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Making Students Part of Your Security Operations Center

By Erik Ofgang published

How to strengthen your security operations center with student employees and provide them educational opportunities at the same time.

A screenshot of Arizona State University's new zyLabs AI Tutor in action.

It’s Not a Chatbot And That Might Be This AI Tutor’s Superpower

By Erik Ofgang published

A professor at Arizona State University is studying an AI tutor designed to help students without giving away answers.

Panasonic PT-CMZ50 Ultra-Short Throw Laser Projector

Educator Edtech Review: Panasonic PT-CMZ50 Ultra-Short Throw Laser Projector

By Frank Pileiro published

The Panasonic PT-CMZ50 Ultra-Short Throw Laser Projector’s excellent picture, feature set, long lifespan, and easy setup is a great addition to higher education as well as K-12 environments.

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4 Ways One Professor Uses AI to Save Time and Help Students

By Erik Ofgang published

Philosopher Graham Clay uses AI to help write letters of recommendation, convert lectures into quizzes, and answer student questions when he’s not available. Here’s how.

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5 Tips For New Teachers Around Midterms

By Erik Ofgang published

This time of year is always stressful but after more than a decade teaching, I’ve found some strategies that help.

DebunkBot

DebunkBot: Teaching With The Conspiracy-Busting AI

By Erik Ofgang published

Created by researchers at MIT and other higher ed institutions, DebunkBot engages in conversation with users about conspiracy theories. It’s an interesting tool for teaching AI and media literacy.

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Teaching Students To Use AI More Effectively

By Erik Ofgang published

Dr. Jennifer Parker has developed a framework that helps students and teachers write better prompts and create stronger AI outputs.

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Colleges Are Using AI To Predict Student Success. These Predictions Are Often Wrong

By Erik Ofgang published

AI models designed to predict student success frequently get it wrong when it comes to Black and Hispanic students, new research reveals.

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AI-Generated Essays On The Rise In College Applications: Educators Debate Impact and Ethics

By Erik Ofgang published

More and more applicants for higher ed are using AI. How best to respond to these applications is causing debate.

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I Tested Grammarly’s AI Writing Assistant For Teaching. I Love And Hate It

By Erik Ofgang published

When Grammarly's AI writing assistant is working it's great, but when it's bad, it's very bad.

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