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Your Campus Already Has AI—And That's the Problem
If you teach on a college campus, you likely have access to a slew of generative AI tools or features that have been quietly embedded in applications…
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Two Days in the Generative Wild West
For the fourth time, I helped host a university-wide institute for faculty to explore how generative AI impacts their teaching and their student…
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Marc Watkins
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The Stories (and Students) Forgotten in the AI Panic
I'm preparing to host our fourth faculty institute on generative AI tomorrow at UM with 90+ colleagues attending. I've been thinking about how harmful…
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Marc Watkins
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When "Vibe Checks" Fail
LLMs are already capable of superhuman persuasion. The real danger isn’t one bad update—it’s the industry-wide pattern of prioritizing scale over…
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College Students Get Free Premium AI, Now What?
Google is now offering college students over a year of free access to their Gemini advanced AI suite of tools.
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Marc Watkins
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Publication Announcement-Thresholds in Education Special Issue on GenAI
Volume 48, Issue 1: Generative AI’s Impact on Education: Writing, Collaboration, & Critical Assessment
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Showing Up for the Future: Why Educators Can’t Sit Out the AI Conversation
Guest post from Lew Ludwig
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