AI in Teaching and Learning Blog

Every month, our AI blog provides a selection of literature and resources on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for April 2025:

Turner P. Mapping a multidimensional framework for GenAI in education. EDUCAUSE Review [Internet]. 2025 Apr 2. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2025/4/mapping-a-multidimensional-framework-for-genai-in-education  

Excerpt: “Prompting careful dialogue through incisive questions can help chart a course through the ongoing storm of artificial intelligence.” 

McMurtrie B. Should college graduates be AI literate? Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 Apr 3. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/should-college-graduates-be-ai-literate  

Excerpt: “More institutions are saying yes. Persuading professors is only the first barrier they face.” 

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Padilla T. Preserving AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Apr 4. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/04/04/ai-preservation-unaddressed-challenge-opinion   

Excerpt: “As artificial intelligence rapidly evolves, how can we effectively preserve it? As a librarian, technologist and community builder who has worked at places like the Internet Archive, the Library of Congress and university research libraries, I see AI preservation as a core challenge that remains to a large extent unaddressed. How can we best understand society moving forward without ongoing access to some version of the tools that fundamentally affect how knowledge in our time is produced?” 

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Basgen B. AI as a thought partner in higher education. EDUCAUSE Review [Internet]. 2025 Apr 9. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2025/4/ai-as-a-thought-partner-in-higher-education  

Excerpt: “When used thoughtfully and transparently, generative artificial intelligence can augment creativity and challenge assumptions, making it an excellent tool for exploring and developing ideas.” 

McMurtie B. Teaching: Will AI change our uniquely human traits? The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 Apr 10. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/teaching/2025-04-10  

Excerpt: “This week, I: Share the results of a survey on how human traits might change by 2035; Distill the results from a new survey on how students are using AI tools.” 

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Swaak T. Students found out AI will help read their names at commencement. Protest ensued. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 Apr 10. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/students-found-out-ai-will-help-read-their-names-at-commencement-protest-ensued  

Excerpt: “This year, the university, which serves more than 19,000 students, plans to adopt a third-party service that uses AI technology to clone the voices of compensated “professional voice artists” and create synthetic recordings of students’ names. Students can then review the recordings before the ceremony and send them back for alterations if they’re wrong.” 

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National Academy of Medicine. Generative artificial intelligence in health and medicine: opportunities and responsibilities for transformative innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2025. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17226/28907

Excerpt: “The integration of large language models (LLMs) and generative artificial intelligence (AI) in health care holds the potential to transform the practice of medicine, the work and experiences of health care providers, and the health and well-being of patients. Generative AI can support clinical decision making and streamline workflows, promote patients and their support networks’ engagement in care processes, and support clinical research.” 

Kaufman R. American Psychological Association’s stepped approach to managing responsible AI: an interview with Aaron Wood on employee policies, rights reservation, and research integrity. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. 2025 Apr 14. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/14/american-psychological-associations-stepped-approach-to-managing-responsible-ai-an-interview-with-aaron-wood-on-employee-policies-rights-reservation-and-research-integrity  

Excerpt: “During the session, I had the opportunity to interview Aaron Wood, Head of Product and Content Management for APA [American Psychological Association], about APA’s multi-faceted approach to Artificial Intelligence and the change management it engenders. I was especially excited about this interview, given the APA’s comprehensive approach to AI. The following is adapted from the talk.” 

Clewley C & Clewley L. Building connections with AI industry is vital to keeping degrees relevant. Times Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 Apr 14. Available from: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/building-connections-ai-industry-vital-keeping-degrees-relevant  

Excerpt: “In rapid innovation lies tension. Nowhere is this tension more evident than in the swift rise of generative AI and its profound impact on higher education. Universities now face a stark reality: students will embrace these technologies regardless of institutional policy.” 

Decker S. Guest post — The open access – AI conundrum: does free to read mean free to train? In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. 2025 Apr 14. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/15/guest-post-the-open-access-ai-conundrum-does-free-to-read-mean-free-to-train  

Excerpt: “The readers envisaged by proponents of OA were obviously human (academics as well as the wider public). While text mining had been considered as one potential application, they could not foresee the development of large language models (LLMs) which would begin to rapaciously ingest large amounts of text. OA literature has become particularly attractive for AI training precisely because it lacks the legal and technical barriers that might protect traditionally published content.” 

Westling C & Mishra MK. Artificial intelligence: lessons learned from a graduate-level final exam. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Apr 15. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2025/4/artificial-intelligence-lessons-learned-from-a-graduate-level-final-exam

Excerpt: “The need for deep student engagement became clear at Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine when a potential academic-integrity issue revealed gaps in its initial approach to artificial intelligence use in the classroom, leading to significant revisions to ensure equitable learning and assessment.”

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Schroeder R. The disruptive future of society as AI dominates the workplace. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Apr 16. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2025/04/16/disruptive-future-society-ai-dominates-workplace  

Excerpt: “Generative artificial intelligence gained worldwide attention with the initial release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and it has continued to expand at awesome speed and capability ever since.” 

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Chawla DS. AI bots are overwhelming some journals. Chemical & Engineering News [Internet]. 2025 Apr 16. Available from: https://cen.acs.org/policy/publishing/AI-bots-overwhelming-journals/103/web/2025/04  

Excerpt: “Traffic from bots run by artificial intelligence companies is disrupting scientific journal websites. Some publications report that their websites are now visited more by bots than by genuine users. 

Scalon PM. Ghosts are everywhere. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Apr 18. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/04/18/how-ai-challenges-notions-authorship-opinion  

Excerpt: “Still, we have to face the question of ghostwriting’s ethicality in other instances. When is it allowable? I think for practical, workaday writing chores, AI technology has already won out.” 

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Flaherty C. The digital divide: student generative AI access. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Apr 21. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2025/04/21/half-colleges-dont-grant-students-access  

Excerpt: “Half of chief technology officers say their institution doesn’t grant students access to generative AI tools. How does your college compare?” 

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Wood H. Publishers’ Licensing Services and Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society create ‘pioneering’ AI licence. The Book Seller [Internet]. 2025 Apr 23. Available from: https://www.thebookseller.com/news/publishers-licensing-services-and-authors-licensing-and-collecting-society-create-pioneering-ai-licence  

Excerpt: “The two collective management organisations representing publishers and authors have agreed to the development by the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) of a new collective licence for generative AI.” 

Ross J. AI research summaries ‘exaggerate findings,’ study warns. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Apr 24. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2025/04/24/ai-research-summaries-exaggerate-findings  

Excerpt: “Bots’ tendency to display ‘unwarranted confidence’ and fixate on ‘pink elephants’ is particularly risky in medical research, according to a new paper.” 

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Ross J. AI summary ‘trashed author’s work’ and took weeks to be corrected. Times Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 Apr 24. Available from: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ai-summary-trashed-authors-work-and-took-weeks-be-corrected 

Excerpt: “Study findings misrepresented in experimental Q&A published with paper, amid concerns efforts to save researchers time are fuelling mistakes.” 

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Reece G. We already have an ethics framework for AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Apr 25. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/04/25/we-already-have-ethics-framework-ai-opinion  

Excerpt: “An accepted framework guiding human subjects research can help us make ethical judgments about different AI uses...” 

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Kaufman R. Innovation, governance, and public trust: The US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issues guidance on AI. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. 2025 Apr 28. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/28/innovation-governance-and-public-trust-the-us-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-issues-guidance-on-ai  

Excerpt: “We are expecting the AI Action Plan to be issued over the summer. This will be the ‘official’ policy document. We may, however, glean some of the administration’s views by looking at a recently issued memo from Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Voight.” 

Zhou H & Hetzscholdt P. AI strategy, governance, and monetization in scholarly publishing: lessons from industry front-runners. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. 2025 Apr 29. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/29/ai-strategy-governance-and-monetization-in-scholarly-publishing-lessons-from-industry-front-runners  

Excerpt: The authors describe how the takeaways from a generative AI summit can be applied to publishers. 

Chaudhuri A & Trainor J. 3 laws for curriculum design in an AI age. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Apr 30. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/04/30/three-laws-curriculum-design-ai-age-opinion

Excerpt: "The need for faculty to clarify the role of AI in the curriculum is pressing. To address this...we have developed what we are calling 'Three Laws of Curriculum in the Age of AI,'...written to ensure that humans remained in control of technology. Our three laws are not laws, per se; they are a framework for thinking about how to address AI technology in the curriculum at all levels, from the individual classroom to degree-level road maps, from general education through graduate courses."

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Schroeder R. Urgent need for AI literacy. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Apr 30. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2025/04/30/urgent-need-ai-literacy

Excerpt: "As we approach May, alarm bells are ringing for all colleges and universities to ensure that AI literacy programs have been completed by learners who plan to enter the job market this year and in the future."

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Every month, our AI blog provides a selection of literature and resources on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for March 2025:

Johnson RC. Explaining AI explainability. Communications of the ACM [Internet. 2024 Mar 3. Available from: https://cacm.acm.org/news/explaining-ai-explainability

Excerpt: “Having an AI system explain how it reaches its conclusions, legally required in some cases, is still a challenge.”

DeVaney J. AI and education: shaping the future before it shapes us. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Mar 4. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/learning-innovation/2025/03/04/ai-and-education-shaping-future-it-shapes-us

Excerpt: “Last week during a visit to Silicon Valley, I repeatedly heard the following as a preface to a prediction, and I can’t say I’ve ever heard it before when engaging with my most techno-optimistic colleagues: ‘I could be wrong, but …’ A few innocent words, but a rhetorical hedge that suggests even the most confident among us understand that the AI era is pretty, pretty complicated.”

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O’Neill J. Repackaging Christie — does AI have a role? 2025 Mar 4. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/04/the-mysteries-of-agatha-christie-how-will-ai-change-literary-scholarship  

Excerpt: “Advocates of artificial intelligence legitimately note that ordinary people don’t want to have to flip through some alphabetically arranged roster to find an answer.”

Palmer K. OpenAI invests $50M in higher ed research. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Mar 5. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/03/05/openai-invests-50m-higher-ed-research  

Excerpt: “OpenAI announced Tuesday that it’s investing $50 million to start up NextGenAI, a new research consortium of 15 institutions that will be ‘dedicated to using AI to accelerate research breakthroughs and transform education.’”

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Hlava M. Guest post: trying to write a paper with LLM assistance. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Mar 11. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/11/guest-post-trying-to-write-a-paper-with-llm-assistance

Excerpt: “I tired [sic] three different large language models (LLMs) to rewrite a potential article. I started with seven paragraphs and decided to see if one of the GenAI systems could help me with punctuation and sentence structure.”

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EdScoop. AI influence on higher ed is growing, new survey shows. EdScoop [Internet]. 2025 Mar 11. Available from: https://edscoop.com/ai-influence-on-higher-ed-is-growing-new-survey-shows  

Excerpt: “A new report follows a survey of 160 admissions leaders from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Just over half of the leaders reported a belief that AI will transform the process of evaluating university applicants.”

Aboulafia A. Building a disability-inclusive AI ecosystem: a cross-disability, cross-systems analysis of best practices. Center for Democracy & Technology [Internet]. 2025 Mar 11. Available from: https://cdt.org/insights/building-a-disability-inclusive-ai-ecosystem-a-cross-disability-cross-systems-analysis-of-best-practices

Excerpt: “This report (released in tandem with a shorter brief) furthers this important work by specifically providing recommendations for disabled community members, disability rights and justice advocates, government agencies, and private-sector AI practitioners regarding best practices for ensuring that people with disabilities are able to enjoy the benefits of AI and algorithmic technologies while being safeguarded from their risks.”

Grajek S, Pelletier K, Freeman A. AI procurement in higher education: benefits and risks of emerging tools. EDUCAUSE Review [Internet]. 2025 Mar 11. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2025/3/ai-procurement-in-higher-education-benefits-and-risks-of-emerging-tools

Excerpt: “As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in the technology ecosystem, clear guidelines and practices for selecting and implementing AI products and features and working with vendors are vital for ensuring alignment with institutional goals and culture.”

Cruz Rivera JL. A president’s journey to AI adoption. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Mar 13. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/advancing-administrator/2025/03/13/presidents-journey-ai-adoption-opinion  

Excerpt: The author “...explains how he’s come to use AI in academic leadership, and the sources of inspiration and learning he’s found along the way.”

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McMurtrie B. Teaching: are you doing your students a disservice if you ignore AI? The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 Mar 13. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/teaching/2025-03-13

Excerpt: “This week, I: Share some ideas about AI literacy; Ask whether current events have entered your classroom.”

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Palmer K. Publishers embrace AI as research integrity tool. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Mar 18. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/2025/03/18/publishers-adopt-ai-tools-bolster-research-integrity

Excerpt: “The $19 billion academic publishing industry is adopting AI-powered tools to improve the quality of peer-reviewed research and speed up production. The latter goal yields ‘obvious financial benefit’ for publishers, one expert said.”

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Stone A. AI ethics in higher education: how schools are proceeding. EdTech Magazine [Internet]. 2025 Mar 18. Available from: https://edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2025/03/ai-ethics-higher-education-how-schools-are-proceeding-perfcon  

Excerpt: “Higher education institutions are uniquely positioned to evaluate AI ethics and explore safeguards to promote responsible use at colleges and universities.”

Girdharry K. Teaching with AI: a journey through grief. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Mar 19. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/03/19/professors-journey-through-grief-over-chatgpt-opinion  

Excerpt: “First there was denial, then anger, bargaining, depression and, finally, Kristi Girdharry writes, acceptance.”  

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Schroeder R. 8 weeks left to prepare students for the AI-enhanced workplace. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Mar 19. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2025/03/19/eight-weeks-left-prepare-students-ai-enhanced  

Excerpt: “We are down to the final weeks left to fully prepare students for entry into the AI-enhanced workplace. Are your students ready?”

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Jaźwińska K. The battle over AI and copyright enters a new phase. Columbia Journalism Review [Internet]. 2025 Mar 20. Available from: https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/google_openai_trump_ai_plan_copyright_journalism.php

Excerpt: “Google and OpenAI want Trump to open up the rules. News publishers have some thoughts.”

McMurtrie B. Teaching: How students think about AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Mar 27. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/teaching/2025-03-27  

Excerpt: “This week, I: Describe an effort to elevate student voices in the debate around AI; Ask you to share a questionnaire on student AI use.”

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Tanriguden B. The artificially intelligent dean. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Mar 28. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/2025/03/28/artificially-intelligent-dean-opinion  

Excerpt: “In the era of artificial intelligence, one in which algorithms are rapidly guiding decisions from stock trading to medical diagnoses, it is time to entertain the possibility that one of the last bastions of human leadership—academic deanship—could be next for a digital overhaul.”

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Warner J. AI can’t do student peer review. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Mar 28. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2025/03/28/generative-ai-not-our-peer  

Excerpt: “Automation can make many good things possible, but let’s not pretend it’s something it isn’t.”

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Ghosh R. Are we fumbling in the dark or laying a strong foundation for AI education? 2025 Mar 31. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/31/are-we-fumbling-in-the-dark-or-laying-a-strong-foundation-for-ai-education  

Excerpt: “As we stand on the cusp of an AI-driven future, it is essential to move beyond resistance and engage thoughtfully with these technologies.”    

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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Every month, our AI blog provides a selection of literature and resources on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for January 2025:

Honan M. AI means the end of internet search as we’ve known it. MIT Technology Review [Internet]. 2025 Jan 6. Available from: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/06/1108679/ai-generative-search-internet-breakthroughs

Excerpt: “Despite fewer clicks, copyright fights, and sometimes iffy answers, AI could unlock new ways to summon all the world’s knowledge.”

Waibel G & Hansen D. AI and the struggle for control over research. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jan 7. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/01/07/ai-deals-underscore-importance-open-access-opinion

Excerpt: “For those feeling queasy about academic publishers’ AI deals, Günter Waibel and Dave Hansen argue the way forward is not more restrictive licenses—it’s open access.”

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Willsea M. Human Predictions for AI in Higher Education in 2025. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jan 7. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/call-action/2025/01/07/human-predictions-ai-higher-education-2025  

Excerpt: “Practical insights into how AI agents, generative search and personalization will shape the sector.”

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Bala K. How academe can compete in the AI arms race. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 Jan 7. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/how-academe-can-compete-in-the-ai-arms-race

Excerpt: “We don’t know exactly what the future will look like, and we don’t know exactly what innovations it will bring, but we know one thing for certain: AI will be shaped by the people who have access to the most computing power and data. And that makes this a critical time for higher education.”

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Schroeder R. A few recent developments that shine a light on the path of AI in higher ed. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jan 8. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2025/01/08/recent-developments-path-ai-higher-ed  

Excerpt: “As I write this at the dawn of 2025, I believe a scan of a few of the most recent developments in generative AI in higher education helps to illuminate the path this technology will take in the coming year.”

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Thorpe J. AI’s not a genie in a lamp: it’s a space to think. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jan 9. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2025/01/09/better-approach-teaching-about-ai-opinion

Excerpt: “If you’ve used gen AI, you know that the ‘magic power’ feeling is fleeting. Yes, it can come up with a pretty good Wikipedia-style explanation of amoebas or utilitarianism, but as soon as you want to produce something really interesting with ChatGPT and other large language models, things start go a bit wrong. And that’s a good thing. AI’s shortcomings are a blessing: They give us a really good reason to continue thinking for ourselves.”

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Campana A & Kaufman R. AI and content — The 2024 trend that wasn’t and the related opportunity that exists. 2025 Jan 9. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/01/09/ai-and-content-the-2024-trend-that-wasnt-and-the-related-opportunity-that-exists  

Excerpt: “Given the onslaught of stories about AI, it should not be surprising that reporting of “trends” will sometimes miss the mark.”

Strunk V & Willis J. Generative artificial intelligence and education: A brief ethical reflection on autonomy. EDUCAUSE Review [Internet]. 2024 Jan 13. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2025/1/generative-artificial-intelligence-and-education-a-brief-ethical-reflection-on-autonomy  

Excerpt: “Given the widespread impacts of generative AI, looking at this technology through the lens of autonomy can help equip students for the workplaces of the present and of the future, while ensuring academic integrity for both students and instructors.”

Alonso J. SUNY will teach students to ‘ethically use AI’. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jan 16. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2025/01/16/suny-adds-ai-education-its-information  

Excerpt: “As part of its existing information literacy general education requirement, students will now study the ‘ethical dimensions’ of the technology.”

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Chunara R. Flaws in AI are deciding your future. Here’s how to fix them. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Jan 16. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/flaws-in-ai-are-deciding-your-future-heres-how-to-fix-them  

Excerpt: “Scholars need to work together across disciplines to shape more-ethical AI systems.”

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Nicholson C. DeepMind boss: AI could speed up research tasks 100-fold. ResearchProfessional News [Internet]. 2024 Jan 22. Available from: https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-world-2025-1-deepmind-boss-ai-could-speed-up-research-tasks-100-fold  

Excerpt: “The use of artificial intelligence could enable some research tasks to be done 100 times faster than they are at present, according to Demis Hassabis, the researcher and business leader who has won a Nobel prize for his contributions to AI.”

McMurtie B. College leaders are divided on the risks and benefits of generative AI. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Jan 23. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/college-leaders-are-divided-on-the-risks-and-benefits-of-generative-ai

Excerpt: “A new survey of college leaders shows deep concerns and some stark divisions about how well they believe their institutions are preparing students and faculty members to use generative AI.”

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Salmons J. Guest post: Finding your voice in a ventriloquist’s world – AI and writing. 2025 Jan 28. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/01/28/guest-post-finding-your-voice-in-a-ventriloquists-world-ai-and-writing  

Excerpt: “The blank page beckons, inviting me to write. But when I start to put thoughts into words, embedded AI features cajole me into allowing their invisible hands to rewrite it. What are websites, text messaging apps, and writing programs trying to tell me when they pose this question?”

O'Brien M. AI-assisted works can get copyright with enough human creativity, says US copyright office. Associated Press [Internet]. 2025 Jan 29. Available from: https://apnews.com/article/ai-copyright-office-artificial-intelligence-363f1c537eb86b624bf5e81bed70d459

Excerpt: "Artists can copyright works they made with the help of artificial intelligence, according to a new report by the U.S. Copyright Office that could further clear the way for the use of AI tools in Hollywood, the music industry and other creative fields."

McMurtie B. Teaching: Is higher ed prepared for AI’s impact? It doesn’t seem so. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 Jan 30. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/teaching/2025-01-30  

Excerpt: “This week, I: Share the latest survey results on AI in teaching; ask what AI literacy means for you."

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Every month, our AI blog provides a selection of literature and resources on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for December 2024:

New Resource: AGORA (AI GOvernance and Regulatory Archive), a “collection of AI-relevant laws, regulations, standards, and other governance documents from the United States and around the world.”

Bjork C. Big AI companies need higher ed … but does higher ed need them? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Dec 2. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/12/02/universities-must-beware-reliance-big-ai-opinion

Excerpt: “Building reliance on Silicon Valley AI companies carries risks...”

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Collie RJ, Martin AJ, Gasevic D. Teachers’ generative AI self-efficacy, valuing, and integration at work: Examining job resources and demands. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence. 2024;7:100333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2024.100333

Excerpt: “Generative AI (genAI) tools have involved rapid and broad uptake since their wide release in late 2022, including among teachers. We investigated several factors that play a role in teachers’ motivation and engagement to harness genAI in teaching and learning.”

Wargo K & Anderson B. Striking a balance: navigating the ethical dilemmas of AI in higher education. EDUCAUSE Review [Internet]. 2024 Dec 5. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2024/12/striking-a-balance-navigating-the-ethical-dilemmas-of-ai-in-higher-education  

Excerpt: “Navigating the complexities of artificial intelligence (AI) while upholding ethical standards requires a balanced approach that considers the benefits and risks of AI adoption.”

Palmer K. In Wisconsin, professors worry AI could replace them. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Dec 6. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/12/06/wisconsin-professors-worry-ai-could-replace

Excerpt: “Faculty say a proposed policy change could lead to AI-run classes at the Universities of Wisconsin System. University officials say their fears are overblown.”

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Warner J. Academic integrity in an LLM world. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Dec 6. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/12/06/we-cant-let-chatgpt-make-lie-out-education

Excerpt: “But in our generative AI world, in which students have easy access to syntax-generating large language models capable of producing potentially passable (and passing) outputs, it seems impossible not to worry about academic integrity. Students passing classes where they haven’t done any work is definitely a problem.”

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Dryer D. To use AI or not to use AI? A student’s burden. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Dec 9. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/12/09/ai-shifts-responsibility-academic-integrity-opinion  

Excerpt: “In shifting much of the responsibility for upholding academic integrity from instructors to students, we leave students with an unfair burden...”

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Gordon R. Citation tool offers a new approach to trustworthy AI-generated content. MIT News [Internet]. 2024 Dec 9. Available from: https://news.mit.edu/2024/citation-tool-contextcite-new-approach-trustworthy-ai-generated-content-1209

Excerpt: “Researchers develop ‘ContextCite,’ an innovative method to track AI’s source attribution and detect potential misinformation.”

Warner J. Faculty must protect their labor from AI replacement. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Dec 11. Available from:  https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/12/11/great-ready-faculty-bot-ification  

Excerpt: “If college faculty are going to survive in a world of artificial intelligence, they’re going to have to start to see themselves as laborers first. And by survive, I mean survive, as in continue to actually exist.”

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Watkins M. When AI does the reading for students. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Dec 12. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/when-ai-does-the-reading-for-students  

Excerpt: “The technology that powers ChatGPT is quickly transforming reading practices. What does that mean for your assignments?”

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Palmer K. The AI-generated textbook that’s making academics nervous. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Dec 13. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/learning-assessment/2024/12/13/ai-assisted-textbook-ucla-has-some-academics

Excerpt: “The UCLA literature professor who developed the textbook says it will save students money and allow her to be the teacher she’s always wanted to be. Others aren’t so sure.”

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Soares W. AI tools and student data: Teachers can endanger kids’ privacy without robust training. Chalkbeat [Internet]. 2024 Dec 13. Available from: https://www.chalkbeat.org/2024/12/13/ai-tools-used-by-teachers-can-put-student-privacy-and-data-at-risk

Excerpt: "As AI companies have proliferated, many have offered services like AI-powered tutors for students, and AI chatbots and platforms that serve as teaching assistants. But many of them do not sufficiently protect students’ personal data."

Lee SM. Scholars are supposed to say when they use AI. Do they? The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Dec 18. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/scholars-are-supposed-to-say-when-they-use-ai-do-they

Excerpt: “Journals have policies about disclosing ChatGPT writing. Enforcing them is another matter.”

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Carpenter TA. Once it has been trained, who will own my digital twin? 2024 Dec 19. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/12/19/once-it-has-been-trained-who-will-own-my-digital-twin

Excerpt: “Presently, if one ignores the hype around Generative AI systems, we can recognize that software tools are not sentient. Nor can they (yet) overcome the problem of coming up with creative solutions to novel problems...But given enough training data, one could consider how much farther this could be taken.”

Palmer K. How will AI influence higher ed in 2025? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Dec 19. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/12/19/how-will-ai-influence-higher-ed-2025  

Excerpt: “No one knows for sure, but Inside Higher Ed asked seven experts for their predictions.”

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Grove J. AI-authored abstracts ‘more authentic’ than human-written ones. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Dec 20. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/2024/12/20/ai-authored-abstracts-more-authentic-human-written-ones

Excerpt: “Higher ratings for AI-authored abstracts should not obscure the need for engaging prose with a ‘human touch,’ says study co-author.”

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Zhou H. Navigating the digital frontier: How emerging tech trends are shaping scholarly publishing. 2024 Dec 20. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/12/20/navigating-the-digital-frontier-how-emerging-tech-trends-are-shaping-scholarly-publishing  

Excerpt: The writer highlights four strategic technology trends, including agentic AI, and their potential roles in scholarly publishing.     

Crotty D. Our algorithmically-driven homogenized future. 2024 Dec 23. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/12/23/our-algorithmically-driven-homogenized-future

Excerpt: “What happens to innovation when everyone is using the same tool with the same biases that is essentially built to offer us more of the same stuff that we already like/know? Is this a recipe for a similar homogenization and stagnation of science and knowledge building in general?” This article shares a video from the New York Times on algorithms and culture.

Every month, our AI blog provides a selection of literature on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for November 2024:

Nunez M. UC San Diego, Tsinghua University researchers just made AI way better at knowing when to ask for help. VentureBeat [Internet]. 2024 Nov 4. Available from: https://venturebeat.com/ai/uc-san-diego-tsinghua-university-researchers-just-made-ai-way-better-at-knowing-when-to-ask-for-help/ 

Excerpt: “A team of computer scientists has developed a method that helps artificial intelligence understand when to use tools versus relying on built-in knowledge, mimicking how human experts solve complex problems.” 

Weaver KD. The Artificial Intelligence Disclosure (AID) Framework: an introduction. C&RL News [Internet]. 2024 Nov 5;85(10):407. Available from: https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/26548 

Excerpt: “As artificial intelligence (AI) tools—particularly generative AI based in large language models—are becoming widely available, their use across the varied contexts of education, work, and research must be negotiated. The accelerating uptake of these tools is driving a range of conversations around transparency in the use of these tools for various purposes. Within the contexts of education and research, and particularly within higher education, the citation has long been the standard tool for providing transparency and connection in the transfer of ideas across scholars, framing of arguments, and design of methodologies.” 

Zhou H. The top ten challenges, needs, and goals of publishers – and how AI can help in digital transformation and the open science movement. 2024 Nov 5. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/11/05/the-top-ten-challenges-needs-and-goals-of-publishers-and-how-ai-can-help-in-digital-transformation-and-the-open-science-movement  

Excerpt: “From maintaining research integrity to diversifying revenue sources, publishers are facing an increasingly broad set of challenges, needs, and goals, especially in the open science movement. As artificial intelligence (AI) begins to play an ever-bigger role in the scholarly publishing landscape, how might it help solve some of these pain points?” 

Weinberg L. Breaking the AI fever. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Nov 6. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/11/06/ai-consolidating-corporate-power-higher-ed-opinion  

Excerpt: “Conversations about artificial intelligence in higher education have been all too consumed by concerns about academic integrity, on the one hand, and how to use education as a vehicle for keeping pace with AI innovation on the other. Instead, this moment can be leveraged to center concerns about the corporate takeover of higher education.” 

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Schroeder R. Here come the AI agents! Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Nov 6. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/11/06/here-come-ai-agents 

Excerpt: “We have primarily worked with chat bot versions of generative AI in which we enter a prompt, the program does some research and responds via text, image, video or audio. That has been effective for single-instance transactional engagement. Yet, we have not been able to automatically complete a complex list of tasks on the computer that are dependent upon reasoning and prior actions.” 

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Davidoff M. How broadening AI access can help bridge the digital divide. EDUCAUSE Review [Internet]. 2024 Nov 11. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2024/11/how-broadening-ai-access-can-help-bridge-the-digital-divide  

Excerpt: “Providing low-income students with free access to paid artificial intelligence tools could decrease disparities in digital access and literacy.” 

Gardner L. Is it time to regulate AI use on campus? The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Nov 11. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/is-it-time-to-regulate-ai-use-on-campus 

Excerpt: “So far, higher education has been devoid of major public AI scandals. But ungoverned use of the technology across a campus could lead to exposure of sensitive data and the proliferation of inconsistent uses that could potentially harm students and other stakeholders as well as the institution. Confusing or patchy AI policies might be worse than none at all.” 

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Dusseau M. Burn it down: a license for AI resistance. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Nov 12. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/11/12/burn-it-down-license-ai-resistance-opinion  

Excerpt: “Until writing studies adopted generative artificial intelligence as sound pedagogy, I always felt at home among my fellow word nerds in rhet comp and literary studies. These days, I identify with the buzzkill parents of Ray Bradbury’s short story “The Veldt.” Are my students, Peter and Wendy, furrowing their brows with disapproval at my old-school AI skepticism? Will they gleefully throw me to the virtual reality lions?” 

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Pearson H. Can AI review the scientific literature — and figure out what it all means? Nature: News Feature [Internet]. 2024 Nov 13. Available from: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03676-9  

Excerpt: “Artificial intelligence could help speedily summarize research. But it comes with risks.” 

Swaak T. AI assistants keep joining meetings. Administrators say it’s out of control. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Nov 13. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/ai-assistants-keep-joining-meetings-administrators-say-its-out-of-control  

Excerpt: ”The scenario underscores a growing challenge for colleges: Tech adoption and experimentation among students, faculty, and staff — especially as it pertains to AI — are outpacing institutions’ governance of these technologies and may even violate their data-privacy and security policies.” 

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Palmer K. Scholarly publishing world slow to embrace generative AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Nov 14. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/digital-publishing/2024/11/14/scholarly-publishing-world-slow-embrace  

Excerpt: “As the technology’s reach into the information sector expands, a recent report from Ithaka S+R shows that academe is still grappling with how best to integrate it into the scholarly publishing process.” 

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Salmons J. Guest post: supply chain of writing fools. 2024 Nov 20. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/11/20/guest-post-supply-chain-of-writing-fools  

Excerpt: “So far, three of my books have been swallowed up without my consent, and I assume they have devoured my extensive collection of blog posts and videos. I’m not alone; writers and artists have involuntarily become content suppliers. While Aretha Franklin’s chain of fools referred to betrayal of trust in love, writers feel betrayed by those who should be protecting our intellectual and creative property.” 

Tishcoff R, Agoe E, Isik M, MacFarlane A. Using generative AI to make learning more accessible: insights from Ontario PSE students and staff. Toronto, ON: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, Nov 20, 2024. Available from: https://heqco.ca/pub/using-generative-ai-to-make-learning-more-accessible-insights-from-ontario-pse-students-and-staff/  

Excerpt: “The Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) conducted a study to determine how GenAI can be used to make learning more accessible for all students, including those with disabilities, and the barriers to its use faced by students, instructors and staff in PSE.” 

Blaszczyk M, McGovern G, Stanley KD. Artificial intelligence impacts on copyright law. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, Nov 20, 2024. Available from: https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PEA3243-1.html 

Excerpt: “This paper presents three main questions regarding whether: works created with the use of AI are protectable under copyright law; training of AI models on copyrighted works is allowed under U.S. law and in other jurisdictions, such as the European Union (EU); the most-recent developments in generative AI technology (including large language models [LLMs]), regarding both their training and outputs, are addressed by current copyright doctrine.” 

Rowsell J. AI chat bot can conduct research interviews on unprecedented scale. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Nov 22. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/11/22/researchers-claim-ai-chat-bot-can-conduct  

Excerpt: “The freely available tool performs strongly in trials against human interviewers and traditional online surveys.” 

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Harington R. A dissonance of ideals: openness, copyright, and AI. 2024 Nov 25. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/11/25/robert-harington-attempts-to-reveal-inherent-conflicts-in-our-drive-to-be-as-open-as-possible-authors-need-to-understand-their-rights-and-a-librarys-mandate-to-provide-their-patron 

Excerpt: “In this post I attempt to reveal inherent conflicts in our drive to be as open as possible, authors’ need to understand their rights, and a library’s mandate to provide their patrons with the enhanced discovery that comes with AI’s large language models (LLMs).” 

Palmer MS. Is generative AI a general purpose pedagogical innovation? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Nov 25. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/11/25/understanding-generative-ai-pedagogical-innovation-opinion 

Excerpt: “Despite the attention generative artificial intelligence has received in higher education, it is often discussed solely as a technological innovation rather than a pedagogical one. However, viewing it through a pedagogical lens is crucial for understanding its full potential and the ways it will shape both teaching practices and student learning outcomes.” 

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Palmer K. Is Grammarly AI? Notre Dame says yes. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Nov 26. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/11/26/grammarly-ai-notre-dame-says-yes 

Excerpt: “The rapid introduction of generative AI has created a wild west of policies at colleges, complicating the use of long-standing editing and writing tools.” 

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Millner M. Why I invited AI to dinner. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Nov 27. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2024/11/27/how-ai-can-help-teach-art-conversation-opinion

Excerpt: "Asking students to converse with chat bots can help them see academic inquiry as a conversation..."

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We’re excited to invite you to our closing event in the 2024 AI in Your Library Open Dialogue series! Join us on November 22 at 12pm for an insightful panel discussion focusing on the transformative role of AI in teaching and learning. As part of the Levy Library’s 50th anniversary celebration, this event will be held in a hybrid format, allowing you to attend either in person or virtually. 

Our panel of experts includes discussions from the Associate Dean of Libraries and Information Sciences, Dr. Kris Alpi, Director of Educational Technology and Strategy, Dr. Marta Korytkowska, and Lead Academic Medical Illustrator, Lily Armstrong-Davies, who will explore how AI is shaping educational practices, scholarly research, and share insights into emerging tools and developments.  

Whether you’re a student, faculty member, practitioner, or AI enthusiast, this is a unique opportunity to engage with others, ask questions, and deepen your understanding of AI in an educational context. 

Reserve your spot now to be part of this meaningful conversation. We can’t wait to see you there! 

Every month, our AI blog provides a selection of literature on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for October 2024:

Swaak T. Colleges see alarming rates of fake applications. So they’re turning to AI. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Oct 1. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/colleges-see-alarming-rates-of-fake-applications-so-theyre-turning-to-ai  

Excerpt: “Fraudulent admissions applications are routine for Ron Weist. On a particularly busy day recently, Weist said, fraudsters sent 80 fake applications to Prince George’s Community College, in Maryland — one every seven minutes for a couple of hours. But that number seems less daunting than it might have just a few years ago. That’s because Weist, the college’s customer-relationship management (CRM) administrator, is now catching most of those bad actors on the front end, screening them out with technology supported by artificial intelligence.”

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Watkins M. Make AI part of the assignment. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Oct 2. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/make-ai-part-of-the-assignment  

Excerpt: “Learning requires friction. Here’s how to get students to disclose and evaluate their own usage of tools like ChatGPT.”

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Mowreader A. Employers say students need AI skills. What if students don’t want them? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Oct 10. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/student-success/life-after-college/2024/10/03/are-ai-skills-key-part-career-preparation

Excerpt: "Colleges and universities are considering new ways to incorporate generative AI into teaching and learning, but not every student is on board with the tech yet. Experts weigh in on the necessity of AI in career preparation and higher education’s role in preparing students for jobs of the future."

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McMurtrie B. The future is hybrid. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Oct 3. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/the-future-is-hybrid

Excerpt: "Colleges begin to reimagine learning in an AI world."

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Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship. Defining Open Source AI: Current Conversations within the Academic Community. 2024 Oct 3. Available from: https://www.heliosopen.org/news/defining-open-source-ai-current-conversations-within-the-academic-community

Excerpt: "The Open Source Initiative (OSI), a California public benefit corporation and not-for-profit community of technology experts, recently published the Open Source AI Definition – draft v. 0.0.9. The definition centers on the importance of AI systems that can be used, modified, and shared for any purpose, and studied and inspected transparently."

Bradley D. Those voices on the podcast? Listen closely. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Oct 4. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/those-voices-on-the-podcast-listen-closely

Excerpt: "The voices appear in the opening minutes of a “podcast” generated by Google’s NotebookLM, an experimental AI tool that promises to help students succeed by turning their notes, readings, and class materials into easily digestible snippets."

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Kugler L. Who owns AI's output? Communications of the ACM [Internet]. 2024 Oct 4. Available from: https://cacm.acm.org/news/who-owns-ais-output

Excerpt: "Copyright and patent protections around generative AI are chaotic and changing rapidly."

Venkitachalam KK. Guest post — Overcoming skepticism through experimentation: The role of AI in transforming peer review. 2024 Oct 9. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/10/09/guest-post-overcoming-skepticism-through-experimentation-the-role-of-ai-in-transforming-peer-review

Excerpt: "Artificial intelligence (AI) has made significant strides across various domains, yet one critical area within academic publishing remains hesitant: peer review. This foundational system, integral to the advancement of knowledge, lags behind in adopting technological means to improve itself. While concerns about integrating AI into peer review are valid, it is essential to explore how experimentation with AI can address existing challenges and enhance the process."

Gillen AL. Can we trust AI in qualitative research? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Oct 9. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/10/09/can-we-trust-ai-qualitative-research-opinion

Excerpt: "While AI can emulate the pattern finding of qualitative research in social science, it lacks an identifiable human perspective. This matters because in qualitative work it’s important to articulate the investigator’s positionality—how the researcher connects to the research—to promote trust in the findings."

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DeVaney J. Off-loading in the age of generative AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Oct 10. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/learning-innovation/2024/10/10/loading-age-generative-ai

Excerpt: "As we embrace these technologies, we must also consider the experiences we need to discover and maintain our connections—and our humanity. In a world increasingly shaped by AI, I find myself asking: What are the experiences that define us, and how do they influence the relationships we build, both professionally and personally?"

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Schroeder R. ChatGPT-4o shows ‘friendly’ behavior. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Oct 10. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/10/10/gpt-4os-friendly-ai-behavior-marks-new-ai-milestone

Excerpt: "The app initiates personalized conversations and offers responses without a prompt. This signals a shift toward agentic AI, where models act more like colleagues."

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McMurtrie B. Subject: Teaching: How does equity fit into the next phase of AI? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Oct 10. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/teaching/2024-10-10

Excerpt: "This week, I: Share what some colleges are doing to take the AI discussion to the next level; Ask for your stories on what you like about teaching Gen Z; Share a reader’s example of how he connected with students."

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Schonfeld RC. Tracking the licensing of scholarly content to LLMs. 2024 Oct 15. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/10/15/licensing-scholarly-content-llms

Excerpt: "In recent months, several publishers have announced that they are licensing their scholarly content for use as training data for LLMs (Large Language Models). These deals illuminate how major publishers are grappling with their strategy amid uncertainty, but thus far they have been unavailable to smaller and medium size publishers. To understand the dynamics around this fast-developing market, my colleagues Maya Dayan and Dylan Ruediger and I are launching a tracker of these licensing deals."

Munoz R. The problem with “perfect” answers: GenAI and academic research tools. Educause Review [Internet]. 2024 Oct 15. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2024/10/the-problem-with-perfect-answers-genai-and-academic-research-tools

Excerpt: "The intersection of web search and artificial intelligence creates a curious dilemma for new generations of students."

Palmer K. Most campus tech leaders say higher ed is unprepared for AI’s rise. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Oct 16. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/10/16/campus-tech-leaders-say-higher-ed

Excerpt: "Inside Higher Ed’s third annual survey of campus chief technology officers shows that while there’s enthusiasm for artificial intelligence’s potential to enhance higher education, most institutions don’t have policies that support enterprise-level uses of AI."

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Varnum K. Guest post: Exploring the “hopes and fears” about generative artificial intelligence in web scale discovery. 2024 Oct 17. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/10/17/guest-post-exploring-the-hopes-and-fears-about-generative-artificial-intelligence-in-web-scale-discovery

Excerpt: "The reliability of GenAI tools to provide valid, repeatable, and consistent responses is one area of concern. Reports of the worst-case outcomes, such as a tool’s potential to “hallucinate” or “confabulate” (making up information that is not, in fact based in reality) can extend to information in text or the creation of citations that appear to be valid but are not. The amazing capability of some of these tools to build models based on vast amounts of input can mean that there is little or no understanding, even by experts in artificial intelligence, about how a particular query leads to an answer."

Gehrman E. How generative AI is transforming medical education. Harvard Medicine [Internet]. 2024 Oct. Available from: https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/how-generative-ai-transforming-medical-education

Excerpt: The article discusses the incorporation of artificial intelligence into one medical school's curriculum.

Warner J. Avoiding AI snake oil. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Oct 18. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/10/18/we-cant-ai-our-way-success-higher-ed

Excerpt: "Two new books offer cautionary tales about the past and present of AI in education."

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Justus Z & Janos N. Your AI policy is already obsolete. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Oct 22. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/10/22/your-ai-policy-already-obsolete-opinion

Excerpt: "The increasing integration of AI tools into existing platforms raises new challenges."

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Lauillard D. How AI-generated feedback could assist student learning. 2024 Oct 22. In: Higher Education Policy Institute. Blog [Internet]. Oxford, England: Higher Education Policy Institute. Available from: https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2024/10/22/how-ai-generated-feedback-could-assist-student-learning

Excerpt: "If the AI community had ever asked teachers in higher education what we need from them, we would very definitely not have asked for a technology that makes it easy for students to deliver second-rate essays with a lot of factual errors. That is what they provided – unleashing a desperate collective action by teachers now having to learn for themselves, and then teach students, how to use these deficient tools, and develop the skills that will probably be redundant within just a few years."

Battersby M. Wiley launches artificial intelligence programme 'to shape AI rather than be shaped by it'. The Bookseller [Internet]. 2024 Oct 21. Available from: https://www.thebookseller.com/news/wiley-launches-artificial-intelligence-programme-to-shape-ai-rather-than-be-shaped-by-it

Excerpt: "Academic publisher Wiley is starting an artificial intelligence (AI) partnership programme, in a bid to 'shape the AI world and AI future, as opposed to being shaped by it'."

McMurtrie B. Subject: Teaching: How some professors are using AI for role-playing. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Oct 24. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/teaching/2024-10-24

Excerpt: "This week, I: Share how two instructors have students use AI chatbots to help with learning; Discuss how friction and fun factor into learning, and how AI can help or hurt that process.

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Bergstrom T & Ruediger D. Guest post — How generative AI could transform scholarly publishing: Themes and reflections from interviews with industry leaders. 2024 Oct 30. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/10/30/gen-ai-transform-scholarly-publishing/

Excerpt: "Over the past 24 months, generative AI has become inescapable. As a tool that is capable of generating content, its implications for how scholarly research is conducted and for scholarly publishing and communication are potentially transformative. What is not yet clear is how transformative this impact will be, and which areas of scholarly communication may see more rapid and revolutionary change than others."

Darby F. 5 small steps for AI skeptics. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Oct 30. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/5-small-steps-for-ai-skeptics

Excerpt: "Getting academics to teach with tools like ChatGPT is proving to be a tough nut to crack."

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Every month, our AI blog provides a selection of literature on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for September 2024:

Carpenter TA. Ensuring attribution is critical when licensing content to AI developers. 2024 Sep 4. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/09/04/make-attribution-mandatory-in-ai-licensing  

Excerpt: “A robust conversation has been brewing about licensing and artificial intelligence (AI). It isn’t the lawsuit question, which is pursuing apace and likely will lead in my estimation to some form of settlements for the majority of cases. The other conversation I’m considering is about licensing content for use in AI systems.”

Coffey L. Can AI help a student get into Stanford or Yale? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Sep 4. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/09/04/stanford-students-train-ai-help-college

Excerpt: “Two entrepreneurial Stanford students fed hundreds of essays—both high and low quality—into an AI model to train it on what top-tier colleges look for in admissions essays. “

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Perlmutter DD. Admin 101: How to lead your campus on AI. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Sep 4. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/admin-101-how-to-lead-your-campus-on-ai

Excerpt: “Generative AI is just one more crisis for administrators, but it may very well be the one with the most long-term effects on institutions and careers.”

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Heidt A. Intellectual property and data privacy: the hidden risks of AI. Nature Career Guide [Internet]. 2024 Sep 4. Available from: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02838-z  

Excerpt: “Generative artificial-intelligence tools have been widely adopted across academia, but users might not be aware of all their inherent risks.”

Dataset Providers Alliance. DPA unveils comprehensive AI data licensing position paper. Dataset Providers Alliance [Internet]. 2024 Sep 4. Available from: https://www.thedpa.ai/post/dpa-unveils-comprehensive-ai-data-licensing-position-paper  

Excerpt: “This comprehensive document outlines our [the DPA’s] stance on crucial issues shaping the future of AI development and data rights. As AI continues to transform industries and everyday life, the need for clear, ethical guidelines in data licensing has never been more pressing. Our position paper addresses four key areas that are fundamental to the responsible advancement of AI technology...”

Virtu A. Wake Up, academia: The AI revolution waits for no one. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Sep 6. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/09/06/ensuring-every-student-will-graduate-knowing-ai-opinion

Excerpt: “Many higher ed institutions are preparing students for a world that no longer exists, arming them with skills that may be obsolete before they even graduate...which is ensuring every student will graduate understanding AI holistically.”

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Taylor P. The imperfect tutor: Grading, feedback and AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Sep 6. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2024/09/06/challenges-using-ai-give-feedback-and-grade-students

Excerpt: “Patricia Taylor has found using AI takes more time and creates more problems than not if instructors want students to get meaningful feedback on their work.”

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Carlson S. Will AI make college admissions and advising better – or worse? The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Sep 6. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/will-ai-make-college-admissions-and-advising-better-or-worse

Excerpt: “An open question centers on whether these AI tools can be as resourceful in helping students as professionals in the field, who often make these connections intuitively.”

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Gilson R. The impact of AI in advancing accessibility for learners with disabilities. Educause Review [Internet]. 2024 Sep 10. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2024/9/the-impact-of-ai-in-advancing-accessibility-for-learners-with-disabilities  

Excerpt: “AI technology tools hold remarkable promise for providing more accessible, equitable, and inclusive learning experiences for students with disabilities.”

Schroeder R. AI is already advancing higher education. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Sep 10. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/09/10/ai-already-advancing-higher-education  

Excerpt: “Generative AI has enormous potential to advance, enhance and expand higher education in the future. Few realize how AI already is improving what we do today in myriad ways.”

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Carlson S. The Edge: The 'wisdom' of AI. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Sep 11. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/the-edge/2024-09-11  

Excerpt: “This week I reflect on my recent story about the use of artificial intelligence in higher ed, and what the name change of an AI chatbot is trying to communicate.”

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Baek C, Tate T, Warschauer M. “ChatGPT seems too good to be true”: college students’ use and perceptions of generative AI. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence. 2024 Sep 12:100294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2024.100294  

Excerpt: “This study investigates how U.S. college students (N=1001) perceive and use ChatGPT, exploring its relationship with societal structures and student characteristics.”

Ghosh R. Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats: A comprehensive SWOT analysis of AI and human expertise in peer review. 2024 Sep 12. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/09/12/strengths-weaknesses-opportunities-and-threats-a-comprehensive-swot-analysis-of-ai-and-human-expertise-in-peer-review   

Excerpt: “To me, one of the main issues is that AI-generated content has been discovered in prominent journals. A key question is, should all of the blame for these transgressions fall on the peer review process?”

Mowreader A. Survey: When should college students use AI? They’re not sure. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Sep 16. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/student-success/academic-life/2024/09/16/college-students-uncertain-about-ai-policies  

Excerpt: “Data from Inside Higher Ed’s 2024 Student Voice survey shows that three in 10 students are not clear on when they’re permitted to use generative artificial intelligence in their coursework. Higher ed experts say AI policies should be led by faculty members, considering institutional values.”

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Zweber A. To teach students to use AI, teach philosophy. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Sep 16. Available from:  https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/09/18/teach-students-use-ai-teach-philosophy-opinion

Excerpt: “These questions about mind and morality are reasons enough to justify widespread emphasis on philosophy in education. But philosophy has an additional educational benefit: It can teach students how to use AI effectively.”

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Hutson M. Forget ChatGPT: Why researchers now run small AIs on their laptops. Nature [Internet]. 2024 Sep 16. Available from: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02998-y

Excerpt: “Artificial-intelligence models are typically used online, but a host of openly available tools is changing that. Here’s how to get started with local AIs.”

BenMessaoud F. Must-have competencies and skills in our new AI world: A synthesis for educational reform. Educause Review [Internet]. 2024 Sep 17. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2024/9/must-have-competencies-and-skills-in-our-new-ai-world-a-synthesis-for-educational-reform  

Excerpt: “The transformative impact of artificial intelligence on educational systems calls for a comprehensive reform to prepare future generations for an AI-integrated world.”

Cyr M. Leading AI adoption while still learning it yourself. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Sep 19. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/call-action/2024/09/19/how-lead-age-ai-when-you-dont-understand-ai  

Excerpt: “Tips to help senior marketers lead in the age of AI … when they don’t understand AI.”

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Leonard C. Guest post — Is AI the answer to peer review problems, or the problem itself? 2024 Sep 24. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/09/24/guest-post-is-ai-the-answer-to-peer-review-problems-or-the-problem-itself  

Excerpt: “Since we’re living in the age of AI, surely there is a way to use the various tools at our disposal to speed up the peer review process — and, while we’re at it, to address some of the other problems around bias and quality. Language and text processing are what the current range of large language models do best, so is it a good idea to include LLMs (Large Language Models) in the peer review process?”

Schreiner M. Researchers put OpenAI's o1 through its paces, exposing both breakthroughs and limitations. 2024 Sep 24. Decoder [Internet]. Available from: https://the-decoder.com/researchers-put-openais-o1-through-its-paces-exposing-both-breakthroughs-and-limitations

Excerpt: “A new study independently examines the planning abilities of OpenAI's latest AI model, o1. While the results show major improvements over traditional language models, significant limitations remain.”

Karssen Z. Guest post — From bottleneck to breakthrough: AI’s role in the future of peer review. 2024 Sep 25. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/09/25/guest-post-from-bottleneck-to-breakthrough-ais-role-in-the-future-of-peer-review

Excerpt: “Advances in AI now allow tools to analyze content, assist reviewers in drafting reports, and aid in decision-making. Leveraging Natural Language Processing (NLP), these tools enable intelligent, natural interactions and help manage large volumes of information. They can act as human-like assistants, providing valuable feedback for both reviewers and editors.”

Schroeder R. A Near-future vision of AI in higher ed. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Sep 25. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/09/25/near-future-vision-ai-higher-ed  

Excerpt: “The state of the art of generative artificial intelligence is changing at lightning speed. Advances come by the hour, not just by the day. How might this play out in higher ed?”

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Hanna K. Episode 22: What is in your AI toolkit? 2024 Sep 25. AI+MedEd [Internet]. Available from: https://karimhannamd.substack.com/p/episode-22

Excerpt: “In this toolkit, we highlight some of the best (free) resources that can assist with various aspects of a physician’s work. Whether it’s automating note-taking, generating clinical insights, or fostering professional networking, these tools are designed to support healthcare providers in delivering top-quality care while saving time.”

Cusack G. Sending the wrong message to students on AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Sep 26. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/09/26/sending-wrong-message-students-ai-opinion

Excerpt: “A new student guide to AI is emblematic of an approach that prioritizes career advantage over deeper questions...”

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Every month, our AI blog provides a selection of literature on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. With some bonus resources added, here’s the roundup for August 2024:

New Resources: 

The NIH Office of Science Policy (OSP) has issued a new resource to assist the research community in understanding how NIH policies guide artificial intelligence (AI)-related research.  The purpose of the resource is to illustrate the applicability of existing policies and guidance to research involving AI technologies. The resource can be accessed at: https://osp.od.nih.gov/policies/artificial-intelligence/. 

To gain further perspective how NIH is approaching AI-related research, please see the latest Under the Poliscope blog from NIH Associate Director for Science Policy, Dr. Lyric Jorgenson. 

JAMIA: ChatGPT and Large Language Models in Biomedicine and Health. A special journal issue available at: https://academic.oup.com/jamia/issue/31/9  

EDUCAUSE Showcase Series: AI...Friend or Foe? A set of tools and resources discussing the implementation of artificial intelligence in higher education. Available at: https://www.educause.edu/showcase-series/2024/ai-friend-or-foe

Monthly Roundup:

Lee VR, Pope D, Miles S, Zárate RC. Cheating in the age of generative AI: A high school survey study of cheating behaviors before and after the release of ChatGPT. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence. 2024 Dec 1;7:100253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2024.100253  

Excerpt: “The public release of ChatGPT and other generative AI chatbot technologies has been accompanied by questions about how academic integrity and student cheating behaviors will be impacted. We analyzed anonymous survey data from three high schools to see if self-reported cheating numbers changed following the introduction of ChatGPT and similar technologies.” 

McMurtrie B. Teaching: When AI is everywhere, what should instructors do next? The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Aug 1. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/teaching/2024-08-01  

Excerpt: “This week, I: Share insights from a conference on teaching with artificial intelligence; Point you to some resources on AI; Tell you how to stay up to date on the latest anti-DEI bills.”  

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Warner J. Not so fast on teaching AI ‘skills’. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Aug 1. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/08/01/using-generative-ai-tools-about-more-skills  

Excerpt: “Preparing students for the future means thinking deeply about the questions new technologies raise.” 

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Palmer K. Oxford University Press ‘actively working’ with AI companies. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Aug 5. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/08/05/oxford-university-press-actively-working-ai-companies  

Excerpt: “Oxford University Press has become the latest academic publisher to confirm it is working with companies developing AI tools.” 

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Quinn R. Otter AI catches Yale researchers insulting interviewee. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Aug 6. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/08/06/otter-ai-catches-yale-researchers-insulting-interviewee  

Excerpt: “A group that opposes the number of addiction treatment programs in the Harlem neighborhood in New York City says artificial intelligence transcription software recorded two Yale University researchers insulting one of its leaders right after interviewing him—and the software then sent him the audio and a transcript.” 

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Hausmann C. How to get actionable AI data at your institution. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Aug 6. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/08/06/how-get-actionable-ai-data-your-institution-opinion 

Excerpt: “Academia is abuzz about the impact of generative artificial intelligence on student learning. Opinions are abundant, but without credible and relevant markers of what’s going on, it’s hard to discern who has an accurate read or what constitutes good advice.” 

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Coffey L. Use AI to build course materials? Earn $1,000. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Aug 9. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/digital-publishing/2024/08/09/university-new-mexico-pays-faculty-1000-use-ai 

Excerpt: “In a new pilot project, faculty are encouraged to use generative artificial intelligence to create, or build on, open educational resources.” 

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Rowsell J. Students worry overemphasis on AI could devalue education. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Aug 9. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/08/09/college-students-fear-overreliance-ai-could  

Excerpt: “Report stresses that AI is ‘new standard’ and universities need to better communicate policies to learners. 

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Schroeder R. AI in a lingering age of loneliness among students. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Aug 14. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/08/14/ai-lingering-age-loneliness-among-students 

Excerpt: “The COVID-19 pandemic brought about greater awareness of an even larger epidemic, one of loneliness in America. In higher education, it is incumbent on us to help our learners with overcoming the pain and other ill-effects of this condition.” 

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Fang B. & Broussard K. Augmented course design: Using AI to boost efficiency and expand capacity. Educause Review [Internet]. 2024 Aug 7. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2024/8/augmented-course-design-using-ai-to-boost-efficiency-and-expand-capacity

Excerpt: "The emerging class of generative AI tools has the potential to significantly alter the landscape of course development."

Gibney E. Has your paper been used to train an AI model? Almost certainly. Nature News [Internet]. 2024 Aug 14. Available from: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02599-9

Excerpt: "Artificial-intelligence developers are buying access to valuable data sets that contain research papers — raising uncomfortable questions about copyright."

Watkins M. Why we should normalize open disclosure of AI use. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Aug 14. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/why-we-should-normalize-open-disclosure-of-ai-use

Excerpt: "It’s time we reclaim faculty-student trust through clear advocacy — not opaque surveillance."

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McMurtie B. Teaching: Using AI tools to develop critical-thinking skills. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Aug 15. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/teaching/2024-08-15

Excerpt: "This week, I: Describe one professor’s experience teaching with AI; point you to resources to help prime your teaching for fall."

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Gonzalez L, O'Neil-Gonzalez K, Eberhardt-Alstot M, McGarry M, Van Tyne G. Leveraging generative AI for inclusive excellence in higher education. Educause Review [Internet]. 2024 Aug 15. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2024/8/leveraging-generative-ai-for-inclusive-excellence-in-higher-education

Excerpt: "Drawing from three lenses of inclusion, this article considers how to leverage generative AI as part of a constellation of mission-centered inclusive practices in higher education."

Dawson D. Author rights in the age of generative AI. University of Saskatchewan News [Internet]. 2024 Aug 20. Available from: https://library.usask.ca/news/2024/Author-Rights-in-the-Age-of-Generative-AI.php

Excerpt: "If publishers hold exclusive rights to your work, they have the authority to license it for various uses, including AI training, and financially benefit from these deals. If this concerns you, then take action to retain control over your works. Here are some steps academic authors can take..."

Lee SM. AI scientists have a problem: AI bots are reviewing their work. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Aug 21. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/ai-scientists-have-a-problem-ai-bots-are-reviewing-their-work

Excerpt: "AI is upending peer review, the time-honored tradition in which academics help judge which research should be elevated to publication — and which should go in the reject pile. Under the specter of ChatGPT, no one can be sure anymore that their intellectual labor is being read and judged by humans."

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Coffey L. Struggling to create AI policies? Ask your students. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Aug 22. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/08/22/professor-asks-students-create-ai-policy

Excerpt: "A professor at Florida International University tasked her students with devising an ethical guide to using AI in their classes—and found them to be stricter than she would have been."

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Hall S. In teaching with gen AI, consider sustainability. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Aug 22. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/08/22/gen-ai-discussions-must-prioritize-sustainability-opinion

Excerpt: "Faculty lack information about generative AI’s environmental impacts, and universities should prioritize sustainable computing..."

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Bousquette I. Inside universities’ love-hate relationship with ChatGPT. Wall Street Journal [Internet]. 2024 Aug 26. Available from: https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-universities-love-hate-relationship-with-chatgpt-92808293

Excerpt: "OpenAI continues to expand some of its educational offerings, while holding others—including a tool that could be used to detect cheating—back."

Swaak T. The AI hiring spree. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Aug 26. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/ai-scientists-have-a-problem-ai-bots-are-reviewing-their-work

Excerpt: "Colleges face stiff competition as they face to build faculties with expertise."

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Lehr SA, Caliskan A, Liyanage S, Banaji MR. ChatGPT as research scientist: Probing GPT’s capabilities as a research librarian, research ethicist, data generator, and data predictor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2024 Aug 27;121(35):e2404328121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2404328121

Excerpt: "How good a research scientist is ChatGPT? We systematically probed the capabilities of GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 across four central components of the scientific process: as a Research Librarian, Research Ethicist, Data Generator, and Novel Data Predictor, using psychological science as a testing field."

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Raymond C. AI and the Case for Project-Based Teaching. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Aug 27. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/ai-and-the-case-for-project-based-teaching

Excerpt: "In the age of ChatGPT, faculty members have no choice but to adjust course design from a focus on 'what' to 'why.'"

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Nature Editorial Staff. AI firms must play fair when they use academic data in training. Nature [Internet]. 2024 Aug 27. Available from: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02757-z

Excerpt: "Researchers are among those who feel uneasy about the unrestrained use of their intellectual property in training commercial large language models. Firms and regulators need to agree the rules of engagement. "

Coffey L. Can AI be used to cheat on multiple-choice exams? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Aug 30. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/08/30/professor-finds-way-see-if-students-used-ai

Excerpt: "A Florida State professor found a way to catch AI cheating on multiple-choice tests. He also found that ChatGPT got a lot of “easy” questions wrong."

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