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EDTECH@UTRGV offers undergraduate, master's and doctoral programs and certificates in Educational Technology. 100% ONLINE. #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady

 Brownsville, TX
utrgv.edu/edtech
Joined January 2010
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"AI has made eLearning cheaper to produce, but it also makes it easy to ignore what matters." sco.lt/9LkQ3k #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

AI-Designed eLearning Quality: AI Made Your eLearning Cheap, Not Good | Educational Technology News

"Generative AI has made eLearning faster and cheaper to produce, but it can also make it easier to optimize for completion rates while neglecting capability. Organizations should judge AI-assisted...

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"For many professions, AI will start by changing individual responsibilities long before it completely eliminates an entire occupation." sco.lt/8TFR5M #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Career Readiness In the Age Of AI: Preparing Students For Jobs That Don't Exist Yet | Educational...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing career paths so it's up to us to prepare students with skills that empower them across all fields and jobs

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"When classroom tasks reflect familiar situations...students engage more fully and demonstrate greater retention" sco.lt/4zNUfI #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

From Classroom to Career: An AI-Enhanced Scaffolded Job Interview Approach in the L2 Classroom |...

Discover how ChatGPT-powered job interview practice helps students build language skills, strengthen professional communication, and gain confidence through scaffolded learning.

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"When applied with care and rigor, these technologies [VR, AR, and AI], these technologies can helpfully supplement learning can helpfully supplement learning." sco.lt/7tpybo #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Why Hands-On Training Still Matters in a Digital Age | Educational Technology News

VR, AR and AI can expand training opportunities, but physical practice remains essential when workers must handle equipment, coordinate with teams and perform correctly in high-risk situations.

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"[F]aculty need to change from conveyors of information...to cultivators of higher-order critical and creative thinking...analysis, synthesis, prediction, projection, interpolation and extrapolation" sco.lt/6wnPYO #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Assessments in Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI | Educational Technology News

Clearly, many aspects of everyday living have begun to change in the emerging, evolving age of AI. Higher education must acknowledge and adapt to those changes and anticipate the ones yet to come....

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"Teachers can now view an overall summary of student engagement, along with common themes from student interactions such as recurring questions, areas of strength and suggested areas for support." sco.lt/5sQYdc #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Google adds Gemini app publishing and teacher insights | Educational Technology News

"New AI-powered summaries help teachers identify common questions, learning strengths and areas needing support, while Google also introduces direct publishing of Gemini-built apps to Google Sites"

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"Putting a pause on AI in school doesn’t remove the need to teach kids about AI" sco.lt/4hlFL6 #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Pause AI in Schools. But Not Before You Do This First. | Educational Technology News

Ban or no ban, students are going to use AI. Let’s make sure they have the skills to navigate it, says Common Sense Media’s chief program officer.

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"Employees engage when learning feels relevant to the work they need to perform." sco.lt/88I7vs #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Training Engagement Is A Relevance Problem | Educational Technology News

Explore why relevance is the key to meaningful training engagement and how learning leaders can move beyond completion to build capability.

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"Gamification...works better when it rewards learning instead of clicking, when it has a story, and when people play together." sco.lt/6xcodM #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Gamification Works, Just Not The Way Most Courses Use It | Educational Technology News

A meta-analysis of gamified learning finds real but small effects, and shows which design choices make the difference. What that means for points, badges and leaderboards in your course.

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"Teach a man, and he learns for a day. Teach a man to love learning, and he learns for a lifetime." sco.lt/879jPc #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

AI Isn’t the Problem. We Are.  | Educational Technology News

Being a student should be about more than completing assignments.   Much ink has been spilled over how to respond to artificial intelligence use in education. Harvard College Dean David J. Deming...

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The time AI saves designers usually disappears. Here’s how to keep it. sco.lt/63zR8i #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

The time AI saves designers usually disappears. Here’s how to keep it. | Educational Technology News

"If you’ve been using AI at work this year, you’ve probably noticed something strange. You’re faster than ever, and your days aren’t any shorter."

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"An age-appropriate approach to [edtech] typically relies on the idea of ‘ages and stages’ of child development. However, developmental science no longer conceives of fixed developmental milestones." sco.lt/6dBhGi #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #AIEdu

Is there a right age for AI in education? Deciding whether AI is age-appropriate and why | Educat...

"In schools around the world, AI is increasingly embedded in education technology to facilitate administration, teaching, learning and assessment. Curricula that promote the development of children’s...

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"top-three reasons: fear of becoming more distracted by studying online, getting bored if the learning experience is not motivating, and lacking discipline to complete the online program." sco.lt/8rGRqy #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning

The top 5 things higher education students want from online learning | Educational Technology News

"Online learning has become increasingly popular in recent years, and students have a lot to say about what they want from their online courses.   A recent survey by McKinsey found that students want...

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"[M]oderate use of digital devices for learning is associated with stronger science performance, while excessive use and digital distraction are associated with weaker outcomes" sco.lt/8tkRF2 #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Educators weighing a 'digital detox' for schools, mindful of overseas trials | Educational Techno...

A swing from digital to analogue learning is happening overseas, but student performance is yet to improve on at least one international measure. 

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AI in Teaching: What the Science of Learning Already Tells Us sco.lt/67i9Am #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

AI in Teaching: What the Science of Learning Already Tells Us | Educational Technology News

Explore how the science of learning can guide AI in teaching and higher education, helping instructors support student learning with evidence-based strategies.

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"For college to be worth it in the future of AI, it must not render itself obsolete. For starters, it can’t be so expensive that the value proposition swings wildly out of reach." sco.lt/512awK #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

You Still Should Go To College In The Age Of AI. Here’s Why. | Educational Technology News

"Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence have raised uncertainty about jobs and the value of college. According to the Pew Research Center, young adults increasingly worry about AI taking jobs....

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"[W]hen knowledge workers intentionally use AI to challenge their ideas—to generate friction—they can significantly improve their performance." sco.lt/4mv3Dc #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

How Artificial Intelligence Can Help With Critical Thinking | Educational Technology News

Research finds that when knowledge workers intentionally use AI to challenge their ideas, they can improve their performance.

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"One Anthropic engineer compared managing agents to babysitting. A child who needs a juice box opened and a child with a cut finger both arrive at full volume, and so do the agents." sco.lt/6rH2bA #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Human attention is the new old bottleneck. We have to design for it even more. | Educational...

"Agents at Anthropic now log six hours for every human hour, and reading their output would eat half a week. The job is to create judgement systems for what deserves attention."

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"Industries will change, technology will change and jobs will change. What can endure is the ability to think critically, exercise judgment, recognize gaps in one’s knowledge and determine how to close them." sco.lt/6FHXeq #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #AIEdu

Opinion: A Degree Should Prove More Than the Ability to Produce an Answer | Educational Technology...

The implementation of AI should not preclude universities from imparting skills that last a lifetime, including the ability to think critically, defend a conclusion and recognize when it is time to...

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"Assisted performance and learning are not the same thing, and design determines whether a tool supports one while undermining the other." sco.lt/8ZTljc #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

What Educational AI Should Refuse To Do | Educational Technology News

Educational AI should be evaluated not only by what it can do, but by what it is designed not to do for the student.

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