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The Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (GSOLE) invites you to register for the eighth annual conference, “Humans, Non-Humans, and Humanity,” which includes asynchronous video presentations available starting February 1 and synchronous Zoom presentations February 6 and 7. Even if you cannot attend live, registration will include access to the conference presentation archives! As a non-profit organization, we pride ourselves in creating a high quality, affordable, accessible, virtual conference experience. Registration for GSOLE members is $10 for students and contingent or emeritus faculty; $20 for full-time instructors, staff, and administrators. GSOLE membership is similarly affordable, ranging from $20 to $50…
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YouTube recording: U.S. Access Board Preliminary Findings on the Risks and Benefits of AI Intersection of AI and disability/accessibility relevant to education.
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Computers and Education, Volume 227, April 2025, 105224 Does ChatGPT enhance student learning? A systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental studies Ruiqi Deng, Maoli Jiang, Xinlu Yu, Yuyan Lu, Shasha Liu Abstract Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT) has generated excitement and concern in education. While cross-sectional studies have highlighted correlations between ChatGPT use and learning performance, they fall short of establishing causality. This review examines experimental studies on ChatGPT’s impact on student learning to address this gap. A comprehensive search across five databases identified 69 articles published between 2022 and 2024 for analysis. The findings reveal that ChatGPT interventions are…
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AI Magazine: Volume 45, Issue 4 Special Issue on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI 2024)
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https://www.youtube.com/@aiexplained-official o3 – wow o3 isn’t one of the biggest developments in AI for 2+ years because it beats a particular benchmark. It is so because it demonstrates a reusable technique through which almost any benchmark could fall, and at short notice. I’ll cover all the highlights, benchmarks broken, and what comes next. Plus, the costs OpenAI didn’t want us to know, Genesis, ARC-AGI 2, Gemini-Thinking, and much more. 00:00 – Introduction 01:19 – What is o3? 03:18 – FrontierMath 05:15 – o4, o5 06:03 – GPQA 06:24 – Coding, Codeforces + SWE-verified, AlphaCode 2 08:13 – 1st Caveat 09:03…
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Stone, B. W. Teaching of Psychology, 52(3), 347-356. https://doi.org/10.1177/00986283241305398 LINK: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00986283241305398 Free PDF: https://www.brianwstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Stone2025GenerativeAIinHigherEducation.pdf Abstract Background: Students in higher education are using generative artificial intelligence (AI) despite mixed messages and contradictory policies. Objective: This study helps answer outstanding questions about many aspects of AI in higher education: familiarity, usage, perceptions of peers, ethical/social views, and AI grading. Method: I surveyed 733 undergraduates. Results: Students reported mixed levels of experience with AI and tended toward nervousness over excitement. Most reported professors addressing AI but not integrating it. While 41% of students had used AI in ways explicitly banned, many more students…
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Hi everyone! I wanted to share an essay contest that I’m hosting through AI Consensus, about the question “How is AI changing what it means to learn?” The goal of the contest is to publish a series of short (400 word) student essays in an education journal to empower the student voice in education.Students are the ones with the most experience using these tools for learning and are able to bring out unique perspectives, yet are also often neglected within conversations. Through this contest we hope to both advance the conversation around AI and learning, and empower students to speak up more. The ask to…
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Folks, We’re excited to invite you to join our reading group on AI Snake Oili by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor. Below, you’ll find the tentative schedule along with the registration link, which includes two survey questions. Just so you know, the sessions will not be recorded, so sign up only if you plan to attend one or more sessions as your schedule permits. A special thanks to Josie, Marc, and Wiebke for their leadership and expertise. Looking forward to learning with and from you, Lew January 30, 2025 February 20, 2025 March 13, 2025 April 10, 2025 Register in advance for this…
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Educational technology research and development, Volume 73, pages 741-766 Luo, T., Muljana, P.S., Ren, X. et al. Exploring instructional designers’ utilization and perspectives on generative AI tools: A mixed methods study. Education Tech Research Dev 73, 741–766 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-024-10437-y Abstract The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has caused significant disruptions on a global scale in various workplace settings, including the field of instructional design (ID). Given the paucity of research investigating the impact of GenAI on ID work, we conducted a mixed methods study to understand instructional designers (IDs)’ perceptions and experiences of utilizing GenAI across a spectrum of…
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Lance Eaton: At it again, this time, I’m hoping to crowdsource Higher Ed policies & guidance on #GenAI at the institutional level. If your institution has a policy for faculty, students, and/or staff, please feel free to share it! https://aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/crowdsourcing-ai-institutional-policies Excerpt: Back in January 2023, I created this AI Syllabi Policy repository and began crowdsourcing educators’ AI policies and guidance in their syllabi. There’s currently over 170 contributions and it continues to grow. I talk about this repository in this post, but that’s not the focus, just the preamble to today’s post. About a month ago, Peter Shea reached out…
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December 5, 12:00 – 1:00 PM (MST) How can colleges and universities best support AI literacy? This week the Future Trends Forum is delighted to host three Barnard academics who just developed an AI literacy framework: Elana Altman, Senior Associate Director for UX & Academic Technologies; Melanie Hibbert, Director of Instructional Media and Academic Technology Services (IMATS) & Sloate Media Center; Tristan Shippen, Senior Academic Technology Specialist, IMATS.
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Eugenio Solis de Ovando: I am posting a survey about instructional designers’ challenges in integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into their work. I’m looking for participants who have incorporated AI—successfully or not—or are currently trying to do so. If you want to participate and get the results will be awesome! The survey consists of 20 questions. Survey Link: https://forms.gle/TN9fTVHUdkoUnr7Y9 Deadline: Nov 3rd Your responses will remain confidential and will be used only for academic purposes. However, I will share the anonymous results with you. Thank you for your time and valuable insights! I am a PhD student in AI and instructional…
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By Armando Montero Higher Education Today LINK: Leveraging AI to Support Student Mental Health and Well-Being Excerpt: The latest report on student mental health from Healthy Minds reveals encouraging data but also underscores the complex nature of this persistent problem and the ongoing need for comprehensive support. The traditional campus resources—counseling centers and wellness programs—are stretched thin, and higher education leaders are beginning to explore innovative solutions to provide this critical support. While there’s no easy fix, the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) is giving colleges new options to consider. AI can’t replace human care, but it can help. AI…
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LINK: https://www.access-board.gov/news/2024/08/28/u-s-access-board-holds-public-hearings-as-part-of-developing-artificial-intelligence-ai-equity-access-inclusion-for-all-series/ Throughout the month of August, the U.S. Access Board held a series of public hearings on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on people with disabilities. On August 8, two hearings (in the morning and afternoon) were held to hear from members of the disability community. Additionally, a panel of speakers delivered remarks on the risks, benefits, and potential of artificial intelligence with respect to accessibility. The morning panel included representatives from the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), Deaf Equality, American Foundation for the Blind, University of North Carolina at…
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KENYA HUNTER, Associated Press LINK: People with ADHD are turning to AI apps to help with tasks. Experts say try it cautiously Excerpt: Becky Litvintchouk didn’t think she’d be able to manage the mountain of tasks needed to become an entrepreneur. Every other part of her life has been overwhelming because of ADHD, which can impact her ability to concentrate. So, she turned to AI. The app Claude helps her decide which contracts made the most sense for her hygienic-wipes business, GetDirty, without having to read them word for word. She also created business plans by telling the generative AI…
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As part of the Developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Equity, Access & Inclusion for All Series, the Access Board is holding public hearings with members of the disability community, Federal Agency AI leaders, and AI practitioners. This series stems from the Board’s Memorandum of Understanding with the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) and the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT). In total, three virtual hearing sessions will take place: two for the disability community (on August 8) and one for federal agency and AI industry practitioners (on August 22). The hearings support the Access Board’s work in fulfilling the…
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LINK: 2024 AI and Mental Health Mental health is a vast and growing worldwide problem. Because it can affect people at a young age, they will often need treatment and support for many years. During that long period, they will be unable to participate to their full potential in society. This explains why, in addition to the suffering experienced by individuals and their families, mental health problems also have an enormous economic and societal impact. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has seen exponential growth and astonishing breakthroughs in recent years. It has the potential to impact every aspect of modern life and…
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(The Lighthouse for the Blind Inc.). WEBINAR LINK: https://thelighthousefortheblindinc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_B0c1F0SoQpiM1F4k_WYKGg#/registration Join The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. Webinar Team as we explore several new tools that leverage the power of artificial intelligence. We’ll describe and demonstrate the new Be My Eyes app for Windows, the recent interactive updates to JAWS Picture Smart with generative AI, the new AI-powered maps feature for OKO on iOS, and give an exciting sneak peek into ChatGPT 4o real-time voice and vision features. Don’t miss your chance to learn how to harness the power of AI to enhance and improve your access to information. Register now…
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By Alyson Klein — May 13, 2024 Education Week LINK: The Pros and Cons of AI in Special Education Excerpt: Special education teachers fill out mountains of paperwork, customize lessons for students with a wide range of learning differences, and attend hours of bureaucratic meetings. It’s easy to see why it would be tempting to outsource parts of that job to a robot. While there may never be a special educator version of “Star Wars”’ protocol droid C-3PO, generative artificial tools—including ChatGPT and others developed with the large language models created by its founder, Open AI—can help special education teachers…
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LINK: https://www.ai2-research.org/symposium.html Given the current global climate that manifests in the over-reliance on AI systems and the AI impacts on education, public health, state policies, AI use in wars and conflicts, and recognizing the need for more oversight and guidelines on AI development and use, we welcome papers that center the voices and experiences of the disability community. We especially welcome submissions that generate new dialogues on AI and disability. (Call for Abstract closing date: July 20, 2024. Symposium Dates: November 14-15, 2024).
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