Every month, our AI blog provides a selection of literature and resources on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for February 2025:
Cangialosi K. An AI-driven optimism for transforming higher education (it's not what you think). EDUCAUSE Review [Internet]. 2025 Feb 3. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2025/2/an-ai-driven-optimism-for-transforming-higher-education-its-not-what-you-think
Excerpt: "Could artificial intelligence drive higher education institutions to dispense with grading and refocus attention on empathy and learning, thereby reshaping colleges and universities into dynamic hubs for global change?"
Schroeder R. Setting a context for agentic AI in higher ed. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Feb 4. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2025/02/04/setting-context-agentic-ai-higher-ed
Excerpt: "Artificial intelligence continues to develop at an unprecedented rate and scale. What changes will we see in higher education by the end of this year?"
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Palmer K. Tech giants partner with Cal State system to advance ‘equitable’ AI training. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Feb 5. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2025/02/05/cal-state-system-tech-giants-partner
Excerpt: "Aiming to grow the state’s AI-ready workforce, CSU announced an ambitious plan Tuesday to make it happen through a public-private partnership with Microsoft, OpenAI, Google and other big-name companies."
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Fairfax M. Redefining what we mean by equitable AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Feb 5. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/02/05/toward-broader-understanding-equitable-ai-opinion
Excerpt: "Higher ed has an important role to play in pushing for a broader understanding of equitable AI..."
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Carlson S. The Edge: Writing in the age of AI. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 Feb 5. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/the-edge/2025-02-05
Excerpt: "This week, I interview John Warner about his new book, and what it says about writing, teaching, education, and the workplace, and how they’re all responding to the influence of AI."
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Palmer K. Making space for student ‘sorrow’ over AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Feb 10. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/academics/2025/02/10/making-space-student-sorrow-over-ai
Excerpt: "An art assignment using generative AI sparked fierce controversy, vandalism and the specter of Hitler at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, last fall—and then offered a lesson in navigating student anxiety about the technology."
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Sublett C & Mason L. 3 things about AI and the future of work. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Feb 11. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/02/11/three-things-know-about-ai-and-future-work-opinion
Excerpt: "AI will change the workforce our students will enter in unpredictable ways..."
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McMurtrie B. Teaching: How to encourage students to write without AI. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 Feb 13. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/teaching/2025-02-13
Excerpt: "This week, I: Describe one professor’s strategy for successfully discouraging AI uses; Share results from our workforce survey on burnout (tldr: students aren’t the cause)."
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Palmer K. Researchers’ uses of AI vary by region, discipline. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Feb 14. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/02/14/researchers-comfort-uses-ai-vary-region-discipline
Excerpt: "Most researchers are interested in using artificial intelligence in their work, and 69 percent believe AI skills will be critical within two years. However, more than 60 percent say a lack of guidelines and training present a barrier to their increased use of AI, according to a study the publishing giant Wiley released last week."
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Bagar-Fraley B. A modest (style) proposal. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Feb 14. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2025/02/14/ai-frees-us-teach-citation-styles-differently-opinion
Excerpt: "AI should free us to teach students differently about citation styles..."
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Kaufman R. AI rights reservation: human readable is machine readable — An interview with Haralambos (“Babis”) Marmanis. 2025 Feb 17. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/17/ai-rights-reservation-human-readable-is-machine-readable-an-interview-with-haralambos-babis-marmanis
Excerpt: "Thankfully, I have a great go-to person on technology questions. Haralambos (“Babis”) Marmanis is Copyright Clearance Center’s polymath Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer...Critically, Babis was willing to answer my questions."
Gibney E. What are the best AI tools for research? Nature’s guide. Nature News [Internet]. 2025 Feb 17. Available from: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00437-0
Excerpt: "There are many large language models to choose from; some excel at coding, whereas others are better for synthesizing information."
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Toor R. Why should faculty bother with AI? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Feb 18. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2025/02/18/five-questions-two-authors-uses-and-abuses
Excerpt: "The authors of a book on teaching with artificial intelligence answer our pressing questions about its uses, abuses and future in the classroom."
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Schroeder R. Thinking out loud with AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Feb 19. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2025/02/19/thinking-out-loud-ai
Excerpt: "What the newest developments in artificial intelligence mean for faculty, staff and administrators."
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Kaufman R. Copyright’s big win in the first decided US artificial intelligence case. 2025 Feb 20. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/20/copyrights-big-win-in-the-first-decided-us-artificial-intelligence-case
Excerpt: "The case arose out of the surreptitious copying of the entire Westlaw database (after having been denied a license) by a company that wanted to create an arguably competing product. Unlike some of the generative AI cases, there was no claim that the AI’s output included the copyrightable content. As the Court noted, this was not about generative AI. This case was purely about training."
Bessie A & Novak J. I am Captcha: ‘Ghost’ students and the AI machine. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Feb 21. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/02/21/i-am-captcha-ghost-students-and-ai-machine-opinion
Excerpt: The authors graphically "capture the higher educator’s dilemma in the age of generative AI."
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Freeman J. HEPI/Kortext AI survey shows explosive increase in the use of generative AI tools by students. HEPI [Internet]. 2025 Feb 26. Available from: https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/02/26/hepi-kortext-ai-survey-shows-explosive-increase-in-the-use-of-generative-ai-tools-by-students/
Excerpt: "Based on a survey of 1,041 students conducted by Savanta, the report shows an unprecedented increase in the use of generative AI tools among undergraduate students from the rates recorded in last year’s survey."
Rowsell J. AI: Cheating matters, but redrawing assessment ‘matters most’. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Feb 28. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2025/02/28/ai-cheating-matters-redrawing-assessment
Excerpt: "Universities should prioritize ensuring that assessments are 'assessing what we mean to assess' rather than letting conversations be dominated by discussions around cheating."
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