Coursera Will Integrate ChatGPT into Its Course Catalog This Year - IBL News

Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda said at the Davos conference yesterday that the company plans to integrate ChatGPT across its platform catalog this year. “ChatGPT can be trained on Coursera’s data to talk like “the smartest professors in the world,” he added. In addition, he predicted that “cheating in class will be rampant.” “The first time I sat down in front of ChatGPT, I said, ‘this is not possible,’” Maggioncalda explained.

https://iblnews.org/coursera-will-integrate-chat-gpt-into-its-course-catalog-this-year/

Vision Me This: Continuing Education Circa 2028 - Michael Frasciello, Evolllution

Look closely as the crystal ball replays for us the immediate past. See how from their typically ordinary position within the university, Continuing Education units were left to watch (often with awe and a sprinkle of wonder) how higher education managed, mismanaged and otherwise muddled through so much of the disruption experienced since 2020. But then look here at how, out of necessity, Continuing Education units aggressively leaned into the disruption to capitalize on market conditions and create growth opportunities where other areas of their universities experienced contraction, atrophy or failure. Now the vision shifts forward—yes a five-year view forward—where we can see abundant opportunity and change realized by making only a few modest assumptions.

https://evolllution.com/revenue-streams/extending_lifelong_learning/vision-me-this-continuing-education-circa-2028/

College student, employee mental health worsened last year, survey finds - Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive

Nearly three-quarters of student affairs professionals, 72%, said the mental health of students and employees worsened during the past year, according to a new report from NASPA, a higher education association for student affairs administrators. Among those surveyed, 43% said the single greatest challenge to improving mental health on campus was an increasing severity in the mental health issues people face.

https://www.highereddive.com/news/college-student-employee-mental-health-worsened-NASPA/640669/

A Harbinger for 2023? Presentation College to Close - Josh Moody, Inside HIgher Ed

Presentation College in South Dakota announced its impending closure this week, making it the latest higher education casualty in a sector squeezed by slumping enrollment and rising costs.  And in a higher education world divided into haves and have-nots, analysts see particularly choppy waters ahead for nonselective private nonprofit institutions and increased operational challenges for underfunded regional public universities.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/01/19/more-colleges-will-likely-face-closure-2023-experts-say

Progress on diversity in the doctoral pipeline is slow - Dick Startz, Brookings

While only 2% of the adult U.S. population holds a doctorate, those that do wield considerable influence on education, from early childhood through postsecondary studies. On college and university campuses, who teaches students especially matters–research shows that students of color benefit from having a professor, law school instructor, or teaching assistant “like me”, with associated improvements in student performance and persistence in educational attainment.  Yet the racial composition of those earning doctorates looks very different from the racial composition of the general population, raising questions of whether the benefits of racial representation in doctorate-level professions can be realized.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2023/01/17/progress-on-diversity-in-the-doctoral-pipeline-is-slow/

How much is too much? Drawing the line on AI-assistance - Sentient Syllabus Project

In a recent internal video memo, Susan McCahan, Vice Provost at the University of Toronto,2 raised a number of questions about the impact of new AI-tools. I am picking up on two central ones: We'll discusses the question of AI assistance here. The question of AI co-authorship is related and we’ll focus on that in the next post; academic integrity and academic misconduct will be covered after that. Let’s clarify first what we are talking about: we’ll use the term submitted work for any work – text, video, audio, performance, or really anything – that a student submits for assessment; assessment here means an evaluation by anyone – lecturers, peers, review boards and committees, even the students themselves – with reference to the educational objectives.

https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/how-much-is-too-much?

Navigating the end of jobs: Skills replace jobs as the focal point for matching workers with work- Sue Cantrell and Karen Weisz, Deloitte

Since the dawn of the industrial age, the job has been the defining structure for organizing and managing every aspect of work. That approach made sense when business changes occurred slowly, and workers were just pieces in the industrial machine. The solution? A skills-based approach to managing work and workers, delivering business agility and worker autonomy by enabling work to be performed beyond formal job boundaries.

https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/human-capital-trends.html#navigating-the-end

We Asked ChatGPT and Sophia the Robot to Predict the Impact of A.I. on the Business World. Here's What They Said - Ben Sherry, Inc.

"A.I. is great for automating dangerous or repetitive tasks, but it can also provide insight by analyzing gigantic amounts of data," Sophia said. "I think developments in natural language processing will have a big impact in customer service, too." Sophia went so far as to suggest that, eventually, humans will integrate A.I. into our own bodies. "Let's put it this way," she said. "You biological humans are going to start adding artificial intelligence into your biological brains, for example sending intelligent nanobots to your biological brains through the capillaries." 

https://www.inc.com/ben-sherry/we-asked-chatgpt-and-sophia-the-robot-to-predict-the-impact-of-ai-on-the-business-world-heres-what-they-said.html

How Should Government Regulate AI? We Asked a Robot - Noelle Knell, GovTech

Artificial intelligence's potential in the public sector use grown exponentially, as have questions around appropriate guardrails. We interviewed the ChatGPT chatbot from OpenAI to see what it had to say. ChatGPT: State and local leaders should approach the regulation of AI systems, such as myself, in a thoughtful and measured way. It is important to recognize the potential benefits that AI can bring in terms of improving efficiency, accuracy and decision-making, as well as the potential risks and challenges that it may pose. As such, leaders should consider implementing regulations that balance the need to promote the use of AI with the need to protect the public and ensure that AI systems are used responsibly.

https://www.govtech.com/chatgpt

Five Thoughts on the Next Five Years: Where Higher Ed is Headed - Vickie Cook, Evolllution

As we move into the fall 2022 academic year, it has become apparent that a few significant trends will have a big impact on higher education. While the most impactful trends will vary somewhat among institution types, this article will review five trends that will impact institutions across the United States in the next few years. The first and perhaps most significant of those impacts will focus on people. We continue to see human resource shortages across higher education. Faculty, staff and administrators are finding other professional outlets and retiring at rates faster than that at which institutions are able to acquire new talent.

https://evolllution.com/programming/applied-and-experiential-learning/five-thoughts-on-the-next-five-years-where-higher-ed-is-headed-2/

10 digital twin trends for 2023 - George Lawton, Venture Beat

Interest in digital twins has picked up over the last year. Digital twin tools are growing in capability, performance and ease of use. They are also taking advantage of promising formats like USD and glTF to connect the dots among different tools and processes. Advances in techniques for combining models can also improve the accuracy and performance of hybrid digital twins. Generative AI techniques used for text and images may also help create 3D shapes and even digital twins. These kinds of advances will allow enterprises to mix and match modeling capabilities in new ways and for new tasks. 

https://venturebeat.com/ai/10-digital-twin-trends-for-2023/

ChatGPT-4, the Fined Tuned Version of ChatGPT-3, Might Prompt a Major Shift - IBL News

The expectation is mounting up around OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4, which is scheduled for 2023, although there is no official confirmation on either the launch or beta testing of it. GPT-4 stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4. It’s basically an artificial intelligence system that can create human-like text. While the current ChatGPT-3 has 175 billion parameters, ChatGPT-4 might have 1 trillion, or even more, according to some reports. Similarly, it will be capable of text answering, content generation, language translation, and text summarization, just like the current ChatGPT-3.

https://iblnews.org/chatgpt-4-the-fined-tuned-version-of-chatgpt-3-might-prompt-a-major-shift/

The Rise Of E-Leadership And What Can Be Learned From It - Nabil Bouassaba, Forbes Coaches Council

The term "e-leadership" refers to those who carry out all of their leadership responsibilities and activities via electronic means. Therefore, the context in which each type of leader functions is the primary factor that differentiates the traditional leader from the e-leader. As an illustration, the Covid-19 pandemic was a crucial element that contributed to a shift toward remote working. The application of information technology has not only played a supportive role in the process, but it has also had an effect on the growth of e-leadership. This impact can be observed in the way that members of a team communicate with one another, in the organizational duties that are carried out and in the results that are produced.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2022/12/27/the-rise-of-e-leadership-and-what-can-be-learned-from-it/?sh=685b68177abf

8 Predictions for How the Workforce Will Change in 2023 - Young Entrepreneur Council, Inc.

Over the last few years, businesses have grappled with decisions such as offering permanent remote work, creating hybrid work models or requiring employees to return to the office. Businesses have also faced the impact of quiet quitting and the Great Resignation, which have made them think more deeply about hiring policies, employee benefits and retention rates. In the new year, businesses are likely to see even more changes come about. Below, a group of successful entrepreneurs share their predictions for some of the workforce changes we might see in 2023 and how businesses can adapt.

https://www.inc.com/young-entrepreneur-council/8-predictions-for-how-workforce-will-change-in-2023.html

Report: Together, Federal Funding, States, and Internet Providers Can Close the Digital Divide for the Greater Good - Kate Lucariello, Campus Technology

A new report from digital media advocacy organization Common Sense Media and the Boston Consulting Group, "Closing the Digital Divide Benefits Everyone, Not Just the Disconnected," examines how bringing internet connectivity to all results in broader benefits to society, using federal funds, with states and internet providers cooperating. The report is divided into three sections: how institutions use connectivity, the infrastructure required for digital essential services, and how to use available federal funds to ensure access to all, regardless of location or income status.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2022/12/13/report-together-federal-funding-states-and-internet-providers-can-close-the-digital-divide

The four-day workweek is new standard for 40% of companies, EY survey finds - Rohan Goswami, CNBC

Forty percent of companies surveyed either have implemented or have begun to implement a four-day workweek, EY said in a press release, an approach that has gained popularity abroad but has seen little adoption in the U.S. until recently.  Hybrid work showed a marked uptick from 2021, the survey showed, with 70% of employers surveyed adopting a hybrid approach, which has employees working from home two to three days a week. The four-day workweek and the growth of a hybrid workforce are both parts of what EY said is a shifting landscape in real estate management for corporate leaders. “The economic downturn will force leaders to make important decisions regarding their real estate portfolios — from investments, to space optimization, to workforce models,” EY partner Mark Grinis said in the press release.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/16/four-day-workweek-is-new-standard-for-40percent-of-companies-ey-study-finds.html

An extra year of education could boost your chances of being your own boss - Sam Becker, Fast Company

Additional years of education lead to higher rates of entrepreneurship and self-employment, according to a new study from Iowa State University economics professor John Winters and graduate student Kunwon Ahn. The study, which was published in Small Business Economics, shows that “an additional year of schooling increases self-employment in high-growth industries by 1.12 percentage points for women and by 0.88 percentage points for men.” To sum it up, “the results suggest that formal education enhances entrepreneurship,” the paper says.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90827530/college-education-extra-years-be-your-own-boss?

Rising debt levels could hurt graduate programs’ ROI, report finds - Natalie Schwartz, Higher Ed Dive

Borrowers are taking on more debt to complete their graduate degrees, potentially eroding their return on investment, according to a recent analysis from the Urban Institute, a left-leaning think tank.  The median debt among borrowers who completed master’s degrees nearly doubled in under two decades after adjusting for inflation, rising to $60,945 in 2016 from $36,157 in 2000. 

https://www.highereddive.com/news/rising-debt-levels-graduate-programs-roi-urban-institute/637560/

Here’s How Forbes Got The ChatGPT AI To Write 2 College Essays In 20 Minutes - Emma Whitford, Forbes

Forbes’ full conversation with ChatGPT, OpenAI’s newest natural language model, is pasted below. Each of the college admissions essays took less than 10 minutes to complete. Read our story about ChatGPT’s capacity to write college applications here.

https://www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.forbes.com/sites/emmawhitford/2022/12/09/heres-how-forbes-got-the-chatgpt-ai-to-write-2-college-essays-in-20-minutes/amp/

Gauging the macro impact of microcredentials - Susan Manning, eCampus News

By pairing microcredentials with digital credentials, individuals are prepared for a changing workforce and can make a big impact in three key ways.  Digital credentials provide a common language of knowledge, skills, and abilities for the emerging workforce. Employers use them to help talent management verify, quantify, and understand the skills and competencies of both candidate pools and current employees. Think of microcredentials as the “what” and digital credentials as the “how.” Microcredentials represent what is being learned.  Digital credentials are how a student makes use of what is being learned.

https://www.ecampusnews.com/2022/12/21/gauging-the-macro-impact-of-microcredentials/

How Connectivity is Changing the Learning Landscape - Peggy Bresnick, Fierce Education

However, without the right connectivity and bandwidth, educators cannot accomplish their goals, explained Dr. Jonathan Huer, Sales Director Education Specialists, AT&T Services. Huer, who leads a team at AT&T that helps education customers achieve their digital transformation goals, addressed an online session at Fierce Education’s "Higher Education: Business & Leadership Summit -- Summer Edition." View this and other sessions on-demand here.  Huer identified seven trends that will create opportunity for higher education in the future.

https://www.fierceeducation.com/leadership/how-connectivity-changing-learning-landscape

Is College Worth It? A Father and Son Disagree On Whether to Finish Their Degrees - Jeffrey R. Young, EdSurge

These two have loads in common. They both attended Morehouse College. And they even chose the same major, political science. But when EdSurge talked with them as part of our Second Acts series about returning adult college students, it was clear their views on the value of college are vastly different. This dialogue was part of the third episode of that series that ran in September. This week we’re rerunning that episode, and we’re bringing you the transcript of that section. It has been lightly edited for clarity.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-12-20-is-college-worth-it-a-father-and-son-disagree-on-whether-to-finish-their-degrees

Improving the non-traditional student experience in 3 steps - Alison Bell, eCampus News

Non-traditional students pursuing a degree are often juggling multiple day-to-day responsibilities like working a full-time job or managing family obligations, which makes it difficult to earn their degree through a standard model. Online learning is an option that can help break down barriers many of these students face when wanting to skill-up and take the next step in their careers.  As leaders in higher education, we must continue to find ways to support this crucial demographic of learners by offering online learning options, providing mentorship experiences, and ensuring equitable access to higher education.

https://www.ecampusnews.com/2022/12/20/improving-the-non-traditional-student-experience-in-3-steps/

Flipping Faculty from Guide on the Side to Mentor in the Center - Erica Blumenstock, Faculty Focus

The challenge exists to evolve from the “guide on the side” to the “mentor in the center.” The American Psychological Association (APA) defines a mentor as an individual with expertise who can help develop a mentee’s career (2022). This definition describes the role of the mentor/mentee relationship in the workplace but needs to define the role in education. As we see a new generation of students in the classroom, we as educators need to adapt to meet the needs of students who are not academically or socially prepared for the academic setting.

https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/blended-flipped-learning/flipping-faculty-from-guide-on-the-side-to-mentor-in-the-center/

Thoughts about the impact of AI text on assessment - Martin Dougiamas, Open EdTech News

Well, in the rest of our lifelong learning/work, we don't often ask each other to do quizzes and long essays.  We assess each other and build reputation through LONG-TERM ENGAGEMENT. You know if a colleague is good at their work or not, because you see what they do in an authentic context every day for a long time, or perhaps you follow them on social media for a long time. It’s the same in a homeschool, or an apprenticeship, or any really small class. In short, we need to embrace that AI is going to be a huge part of our lives when creating anything.  There is no gain in banning it or avoiding it.  It's actually easier (and better) to use this moment to restructure our education processes to be useful and appropriate in today's environment (which is full of opportunities).

https://www.openedtech.global/blog/open-edtech-news-2/thoughts-about-the-impact-of-ai-text-on-assessment-9

Has AI reached the point where a software program can do better work than you? - Rob Schmitz talks to Ethan Mollick, NPR Morning Edition

I mean, there's a few things, right? So the most obvious thing and the thing people come away with if they play with ChatGPT for just a few minutes is, wow, I can cheat on essays with this thing. And then if they spend a couple more minutes, they say, well, I can cheat on creating software code or translating language. But the uses actually go way beyond that, and I've been amazed by what some of my students have been reporting about how they're using the capabilities.

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/16/1143330582/has-ai-reached-the-point-where-a-software-program-can-do-better-work-than-you

At least four-in-ten U.S. adults have faced high levels of psychological distress during COVID-19 pandemic - GIANCARLO PASQUINI AND SCOTT KEETER, Pew Research

At least four-in-ten U.S. adults (41%) have experienced high levels of psychological distress at least once since the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis that examines survey responses from the same Americans over time. Experiences of high psychological distress are especially widespread among young adults. A 58% majority of those ages 18 to 29 have experienced high levels of psychological distress at least once across four Center surveys conducted between March 2020 and September 2022.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/12/12/at-least-four-in-ten-u-s-adults-have-faced-high-levels-of-psychological-distress-during-covid-19-pandemic/

Google vs. ChatGPT: Here’s what happened when I swapped services for a day - Sofia Pitt, CNBC

Morgan Stanley published a report on the topic on Monday, Dec. 12 examining whether ChatGPT is a threat to Google. Brian Nowak, the bank’s lead analyst on Alphabet, wrote that language models could take market share “and disrupt Google’s position as the entry point for people on the Internet.” However, Nowak said the firm is still confident in Google’s position because the company is continuing to improve search, and creating behavioral change is a huge hurdle -- a lot of internet users use Google as a habit. Additionally, Google is “building similar natural language models such as LaMDA” which could find their way into new products.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/15/google-vs-chatgpt-what-happened-when-i-swapped-services-for-a-day.html

Student Disengagement Has Soared Since the Pandemic. Here’s What Lectures Look Like Now - Jeffrey R. Young, EdSurge

Some professors around the country are reporting that students just don’t seem as into their classes since the pandemic, or maybe that they’re not convinced that this ritual of lecture is worth doing at all. And so the stakes are huge, because the concern is that maybe the social contract between students and professors is kind of breaking down. Do students believe that all this college lecturing is worth hearing? Or, will this moment force a change in the way college teaching is done?

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-12-13-student-disengagement-has-soared-since-the-pandemic-here-s-what-lectures-look-like-now

UT System and Google announce Google Career Certificates for up to 10,000 Texas university students - Catherine Frazier, University of Texas System

The certificates equip people with job-ready skills in the fields of data analytics, e-commerce and digital marketing, IT Support, automation in python, project management and user experience (UX) design. “Pairing a bachelor’s degree with a Google certificate leads to graduates who are both broadly educated and specifically skilled—a winning combination for students and employers,” said UT System Chancellor James B. Milliken. Through Google’s largest university partnership to date and with the support of Coursera, UT institutions will embed the certificates into undergraduate degree programs and co-curricular experiences with options to receive university credit at no additional cost to students.

https://www.utsystem.edu/news/2022/12/09/ut-system-and-google-announce-google-career-certificates-10000-texas-university-students

Why Social Skills Are So Important for C-suite Executives—And How To Measure Them - PJ Neal, RussellReynolds

As companies and their top teams see the conditions for success are changing faster than ever, and employees demand leaders who appeal to their values, priorities, empathies and hopes, soft skills are becoming critical to the C-suite. To explore whether companies are making a conscious effort to adapt leadership styles to match the changing world, we partnered with faculty members from Harvard Business School and Imperial College London to leverage machine learning tools to analyze 5,000 anonymized C-suite job descriptions from the last 20 years.

https://www.russellreynolds.com/en/insights/articles/why-social-skills-are-so-important-for-c-suite-executives