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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · 4h

"While some institutions are embracing AI, arguing that college graduates are entering a work force that increasingly expects competency, many are still grappling with how the technology can or should be used."

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How Are Instructors Talking About AI in Their Syllabi?

Most colleges don’t have a campuswide policy, leaving the crafting of such statements up to individual faculty members.

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · 1d

Share your thoughts on whether educators should use AI to grade assessments.

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Should AI mark assessments? We want to hear from you!

AI is transforming education, but how do education technologists, students, educators feel about using it to mark assessments? Is this a revolution, or a step too far? We’re conducting a short…

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · 2d

"The AI and assessment problem has put enormous pressure on institutions and teachers. Today’s students need assessment tasks to complete, as well as confidence the work they are doing matters."

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Our new study found AI is wreaking havoc on uni assessments. Here’s how we should respond

New research argues the problem of AI and assessment is way more difficult than media debates have been making out.

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · 6d

Have you tried using NotebookLM? If so, what do you think of its features?

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6 ways to use NotebookLM to master any subject

This semester, students can use NotebookLM to instantly generate flashcards, quizzes, professional reports and more.

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · 7d

"This is a most comprehensive coverage of the state of open universities world-wide at the present time."

Book review: Handbook of Open Universities Around the World | Tony Bates

Mishra, S. and Panda, S. (eds.) (2025) Handbook of Open Universities Around the World New York: Routledge, 692 pp.

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · 8d

The prompt behind OpenAI's new Study Mode

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OpenAI: Introducing study mode

New ChatGPT feature, which can be triggered by typing /study or by visiting chatgpt.com/studymode. OpenAI say: Under the hood, study mode is powered by custom system instructions we’ve written in …

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · 9d

This 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 special issue, 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀, 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, investigates how metaphors frame, challenge, and reimagine understandings of Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED).

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Metaphors of AI in Education: Discourses, Histories and Practices

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · 13d

"Universities that continue to chase the elusive ‘right answer’ to AI in assessment will exhaust their educators while failing their students."

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The wicked problem of AI and assessment

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has created significant assessment challenges in higher education. Universities and teachers have responded to these in various ways, including by way of ...

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · 14d

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · 15d

"Walk into any university library, and on the screens of many students’ computers, a bright white website can be seen. The words “what can I help with?” appear before the student."

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Students’ complicated relationship with AI: ‘Avoiding using it probably put me at a bit of a disadvantage’

As students get stuck into the academic year, there are strong feelings about whether artificial intelligence should play a role in their education

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · 16d

𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘼𝙄 𝙞𝙣 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙀𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜: 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 recaptures the views of staff, students, and leaders across the Irish higher education system on the opportunities and challenges posed by artificial intelligence.

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · 20d

"The AI revolution may be coming, but HE’s evolution is already here. We just need to stop looking at the horizon long enough to see what’s right in front of us."

What we’ve been missing while chasing AI - LSE Higher Education

With the lure of AI blinding us to the power of the tools already in our pockets, higher education needs a reality check when it comes to tech, says Nick McIntosh At last month’s EDEN conference in…

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · 21d

This UNESCO anthology explores the philosophical, ethical and pedagogical dilemmas posed by disruptive influence of AI in education.

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AI and the future of education

Disruptions, dilemmas and directions

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · 22d

"Designing for inclusion doesn’t require perfection. It requires thought, planning, and intention."

Designing for Inclusion: 6 Ways to Reach Everyone When You’re Presenting

Here are six high-impact ways to make your presentation more accessible for everyone in attendance.

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · 23d

"There needs to be a way to ensure that students are actually learning from the AI feedback. If they are simply inputting a prompt and then turning off their brains, that is not doing them any good."

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How Colleges Should Handle AI

An Incoming Freshman's Perspective

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · 27d

"Despite the sudden appearance of ChatGPT, AI technologies have actually played an increasing role in the work of instructional design over the past decade and longer, and are likely to play an even more important one in the years ahead."

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Will AI Change the Work of Instructional Designers? Maybe It Already Has

Explore how AI will change the work of instructional designers and its impact on learning and development professions.

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · 28d

"If we can make content more memorable, we can support learners more effectively and sustainably."

The Memory Problem: Making Learning Content That Actually Sticks

by Thomas Espeseth, University of Oslo, Norway. Every educator and content creator knows this frustration: you craft what you believe is clear, compelling material, only to discover later that…

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · 29d

In this episode of EDUCAUSE Shop Talk they discuss practical strategies for guiding student and faculty AI use and literacy.

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A Practical Guide to AI Literacy

Sophie and Jenay talk with Leo S. Lo, Jeanne Beatrix Law, and Anissa Vega about practical strategies for guiding student and faculty AI use and literacy. Key Takeaways: • Providing multiple entry…

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Peer assessment not only complements educators’ feedback, but also supports authentic assessment, criteria-based evaluation, development of graduate attributes, and preparation for the workplace."

Rethinking assessment: Why peer feedback matters more than ever

With the rapid rise of generative AI and growing student cohorts, universities are under pressure to rethink traditional assessment practices. How can we ensure that assessments remain meaningful, …

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · Sep 4

"The intense personal engagement with perspectives and cultural artifacts central to the value of the humanities is more or less bypassed when a student heavily outsources to AI the generation and expression of ideas and analysis."

A Multiday In-Class Essay for the ChatGPT Era (opinion)

John Robison explains how, using Lockdown Browser, he tried to replicate key elements of the traditional take-home humanities essay in a new assignment.

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · Sep 3

"The technology is no longer just a curiosity or a way to cheat; it is a habit, as ubiquitous on campus as eating processed foods or scrolling social media."

College Students Have Already Changed Forever

Members of the class of 2026 have had access to AI since they were freshmen. Almost all of them are using it to do their work.

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · Sep 2

"The strongest agreement was with the statement that AI “will not judge me,” after which came anonymity, asking questions one wouldn’t ask a professor, and being more comfortable with feedback from AI than a professor."

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How Are Students Really Using AI?

Here’s what the data tell us.

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · Sep 1

"Now that generative AI is integrated into programs we already use—Word (Copilot), Google Docs (Gemini) and Grammarly—it’s there beckoning us like the chocolate stashed in my cupboard does around 9 p.m. every night."

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We Can’t Ban Generative AI but We Can Friction Fix It (opinion)

Faculty can do a lot to make it harder, and less enticing, for students to use generative AI, Catherine Savini writes.

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · Aug 28

"The embarrassing situation made him realize, he said, that professors should approach A.I. with more caution and disclose to students when and how it is used."

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The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It

Students call it hypocritical. A senior at Northeastern University demanded her tuition back. But instructors say generative A.I. tools make them better at their jobs.

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Department of Technology Enhanced Learning MTU @mtutelteam.bsky.social · Aug 27

"AI makes a beeline for, and shines a spotlight on, the very essence of higher education."

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Opinion: From personalised tutoring to improved accessibility, why AI can democratise higher education

Artificial intelligence is to be embraced rather than feared, but educators and students cannot ignore its dark side

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