Google quietly added a “homework help” button to the world’s most-used web browser. Educators say it makes cheating too easy.

Commentary on Authoritarian EdTech by Stephen Downes. Online learning, e-learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more

Guided by Brey’s Anticipatory Technology Ethics, we examined AI-based research mentors (AIRMs) through technology foresight as well as identification and evaluation of ethical issues. Scenario plan...

Explore the rise of authoritarianism in U.S. universities amid political pressure and funding cuts affecting education quality.

These systems are a dictator’s dream: the perfect infrastructure for the imposition of totalitarianism.

Move comes despite election manifesto promises from Keir Starmer to improve ‘access to learning’ Prisons across England and Wales are set to slash frontline spending on education courses by up to 50%, despite promises from Keir Starmer to improve “access to learning” in last year’s general election manifesto. The budget for classroom courses at HMP Leicester will be cut by 46.5%, another men’s prison is cutting spending by 25%, while a women’s prison is cutting its provision in education by 26%, sources have confirmed. Continue reading...