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

Aoun JE. How higher ed can adapt to the challenges of AI. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Jul 1. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/how-higher-ed-can-adapt-to-the-challenges-of-ai  

Excerpt: “We have reached a moment of reckoning about what artificial intelligence means for the human experience. This is a moment of reckoning, too, for higher education. It’s not enough for colleges merely to transfer knowledge and skills to AI’s future programmers and stewards. Colleges have a pivotal role to play in preparing all students for life with AI, and advancing human well-being in a digital world.” 

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Steere E. Anatomy of an AI essay. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jul 2. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2024/07/02/ways-distinguish-ai-composed-essays-human-composed-ones  

Excerpt: “How might you distinguish one from a human-composed counterpart? After analyzing dozens, Elizabeth Steere lists some key, rather predictable features.” 

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Robert J. AI is here to stay, these are the questions we now need to ask ourselves. European University Association [Internet]. 2024 Jul 2. Available from: https://www.eua.eu/our-work/expert-voices/ai-is-here-to-stay-these-are-the-questions-we-now-need-to-ask-ourselves.html

Excerpt: "The rapid proliferation of AI tools is just one part of an ongoing era of global digital transformation. What actions can we take to create the digital future we want to see?"

Schroeder R. AI reshapes higher ed and society at large by 2035. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jul 3. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/07/03/ai-reshapes-higher-education-and-society-large-2035 

Excerpt: “There are important steps to be taken in higher education as we prepare for the deep societywide changes that will take place in the next five to 10 years.” 

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McMurtie B. Teaching: Getting in sync with students about AI. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Jul 5. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/teaching/2024-07-05  

Excerpt: “This week, I: Describe one instructor’s approach to careful AI use in teaching; Point you to a study that sheds light on the effectiveness of co-teaching; Share stories and essays on teaching you may have missed.” 

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Coffey L. Renowned tech analyst urges higher ed leadership in AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jul 8. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/07/08/mary-meeker-urges-higher-ed-lead-ai  

Excerpt: “Universities require a ‘mindset change’ to succeed in a coming era forged by artificial intelligence and should take on an AI leadership role in partnership with government and tech firms, according to a report from an influential tech analyst and venture capitalist.” 

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Warner J. Calling B.S. on the AI education future. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jul 9. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/07/09/embracing-ai-means-abandoning-learning 

Excerpt: “The report itself is a cobbling together of various data points—primarily about how much data can now be harnessed by technology (lots!)—along with confident suppositions about the future (not present) capabilities of generative AI applications, turned into a call to arms to embrace inevitable innovation.” 

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Walters A. ‘A professor’s digital mini-me'. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Jul 10. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/a-professors-digital-mini-me 

Excerpt: “But, the TA, powered by artificial intelligence, then forgets what it was talking about and instead explains how much can be learned by mixing baking soda and vinegar. This fall, a small group of professors at Morehouse College will use these TAs, which are actually digital avatars resembling each professor’s physical appearance and demeanor.” 

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Quinn R. Bridging the campus divide with ‘dangerous ideas’ and AI debate moderators. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jul 16. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2024/07/16/bridging-campus-divide-dangerous-ideas-ai 

Excerpt: “In this polarized time, one assistant professor is teaching students to argue more constructively about the most contentious topics: abortion, guns, transracial identities, moral obligations to animals—even the existence of God.” 

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Watson CE & Bowen JA. Opinion: What teachers call AI cheating, leaders in the workforce might call progress. The Hechinger Report [Internet]. 2024 Jul 16. Available from: https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-what-teachers-call-ai-cheating-leaders-in-the-workforce-might-call-progress 

Excerpt: “Authors of a new guide explore what AI literacy might look like in a new era.” 

Schroeder R. The synthetic professor. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jul 18. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/07/18/synthetic-professor  

Excerpt: “We have reached a point in the development of generative AI that synthetic AI professors are poised to enter academe.” 

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Staiman A. Woefully insufficient publisher policies on author AI use put research integrity at risk. 2024 Jul 22. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/07/22/woefully-insufficient-publisher-policies-on-author-ai-use-put-research-integrity-at-risk 

Excerpt: “There is broad consensus in scholarly publishing that AI tools will make the task of ensuring the integrity of the scientific record a Herculean task. However, it seems that many publishers are still struggling to figure out how to address the new issues and challenges that these AI tools present. Current publisher policies fall well short of providing a robust framework for assessing the risk of different AI tools and researchers are left guessing how they should use AI in their research and subsequent writing.” 

Potter W. An academic publisher has struck an AI data deal with Microsoft – without their authors’ knowledge. The Conversation [Internet]. 2024 Jul 23. Available from: https://theconversation.com/an-academic-publisher-has-struck-an-ai-data-deal-with-microsoft-without-their-authors-knowledge-235203  

Excerpt: “In May, a multibillion-dollar UK-based multinational called Informa announced in a trading update that it had signed a deal with Microsoft involving “access to advanced learning content and data, and a partnership to explore AI expert applications”. Informa is the parent company of Taylor & Francis, which publishes a wide range of academic and technical books and journals, so the data in question may include the content of these books and journals. According to reports published last week, the authors of the content do not appear to have been asked or even informed about the deal. What’s more, they say they had no opportunity to opt out of the deal, and will not see any money from it.” 

Coffey L. Majority of grads wish they’d been taught AI in college. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jul 23. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/07/23/new-report-finds-recent-grads-want-ai-be 

Excerpt: “A new survey shows 70 percent of graduates think generative AI should be incorporated into courses. More than half said they felt unprepared for the workforce.” 

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Carpenter TA. A look under the hood of Scopus AI: An interview with Maxim Khan. 2024 Jul 25. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/07/25/interview-with-maxim-khan-about-scopus-ai 

Excerpt: The author interviews the leader of the team that developed Scopus AI on its functions, ethical implications, and the technology underpinning it. 

Coffey L. Students and professors believe AI will aid cheating. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jul 29. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/07/29/students-and-professors-expect-more  

Excerpt: “A new survey finds students believe it’s already easier to cheat, thanks to generative artificial intelligence—and instructors think it will get worse in coming years.” 

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Hinchcliffe LJ. AI-Enabled transformation of information objects into learning objects. 2024 Jul 30. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/07/30/ai-enabled-transformation-of-information-objects-into-learning-objects  

Excerpt: “The past year has seen remarkable development in the AI-enabled services embedded in information tools across the scholarly communications industry. Looking at library-licensed content and tools, AI is powering a wide range of services for our users.” 

Schroeder R. Our responsibility to teach AI to students. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jul 31. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/07/31/our-responsibility-teach-ai-students

Excerpt: "Put aside your concerns about student use of generative AI in your classes. It is our urgent responsibility to teach students now how to use the technology in their discipline—their careers depend on us."

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By Carrie Levinson, MSLIS

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

Zhou H & Bishtawi H. Towards conversational discovery: New discovery applications for scholarly information in the era of generative artificial intelligence. 2024 Jun 4. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/06/04/towards-conversational-discovery-new-discovery-applications-for-scholarly-information-in-the-era-of-generative-artificial-intelligence

Excerpt: “Whether you believe artificial intelligence is friend or foe, it’s undoubtedly changing many aspects of how we work, including the way we discover content, information, and knowledge. In our first post exploring AI and information discovery, we discussed the evolution of AI, and how it can potentially be applied to solve pain points for researchers and publishers alike. Here, we explore generative AI (GenAI).”

Hibbert M, Altman E, Shippen T, Wright M. A framework for AI literacy. Educause Review [Internet]. 2024 Jun 3. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2024/6/a-framework-for-ai-literacy  

Excerpt: “Academic and technologies teams at Barnard College developed an AI literacy framework to provide a conceptual foundation for AI education and programming efforts in higher education institutional contexts.”

University of Waterloo. Know your source: RAGE tool unveils ChatGPT’s sources. Waterloo News [Internet]. 2024 Jun 4. Available from: https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/know-your-source-rage-tool-unveils-chatgpts-sources  

Excerpt: “New software helps users understand where large language models get their information and whether their sources are trustworthy”.

Pike D, McGowin B, Bond A, Cox L II, Williams D. Framing generative AI in education with the GenAI intent and orientation model. Educause Review [Internet]. 2024 Jun 6. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2024/6/framing-generative-ai-in-education-with-the-genai-intent-and-orientation-model  

Excerpt: “The proposed model seeks to assist instructors and learners with a framing lens for how GenAI might be useful in educational settings.”

Lieberman L. AI and the death of student writing. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Jun 7. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/ai-and-the-death-of-student-writing

Excerpt: “It was getting toward the end of this recent semester, and I was at a loss. Either one of two things was happening: My freshman-composition students’ writing had gotten mysteriously, miraculously, markedly better over the semester compared with previous ones, or a large minority — easily one-third — of them were using AI to write their papers.”

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Kajiwara Y, Kawabata K. AI literacy for ethical use of chatbot: Will students accept AI ethics? Computers and education: Artificial intelligence. 2024;6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2024.100251

Excerpt: “In AI literacy education, there are few examples of education based on AI ethical principles, and limited knowledge exists regarding curriculum design that incorporates AI ethical principles and its effects. Therefore, in this study, we propose a curriculum that teaches the ethical use of large language models (LLM) such as ChatGPT and verify its impact on educational effectiveness and technology acceptance among students aged 12 to 24.”  

Viswanath K. Three things to know about prompting LLMs. MIT Sloan Management Review [Internet]. 2024 Jun 10. Available from: https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/three-things-to-know-about-prompting-llms

Excerpt: “These research-backed tips can help you improve your prompting strategies for better results from large language models.”

Coffey L. Inside Barnard’s pyramid approach to AI literacy. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jun 11. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/06/11/inside-barnards-pyramid-approach-ai

Excerpt: “The New York institution’s unusual take on artificial intelligence could serve as a blueprint for others grappling with implementation.”

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Warner J. No, AI should not be a student’s co-pilot. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jun 13. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/06/13/ai-co-pilot-learning-more-outsourcing

Excerpt: “Treating AI as a co-pilot is tempting, but in learning, the bigger temptation is for students to use it as a subcontractor, and that’s not good.”

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Latham S. Memo to faculty: AI is not your friend. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jun 14. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/06/14/memo-faculty-ai-not-your-friend-opinion

Excerpt: “While compelling arguments can be made relative to efficiency and AI, more direct commentaries are satirically asking if we need faculty altogether. Now is the time faculty need to ask big questions, and not just jump on the AI bandwagon.”

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Coffey L. AI can help student success but officials need guidance. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jun 17. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/06/17/ai-can-help-student-success-officials-need-guidance  

Excerpt: “A majority of student success directors, administrators and advisers say artificial intelligence (AI) can help identify students in need of support, but almost no institutions are creating streamlined approaches to use AI technology, a new report finds.”

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Amer P. Is your AI hallucinating? New approach can tell when chatbots make things up. Science [Internet]. 2024 Jun 19. Available from: https://www.science.org/content/article/is-your-ai-hallucinating-new-approach-can-tell-when-chatbots-make-things-up  

Excerpt: “As users of chatbots and answer engines powered by ChatGPT and Google Gemini have discovered, artificial intelligence (AI) sometimes churns out gibberish in response to seemingly basic queries. It will even double down on incorrect responses when questioned or reprompted.”

Nogueira LA, Rein JO. Guest post — Chatbots: To cite or not to cite? (Part I). 2024 Jun 19. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/06/19/chatbots-to-cite-or-not-to-cite-part-1  

Excerpt: “If you use a chatbot in writing a text, and are discouraged from listing it as a coauthor, should you attribute the relevant passages to the tool via citation instead? Is it appropriate to cite chatbots as information sources?”

Nogueira LA, Rein JO. Guest post — The case for not citing chatbots as information sources (Part II). 2024 Jun 20. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/06/20/the-case-for-not-citing-chatbots-as-information-sources-part-ii/  

Excerpt: “In Part I of Chatbots: To Cite Or Not To Cite? our guest authors explored the context of citation and information sources and how Generative AI fits in. Today, they continue to develop their arguments toward a conclusion.”

Bedford J. Guest post: AI meets academia—Navigating the new terrain. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jun 20. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/06/20/using-generative-ai-help-students-understand-academia

Excerpt: “The idea of universities ‘embracing’ AI technology has been met with justified concerns about students’ critical-thinking skills and whether they’ll develop an over-reliance on these tools. When ChatGPT shut down briefly this month, there was a flurry of concerned posts on X (formerly Twitter) which could be a sign of things to come. But one thing is certain: There is a growing divide amongst educators on whether AI should have any place at all in the lives of university students.”

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Schroeder R. Higher education has not been forgotten by generative AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jun 20. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/06/20/higher-education-has-not-been-forgotten-generative-ai  

Excerpt: “The generative AI (GenAI) revolution has not ignored higher education; a whole host of tools are available now and more revolutionary tools are on the way.”

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McMurtie B. Teaching: Are you drowning in an ocean of AI? The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Jun 20. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/teaching/2024-06-20  

Excerpt: “This week, I: Share my latest story on what’s happening in the classroom with AI; Point you to some resources to discourage AI misuse by students; Point you to strategies that incorporate AI use in teaching.”

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Webb M. AI and Jisc’s leadership survey. Jisc: Artificial Intelligence [Internet]. 2024 Jun 21. Available from: https://nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2024/06/21/ai-and-jiscs-leadership-survey  

Excerpt: “Each year at Jisc we run a leadership survey, which is sent to leaders in HE and FE, with responses from vice-chancellors and principals, technology and library strategic leaders and more.  The latest was sent during the spring of this year. The survey asks several questions about the perception of Jisc and our services, the challenges our members face, and, this year, dived into AI in more detail.”

Grove J. British academics despair as ChatGPT-written essays swamp grading season. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jun 21. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/2024/06/21/academics-dismayed-flood-chatgpt-written-student-essays

Excerpt: “The increased prevalence of students using ChatGPT to write essays should prompt a rethink about whether current policies encouraging 'ethical' use of artificial intelligence (AI) are working, scholars have argued. With marking season in full flow, lecturers have taken to social media in large numbers to complain about AI-generated content found in submitted work.”

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Coffey L. Murky guidelines on using AI recording devices in classrooms. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jun 24. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/06/24/murky-guidelines-ai-recording-devices  

Excerpt: “Concerns about privacy and access mount as more colleges and students use the devices. Experts say the technology should be embraced using “common-sense” guidelines.”

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Coffey L. A new digital divide: Student AI use surges, leaving faculty behind. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jun 25. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/06/25/digital-divide-students-surge-ahead  

Excerpt: “While both students and faculty have concerns with generative artificial intelligence, two new reports show a divergence in AI adoption.”

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Owston R. Personalized AI tutoring as a social activity: Paradox or possibility? Educause Review [Internet]. 2024 Jun 12. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2024/6/personalized-ai-tutoring-as-a-social-activity-paradox-or-possibility

Excerpt: “Can the paradox between individual tutoring and social learning be reconciled though the possibility of AI?”

Riyeff J. Generative AI and the problem of (dis)trust. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jun 27. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/06/27/gen-ai-and-problem-distrusting-students-opinion  

Excerpt: “Instead of seeing this inaccuracy as something I could flag for the student to return to or to talk with me about, I had the sinking feeling that maybe what I’d been reading for a page and a half already was synthetic text extruded from a chat bot rather than the textual representation of the ideas of a young woman whom I knew and had shared a university seminar room with twice a week.”

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By Carrie Levinson, MSLIS

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

Pfeiffer D. The World Economic Forum issues new report on AI in education: What impact will AI have on education? 2024 May 1. In: Choice. LibTech Insights [Internet]. Middletown, CT: Choice. Available from: https://www.choice360.org/libtech-insight/the-world-economic-forum-issues-new-report-on-ai-in-education

Excerpt: “This 28-page report on the role of AI in education has a speculative tone but will likely shape international and national conversations and policymaking. Its overall message is that AI can have a powerful and positive impact on students and teachers.”

Coffey L. Yale freshman creates AI chatbot with answers on AI ethics. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 May 2. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/05/02/yale-freshman-creates-ai-chatbot-answers-ai

Excerpt: “Amid intellectual property and ethics concerns about AI large language models, a student created one based on his professor’s ethics work.”

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Bowen JA & Watson CE. AI detection is a business. But should it be faculty business? The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 May 2. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/ai-detection-is-a-business-but-should-it-be-faculty-business  

Excerpt: “As easy as it is for students to cheat with AI, it’s just as easy for faculty members to build a case with AI accusing a student of cheating. Understanding how students cheat with these new tools and how AI detectors work is now essential for professors, students, and institutions.”

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Cunningham A & Nishimura J. Using AI to help students teach in order to learn. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 May 3. https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2024/05/03/teaching-ai-how-learn-students-learn-more-themselves  

Excerpt: “The vast potential of generative AI (artificial intelligence), and particularly ChatGPT, has simultaneously inspired and alarmed us and many of our colleagues. ChatGPT is so eager to offer answers, it is easy to imagine it as an effective tutor or, terrifyingly, as a replacement teacher—albeit one prone to hallucinations. But we hold another, converse, view: we think one of the most effective ways to utilize ChatGPT in the near future isn’t to teach students, but to instead let students teach it.”

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Coffey L. Researchers investigating generative AI and scholarly publishing. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 May 6. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/digital-publishing/2024/05/06/researchers-investigating-generative-ai-and

Excerpt: “The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has confronted the scholarly publishing world with the potential risks and benefits of using the new technology in the production of academic research and writing.”

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Coffey L. College-bound students concerned about AI skills. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 May 6. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/05/06/college-bound-students-concerned-about-ai-skills  

Excerpt: “More than half of the students surveyed worried about AI’s impact on them achieving their college and career goals and many had competitive concerns about how other students were using AI...”

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West S. AI should be used in class, not feared. That’s the message of these Seattle area teachers. KUOW [Internet]. 2024 May 6. Available from: https://www.kuow.org/stories/ai-should-be-used-in-class-not-feared-that-s-the-message-of-these-seattle-area-teachers  

Excerpt: “Ahead of the talks, students asked AI questions like, 'What did the Soviet Union want out of this conflict?' And that helped them brainstorm historically accurate talking points for the class discussion...This is one small example of how teachers across Washington are starting to incorporate AI in the classroom and in their work, now that top education officials are pushing schools to embrace this new, ever-evolving technology.”

Schroeder R. The AI-augmented professor of 2024. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 May 8. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/05/08/ai-augmented-professor-2024  

Excerpt: “It is early August 2024. I am about to begin the fall term of teaching, research, administrative tasks and advising with the help of generative artificial intelligence tools and assistants.”

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Warner J. Re: GenAI, Do not listen to nonexperts in education. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 May 9. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/05/09/sam-altman-dont-know-school  

Excerpt: “It is truly bizarre how institutions that are absolutely loaded with subject matter experts would instead turn to a college dropout tech CEO with a messianic vision for his company’s product for advice.”

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Hosseini M, Resnik DB. Guidance needed for using artificial intelligence to screen journal submissions for misconduct. Research Ethics. 2024 May 11:17470161241254052. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161241254052  

Excerpt: “Journals and publishers are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to screen submissions for potential misconduct, including plagiarism and data or image manipulation. While using AI can enhance the integrity of published manuscripts, it can also increase the risk of false/unsubstantiated allegations. Ambiguities related to journals’ and publishers’ responsibilities concerning fairness and transparency also raise ethical concerns.”

Kannan P. How much research is being written by large language models? Stanford News [Internet]. 2024 May 13. Available from: https://hai.stanford.edu/news/how-much-research-being-written-large-language-models  

Excerpt: "In March of this year, a tweet about an academic paper went viral for all the wrong reasons."

Coffey L. Experts predict major AI impacts in new report. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 May 13. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/05/13/report-experts-predict-major-ai-impact-education  

Excerpt: “Artificial intelligence (AI) will reshape student experiences, pedagogy and how people communicate, according to dozens of higher ed and technology experts, sharing opinions in a report released Monday.”

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Kaufman R. The interplay between copyright licensing and exclusive rights; AI edition. 2024 May 14. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/05/14/the-interplay-between-copyright-licensing-and-exclusive-rights-ai-edition  

Excerpt: “Collective copyright licensing is nearly as old, generally viewed as dating from 1777. While there are many models of collective licensing, they all serve the same purpose: namely to reduce market inefficiencies where users require a large number of licenses from multiple rightsholders but where the non-standardized terms of use, individual transaction costs, and resources needed make direct licensing challenging.”

Cutler S. This university had an AI robot as commencement speaker. Yes, it was weird. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 May 14. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/this-university-had-an-ai-robot-as-commencement-speaker-yes-it-was-weird

Excerpt: “D’Youville University graduates and their families had mixed reviews of this year’s commencement speaker.”

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Coffey L. Students pitted against ChatGPT to improve writing. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 May 15. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/teaching-learning/2024/05/15/college-students-pitted-against-chatgpt-boost  

Excerpt: “Students in two courses at the University of Nevada, Reno, are going head-to-head with ChatGPT by answering the same prompts as the AI and aiming to get a higher grade.”

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Hosseini M & Holmes K. GPTs for scholars: Enablers of shoddy research? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 May 16. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/05/16/scholar-specific-gpts-may-enable-shoddy-research-opinion  

Excerpt: “The relatively high percentage of researchers using chatbots for finding and summarizing the literature is both surprising and concerning, given that hallucinated/fake citations generated by ChatGPT made many headlines and have been discussed extensively in public media and the academic literature.”

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Coffey L. AI’s new conversation skills eyed for education. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 May 17. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/05/17/new-chatgpt-eyed-better-learning

Excerpt: “The latest ChatGPT’s more human-like verbal communication has professors pondering personalized learning, on-demand tutoring and more classroom applications.”

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Blau W, Cerf VG, Enriquez J, Francisco JS, Gasser U, Gray ML, Greaves M, Grosz BJ, Jamieson KH, Haug GH, Hennessy JL. Protecting scientific integrity in an age of generative AI. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2024 May 21;121(22):e2407886121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2407886121

Excerpt: "Generative AI’s power to interact with scientists in a natural manner, to perform unprecedented types of problem-solving, and to generate novel ideas and content poses challenges to the long-held values and integrity of scientific endeavors. These challenges make it more difficult for scientists, the larger research community, and the public to 1) understand and confirm the veracity of generated content, reviews, and analyses; 2) maintain accurate attribution of machine- versus human-authored analyses and information; 3) ensure transparency and disclosure of uses of AI in producing research results or textual analyses; 4) enable the replication of studies and analyses; and 5) identify and mitigate biases and inequities introduced by AI algorithms and training data."

Koebler J. University suspends students for AI tool it gave them $10,000 prize to make. 404 Media [Internet]. 2024 May 21. Available from: https://www.404media.co/email/51fe14c1-e6ef-4e7f-91f7-210e8ad68750

Excerpt: "The student cofounders of an AI studying tool won a $10,000 entrepreneurship prize from Emory University for their idea, were championed publicly and repeatedly by the university’s business school for creating the software, and then were promptly suspended by the school for a semester for building exactly what the school had just given them money to build."

Blumenstyk G. The Edge: Colleges bootstrap their way to AI literacy. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 May 22. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/the-edge/2024-05-22

Excerpt: "It doesn’t take a big budget or a deep bench of computer-science researchers for organizations to begin equipping themselves to understand the potential impact of powerful new artificial-intelligence tools. That was the clearest takeaway — and in many ways, the most comforting one — from the many responses to my question last month on how organizations are preparing for an AI-powered future. I appreciate the detailed responses so many of you sent my way."

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Schroeder R. The AI-augmented nonteaching academic in higher ed. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 May 22. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/05/22/ai-augmented-nonteaching-academic-higher-ed 

Excerpt: "Generative AI will bring innovations, efficiencies, creativity and effectiveness to most who work at our colleges and universities in the coming year."

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Coffey L. Most researchers use AI-powered tools despite distrust. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 May 24. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/05/24/report-most-researchers-use-ai-tools-despite-distrusting-it

Excerpt: "More than three-quarters of researchers use some form of artificial intelligence (AI) tool in their research, despite having concerns about data security, intellectual property rights and AI’s effectiveness, a new report finds."

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Leitch S. Guest post: Jagged edges of conversational interfaces over scholarly and professional content. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/05/30/guest-post-jagged-edges-of-conversational-interfaces-over-scholarly-and-professional-content

Excerpt: "While LLMs (large language models) and RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) are promising, they fall short of human expert intelligence in many activities, and that gap varies widely depending on the task. These technologies have proven genuinely useful and are widely being incorporated into consumer and enterprise software, despite reliability issues. The sheer utility of these technologies will drive their widescale adoption by scholarly users well before all reliability or quality issues are brought down to negligible levels. The gaps in capability of LLMs and RAG in particular will narrow (and even invert) over time, but publishers and end users need education on those gaps to make investment decisions or to confidently utilize Generative AI (GenAI) tools effectively."

Coffey L. New ChatGPT version aiming at higher ed. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 May 31. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/05/31/new-chatgpt-zeroes-higher-ed

Excerpt: "ChatGPT Edu, emerging after initial partnerships with several universities, is prompting both cautious optimism and worries."

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By Carrie Levinson, MSLIS

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

Maiberg E. Google Books is indexing AI-generated garbage. 404 Media [Internet]. 2024 Apr 4. Available from: https://www.404media.co/google-books-is-indexing-ai-generated-garbage  

Excerpt: “Google Books is indexing low quality, AI-generated books that will turn up in search results, and could possibly impact Google Ngram viewer, an important tool used by researchers to track language use throughout history.” 

Knox L. The (AI) counselor is in. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Apr 8. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2024/04/08/can-ai-make-college-counseling-more-equitable  

Excerpt: “AI-powered college advising tools promise to free up time-strapped counselors and “democratize” admissions expertise for less-privileged high schoolers. Will they?” 

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Warner J. What’s off limits from AI? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Apr 9. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/04/09/some-uses-ai-education-should-be-nonstarters-opinion  

Excerpt: “I had hoped that with generative AI having come to (and for) higher education that there would be some applications that would collectively be judged beyond the pale, nonstarters, no-go zones.” 

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Coffey L. Higher education is most trusted source to handle AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Apr 9. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/04/09/report-higher-education-most-trusted-source-handle-ai  

Excerpt: “While the public remains cautious of artificial intelligence (AI), most trust higher education institutions to use AI responsibly, according to a new report...” 

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Schroeder R. Preparing for our new AI workforce in higher education. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Apr 10. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/04/10/preparing-new-ai-workforce-higher-education  

Excerpt: “The rapid development of Generative AI has opened the possibility of far more efficient and cost-effective use of technology to assume roles currently performed by people.” 

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Frazee J. Using Student Data to Bridge the AI Divide. Educause Review [Internet]. 2024 Apr 10. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2024/4/using-student-data-to-bridge-the-ai-divide  

Excerpt: “Knowing your students is essential for bridging the AI divide and paving the way for a more inclusive and equitable future.” 

Baule S. How open should teachers be about using AI? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Apr 10. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/2024/04/11/should-instructors-disclose-their-own-use-ai-teaching-opinion  

Excerpt: “A lot has been written about the impact of AI on student work, but relatively little has focused on the role it should play for instructors...” 

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Torres JT & Nemeroff A. Are we asking the wrong questions about ChatGPT? The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Apr 15. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/are-we-asking-the-wrong-questions-about-chatgpt  

Excerpt: “Since the emergence of ChatGPT, one of the most frequent questions we hear from faculty members who request instructional support is, 'What should I say about AI on my syllabus?' Most of the time, what they’re really asking is: 'How do I police the use of AI in my classes?'” 

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Quinn R. Annual provosts’ survey shows need for AI policies, worries over campus speech. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Apr 16. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/04/16/provosts-survey-shows-need-ai-policies  

Excerpt: “Many institutions are not yet prepared to help their faculty members and students navigate artificial intelligence. That’s just one of multiple findings from Inside Higher Ed’s annual survey of chief academic officers.” 

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Coffey L. Religious institutions embrace AI as an educational tool. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Apr 16. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/04/16/religious-universities-embrace-ai-another 

Excerpt: “Despite widespread concerns about AI among secular and nonsecular institutions, religious colleges are treating generative AI as a tool for lessons that go beyond academics and also focus on the whole person.” 

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Coffey L. Faculty unions seeking formal AI guidelines. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Apr 18. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/04/18/faculty-unions-seek-ai-guidelines-contracts  

Excerpt: “Most faculty union contracts make no mention of artificial intelligence, but rising concerns about faculty autonomy and job security are starting to shape discussions about labor protections.” 

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Lederman D. New data consortium wants colleges to ‘own’ their AI future. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Apr 19. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/04/19/data-consortium-aims-colleges-own-their-ai  

Excerpt: “A group of higher education leaders are joining forces to try to make sure colleges and universities—especially under-resourced ones—aren’t left behind as generative artificial intelligence transforms our work and our lives.” 

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Warner J. Making progress against ChatGPT. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Apr 19. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/04/19/chatgpt-does-not-rule-over-how-we-teach-and-students-learn  

Excerpt: “I did not think I would witness more doubt and despair about the work of teaching than what was going on during the pandemic, but I now believe that the presence of large language models has surpassed that period in terms of triggering negative emotions among those working directly with students. My chief response is sympathy. The feeling that you are putting great effort into delivering experiences that should be—and have been—meaningful to students, but which students are bypassing almost entirely by employing ChatGPT or their ilk, is simply awful.” 

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Plotts C & Gonzalez L. Creating a culture around AI: Thoughts and decision-making. Educause Review [Internet]. 2024 Apr 22. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2024/4/creating-a-culture-around-ai-thoughts-and-decision-making  

Excerpt: “Given the potential ramifications of artificial intelligence (AI) diffusion on matters of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, now is the time for higher education institutions to adopt culturally aware, analytical decision-making processes, policies, and practices around AI tools selection and use.” 

Bowen JA & Watson CE. Is AI finally a way to reduce higher ed costs? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Apr 23. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/04/23/ai-finally-way-reduce-higher-ed-costs-opinion  

Excerpt: “Jobs consist of groups of tasks. AI can’t do everything better, but almost every job has some tasks that AI can already do better. The ability to outsource tedious tasks (either to others or machines, like a spellchecker) often makes us happier and more efficient, and it is no surprise the same has already been demonstrated when we use AI well.” 

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Muscanell N. 2024 AI breakout report: Perceptions of planning and readiness. Boulder, CO: ECAR, April 2024. Available from: https://www.educause.edu/ecar/research-publications/2024/2024-ai-breakout-report-perceptions-of-planning-and-readiness/introduction-and-key-findings  

Excerpt: “In this breakout report, we provide a closer look at higher education professionals' sentiments toward their institution's strategic planning and readiness, examining similarities and differences based on respondent position and areas of responsibility.” 

Blumenstyk G. The Edge: Some colleges are getting AI-ready. Are you? The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Apr 24. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/the-edge/2024-04-24

Excerpt: “This week I share some ideas for getting professors and others up to speed on the basics of artificial intelligence. Separately, I highlight an idea to help colleges build revenue and expand experiential-learning opportunities.” 

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McMurtie B. Teaching: How has ChatGPT affected your teaching this semester? The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Apr 25. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/teaching/2024-04-25

Excerpt: "This week, I: Ask you to tell us how generative AI has affected your teaching; Continue the discussion around teaching study skills to students."

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Coffey L. Robot speaker at commencement? Some human students balk. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Apr 26. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/04/26/students-balk-after-university-picks-robot  

Excerpt: “Each year, D’Youville University, a small, private institution in upstate New York, strives to bring in a commencement speaker to address a topic that’s both timely and relevant to its roughly 500 graduates. Past topics have run the gamut, including gender equity and the opioid epidemic. This year, the obvious choice was artificial intelligence, said Lorrie Clemo, its president.” 

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Zhou H & Bishtawi H. 2024 Apr 30. The impact of AI on information discovery: From information gathering to knowledge application. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/04/30/the-impact-of-ai-on-information-discovery-from-information-gathering-to-knowledge-application

Excerpt: "We all know that the ability to search for and find information quickly and efficiently is vital for researchers worldwide. And as we’re also aware, AI applications are increasingly transforming the way researchers do their work and interact with published content. But how is AI – and particularly generative AI – changing the way we find information?"

By Carrie Levinson, MSLIS

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

Warner J. Resist generative AI FOMO. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Mar 6. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/03/06/generative-ai-will-be-there-when-you-need-it  

Excerpt: “I fear that institutions are going to fall prey to generative AI FOMO—fear of missing out—and this is going to lead to some very bad decisions. I would like to suggest that for all the amazement and wonder we have experienced as Google, Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic sell their wares to the public with a series of eye-popping demonstrations, with the promise of more wonders to come, we actually have no idea what this technology means at this time.”

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Smith G & Funk J. When it comes to critical thinking, AI flunks the test. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Mar 12. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/when-it-comes-to-critical-thinking-ai-flunks-the-test  

Excerpt: “AI enthusiasts have chronically overpromised and underdelivered.”

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Chen L, Zaharia M, Zou J. How is ChatGPT’s behavior changing over time? Harvard Data Science Review [Internet]. 2024 Mar 12. Available from: https://hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/y95zitmz

Excerpt: “GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 are the two most widely used large language model (LLM) services. However, when and how these models are updated over time is opaque...We find that the performance and behavior of both GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 can vary greatly over time.”

Schroeder R. Uncharted territory: Artificial General Intelligence and Higher Ed. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Mar 13. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/03/13/artificial-general-intelligence-and-higher-education  

Excerpt: “Imagine a time in the not-too-distant future in which AGI is firmly established in society and higher education faces the pressing need to reconfigure and reinvent itself.”

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Mitrano T. Information policy and A.I. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Mar 18. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/law-policy-and-it/2024/03/18/information-policy-age-artificial-intelligence  

Excerpt: “Who gave OpenAI permission to scrape the internet?  Is permission necessary if one has the technical means to do it? Is information free so long as it is freely available on the internet?”

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Crotty D. 2024 Mar 20. The latest “crisis” — Is the research literature overrun with ChatGPT- and LLM-generated articles? In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/03/20/the-latest-crisis-is-the-research-literature-overrun-with-chatgpt-and-llm-generated-articles  

Excerpt: “Elsevier has been under the spotlight this month for publishing a paper that contains a clearly ChatGPT-written portion of its introduction. The first sentence of the paper’s Introduction reads, ‘Certainly, here is a possible introduction for your topic:…’ To date, the article remains unchanged, and unretracted.”

Warner J. When ChatGPT comes for scholarship. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Mar 20. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/03/20/chatgpt-offers-choosing-moment-higher-ed  

Excerpt: “The inevitable has now happened and what is clearly unedited generative AI content is finding its way into (apparently) peer-reviewed publications.”

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Coffey L. Universities build their own ChatGPT-like tools. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Mar 21. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/03/21/universities-build-their-own-chatgpt-ai  

Excerpt: “As concerns mount over the ethical and intellectual property implications of AI tools, universities are launching their own chatbots for faculty and students.”

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Johnson SK. Text-to-video AI could change how we think. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Mar 21. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/03/21/text-video-ai-could-change-how-we-think-opinion  

Excerpt: “Text-to-video technology could supplant writing as a primary mode of thinking and communication...”

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Williams T. Student chatbot use ‘could be increasing loneliness’. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Mar 28. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/2024/03/28/student-chatbot-use-could-be-increasing-loneliness  

Excerpt: “Study finds students who rely on ChatGPT for academic tasks feel socially supported by artificial intelligence at the expense of their real-life relationships.”

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By Carrie Levinson, MSLIS

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

Kaufman R. Protecting commercial AI rights is harder than you think — EU edition. 2024 Feb 1. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/02/01/protecting-commercial-ai-rights-is-harder-than-you-think-eu-edition/  

Excerpt: “There are, however, many open questions about the DSM [Digital Single Market Copyright Directive], and especially the rights reservation language in Article 4 for commercial TDM which are likely to confound rights holders and AI companies alike.” 

Weil D. 7 Questions college leaders should ask about AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Feb 1. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/advancing-administrator/2024/02/01/key-questions-top-higher-ed-leaders-should  

Excerpt: “The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence and their continued commercialization are having broad implications across almost all aspects of our campuses. College and university presidents and other institutional leaders should be thinking about the opportunities and risks that these advancements present and developing strategies to ensure their institutions are well positioned to take advantage of the benefits AI provides while minimizing the risks and negative impacts.” 

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Warner J. On AI and ‘meaningful’ feedback. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Feb 5. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/02/05/ai-cant-read-why-pay-attention-its-feedback-writing  

Excerpt: “If ChatGPT can do it, and if the purpose is learning, it’s not worth doing.” 

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Weil D. Digital transformation 2.0: The age of AI. Educause Review [Internet]. 2024 Feb 5. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2024/2/digital-transformation-20-the-age-of-ai  

Excerpt: “With the rapid developments in artificial intelligence, higher education is entering a second phase of digital transformation: Dx 2.0. Technology and other campus leaders can take steps now to help prepare their institutions.” 

Diaz V. Exploring the opportunities and challenges with generative AI. Educause Review [Internet]. 2024 Feb 6. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2024/2/exploring-the-opportunities-and-challenges-with-generative-ai  

Excerpt: “Effectively integrating generative AI into higher education requires policy development, cross-functional engagement, ethical principles, risk assessments, collaboration with other institutions, and an exploration of diverse use cases.” 

Stansbury J, Kelly D Jr, Wynne K, & Zahadat N. Unveiling AI in academia: Insights from the University of Baltimore's study. 2024 Feb 6. In: ITHAKA. Ithaka S+R blog [Internet]. New York, NY: ITHAKA. Available from: https://sr.ithaka.org/blog/unveiling-ai-in-academia  

Excerpt: “In September 2023, Ithaka S+R kicked off its Making AI Generative for Higher Education project, a two year collaboration with 19 universities who are committed to learning about generative AI’s impact on higher education and developing institution-specific strategies to best leverage the technology. Their [The University of Baltimore’s] findings offer a unique perspective on the effects and implications of generative AI at a graduate and transfer student focused public university that serves non-traditional and returning adult students. 

Mowreader A. Teaching tip: Navigating AI in the classroom. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Feb 6. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/student-success/academic-life/2024/02/06/how-college-professors-are-using-generative-ai-teach

Excerpt: "Generative artificial intelligence tools continue to grow in popularity. Here are four ways faculty members in higher education are teaching about or with AI."

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Ghosh R. Unveiling perspectives on peer review and research integrity: Survey insights. 2024 Feb 7. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/02/07/unveiling-perspectives-on-peer-review-and-research-integrity-survey-insights/  

Excerpt: “The scrutiny of peer review and research integrity has raised questions both in the presence and absence of AI. Is the current inquiry into research integrity during peer review solely prompted by the advent of AI, or has it always been a concern, considering past incidents involving retractions, plagiarism, and other unethical practices?” 

Dasey T. ‘Wisdom skills’ are hard to teach—AI can help. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Feb 7. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/02/07/wisdom-skills-are-hard-teach-ai-games-can-help-opinion  

Excerpt: “Consider AI-assisted educational gaming. No, I’m not talking about addictive entertainment games, nor the typical educational game that adds engagement lipstick to a knowledge-transfer objective. The kinds of games I have worked on put professionals in plausible decision-making situations directly relevant to their jobs and force them to make choices in a dynamic, evolving environment, often based on incomplete information.” 

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Hersh W. Translational AI: A necessity and opportunity for biomedical informatics and data science. 2024 Feb 7. In: National Library of Medicine. Musings from the Mezzanine [Internet]. Bethesda, MD: National Library of Medicine. Available from: https://nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/2024/02/07/translational-ai-a-necessity-and-opportunity-for-biomedical-informatics-and-data-science/  

Excerpt: “We must treat AI the same way as any other tool we use in health care: Show us the evidence. Granted, how we evaluate the use of AI is quite different from how we evaluate other interventions (such as drugs and traditional medical devices) used in patient care—it may be difficult to implement a “placebo” for AI and challenging to perform controlled studies when AI tools are all around us.” 

Coffey L. Professors cautious of tools to detect AI-generated writing. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Feb 9. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/02/09/professors-proceed-caution-using-ai  

Excerpt: “Mixed performance by AI-detector tools leaves academics with no clear answers.” 

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Robert J. 2024 EDUCAUSE AI landscape study. Boulder, CO: ECAR, February 2024. Available from: https://library.educause.edu/resources/2024/2/2024-educause-ai-landscape-study  

Excerpt: “Moving from reaction to action, higher education stakeholders are currently exploring the opportunities afforded by AI for teaching, learning, and work while maintaining a sense of caution for the vast array of risks AI-powered technologies pose. To aid in these efforts, we present this inaugural EDUCAUSE AI Landscape Study, in which we summarize the higher education community’s current sentiments and experiences related to strategic planning and readiness, policies and procedures, workforce, and the future of AI in higher education.” 

Cargnelutti M.,  Mukk K, & Stanton C. WARC-GPT: An open-source tool for exploring web archives using AI. In: Reginald F. Lewis Law Center. Library Innovation Lab blog [Internet]. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University. Available from: https://lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2024/02/12/warc-gpt-an-open-source-tool-for-exploring-web-archives-with-ai/  

Excerpt: “Today we’re releasing WARC-GPT: an open-source, highly-customizable Retrieval Augmented Generation tool the web archiving community can use to explore the intersection between web archiving and AI. WARC-GPT allows for creating custom chatbots that use a set of web archive files as their knowledge base, letting users explore collections through conversation.” 

Bolanos F, Salatino A, Osborne F, & Motta F. Artificial intelligence for literature reviews: Opportunities and challenges [Internet]. ArXiv [Preprint]. 2024: 45p. Available from: https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.08565  

Excerpt: “This manuscript presents a comprehensive review of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Systematic Literature Reviews (SLRs).” 

Schroeder R. Prompting progress: Advancing your AI skills. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Feb 14. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/02/14/prompting-progress-advancing-ai-skills-higher-ed-roles  

Excerpt: “Generative artificial intelligence has the potential to greatly enhance your creativity, efficiency, productivity and relevance in nearly every role in higher education.” 

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Memon SA & West JD. Search engines post-ChatGPT: How generative artificial intelligence could make search less reliable. Center for an Informed Public [Internet]. 2024 Feb 18. Available from: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2024/02/18/search-engines-chatgpt-generative-artificial-intelligence-less-reliable  

Excerpt: “In this commentary, we discuss the evolving nature of search engines, as they begin to generate, index, and distribute content created by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Our discussion highlights challenges in the early stages of GenAI integration, particularly around factual inconsistencies and biases.”  

Coffey L. University of Michigan halts offers to sell student data to train AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Feb 19. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/02/19/u-michigan-halts-offers-sell-student-data-train-ai  

Excerpt: “The University of Michigan said it asked one of its vendors to stop work, following an offer on social media to sell student data to train artificial intelligence.” 

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Mitrano T. AI in context. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Feb 19. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/law-policy-and-it/2024/02/19/ai-context-law-politics-and-policy 

Excerpt: “Instead of indulging in the whole of American history since the Civil War, here is a little essay I wrote. The purpose, as you will read at the end, is to situate AI and the challenges it presents, both catastrophic (labor, bias, disinformation, privacy, polarization—Fei-Fei Li of Stanford) and existential (end of humanity—Geoff Hinton, formerly of Google and the University of Toronto).” 

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Pavlovski N. ChatGPT as a tool for library research – Some notes and suggestions. 2024 Feb 19. In: Choice. LibTech Insights [Internet]. Middletown, CT: Choice. Available from:  https://www.choice360.org/libtech-insight/chatgpt-as-a-tool-for-library-research-some-notes-and-suggestions/  

Excerpt: “In the middle of the year, I decided to learn about ChatGPT and about prompt engineering as a part of my ongoing professional development. ChatGPT and similar products currently have plenty of value when used as tools for writing original content, but nothing really seemed to be written about them as tools for library or database searching.” 

National Academies. Just how intelligent is artificial intelligence? National Academies News [Internet]. 2024 Feb 20. Available from: https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2024/02/just-how-intelligent-is-artificial-intelligence  

Excerpt: “Computer scientist and award-winning author Melanie Mitchell has thought a lot about artificial intelligence — how it works in its many forms, how “intelligent” AI really is, how it might impact science and society at large, and what an AI-shaped future may bring. During a recent lecture that she delivered as part of the National Academy of Sciences’ Distinctive Voices program, Mitchell — a professor at the Santa Fe Institute — explored the tumultuous past, confusing present, and uncertain future of AI.” 

Lee S. Does AI understand common sense? USC Viterbi News [Internet]. 2024 Feb 20. Available from: https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2024/02/does-ai-understand-common-sense

Excerpt: "But following rapid progress in transformer neural networks, large language models, such as BERT and GPT-3, are getting better at their own version of 'commonsense reasoning.' Some even demonstrate human-like performance. Does this mean that AI is ready to replace us in certain language-based tasks? Not yet, according to a new study that delves into evaluating how language models reason about common sense."

Kubacka T. Guest post — There is more to reliable chatbots than providing scientific references: The case of ScopusAI. 2024 Feb 21. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/02/21/guest-post-there-is-more-to-reliable-chatbots-than-providing-scientific-references-the-case-of-scopusai/  

Excerpt: “Last summer, Scopus announced the release of a new tool, ScopusAI, integrated with their bibliometric database. Citing the documentation, ‘Scopus AI is an AI-driven research tool that uses the Scopus peer-reviewed research repository to help users understand and navigate unfamiliar academic content’. The tool consists of a chatbot interface, which accepts prompts in natural language and provides several sentence-long answers with citations drawn from the Scopus database.” 

Carpenter TA, Meadows A, & Vines T. What to do with the AI elephant in the room: A NISO Plus conference report. 2024 Feb 22. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/02/22/niso-plus-what-to-do-with-ai-elephant/  

Excerpt: “It seems hardly a conversation takes place in our community lately that doesn’t at least touch on artificial intelligence and its implications on one aspect of our lives or another. In this respect, the NISO Plus Conference, which ended last week, was no different.” 

Wiggers K. Treating a chatbot nicely might boost its performance — here’s why. TechCrunch [Internet]. 2024 Feb 26. Available from: https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/23/treating-a-chatbot-nicely-might-boost-its-performance-heres-why

Excerpt: "People are more likely to do something if you ask nicely. That’s a fact most of us are well aware of. But do generative AI models behave the same way? To a point."

Ardeljan JM. Things to consider before all in favor say, ‘AI’. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Feb 26. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/carpe-careers/2024/02/26/grad-students-shouldnt-use-ai-help-write-first  

Excerpt: “In this article I will share my thoughts on the use of ChatGPT by graduate students and postdocs as an aid in writing—specifically for the first draft of a project. I argue against its use for this particular purpose, because I believe it robs us all of the opportunity to go through the creative process of writing and producing something that’s authentic and written in our own voice. I see the question of whether or not to use ChatGPT as a triple-A issue—one of authorship, authenticity and audience.” 

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Weatherby L. Artificial intelligence and the significance crisis. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Feb 26. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/artificial-intelligence-and-the-significance-crisis

Excerpt: "While public debates about generative AI tend to focus on questions of machine intelligence and safety, they have largely ignored questions of the concrete meaning of the language and images that these algorithms manipulate, both as enormous data-set inputs and as increasingly widespread outputs. This is where the 2019 confrontation about DH [digital humanities] methods can be illuminating."

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Swaak T. AI will shake up higher ed. Are colleges ready? The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Feb 26. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/ai-will-shake-up-higher-ed-are-colleges-ready

Excerpt: "In the 15 months since OpenAI released ChatGPT, generative AI — a type of artificial intelligence — has generated a mercurial mix of excitement, trepidation, and rebuff across all corners of academe."

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Landy K. The program-level AI conversations we should be having. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Feb 28. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/02/28/next-step-higher-eds-approach-ai-opinion

Excerpt: "Now is the time to progress to program-level conversations around curriculum and learning outcomes..."

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Schroeder R. Like a good student, AI is getting smarter. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Feb 28. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/02/28/good-student-ai-getting-smarter

Excerpt: "Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT-4, Gemini Advanced and their competition now have more features than the versions we used just a year ago."

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Lang JM. The case for slow-walking our use of generative AI. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Feb 29. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/the-case-for-slow-walking-our-use-of-generative-ai

Excerpt: "Four principles to guide your thinking on the role of ChatGPT and other such tools in your teaching."

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By Carrie Levinson, MSLIS

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

Kassorla M. Teaching with GAI in mind. EDUCAUSE [Internet]. 2023 Dec 14. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2023/12/teaching-with-gai-in-mind  

Excerpt: “What can you teach, and how should you teach it? Should you try to stop your students from using GAI by spending your semester trying to police the unpoliceable, or should you embrace the tool? What is the best strategy?" 

Pooley J. Large language publishing. Upstream [Internet]. 2024 Jan 2. Available from https://upstream.force11.org/large-language-publishing/  

Excerpt: “Our prevailing joint-custody arrangement—for-profit publishers and non-profit universities—is a recent and reversible development. There are lots of good reasons to restore custody to the academy. The latest is to stop our work from fueling the publishers’ AI profits.” 

Webb M. A generative AI primer [version 1.3]. 2024 Jan 2. In: Jisc. National Centre for AI in Tertiary Education blog [Internet]. Bristol, UK: Jisc.  Available from: https://nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2024/01/02/generative-ai-primer/ 

Excerpt: “Publishing an intro to generative AI is a challenge as things are moving so quickly.  However, we think things have now settled down enough for us to bring together information in a single place, to create a short primer.”   

Wink I. Guest post — The truth is in there: The Library of Babel and generative AI. 2024 Jan 4. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/01/04/guest-post-the-truth-is-in-there-the-library-of-babel-and-generative-ai  

Excerpt: “Generative artificial intelligence offerings such as ChatGPT are being retooled and developed so rapidly that anyone who attempts to write about them risks their words being outdated before they reach publication. As we reckon with how generative AI is shaping our relationships with work, information, and one another, it is worth trying to analogize our current experience to others, real or imagined, to see what perspective we might find.” 

D’Agostino S. Technology students in Africa, bolstered by ‘grassroots AI’. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jan 4. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/01/04/african-technology-students-bolstered 

Excerpt: “Amid South Africa’s perfect storm of few universities, racial inequities and economic disparities, AI students find support in a not-so-grassroots grassroots movement.” 

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Coffey L. What’s next for ed tech in 2024. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jan 4. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/teaching-learning/2024/01/04/ai-vr-and-techy-classrooms-whats-next-ed-tech  

Excerpt: “Artificial intelligence, virtual reality and more-connected classrooms could all become more prevalent in 2024.” 

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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST identifies types of cyberattacks that manipulate behavior of AI systems. NIST News [Internet]. 2024 Jan 4. Available from: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/01/nist-identifies-types-cyberattacks-manipulate-behavior-ai-systems  

Excerpt: “Adversaries can deliberately confuse or even “poison” artificial intelligence (AI) systems to make them malfunction — and there’s no foolproof defense that their developers can employ. Computer scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their collaborators identify these and other vulnerabilities of AI and machine learning (ML) in a new publication.” 

Basken P. Online pioneers begin urgent pursuit of value from AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jan 4. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/01/04/online-pioneers-begin-urgent-pursuit-value  

Excerpt: “A top U.S. pioneer in not-for-profit online education is stepping down from his leadership post after creating one of the nation’s biggest universities, and he is turning his attention to what he called an urgent need to integrate artificial intelligence into the postsecondary sector.” 

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Schroder R. How will AI disrupt higher education in 2024? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jan 5. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/01/05/how-will-ai-disrupt-higher-education-2024  

Excerpt: “Last year was when generative AI infused higher education. What can we expect in this new year?” 

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Weerts G. Guest post — Hanging in the balance: Generative AI versus scholarly publishing. 2024 Jan 8. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/01/08/guest-post-hanging-in-the-balance-generative-ai-versus-scholarly-publishing  

Excerpt: “Though chatbots existed before GPT-3, that iteration introduced realistic conversation and a surprising capability for idea generation that previous iterations lacked. In the past year, development of large language models (LLMs) has been rapid (we’re already on GPT-4), and their role in society — and scholarly publishing, in particular — has been debated with equal parts anxiety and excitement. ” 

Frick M. Your classmate could be an AI student at this Michigan university. MLive [Internet]. 2024 Jan 8. Available from: https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2024/01/your-classmate-could-be-an-ai-student-at-this-michigan-university.html  

Excerpt: “A Michigan university is believed to be the first in the country to use artificial intelligence (AI) to create virtual students that will enroll in classes and participate in lessons and assignments.” 

Cohen G. Creating an AI policy for your marketing communications team. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jan 9. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/call-action/2024/01/09/why-higher-ed-marketingcomms-teams-need-ai-policy  

Excerpt: “Your marketing and communication teams serve a unique purpose for your college or university. That means you need a generative AI policy tailored to their specific functions.” 

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Flaherty C. Survey: How AI is impacting students’ career choices. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jan 10. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/student-success/life-after-college/2024/01/10/survey-college-students-thoughts-ai-and-careers

Excerpt: "The rise of artificial intelligence is influencing what many students want to study and pursue as a career, according to a new flash survey from Student Voice. Students also say they want to be prepared for AI and the workplace."

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Smith D. Guest Post — Beyond generative AI: The indispensable role of BERT in scholarly publishing. 2024 Jan 11. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/01/11/guest-post-beyond-generative-ai-the-indispensable-role-of-bert-in-scholarly-publishing  

Excerpt: “Large Language Models (LLMs) are the powerhouse behind today’s most prevalent AI applications. However, a deeper dive is necessary to grasp their varied roles in scholarly publishing. There are two primary LLM branches: generative AI (like OpenAI’s GPTs and models from Anthropic, Google, and Facebook) known for crafting text, and the less-heralded interpretive AI (exemplified by BERT—Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers) designed to understand text.” 

Coffey L. A year later, did our ChatGPT advice get it right? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jan 11. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/01/11/academic-ai-advice-after-year-chatgpt  

Excerpt: “Exactly a year ago, we shared the advice of 11 academics on the then-new ChatGPT. We followed up to see what has changed and what to expect in 2024.” 

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Walls A. ChatGPT has read almost the whole internet. That hasn’t solved its diversity issues. UBC News [Internet]. 2024 Jan 11. Available from: https://news.ubc.ca/2024/01/11/chatgpt-diversity-issues/  

Excerpt: “In this Q&A, Dr. Vered Shwartz (she/her), assistant professor in the UBC department of computer science, and masters student Mehar Bhatia (she/her) explain why reasoning could be the next step in AI—and why it’s important to train these models using diverse datasets from different cultures.” 

Mitrano T. Plagiarism, AI and higher education. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jan 16. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/law-policy-and-it/2024/01/16/plagiarism-ai-and-higher-education  

Excerpt: “A year ago, I wrote in this blog about the academic integrity policy I now use in my courses to address consumer AI, i.e., ChatGPT. I can, however, foresee a blurring of the lines in academic work. Heck, if a noted scholar at MIT can take definitions from Wikipedia in a doctoral thesis, who might not be tempted to throw in a phrase or two from ChatGPT?” 

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Schroeder R. Integrating generative AI into daily work and personal life. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jan 17. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/01/17/integrating-generative-ai-daily-work-and-personal-life  

Excerpt: “Integrating generative AI use into your daily routine can help you become a more effective user of the technology, saving time, delivering a higher-quality end product and encouraging efficiency.” 

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Chiu TK. Future research recommendations for transforming higher education with generative AI. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence. 2024 Jun; (6): 100197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2023.100197  

Excerpt: “The introduction of generative AI (GenAI), such as ChatGPT, has posed opportunities and challenges to the traditional model of education. However, the current conversations primarily focus on policy development and assessment, with limited research on the future of higher education. GenAI's impact on learning outcomes, pedagogy, and assessment is crucial for reforming and advancing the workforce. This qualitative study aims to investigate student perspectives on GenAI's impact on higher education.” 

Fleischman, T. Task force offers guidance to researchers on use of AI. Cornell Chronicle [Internet]. 2024 Jan 17. Available from: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/01/task-force-offers-guidance-researchers-use-ai

Excerpt: "A multidisciplinary task force of Cornell faculty and staff has issued a report offering perspectives and practical guidelines for the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in the practice and dissemination of Cornell’s academic research."

Coffey L. Arizona State joins ChatGPT in first higher ed partnership. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jan 19. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/01/19/arizona-state-joins-chatgpt-first-higher-ed-partnership  

Excerpt: “Arizona State University is slated to become the first higher education institution to partner with the artificial intelligence company OpenAI, which will give ASU students and faculty access to its most advanced iteration of ChatGPT.” 

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Warner J. ChatGPT can’t teach writing. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jan 19. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/01/22/arizona-state-announces-plan-give-education  

Excerpt: “I’m going to cut ASU a modicum of slack in that saying you’re going to use ChatGPT to help tutor in Freshman Composition is the kind of idea that comes up in brainstorming among people who don’t know or think much about what it means to teach students to write, and there’s some evidence that at this time this is a notion without a plan. I’d like to explain why, in my view, it’s a bad notion and therefore should not be put into effect.” 

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Gardner L. Your college’s new marketing campaign, with a boost from AI. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2024 Jan 22. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/your-colleges-new-marketing-campaign-with-a-boost-from-ai  

Excerpt: “While most of the debate over artificial-intelligence technology at colleges centers on the classroom, there’s another hotbed of AI adoption on many campuses — the marketing and communications office.” 

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Carpenter TA. Let’s be cautious as we cede reading to machines. 2024 Jan 25. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/01/25/lets-be-cautious-as-we-cede-reading-to-machines  

Excerpt: “In considering the supply and demand issue of a greater supply of written content, why can’t we just use machines to help us deal with this increased supply?... What are the implications of ceding this control to the machines?” 

Schroeder R. Lifelong learning with artificial general intelligence. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2024 Jan 31. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/01/31/lifelong-learning-artificial-general-intelligence

Excerpt: "What will it mean to higher education when AI systems carry out tasks at an intelligence level that matches or exceeds humans’?"

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Harington R. How we work, AI, and human engagement. 2024 Jan 31. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/01/31/in-this-post-robert-harington-looks-to-hannah-arendt-and-her-1958-book-the-human-condition-for-help-in-understanding-the-nature-of-how-we-work-asking-how-an-ai-world-may-affect-the-nature-of-our-wo/

Excerpt: "Of late, I have been considering the nature of work, and how this may change as we embrace AI in the workplace. I thought I should turn for help to the brilliant mind of Hannah Arendt, perhaps the most important political theorist of the 20^th century.

By Carrie Levinson, MSLIS

Every month, our AI blog will provide a selection of literature on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for December 2023:

Kaufman R, Carpenter TA, Michael A. Ask the chefs: The US Executive Order on artificial intelligence. 2023 Dec 4. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/12/04/ask-the-chefs-the-us-executive-order-on-artificial-intelligence

Excerpt: “On October 30, the Biden Administration issued an Executive Order on “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence.”...We asked the Scholarly Kitchen Chefs for their thoughts on the Executive Order.”

Olejnik M. AI won’t replace writing instruction. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Dec 8. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/12/08/ai-wont-replace-writing-instruction-opinion  

Excerpt: “...I’m here to tell you, based on decades of writing studies research paired with what we know from learning theory, that AI is not going to ruin or replace writing. We don’t need to—and shouldn’t—eliminate writing classes or instruction because of AI...”

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Leitch S. Guest post — Food for thought: What are we feeding LLMs, and how will this impact humanity? 2023 Dec 11. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/12/11/guest-post-food-for-thought-what-are-we-feeding-llms-and-how-will-this-impact-humanity/  

Excerpt: "Artificial intelligence and large language models have the potential to change, even disrupt, every aspect of scholarly publishing, from how infrastructure and platforms are developed to how content is discovered, used, and licensed."

Mitchell-Yellin B. Why you shouldn’t use ChatGPT. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Dec 8. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/12/12/ais-efficiency-gains-come-cost-alienation-opinion  

Excerpt: “Many people in higher education are experimenting with new tools such as ChatGPT and DALL-E, and opinions tend toward the extremes: they are seen as either an unmitigated blessing or a curse. Yet there are some important implications of this new technology that have not been fully appreciated.”

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McMurtie B., Supiano B. ChatGPT has changed teaching. Our readers tell us how. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Dec 11. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/chatgpt-has-changed-teaching-our-readers-told-us-how  

Excerpt: “To get a detailed look at what is happening AI-wise in classrooms across the country, The Chronicle asked readers to describe the fall semester. We wanted to know if professors had studied up on generative AI, altered what or how they taught, and talked with their students about these new technologies.”

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Pfeiffer D. What (else else) to read about ChatGPT. 2023 Dec 11. In: Choice. LibTech Insights [Internet]. Middletown, CT: Choice. Available from: https://www.choice360.org/libtech-insight/what-else-else-to-read-about-chatgpt/  

Excerpt: “...I put together a follow-up to a follow-up to my original “What to Read about ChatGPT” post. Here are a few stories that I think librarians and other academics should take note of.”

Hardinges J, Simperl E, Shadbolt N. We must fix the lack of transparency around the data used to train foundation models. Harvard Data Science Review [Internet]. 2023 Dec 13. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1162/99608f92.a50ec6e6

Excerpt: "Access to information about the data used to train foundation AI models is vital for many tasks. Despite progress made by sections of the AI community, there remains a general lack of transparency about the content and sources of training datasets. Whether the result of voluntary initiative by firms or regulatory intervention, this has to change."

Michael A. Fortune Brainstorm AI Conference: Themes and ideas. 2023 Dec 20. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/12/20/fortune-brainstorm-ai/  

Excerpt: “Talk of AI is everywhere. It’s easy to get lost in extreme thoughts and near religious experiences when it comes to what AI could do and what we should do about it. If you wade in too deep, it’s easy to get pulled under by the current.”

McMurtie B. Teaching: How ChatGPT has shaped teaching — so far. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Dec 21. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/teaching/2023-12-21

Excerpt: " As we’ve been reporting throughout the year, generative AI has thrown higher education into a tumult: raising questions about whether the take-home essay is dead and if professors should rethink how they teach and assess students....Here are a few quick takeaways..."

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By Carrie Levinson, MSLIS

Every month, our AI blog will provide a selection of literature on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for November 2023:

United Kingdom Department for Education. Policy paper: Generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education. London (GB): DfE; 2023. Available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/generative-artificial-intelligence-in-education/generative-artificial-intelligence-ai-in-education

Excerpt: "This document sets out the position of the Department for Education (DfE) on the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI), including large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT or Google Bard, in the education sector."

Swaak T. Admissions offices need more students and less ‘drudgery.’ Is AI the answer? The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Nov 1. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/article/admissions-offices-need-more-students-and-less-drudgery-is-ai-the-answer

Excerpt: "Artificial intelligence, then, is increasingly enticing to people who work in admissions and enrollment, both for identifying prospective students and tackling “administrative drudgery,” such as crafting messaging campaigns and transferring transcripts into databases that can be queried."

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Carpenter T. AI will lead us to need more garbage-subtraction. 2023 Nov 2. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/11/02/we-need-more-garbage-subtraction-because-of-ai/

Excerpt: "...how do we cite AI’s role in authorship, how can we ensure that AI systems are aligned with human values, and how can we use AI ethically. In thinking about the second order implications of AI’s use, I’m considering what are the implications if generative AI is successfully adopted and used more widely by researchers in scholarly publishing."

Coffey L. Art schools get creative tackling AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Nov 8. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/11/08/art-institutes-getting-creative-tackling-ai

Excerpt: "The rise of ChatGPT and visual AI platforms like Midjourney and DALL-E have some artists crying foul when it comes to fair use. But art institutions transformed by the digital revolution see AI as the logical next step."

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Schroeder R. Generative AI: Your assistant as an administrator or faculty member. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Nov 8. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2023/11/08/generative-ai-your-assistant-administrator-or

Excerpt: "Generative AI is quickly becoming a daily fixture in the lives of administrators and faculty. It enhances productivity, creativity and perspectives."

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Coffey L. Study uses AI to review admissions essays. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Nov 9. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2023/11/09/researchers-create-ai-tool-admissions-essays

Excerpt: "A team of researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Pennsylvania have created AI tools to help admissions officers by analyzing students’ application essays."

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Darby F. Why you should rethink your resistance to ChatGPT. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Nov 13. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/article/why-you-should-rethink-your-resistance-to-chatgpt

Excerpt: "How to teach with AI tools in ways that meet faculty concerns about ethics and equity."

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Coffey L. AI voice clones and deepfakes: The latest presidents’ engagement tools. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Nov 14. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/11/14/presidents-use-ai-voice-clones-and

Excerpt: "Artificial intelligence is allowing university presidents to reach students in new ways—and forms. But experts warn to proceed with caution."

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Extance A. ChatGPT has entered the classroom: How LLMs could transform education. Nature: News [Internet]. 2023 Nov 15. Available from: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03507-3

Excerpt: "Researchers, educators and companies are experimenting with ways to turn flawed but famous large language models into trustworthy, accurate ‘thought partners’ for learning."

Coffey L. U.S. lags in AI use among students, surveys find. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Nov 14. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/11/21/us-students-among-lowest-world-ai-usage

Excerpt: "Students across the globe weighed in on their AI usage, with the U.S. lagging behind."

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Mowreader A. Career prep tip: Teach students to work alongside AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Nov 21. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/student-success/life-after-college/2023/11/21/preparing-college-students-future-jobs-and-tech

Excerpt: "Students want more guidance around using artificial intelligence...career services professionals discussed the role of institutions in preparing learners for the jobs of the future."

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Coffey L. An AI playbook for improving college completion. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Nov 21. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2023/11/22/ai-playbook-improving-college-completion

Excerpt: "A national nonprofit group focused on college completion has released a playbook looking at uses for artificial intelligence to equalize and scale access to college degrees."

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Schroeder R. Preparing for the unanticipated: AI applications in higher education. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Nov 27. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2023/11/27/prepping-unanticipated-ai-applications-higher-ed

Excerpt: "The technology has already become too important for universities to merely respond in an ad hoc way to new developments from a world filled with AI-enhanced program developers. We must be not only reactive to developments, but we must also be proactive in preparing for those developments that are on the horizon."

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Kaufman R. The United States Copyright Office notice of inquiry on AI: A quick take. 2023 Nov 28. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/11/28/the-united-states-copyright-office-notice-of-inquiring-on-ai-a-quick-take

Excerpt:  "Monday October 30 was the final date for interested parties to submit comments to a comprehensive “Notice of inquiry and request for comments” issued by the United States Copyright Office entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Copyright.” With 34 questions asked about both copyright and technology, some parties responses exceed 100 pages... I have pasted below a selection of questions and answers from Copyright Clearance Center’s (CCC’s) own response."

Coffey L. How AI could address financial aid office woes. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Nov 28. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/11/28/university-financial-aid-offices-use-ai

Excerpt: "As the offices struggle to give students consistent information about loan repayments and the FAFSA delay, some institutions turn to AI to help."

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Davis J. Happy (?) first birthday to ChatGPT. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Nov 28. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/11/30/chatgpt-complicates-education-versus-assessment-opinion

Excerpt: "ChatGPT has introduced new tensions to professors’ dual roles as educators and assessors..."

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By Carrie Levinson, MSLIS

Every month, our AI blog will provide a selection of literature on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for October 2023:

Yee K, Whittington K, Doggette E, Uttich, L. ChatGPT assignments to use in your classroom today. Orlando (FL): FCTL Press; 2023. Available from: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/oer/8

Excerpt: "It may sound great in theory to embrace the new world of AI in our classrooms, but what exactly does that look like? What kinds of assignments can we design that meet our intended learning goals yet aren’t prone to students cheating using AI tools?...This volume aims to bridge that gap by suggesting practical assignments and in-class activities that create AI fluency in students."

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Baron NS. AI in the classroom Is a problem. Professors are the solution. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Oct 3. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/article/ai-in-the-classroom-is-a-problem-professors-are-the-solution  

Excerpt: “Recently I raised the subject of ChatGPT with a group of Ph.D. students, on the cusp of faculty careers. Which writing task would they like to hand over to a bot? And which one would they rather not farm out to AI? Their general rule: Use ChatGPT for routine tasks, and save personal writing for yourself. Yet their views began to diverge as soon as we started talking specifics.” 

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Jones P. GPT, Large Language Models, and the Trough of Disillusionment. 2023 Oct 4. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/10/04/gpt-large-language-models-and-rough-of-disillusionment/  

Excerpt: “It seems clear that GPT and LLMs in general are at or near the peak of the hype cycle. Fears that ChatGPT is intelligent and may plot against humankind are premature; hopes that LLMs alone could radically change how our and other industries work are similarly overblown.”   

D’Agostino S. Computing pioneers profoundly disagree on AI risk. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 5. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/10/05/computing-pioneers-profoundly-disagree-ai  

Excerpt: "The Heidelberg laureates are rightfully proud that their accomplishments have benefited humans in countless ways. They also acknowledge that their inventions, including AI systems that have dominated world headlines this year, are sometimes abused in ways that harm humans. Yet as conversations at their forum unfolded, the computing pioneers respectfully disagreed with each other on just how much AI threatens people."

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McMurtie B. Teaching: How to help students better understand generative AI. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Oct 5. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/newsletter/teaching/2023-10-05  

Excerpt: "This week I: Describe ways professors have used ChatGPT to bolster critical thinking in writing-intensive courses; point you to a strategy one college is using to support faculty in helping international students..."

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Steere E. The trouble with AI writing detection. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 5. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2023/10/18/faculty-should-know-tools-students-use-beat-ai-detection 

Excerpt: "Elizabeth Steere [the author] recommends instructors be aware of the messages students are receiving and the types of tools they are using to rephrase AI-generated text."

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Knox L. Admissions offices deploy AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 9. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2023/10/09/admissions-offices-turn-ai-application-reviews  

Excerpt: "Even as fears of robot-generated admissions essays abound, colleges are increasingly using AI in application reviews, raising new possibilities and ethical concerns."

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Harington R. AI and scholarly societies. 2023 Oct 11. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/10/11/ai-and-scholarly-societies/  

Excerpt: "In today’s post I hope to provide a template for scholarly societies wondering how to grapple with the overwhelming and omnipresent prospect of an AI future."

Coffey L. AI buzz dominates annual ed-tech conference. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 12. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/10/12/ai-buzz-dominates-annual-ed-tech-conference  

Excerpt: "Speakers and attendees at Educause expressed cautious optimism about the early days of artificial intelligence in higher ed."

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Schroeder R. While We Were Watching ChatGPT, Something Else Astounding Emerged. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 12. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2023/10/12/metaverse-next-invention-after-chatgpt  

Excerpt: "I must admit that I have been closely following the developments in generative artificial intelligence. So much has developed on a daily basis that is changing the way in which we teach, research, study and work that I think many of us find it hard to keep fully up to date. While watching and considering the implications of generative AI, other technologies have progressed."

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Corrêa NK, Galvão C, Santos JW, Del Pino C, Pinto EP, Barbosa C, Massmann D, Mambrini R, Galvão L, Terem E, de Oliveira N. Worldwide AI ethics: A review of 200 guidelines and recommendations for AI governance. Patterns. 2023 Oct 13;4(10). https://icahn-mssm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01MSSM_INST/e5165e/cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_10591196

Excerpt: "Currently, a lot of work is taking place to define the values and ideas that should guide AI advances. A key challenge, however, lies in establishing a consensus on these values, given the diverse perspectives of various stakeholders worldwide and the abstraction of normative discourse. Researchers and policy makers need better tools to catalog and compare AI governance documents from around the world and to identify points of divergence and commonality."

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Simon FM, Altay S, Mercier H. Misinformation reloaded? Fears about the impact of generative AI on misinformation are overblown. Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review. 2023. https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-127  

Excerpt: "Many observers of the current explosion of generative AI worry about its impact on our information environment, with concerns being raised about the increased quantity, quality, and personalization of misinformation. We assess these arguments with evidence from communication studies, cognitive science, and political science. We argue that current concerns about the effects of generative AI on the misinformation landscape are overblown."

National Academies. How AI can help predict human behavior and accelerate solutions to societal challenges. National Academies [Internet]. 2023 Oct 17. Available from: https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2023/10/how-ai-can-help-predict-human-behavior-and-accelerate-solutions-to-societal-challenges  

Excerpt: "[Alex "Sandy"] Pentland recently delivered the Special Lecture at the National Academy of Engineering’s annual meeting — in which he discussed how tools like artificial intelligence and large language models could help integrate human behavior into predictive models to improve our responses to vexing societal challenges such as climate change, pandemics, and income inequality."

Center for Research on Foundation Models. The Foundation Model Transparency Index. Available from: https://crfm.stanford.edu/fmti/  

Excerpt: "Foundation models like GPT-4 and Llama 2 are used by millions of people. While the societal impact of these models is rising, transparency is on the decline. If this trend continues, foundation models could become just as opaque as social media platforms and other previous technologies, replicating their failure modes. We introduce the Foundation Model Transparency Index to assess the transparency of foundation model developers."

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Coffey L. Q&A: Being a university’s first chief AI officer. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 19. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/10/19/qa-tackling-role-universitys-first-ai  

Excerpt: "Mark Daley, CAIO of Western University in Canada, answers questions about his groundbreaking new role."

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Lem P. AI Pioneer: ChatGPT will soon become scholars’ ‘debate partner’. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 19. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/10/20/ai-pioneer-chatgpt-will-become-scholars  

Excerpt: "A leading Hong Kong university scientist says the days are gone when AI was seen as the villain in education."

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Keenan S. The Black GPT: Introducing the AI model trained with diversity and inclusivity in mind. People of Color in Tech [Internet]. 2023 Oct 20. Available from: https://peopleofcolorintech.com/articles/the-black-gpt-introducing-the-ai-model-trained-with-diversity-and-inclusivity-in-mind/  

Excerpt: "Latimer, named after African-American inventor Lewis Latimer, is a new platform trying to make generative AI more inclusive. Nicknamed the Black GPT, Latimer is a new large language model (LLM) built to reflect the experience, culture, and history of Black and brown people more accurately. The platform recently announced new partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to help bring the inclusive tool to students, agencies, brands, and the general public."

Carpenter TA. Chefs panel discusses AI, integrity and open content in Frankfurt. 2023 Oct 24. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/10/24/chefs-panel-on-ai-in-frankfurt/  

Excerpt: "In the short time we had, we covered a lot of conceptual ground, extending from copyright implications around open content to how generative-AI models affect concerns around authorship, and how models consume open science content to how AI is challenging our notions of accountability."

Coffey L. AI and peer review: enemies or allies? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 24. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/10/24/ai-can-lessen-peer-review-woes-researchers  

Excerpt: "Amid bans and restrictions on their use, artificial intelligence tools are creating interest among those who see a solution to systemic peer-review woes."

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Schroeder R. Aligning the curriculum to reality in AI-accelerated times. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 26. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2023/10/26/aligning-curriculum-reality-ai-accelerated-times 

Excerpt: “Curricula are reassessed as rarely as every five years. AI demands we do a deep review right now and repeat it often.” 

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Brown AK. Prioritize ChatGPT proficiency to enhance teaching and learning. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 27. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/10/27/teach-college-students-use-ai-proficiently-opinion 

Excerpt: “Educators have a responsibility to think beyond cheat-proof assignments, teaching students to use AI proficiently and creatively in the classroom...” 

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Coffey L. Students Outrunning Faculty in AI Use. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 31 Oct. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/10/31/most-students-outrunning-faculty-ai-use

Excerpt: "A new study finds over half of students use generative AI, while more than 75 percent of faculty members do not regularly use the technology."

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By Carrie Levinson, MSLIS

Every month, our AI blog will provide a selection of literature on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for September 2023:

Coffey L. Risks and rewards as higher ed invests in an AI future. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Sep 5. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/09/05/risks-and-rewards-higher-ed-should-know

Excerpt: "Higher ed funding—and a lot of it—is flowing into AI as institutions make big bets that artificial intelligence will be as universal and disruptive as the internet. Institutions across the country are spending vast sums, hiring dozens of faculty and erecting large-scale AI-focused centers. But even as colleges and universities boldly dive into the AI deep end, industry experts and analysts are urging caution and thoughtful approaches, both for institutions rushing ahead and those at risk of being left on the sidelines."

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Gutkin L. The Review: ChatGPT robs students of something essential. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Sep 5. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/newsletter/the-review/2023-09-05

Excerpt: "What ChatGPT does to students is even worse than what it’s done to professors. It diminishes their access to the special kind of living with texts that only writing can make happen."

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Baron NS. 5 touch points students should consider about AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Sep 6. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2023/09/06/key-questions-ask-students-about-using-ai-their-work

Excerpt: "We need guidelines to help students—and the rest of us—decide when programs like ChatGPT (or Grammarly or Sudowrite) deserve a place in written work that has a human’s name on it. And when those programs don’t."

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McMurtrie B. What Will Determine AI’s Impact on College Teaching? 5 Signs to Watch. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Sep 8. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/article/what-will-determine-ais-impact-on-college-teaching-5-signs-to-watch

Excerpt: "Because the field is fast moving, the impact generative AI will have on teaching in the near term is uncertain. Here are a few key questions we will be asking this fall."

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Clune MW. AI means professors need to raise their grading standards. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Sep 12. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/article/ai-means-professors-need-to-raise-their-grading-standards

Excerpt: "After giving the matter some thought, I believe that two related pre-existing problems in higher education have made a technology that ought to be a useful tool appear to many instructors as an existential threat. The first is the phenomenon of grade inflation. The second is a lack of clarity about what we want from student writing."

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D'Agostino S. Why professors are polarized on AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Sep 13. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/09/13/why-faculty-members-are-polarized-ai

Excerpt: "Academics who perceive threats to education from AI band together as a survival mechanism. The resulting alliances echo divisions formed during online learning’s emergence."

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Staiman A. Publishers, don't use AI detection tools! 2023 Sep 14. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/09/14/publishers-dont-use-ai-detection-tools

Excerpt: "The fundamental assumption underlying the creation of AI detection tools seems to be that AI writing should be able to be detected the same way that plagiarism is detected. However, there is a critical distinction: plagiarism simply looks for exact matches with existing works, an objective criterion that can be identified, measured, and replicated. AI writing, on the other hand, is original in its own right (even if drawn from unoriginal sources), and can’t be easily traced to its source. My opposition to scholarly publishers relying on detection tools stems from both pragmatic and ideological reasons. Let’s start with some of the pragmatic issues."

Warner J. If ChatGPT can do it, it’s not worth doing. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Sep 20. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2023/09/20/chatgpt-shows-way-toward-our-own-humanity

Excerpt: "...if a large language model (like ChatGPT or its brethren) can generate a product similar to or better than humans on the same writing task, that writing task is not worth doing.

And to be clear, I’m not talking about the writing task not being worth doing by the humans and simply outsourcing it to the AI. I’m saying it isn’t worth doing at all."

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Schroeder J. Preparing students for the AI-enhanced workforce. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Sep 15. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2023/09/15/preparing-students-ai-enhanced-workforce

Excerpt: "The common adage repeated again and again is that AI will not take your job; a person with AI skills will replace you. The learners we are teaching this fall who will be entering, re-entering or seeking advancement in the workforce at the end of the year or in the spring must become demonstrably skilled in using generative AI."

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Barron J. How A.I. increased the graduation rate at John Jay College by 32 points. New York Times: New York Today [Internet]. 2023 Sep 20. Available from: https://icahn-mssm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/view/action/uresolver.do?operation=resolveService&package_service_id=2493922350006206&institutionId=6206&customerId=6205&VE=true 

Excerpt: "Dara Byrne was so surprised by the numbers on graduation rates that she triple-checked them. In two years, the graduation rate at John Jay College had jumped 32 percentage points, to 86 percent...Byrne, then the associate provost, credits artificial intelligence — specifically, A.I.-powered software that analyzed things like whether students’ grades were slipping and whether they had signed up for courses that would give them enough credit hours to graduate."

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McMurtrie B. Want your students to be skeptical of ChatGPT? Try this. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Sep 21. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/newsletter/teaching/2023-09-21

Excerpt: "This week I:

• Share one writing instructor’s experiment with ChatGPT, and the surprising results.
• Point you to advice pieces and resources on generative AI that you may have missed."

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Coffey L. AI meets med school. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Sep 25. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/09/25/ai-meets-med-school-new-dual-degree-program

Excerpt: "Adding to academia’s AI embrace, two institutions in the University of Texas system are jointly offering a medical degree paired with a master’s in artificial intelligence."

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Coffey L. Advisory boards aid in alleviating AI anxiety. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Sep 28. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/09/28/higher-ed-ai-anxiety-advisory-board-could

Excerpt: "When it comes to artificial intelligence and higher ed, the excitement and hype are matched by the uncertainties and need for guidance. One solution: creating an AI advisory board that brings together students, faculty and staff for open conversations about the new technology."

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MacArthur MJ. AI, expertise and the convergence of writing and coding. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Sep 28. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/09/28/ai-and-convergence-writing-and-coding-opinion

Excerpt: "The common challenge in teaching writing and coding is helping students develop professional expertise when access to such expertise has been democratized via AI..."

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Franzen C. OpenAI gives ChatGPT access to the entire internet. VentureBeat [Internet]. 2023 Sep 27. Available from: https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-gives-chatgpt-access-to-the-entire-internet/

Excerpt: "OpenAI just announced on X (formerly Twitter) that ChatGPT "can now browse the internet to provide you with current and authoritative information, complete with direct links to sources," thanks to an integration with Microsoft’s Bing search engine."

By Carrie Levinson, MSLIS

Every month, our AI blog will provide a selection of literature on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for late July/August 2023:

Modern Language Association of America and Conference on College Composition and Communication (MLA-CCCC). MLA-CCCC Joint Task Force on Writing and AI working paper. 2023. Available from: https://aiandwriting.hcommons.org/working-paper-1/

Excerpt: "This working paper discusses the risks and benefits of generative AI for teachers and students in writing, literature, and language programs and makes principle-driven recommendations for how educators, administrators, and policy makers can work together to develop ethical, mission-driven policies and support broad development of critical AI literacy."

Zhou H. The intelligence revolution: What’s happening and what’s to come in generative AI. 2023 Jul 20. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/07/20/the-intelligence-revolution-whats-happening-and-whats-to-come-in-generative-ai/

Excerpt: "As interest in generative AI and large language models (LLMs) continues to grow, I’d like to offer a brief update on how generative AI has progressed and how it has been applied to research publishing processes since ChatGPT was released. This update addresses business, application, technology, and ethical aspects of generative AI, as well as some personal observations I hope will foster discussion and stimulate further consideration of generative AI tools."

Trang B and Palmer K. Preparation over panic: How a Boston hospital is priming medical residents for an era of AI medicine. STAT + [Internet]. 2023 Jul 20. Available from: https://www.statnews.com/2023/07/20/chatgpt-gpt4-health-care-medical-education/

Excerpt: "At BIDMC [Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center], educators like Rodman and Kanjee are doing their best not to panic, but to prepare. At the health system’s workshops for medical residents, they have started to ask trainees to test the limits and potential of artificial intelligence in their work."

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Rais M. Guest post — Are HIT-backed AI research integrity solutions the need of the hour? 2023 Aug 3. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/08/03/guest-post-are-hit-backed-ai-research-integrity-solutions-the-need-of-the-hour/

Excerpt: "In this article, we explore how HITs [human intelligence tasks] and not simply more AI tools (to detect the use of generative AI tools) could be the way forward as a reliable and scalable solution for maintaining research integrity within the scholarly record."

Hicks M. Scared of AI? Don’t be, computer-science instructors say. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Aug 2. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/article/scared-of-ai-dont-be-computer-science-instructors-say

Excerpt: "Since generative-AI models like ChatGPT surfaced last November, they’ve caused a frenzy in college classrooms...To computer scientists, however, the rise of artificial intelligence is no different than the advent of the pocket calculator or the Google search engine: It’s a tool that, if used correctly, can help people learn faster and think on a deeper level."

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Swaak T. First came ChatGPT. Then came the over-the-top sales pitches. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Aug 7. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/article/first-came-chatgpt-then-came-the-over-the-top-sales-pitches

Excerpt: "Faculty members and administrators are reporting their latest obstacle to a clean inbox: Emails marketing new AI tools."

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Ludwig J. Guest post — Digital humanities, data literacy skills and AI: Understanding the way things work. 2023 Aug 10. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/08/10/guest-post-digital-humanities-data-literacy-skills-and-ai-understanding-the-way-things-work/

Excerpt: "Artificial intelligence, or machine learning, systems that are trained on data to describe, predict, prescribe, or create have arguably made an awareness of how digital tools, platforms, and services actually work even more essential. We must consider how these models and tools are built, including the data and data sources on which they’re trained, the limitations of those sources and data, the ethics involved in training models, and many more questions."

Gannon K. Should you add an AI policy to your syllabus? The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Jul 31. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/article/should-you-add-an-ai-policy-to-your-syllabus

Excerpt: "Chances are, faculty members on your campus have been collectively stressed out over the easy availability of AI tools and the implications of that for college teaching and learning. And it’s similarly probable that you’re worried about if, and how, you should deal with this on your fall syllabi."

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Coffey L. Zoom’s changing stances on AI and user data have faculty alarmed. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Aug 11. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/08/11/faculty-concerned-over-zooms-shifting-terms

Excerpt: "Teleconference apps like Zoom have become synonymous with the modern classroom, with faculty relying on the services for everything from teaching and meetings to research projects. But recently updated terms and conditions from Zoom—and subsequent backtracking by the tech company after an outcry—has left higher education faculty and experts with questions and concerns."

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Zhou H. Generative AI, ChatGPT, and Google Bard: Evaluating the impact and opportunities for scholarly publishing. 2023 Aug 17. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/08/17/generative-ai-chatgpt-and-google-bard-evaluating-the-impact-and-opportunities-for-scholarly-publishing/

Excerpt: "To identify both benefits and risks of generative AI for our industry, we tested ChatGPT and Google Bard for authoring, for submission and reviews, for publishing, and for discovery and dissemination."

Note: Please see the citation directly below this one for a rebuttal to the methods used in this blog entry.

Smith D. Guest Post – Was ChatGPT set up to fail? Choosing the right tools and the right prompts is essential for LLM discovery. 2023 Aug 30. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/08/30/guest-post-was-chatgpt-set-up-to-fail-choosing-the-right-tools-and-the-right-prompts-is-essential-for-llm-discovery/

Excerpt: "Last week Hong Zhou from Wiley published a piece called “Generative AI, ChatGPT, and Google Bard: Evaluating the Impact and Opportunities for Scholarly Publishing”. The piece seemed a little unfair to the robots in question: Bard, ChatGPT, and Bing. It also risked leading readers to incorrect conclusions. This post will offer two upgrades."

Note: This is a rebuttal of the methodology used in the citation directly above this one.

Miller MD. You’ve checked out the new AI tools. Now what? The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Aug 17. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/article/youve-checked-out-the-new-ai-tools-now-what

Excerpt: "Three steps to help you envision the role of ChatGPT — first in your academic discipline and then in your classroom."

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Coffey L. Professors craft courses on ChatGPT with ChatGPT. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Jul 31. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/07/31/professors-craft-courses-chatgpt-chatgpt

Excerpt: "While some institutions are banning the use of the new AI tool, others are leaning into its use and offering courses dedicated solely to navigating the new technology."

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Hadhazy A. ChatGPT out-scores medical students on complex clinical care exam questions. Stanford News [Internet]. 2023 Jul 17. Available from: https://hai.stanford.edu/news/chatgpt-out-scores-medical-students-complex-clinical-care-exam-questions

Excerpt: "ChatGPT can outperform first- and second-year medical students in answering challenging clinical care exam questions, a new study by Stanford researchers has revealed. The findings highlight the accelerating impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on medical education and clinical practice and suggest the need for a new approach to teaching tomorrow's doctors."

Schroeder R. Supporting the faculty member fearing generative AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Aug 30. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2023/08/30/supporting-faculty-member-fearing-generative-ai

Excerpt: "The advent of generative AI has hit higher education with the force of an earthquake, deeply shaking many faculty members who have serious concerns for their careers."

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Heaven WD. Large language models aren’t people. Let’s stop testing them as if they were. MIT Technology Review [Internet]. 2023 Aug 30. Available from: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/30/1078670/large-language-models-arent-people-lets-stop-testing-them-like-they-were/

Excerpt: "With hopes and fears about this technology running wild, it's time to agree on what it can and can't do."

By Mia Bolton, MSLIS

A July 4th publication of principles on the use of AI in education from 24 of the UK's most prestigious universities unanimously support integrating AI through focusing on student and faculty support, collaborative efforts, adapting curricula, and ensuring ethical and responsible use of technology (The Russell Group, 2023):

• Universities will support students and staff to become AI-literate.
• Staff should be equipped to support students to use generative AI tools effectively and appropriately in their learning experience.
• Universities will adapt teaching and assessment to incorporate the ethical use of generative AI and support equal access.
• Universities will ensure academic rigor and integrity is upheld.
• Universities will work collaboratively to share best practice as the technology and its application in education evolves.

For more on the full article with detail on the principles, visit: https://russellgroup.ac.uk/news/new-principles-on-use-of-ai-in-education/

Here in the United States, the National Academies convened four workshops on AI in health professions education and published the proceedings freely online in July 2023. Topics included managing uncertainty, rethinking structures and processes, competencies for future health professionals and AI in the educational setting.

Alex John London, the director of the Center for Ethics and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, summarized discussion takeaways on the current landscape and potential of AI-based technologies (National Academy of Medicine, 2023):

• There is a duty to learn and to make health systems more effective, efficient, and equitable.
• Health professionals are struggling to calibrate expectations in a scientific ecosystem inflated with hype and fear.
• [Artificial intelligence/machine learning] can be seen as one tool in a larger toolkit for learning.
• Greater fluency with [artificial intelligence/machine learning] is a first step to improving the health of our scientific ecosystem.

To learn more and read the proceedings, visit: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27174/artificial-intelligence-in-health-professions-education-proceedings-of-a-workshop

Image: National Academy of Medicine, Artificial Intelligence in Health Professions Education, July 2023. Front cover. https://nap.nationalacademies.org/cover/27174/450

Here at Mount Sinai, we will also be holding discussion-based workshops, providing a platform for ideas to emerge and our academic community to become fluent in the language and responsibility associated with using AI. Join us at our upcoming events--starting with the September 14 meeting on AI in Teaching and Learning: Knowledge Sharing and Conversation.

References:

The National Academies Press. (2023). 2 Considerations in the Adoption of AI in Health Professions Education. In Artificial Intelligence in Health Professions Education (pp. 17–28).

New Principles on Use of AI in Education. The Russell Group. (2023, July 4). https://russellgroup.ac.uk/news/new-principles-on-use-of-ai-in-education/

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