NYTIMES (Adam Grant) - The Only Way to Stop Students From Cheating
Blue-book exams are fine, but we need to address the issue at its root.
NYTIMES (Dana Goldstein) - What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing?
Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.
NYTIMES (Dana Goldstein and Alan Blinder) - A.I. Agents Are Taking Entire Online Courses for Cheating Students
As colleges and students embrace virtual classes, the ease of A.I. cheating is raising questions about the value of an online degree.
NYTIMES (Dana Goldstein and Alan Blinder) - A.I. Cheating Threatens the Value of Online Degrees
As colleges and students embrace virtual classes, the ease of A.I. cheating is raising questions about the value of an online degree.
DAILYCALLER (Ann Rodgers) - Brown Professor Warns AI Is Making Students Dumber After Cheating Scandal
‘We cannot choose to become idiots.’
A Brown University economics professor says a take-home exam intended to accommodate students traumatized by a campus tragedy instead exposed what he believes is one of the largest artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted cheating scandals in Ivy League history. According to Inside Higher Ed , Brown economics professor Roberto Serrano said he became convinced that widespread AI use had occurred after students in his Welfare Economics and Social Choice Theory course earned unusually high scores on a take-home midterm administered during the spring semester. Serrano had converted the exam from an in-person test to a take-home assignment after the December shooting at Brown University that killed two students, hoping to reduce stress for…Open
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Some high school grads use online learning to get into dream college
The University of Florida is one college with a unique program that allows freshmen to start their degree online before transitioning to campus.
NYTIMES (Shael Polakow-Suransky) - The A.I. Classroom Is Quiet. Way Too Quiet.
A.I. tutoring is seductive, but ultimately ineffective.
NPR (Lee V. Gaines) - Most K-12 teachers say AI's impact on education will eclipse the internet or computers
A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows many teachers are using AI to save time, but a majority are also worried the technology is making it harder for students to learn to think for themselves.
A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows many teachers are using AI to save time, but a majority are also worried the technology is making it harder for students to learn to think for themselves.Open
AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - AI's education explosion leaves teachers in the dark
Data: Gallup; Chart: Danielle Alberti/Axios AI tools are reshaping the classroom and students' critical thinking — but school leaders are lagging on giving teachers formal guidance for using the tech, a new report shows. The big picture: AI should amplify the best parts of the classroom and streamline work for already stressed teachers, education experts tell Axios — not create an added burden for educators or replace human connection. - "AI is out there," All4Ed CEO Amy Loyd tells Axios. "It's not a question of whether or not our students are going to be using it; it's a question of how well our educators are supported and receive the ongoing professional learning and capacity building to be able to be confident in it." - A…
Data: Gallup; Chart: Danielle Alberti/Axios AI tools are reshaping the classroom and students' critical thinking — but school leaders are lagging on giving teachers formal guidance for using the tech, a new report shows. The big picture: AI should amplify the best parts of the classroom and streamline work for already stressed teachers, education experts tell Axios — not create an added burden for educators or replace human connection. - "AI is out there," All4Ed CEO Amy Loyd tells Axios. "It's not a question of whether or not our students are going to be using it; it's a question of how well our educators are supported and receive the ongoing professional learning and capacity building to be able to be confident in it." - A…Open
JUSTTHENEWS (Amanda Head) - Pop star Pitbull partners with AI company to create civics lessons taught by Founding Fathers
With civics education at startlingly low levels, this partnership brings the Founding Fathers and other historical figures to life through AI.