi... Note: her fame for blocking approval of thalidomide. #academia #highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #STEM #science #pharmacology #womeninSTEM
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Canada's interest in #Erasmus+ and #HorizonEurope www.timeshighereducation.com/news/canada-... #Canada #academia #highereducation #highered #Europe #EuropeanUnion
timeshighereducation.com
Canada seeks to join Erasmus+ as EU ties deepen
Prime minister Mark Carney calls for closer ties between Canada and Europe in both research and education
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#Globaleducation – "...the core mission of universities – the production and dissemination of knowledge – is an inherently global enterprise." news.stanford.edu/stories/2026... #academia #highereducation #highered #Stanford #instructionaldesign
news.stanford.edu
BOSP's new faculty director on the future of study abroad
Kenneth Schultz, political science professor and longtime Bing Overseas Studies Program faculty partner, shares his vision for the program and why global education is more important than ever.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#AI curricula – UChicago news.uchicago.edu/story/uchica... #Experientiallearning – "From the first day of class, students are solving real problems, not preparing to someday solve them." #highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #instructionaldesign #artificialintelligence
news.uchicago.edu
UChicago launches new master’s degree in applied AI
New nine-month program prepares technically experienced students to move beyond AI fundamentals and build, deploy and lead with emerging technologies
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#Sciencecommunication – #art at Tufts: SMFA-Biomedical Engineering collaboration pairs #artists with #scientists to turn #research into visual stories" now.tufts.edu/2026/09/15/a... #STEM #science #STEMeducation #scicomm #communication
now.tufts.edu
The Art of Explaining Science
Tuberculosis bacteria committing a museum heist. A stem cell balancing on a spinal cord tightrope. No, these aren’t scenes from the animated, biology-inspired
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Engineering & #AI – "...judgment & systems intuition are still paramount. The difference is that tomorrow's most valuable leaders will combine those qualities w/AI-native ways of building." www.fastcompany.com/91608061/eve... #STEM #STEMeducation #artificialintelligence #futureofwork
fastcompany.com
Everyone thought AI would replace junior engineers. We’re hiring more of them
Eliminating junior engineers means in the future we won't have senior leaders with judgment, intuition, and a solid understanding of AI-native ways of building.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Computing at RIT – the Liangxiao Zhu Tutoring Center www.rit.edu/news/its-ok-... #highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #instructionaldesign #computerscience #softwaredevelopment
rit.edu
It’s OK to ask for help at RIT’s computing tutoring center
The Liangxiao Zhu Tutoring Center in RIT’s Golisano College of Computing is helping students solve problems and complete introductory programming courses.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"The #computerscience jobs of tomorrow will rely...on the ability to leverage #AI to rewire how an organization runs." www.fastcompany.com/91595249/emp... Note: #experientiallearning. #highereducation #STEMeducation #instructionaldesign #softwareengineering #artificialintelligence #futureofwork
fastcompany.com
Employers aren't giving up on computer science grads. Here's what they want instead
The market for CS students isn't collapsing. It's evolving.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#AI development – upcoming webinar #Stanford HAI stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #artificialintelligence
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#Harvard #AI debate – latest developments www.harvardmagazine.com/harvard-ai-l... #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence
harvardmagazine.com
The Harvard AI Debate Heats Up | Harvard Magazine
The University has pushed the adoption of AI into teaching and operations, but faculty resistance is growing louder.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#Highered #pedagogy and #AI– this workshop series is for #Stanford instructors and TAs acceleratelearning.stanford.edu/event/worksh... #highereducation #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence
acceleratelearning.stanford.edu
Workshop Series: Creative Teaching with AI • Stanford Accelerator for Learning
Co-hosted by the Stanford Accelerator for Learning, the d.school, and the Center for Teaching and Learning, this weekly workshop series invites Stanford instructors and TAs to design practical applica...
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#AI at Cornell – two new initiatives: > AI Integration Pilots > AI Undergraduate Fellows program expansion news.cornell.edu/index%2ephp/... Note: “students-as-partners” philosophy. #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #pedagogy #edtech #artificialintelligence
news.cornell.edu
AI in education initiatives emphasize experimentation, balanced use | Cornell Chronicle
Two new initiatives involving artificial intelligence in Cornell classrooms will encourage experimental and balanced use, while exploring ways to deploy AI that align with the teaching needs and strat...
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Pro-learner" #AI in #highered – "AI should be used to augment and enhance curiosity, creativity, and learning, not automate them." —in aiandeducation.mit.edu/report/ #highereducation #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#Civiceducation – #NationalVoterRegistrationDay at Penn www.thedp.com/article/2026... #highereducation #highered #democracy #civicengagement #civicseducation #elections #midtermelections #voting #NVRD
thedp.com
Penn student groups promote voter registration on Locust Walk
According to College senior Ashley Kim, “tabling on a national civic holiday like NVRD helps make voting an integral and celebratory experience at Penn.”
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#Highered and #AI – #mathematics: "...universities and professors must now define which skills the next generation of #mathematicians should acquire, rather than leaving that task to AI companies." ethz.ch/en/news-and-... #highereducation #instructionaldesign #math #artificialintelligence
ethz.ch
“No AI will replace mathematicians, but I am concerned about education”
AI models are increasingly solving mathematical problems that have occupied human researchers for decades. What does this mean for mathematics? Fields Medallist Alessio Figalli reflects on the implica...
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#AI #edtech in #K12: Upcoming hybrid event Data & Society The New York Public Library events.leapevents.com/event/AINYCs... #instructionaldesign #artificialintelligence #NewYorkCity #NYC
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#Publicinteresttechnology – the internet: upcoming hybrid event www.benton.org/event/new-co... #techpolicy #publicinteresttech #telecommunicatons #broadband #digitaldivide #digitalinclusion
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"...bringing together more than 50 leading organizations...to keep #AI under human control and prioritize human flourishing over corporate profits..." prohumanai.co #democracy #techpolicy #artificialintelligence #AIethics #futureofwork
prohumanai.co
Pro-Human AI Coalition
Shifting the trajectory of AI toward human flourishing.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#Highered – #experientiallearning: #journalism Scripps Howard Fund w/The New School Journalism + Design Lab journalismdesign.com/scripps-howa... #highereducation #instructionaldesign #journalist #journalists #localnews
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#AI upskilling at Roanoke College —in Chronicle Decision Points www.chronicle.com/newsletter/d... #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #artificialintelligence #futureofwork #workforcedevelopment
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"AI can be a great equalizer, or make things less equal. This will depend on the choices we make today." 2026 Goalkeepers Report Gates Foundation goalkeepers.gatesfoundation.org/report/2026-... #techpolicy #digitaldivide #digitalinclusion #artificialintelligence #AI #AIethics #futureofwork
goalkeepers.gatesfoundation.org
Goalkeepers 2026 Report
AI, EQUITY, AND THE CHOICE WE CAN’T DELAY.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"...a seven-month, team-based program that helps colleges and universities respond to the opportunities and challenges #artificialintelligence presents for teaching, learning, and academic programs..." AAC&U www.aacu.org/event/2026-2... #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #edtech #AI
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#Digitalsovereignty for #Switzerland www.zdnet.com/business/swi... "Countries worldwide, not just the EU, are moving from proprietary American-based services to open European-based services." #softwaredevelopment #opensource #Europe
zdnet.com
Switzerland takes a Swiss Army knife to Microsoft 365 - ZDNET
Two divisions of Switzerland's government are shifting from Microsoft 365 to open-source openDesk. Here's why.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#AI for #lunarexploration – LFM: "a major leap toward transforming decades of raw data into a unified, intelligent toolkit for future robotic and crewed lunar missions" #NASA + #IBM www.livescience.com/technology/a... #STEM #STEMeducation #planetaryscience #humanspaceflight #artificialintelligence
livescience.com
Powerful new AI model will map the moon's surface in more detail than ever, NASA and IBM scientists say
IBM and NASA have partnered to create the Lunar Foundation Model, a new AI capable of processing decades of lunar data so we can more accurately map the moon's surface.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Columbia prohibits electronic devices in all Literature Humanities, Contemporary Civilization sections" www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2026/09... #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence #AI
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Pro smart and thoughtful tech" at Cornell news.cornell.edu/stories/2026... #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #edtech
news.cornell.edu
Cornell Unplugged encourages mindful tech use, social connection | Cornell Chronicle
New event asks the community to decrease technology use, increase face-to-face interaction and consider that every AI chat, doomscroll and text message has a water, energy and carbon footprint.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#Civicarchitecture for #civicengagement www.gsd.harvard.edu/2026/09/ralp... #democracy #civiceducation #design #architecture
gsd.harvard.edu
Ralph Johnson on Designing Civic Institutions and the Beauty of Groundscapers
Ralph Johnson’s (March '73) ability to connect architecture with its context may be his understated signature.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"...funding that supports communities’ collective power to shape how #AI is built, governed and used..." humanityai.ai/press-releas... #techpolicy #publicinteresttechnology #publicinteresttech #civictech #edtech #futureofwork #artificialintelligence #AIethics
humanityai.ai
Press Release: Open Call for Grants - Humanity AI
Humanity AI Announces $10 Million Open Call for Grants Supporting Community-Led Projects A first-of-its-kind call for work where communities are […]
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#AI minor from UNC SDIS dailytarheel.com/480781/unive... Note: > "pan-campus collaboration of a variety of departments" > "utilize AI for the public good" #highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #instructionaldesign #artificialingelligence #AIliteracy #AIethics
dailytarheel.com
The School of Data and Information Sciences offers new AI minor
The minor will teach students how to use AI across multiple disciplines
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#AI in #highereducation – #MIT Report: "...assess how instructors & students are currently using #generativeAI, identify innovations it allows & challenges it presents in teaching & assessment, & propose an AI use policy" aiandeducation.mit.edu #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#AI in #highered – #librarians —in www.chronicle.com/newsletter/j... Note: > "AI #librarian" roles > "how to balance utility to scholars & potential downsides for learning" > "active skepticism" #highereducation #academiclibraries #library #librries #artificialintelligence #AIliteracy #AIethics
chronicle.com
Librarians Take the Lead on AI
Plus, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology calls for overhauling teaching practices.
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Doug Richmond, PhD @drphd2k7.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"AI tools as intellectual sparring partners" www.nature.com/articles/d41... Note experimentation at: > Bath > NYU > Harvard "I think that #criticalthinking will survive the algorithmic age and come out sharper." #highereducation #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence #AI #AIliteracy
nature.com
Use AI as a sparring partner, not an oracle
As artificial-intelligence tools become crucial collaborators in science, universities must teach students to challenge such systems and assess their ability to do so.
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