The AI Assessment Scale: New Peer Reviewed Paper
The AI Assessment Scale (v2) has officially been published in the open access Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice (JUTLP). Read more here!
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The College Essay is dead
Why not ask the AI to do the face-to-face assessment? Let’s call this an AI Viva, by analogy with the verbal (viva voce) thesis defence traditionally reserved for PhD students. Here is how I think an AI viva could work: students continue to be taught in class, with as much interaction with the professor as possible; they can use AI as much as they like during the course, using it as a personal teaching assistant (a role it already plays very well). But at the end of the course, the student must meet with an AI examiner - without notes or help - and show what they have learned.
Why not ask the AI to do the face-to-face assessment? Let’s call this an AI Viva, by analogy with the verbal (viva voce) thesis defence traditionally reserved for PhD students. Here is how I think an AI viva could work: students continue to be taught in class, with as much interaction with the professor as possible; they can use AI as much as they like during the course, using it as a personal teaching assistant (a role it already plays very well). But at the end of the course, the student must meet with an AI examiner - without notes or help - and show what they have learned.
Asking a More Productive Question about AI and Assessment
'Given that AI exists in the world, and that students are likely to use it (whether accidentally or on purpose), what evidence of learning would I now find persuasive?'
The Un-Cheatable Assignment
Shifting from Policing Products to Assessing Process in the Age of AI
The superintendent’s guide to AI ethics in schools | SchoolAI
Superintendents can navigate AI compliance confidently using this complete 7-step framework to implement ethical AI while protecting student data.
The 5-Minute Canvas Makeover: How AI Can Redesign Your Course Pages
Step-by-step guide to using Claude AI for transforming Canvas LMS pages into clear, engaging course materials that boost student understanding.
Protecting Student Voice with AI
How librarians and educators can nurture creativity and gratitude without letting AI take over
Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads - Slashdot
Nonprofit Code.org released its 2025 State of AI & Computer Science Education report this week with a state-by-state analysis of school policies complaining that "0 out of 50 states require AI+CS for graduation."
But meanwhile, at the college level, "Purdue University will begin requiring tha...
What past education technology failures can teach us about the future of AI in schools
At MIT, I study the history and future of education technology, and I have never encountered an example of a school system – a country, state or municipality – that rapidly adopted a new digital technology and saw durable benefits for their students.
An Issue...
Commentary on An Issue... by Stephen Downes. Online learning, e-learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more
The AI Leadership Playbook for 2025
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Schools are fighting AI. Students will pay the price | Opinion
“At my central Texas high school, AI is seen as an enemy of integrity in the educational system, which may unknowingly be setting students up for career failure.”
Penn enters into AI advising agreement with Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The agreement — which draws on the expertise of Penn faculty members — aims to help the state develop clear guidelines for the use of AI in fields such as education, healthcare, and public administration.
In the announcement, Jameson said the University’s goal is to “inform AI policies that benefit and protect all Pennsylvanians,” adding that “generative AI is changing how we work, learn, and innovate.”
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
there’s a difference between tools and technologies. Tools help us accomplish tasks; technologies reshape the very environments in which we think, work, and relate. As philosopher Peter Hershock observes, we don’t merely use technologies; we participate in them. With tools, we retain agency—we can choose when and how to use them. With technologies, the choice is subtler: they remake the conditions of choice itself. A pen extends communication without redefining it; social media transformed what we mean by privacy, friendship, even truth.
AI may be scoring your college essay. Welcome to the new era of admissions
Students applying to college know they're not supposed to use AI chatbots to write their essays. So it might come as a surprise that some schools are now using artificial intelligence to read those essays.
Businesses Want Employees With AI Skills. Are K-12 CTE Programs Keeping Up?
Most schools are still in the early stages of thinking about the role of AI in CTE programs.
Generative AI in High School: From Using to Understanding
Explore the evolving role of generative AI in high school education, focusing on ethics, critical analysis, and responsible use for college and careers.
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
Google tool makes AI cheating easier, teachers say
Commentary on Google tool makes AI cheating easier, teachers say by Stephen Downes. Online learning, e-learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more
De la disputatio a la IA: regreso a los orígenes - Universidad, sí
Ante este escenario, la oralidad y el debate deben recuperar su valor original. No porque sustituyan al texto, sino porque son el espacio donde la inteligencia humana se muestra sin intermediarios. Un estudiante puede escribir su trabajo con o sin ayuda de una IA, pero solo demostrará haber aprendido algo si es capaz de razonar, argumentar y dialogar sobre ello. Si en este contexto la IA ha servido como vehículo para que se produzca dicho aprendizaje, entonces sí: bienvenida sea la IA, como son bienvenidas las búsquedas bibliográficas u otras fuentes de información empleadas con sentido crítico.
Ante este escenario, la oralidad y el debate deben recuperar su valor original. No porque sustituyan al texto, sino porque son el espacio donde la inteligencia humana se muestra sin intermediarios. Un estudiante puede escribir su trabajo con o sin ayuda de una IA, pero solo demostrará haber aprendido algo si es capaz de razonar, argumentar y dialogar sobre ello. Si en este contexto la IA ha servido como vehículo para que se produzca dicho aprendizaje, entonces sí: bienvenida sea la IA, como son bienvenidas las búsquedas bibliográficas u otras fuentes de información empleadas con sentido crítico.
We asked teachers about their experiences with AI in the classroom — here’s what they said | The-14
Teachers share their experiences with AI in classrooms, revealing both its promise and challenges & calling for ethical, human-centred approaches to education.
Common Instructions and Information for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs
Funding AI education is 2 of 7 total priorities, divided into two $25M funds, with grants ranging from $1-4M for a 4-year project term.
- The "Advancing AI to Improve Educational Outcomes of Postsecondary Students" priority will support projects that use AI to enhance teaching, learning, and student success in education.
- The "Ensuring Future Educators and Students Have Foundational Exposure to AI and Computer Science" priority will support projects that broaden access to AI and expand computer science course offerings. At first, I thought all this money was for only for postsecondary goals, but priority 2.f on page 15 says, "Partner with SEAs and/or LEAs to provide resources to K-12 students in foundational computer science and AI literacy, including through professional development for educators." Eligible applicants: Institutions of higher education, consortia of such institutions, and other public and private nonprofit institutions and agencies. The Department expects to make awards by December 31, 2025
If you ask me about my favorite AI tools for teachers, I’d start with chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and, at times, Gemini (sorry Copilot).
If you ask me about my favorite AI tools for teachers, I’d start with chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and, at times, Gemini (sorry Copilot). With strong prompt-crafting skills, you can achieve almost anything with these.
But if you’d rather skip the trial and error, or if your prompting skills still need work (they really are worth developing), the tools featured here are some of the best I’ve personally used and tested.
I say “personally” because this list is subjective. You might have your own favorites and that’s fine. This selection comes from my own experience as an AI researcher and longtime EdTech reviewer.
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(PDF) University or AI? ChatGPT, Skills and Employability
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Big Tech Makes Cal State Its A.I. Training Ground
California State University has launched a sweeping initiative to position itself as the nation’s “largest A.I.-empowered” university. The 22-campus system is paying OpenAI $16.9 million for ChatGPT Edu access and is running an Amazon-backed A.I. camp that trains students on tools like Bedrock. The ChatGPT Edu deal covers more than half a million students and staff, which OpenAI calls its biggest deployment to date. Cal State has also convened an A.I. committee with representatives from a dozen major tech firms to shape the skills employers want from graduates. The move hands unprecedented influence over curriculum to Silicon Valley inside the country’s biggest public university. Faculty senates on multiple campuses have passed resolutions condemning the arrangement as an expensive surrender of academic independence and rigor.
Teachers Are Using AI to Help Write IEPs. Advocates Have Concerns
Among the biggest landmines she and others have identified: Large-language models like ChatGPT are trained using literature that doesn’t adequately or accurately reflect the experiences of people with disabilities, creating the threat of bias in their outputs; educators violate student privacy laws if they input data like test results into unsecured platforms; and AI apps sometimes fabricate studies or misrepresent their findings.
Embracing the AI Sputnik Moment: Why Schools Must Prepare Now
AI is not a passing trend. It is our wake-up call. In this defining moment for education, how we respond matters more than ever. The G.A.I.N Effect offers a roadmap for rising to the challenge. I k…
How Do You Like Them Apples? On the Importance of Teaching in the Time of AI
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The Reckoning: Sora 2 and the Year We Said Enough
"Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon?"