Learn the critical role of human skills in building AI value and why they cannot be overlooked in the age of AI dependency.

Explore alternative grading strategies that support student learning, reduce anxiety, foster growth, and better prepare students for life beyond school.

I am an advocate for AI and the vast possibilities for advancement it can bring across the world. Yet, these advancements must not be rushed lest we risk unintended consequences. In the high-tech, high-competition AI field, we are seeing new versions of models rolled out by the frontier companies (OpenAI, Google and Anthropic) every month and a half. I included a Release Cadence Breakdown report by Google Gemini in the “Online: Trending Now” column just a few weeks ago.

"For decades, digital products competed for our attention. The web put information everywhere, social networks turned it into a constant stream, and smartphones made it always accessible, making attention the scarce resource. Entire industries were built around capturing it: feeds, notifications, recommendations, autoplay. The basic logic was simple. If information is everywhere but attention is scarce, the product that wins is the product that gets our attention."

Moderate parents who support some screen time could be important people to consider, as big school districts start to pass limits on ed tech.

AI is making instructional designers think harder, iterate faster, and build the adaptive learning they only used to imagine.

Rather than replacing workers, one opportunity AI offers is to strengthen the handoffs between them.

AI can recommend the decision, and while it may increasingly execute the decision, leaders still own the outcome.​

While pacing AI development might sound like a quick fix, it is far from an easy solution.

Social learning online encourages participation, knowledge sharing, and continuous development as well as effective knoweldge transfer

"A panel of artificial intelligence experts discusses the difficulties of governing the rapidly growing technology as part of Johns Hopkins University's Next Conversations series"

"One after another, the people building the most powerful AI in the world have asked to be regulated.   Dario Amodei, who runs Anthropic, published a 3,800-word essay calling for the industry to slow down and submit to outside oversight.   Sam Altman of OpenAI agreed within the day.   So did Elon Musk.   So did Demis Hassabis, who runs Google DeepMind.   Kevin Roose put it bluntly, “The platforms should be absolutely begging Congress to regulate them, because the alternative is they get sued into oblivion by a bunch of law firms.” Congress, in response, said no."

Giving students access to an AI assistant Khanmigo did not improve math performance above Khan Academy practice alone.

Corporate training rarely teaches AI judgment, yet that is the skills gap the WEF's 2025 report is actually describing.

This article discusses the disclosrure standards for AI-voiced and generated training videos, necessary to retain workforce trust.

Higher education must defend the meaning of learning--and ensure that whatever intelligence AI acquires does not come at the cost of our own.

New report finds educators want better vetting, more input, and greater classroom oversight rather than strict technology limits.

Learn how to integrate AI into teaching while preserving deep learning, authentic assessment, social connection, equity, and the pedagogical principles that support student learning.

Teachers are using AI to develop lesson plans, and in some districts, AI chatbots give students feedback on their work. Meanwhile, the research around how AI can help students is extremely limited.

Learn how an e-portfolio can complement your résumé by showing employers what you can do and how UTRGV Educational Technology students build one throughout their graduate program.

Here are five ways to open up your assignments and make student thinking, creativity, and judgment matter more in the age of AI.

"What does a "Portrait of a Graduate" look like in the age of AI? As the future workplace grows increasingly unpredictable, district leaders must rethink how they equip students for success."

As hiring falls across 20 top college majors, new LinkedIn data shows which degrees work best for versatility, with liberal arts such as English in the lead.

People remember the moment they had to decide. Four rules for building scenarios that teach — and a 30-second mini scenario you can try inside the post.

One school even offers pupils a semiconductor qualification to help them get into the industry.

AI use in early years education has risen sharply, with educators reporting time savings alongside concerns about accuracy, safeguarding, data protection and training.

Relying too much on AI will hurt both individuals and organizations in the long run, warns Wharton’s Cornelia Walther.

"Every educator in higher education is grappling with AI right now. But the challenge lands differently in fully asynchronous online environments.   In a face-to-face course, a faculty member develops a running read on each student across the semester. They have heard students speak, watched them work through ideas in discussion, observed the moments where understanding arrived and the moments where it did not. When a submitted paper does not sound like the student who stumbled through an explanation two weeks ago, the discrepancy is recognizable. The faculty member has a reference point outside the artifact itself."

"Industries desire employees who can navigate complex, technology-driven environments with agility and foresight. As educators, it is essential to anticipate and prepare students so that they may flourish in their lives and careers."

Teenagers are willingly automating cognition and learning less. Adults seem unwilling to stop them.

AI literacy should include the energy and resources behind AI, helping students decide when its benefits justify its environmental costs.

AI is changing which human capabilities matter most at work, yet employees are reporting that some of those same capabilities are being eroded, according to a new IBM study.

As regulations and risks increase, these directories of artificial intelligence components help boost confidence.

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"For centuries, higher education institutions have occupied a uniquely stable position in society. While technologies, from printing presses to the internet, have continually reshaped how colleges and universities operate, academic structures have remained remarkably resistant to transformation. Professors teach, evaluate, mentor, and certify; students study and progress through academic terms; credentials are awarded through processes deeply embedded in tradition. Today, agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is challenging that stability. In just a few years, AI has evolved from a novelty into a ubiquitous partner in writing, coding, designing, analyzing, simulating, and, increasingly, teaching."

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Looking ahead, higher education institutions face a pivotal moment with AI.

Public concerns are growing over artificial intelligence use in schools as districts call for more resources to successfully and safely implement the tech.

Conversations with students can provide educators with valuable information in regard to AI use in schools

"A transcription product ships. On a short clip, the result comes back in two seconds. A week later, the same user records a longer passage and waits six seconds, which is exactly how long a passage that size takes. They assume it is broken.   That story is not mine. It came from Bilal Skiani, who builds a transcription product called Genie 007 and shared it in the comments of an earlier piece of mine on waiting in AI interfaces. Nothing about the system changed between the two runs. What changed was the user’s reference point. The two-second run set the promise, and the six-second run broke it."

"By Monday, Jenna will remember almost nothing from the compliance course she’s about to pass.   It’s Friday morning, and Jenna must complete the course by end of day. She opens the course between two meetings. The first screen greets her with 240 words lifted straight from a policy document and a narrator who reads every one of them aloud. By the third screen, she mutes the audio. By the fifth, she scrolls ahead, hunting for the quiz."

"Ruth Colvin Clark is a specialist in instructional design and technical training who focuses on bridging academic research and practitioner application in instructional methods. She holds a doctorate in the field and is president of Clark Training & Consulting. I reviewed her third edition of Evidence-Based Training Methods: A Guide for Training Professionals.   Here’s the latest research on a few trending instructional methods and evidence-based tips you can implement into your program design."

"A resume is designed to compress a career. That is its strength and its limitation. A resume can show where someone worked, what they were responsible for, and any notable performance results they can summarize in a few lines. It cannot easily show the decisions, constraints, collaboration, and judgment behind those lines.   When a resume is the only link an employer receives, that evidence is often missing precisely when it would be most useful."

Why we say “I Love EdTech”   For us, it starts with our graduates and the EdTech community we’ve built together. We love seeing what our graduates accomplish, learning from their experiences, and staying connected as they take their work in new directions.   We also love the work itself: designing learning experiences, solving problems, trying new ideas, and helping people do something they couldn’t do before.   That’s why we adopted “I Love EdTech.”   It doesn’t mean every new app, platform, or AI tool deserves a standing ovation. Loving this field means asking tough questions, too. What do learners need? Does this technology help? Is there a simpler way?   The people in this community bring the judgment, curiosity, and imagination that turn technology into something useful. That’s true in classrooms, universities, workplaces, and everywhere else learning happens.   Our heart-shaped mascot, Eddie, gives us a way to show that connection—to our graduates, to each other, and to the work we care about.   And we’d love to see that heart become something the whole EdTech community shares.   The Jeep people have their ducks. Let’s make the heart our thing. Put one on your desk, your laptop, or your next presentation. Give one to a colleague. Adopt it, make it your own, and help it become the mascot for the EdTech community. ❤️

AI can seem highly capable in some settings and unreliable in others, depending on the tools, context, permissions, and oversight surrounding it.

"This episode explores how institutions are balancing innovation, governance, trust, privacy, and digital literacy while preparing learners for an AI-enabled future."

"I remember struggling with Hannah Arendt the first time I read her. She used the word “thoughtful” in a way that native English speakers typically don’t: She used it to mean considered, as opposed to the more common meaning of considerate. Where I might refer to a thoughtful gesture, meaning that it was considerate, she would refer to a thoughtful approach to politics. The latter wasn’t about manners or etiquette; it was about thinking through what we were doing, or trying to do. It was about being full of thought, in the sense of having engaged in serious (and collective) reflection."

Many institutions possess vast amounts of data but have limited mechanisms for helping stakeholders understand what is available.

"Recently, I have started attaching something small to my essays. AI Assistance Facts. A small label about AI use, modeled on the nutrition facts panel you find on food packaging. On it, I mark which parts of the essay came from a human, and which from an AI."