Technology
News, opinion and advice about technology and higher education.
Synthetic Synthesis
Google’s NotebookLM aims to make class notes, documents, and even audio of lectures more digestible for students. Faculty members are curious and cautious.
Not beating, joining
They shift to working with AI, not around it.
Advice
Learning requires friction. Here’s how to get students to disclose and evaluate their own usage of tools like ChatGPT.
Admissions Fraud
Fraud threats can be filtered out, but there are risks.
Advice
Video composition makes sense to students. The genre excites them. Why not harness that interest in class?
Higher Ed's Uncanny Assistants
Technology could help get beyond transactional interactions with students. Or it could lead to something bleaker.
Advice
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.
Advice
In the age of ChatGPT, faculty members have no choice but to adjust their course design from a focus on “what” to “why.”
The Work Force
Contending for talent is nothing new in higher ed. But with AI raising the stakes, leaders say this time feels different.