But quantum computing, which has experienced major breakthroughs in recent years, may far surpass the performance of conventional computers on particular tasks. Batley believes this would “allow the development of much more capable AI systems to probe multiple aspects of our lives”. The situation for “big tech” and the countries that are leading in AI can be likened to what game theorists call the “prisoner’s dilemma”. This is a condition where two parties must either decide to work together to solve a problem, or betray each other. They face a tough choice between an event where one party gains – keeping in mind betraying often yields a higher reward – or one with the potential for mutual benefit.
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
1 in 4 students never finish their college applications. Why? - Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive
4 things to track in the looming higher-ed enrollment cliff - Robert Heil, eCampus News
Campuses cannot simply market their way around the cliff--a comprehensive solution is required. Preparing for the looming higher-ed enrollment cliff is a central topic in higher education meetings, conferences, and webinars. Too often, these meetings revolve around the conventional go-to topics: diversifying revenue streams, exploring non-traditional and graduate programs, improving recruitment strategies, and boosting retention rates. These initiatives matter, but haven’t these always been strategic priorities? The question now is: What new strategies are needed to prepare for the impending cliff?
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
4 things to track in the looming higher-ed enrollment cliff - Robert Heil, eCampus News
Campuses cannot simply market their way around the cliff--a comprehensive solution is required. Preparing for the looming higher-ed enrollment cliff is a central topic in higher education meetings, conferences, and webinars. Too often, these meetings revolve around the conventional go-to topics: diversifying revenue streams, exploring non-traditional and graduate programs, improving recruitment strategies, and boosting retention rates. These initiatives matter, but haven’t these always been strategic priorities? The question now is: What new strategies are needed to prepare for the impending cliff?
Monday, August 28, 2023
40% of workers will have to reskill in the next three years due to AI, says IBM study - Sabrina Ortiz, ZDNet
Generative AI models like ChatGPT can do many technical tasks, such as writing and coding, well -- so well that many people fear that the technology will replace their jobs. A new IBM study shows that people shouldn't fear the technology, but rather leverage it for their own gain. The IBM report analyzes how the emergence of AI is affecting company business models, especially in how they leverage AI to carry out their operations and how it affects job roles. To find answers to these questions, IBM pulled data from two prior studies, one survey of 3,000 C-level executives across 28 countries and another of 21,000 workers in 22 nations. The results showed that AI will undoubtedly cause change in the workforce and businesses, but not necessarily for the worse.
Sunday, August 27, 2023
Unleashing possibilities, ignoring risks: Why we need tools to manage AI’s impact on jobs - Katya Klinova, Anton Korinek, Brookings
AI Impact assessments are becoming more common, both as a voluntary measure and as a regulatory requirement. Astonishingly, most frameworks for impact assessments largely overlook the impact of AI on jobs. We urgently need tools to effectively evaluate and shape AI’s job impacts. Additionally, we must prepare ourselves for a potential future in which the demand for human labor undergoes dramatic shifts.
Saturday, August 26, 2023
Unleashing the Power of Active Learning: Revolutionizing Online Education for Unprecedented Engagement and Achievement - Natalie Bidnick Andreas, Faculty Focus
In the ever-evolving landscape of online distance education, educators face a crucial challenge: captivating students and igniting their passion for learning within virtual environments. The key to unlocking this new era of educational success lies in the integration of active learning strategies. By immersing students in dynamic activities, stimulating discussions, and collaborative endeavors, educators can transcend the limitations of the digital realm and revolutionize online teaching. Consider the following recommendations to better engage students in online or hybrid learning environments.
Friday, August 25, 2023
AI Literacy is a Fundamental Pillar in Higher Education - Susan Fourtané, Fierce Education
Artificial Intelligence literacy skills must be incorporated in university curriculums to prepare students for in-demand graduate-level jobs. AI-based technologies have now become an integral part of every industry as well as our daily life. New graduates who are not AI literate will find it hard to find graduate-level jobs. AI is influencing and transforming the workplace. Graduates need to be prepared to face the world in the AI era. For this reason, universities must be ready to adapt and provide AI literacy training to their students in all disciplines.
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Opinion: 5 Priorities for Higher Ed Heading into Fall 2023 - Jim A. Jorstad, GovTech
Many aspects of higher education have changed since the beginning of the pandemic. Some believe the impact of COVID-19 continues to wane. Other experts believe COVID-19 is likely to re-emerge in the fall, as classes are back in session. Whatever the reality, there may be a multitude of challenges in store for teaching and learning, coupled with the associated IT needs. Institutions may now need to carefully analyze and re-balance technology expectations, services, support and potential risks. Here are five key areas to watch for as colleges and universities prepare for the fall term: Online Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, IT Staffing, Diversity.
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Google Tests Using AI to Sum Up Entire Web Pages on Chrome - Michael Kan, PC Mag
The company is running a test that uses AI to generate key points for web articles you’re viewing on Chrome. Called “Search Generative Experience (SGE) while browsing,” the feature can create a bullet-point summary of an article within seconds, all with the click of a button. The company has already been using SGE to answer queries on Google Search, bypassing the need to dig through the conventional search results. Now the tech giant sees an opportunity to use generative AI to change how users read web articles. “Our aim is to test how generative AI can help you navigate information online and get to the core of what you’re looking for even faster,” Google said in its announcement.
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
The economic potential of generative AI: The next productivity frontier - McKinsey
Generative AI is poised to unleash the next wave of productivity. We take a first look at where business value could accrue and the potential impacts on the workforce. The latest generative AI applications can perform a range of routine tasks, such as the reorganization and classification of data. But it is their ability to write text, compose music, and create digital art that has garnered headlines and persuaded consumers and households to experiment on their own. As a result, a broader set of stakeholders are grappling with generative AI’s impact on business and society but without much context to help them make sense of it.
Monday, August 21, 2023
Students are more satisfied and confident with online learning - Laura Ascione, eCampus News
The report, authored by Melissa A. Venable, Ph.D., an online education advisor for BestColleges, represents the site’s seventh year of original data collection via online surveys, with participation from 1,800 students and 131 school administrators.
- A majority of students surveyed said they would recommend online education to others, including 98 percent of current online students, 96 percent of online program graduates, and 94 percent of hybrid students.
- This year, 96 percent of all students surveyed said their online degree program has had or will have a positive return on investment–the highest percentage in the history of this report.
- Fewer students reported being unsure about how online education compares to on-campus learning this year, and three-quarters (75 percent) said that online is better than or equal to on-campus learning.
Sunday, August 20, 2023
UT System and Coursera launch the most comprehensive industry-recognized microcredential program in the country - UT System
The University of Texas (UT) System and Coursera today launched an expanded industry microcredential program with a goal of preparing every interested student at UT academic campuses – as well as faculty, staff and alumni – for the state’s workforce demands at no extra cost to them. As part of the UT System’s Texas Credentials for the Future initiative, over 240,000 learners across nine UT campuses now have access to the Career Academy on Coursera, which includes more than 35 entry-level Professional Certificates from leading companies such as Google, IBM, Microsoft and Salesforce. The expanded partnership represents the most extensive industry-recognized microcredential program from a U.S. university system.
Saturday, August 19, 2023
Human Meets AI: Helping Educators Navigate Their Emotions About Technological Change - Leo S. Lo, EdSurge
Integrating AI into education is just beginning. Our experience reveals that resistance can be a catalyst for meaningful dialogue and fostering growth. For the modern education workforce, the question isn't whether to embrace AI, but how best to do so. As we venture further into the AI age, I invite you, my fellow educators, to reflect on how you’ll address the natural human emotions that are sure to come up during the transition.
Friday, August 18, 2023
Why Data Is the Most Important Tool for a Higher Education Leader - Rhea Kelly, Campus Technology
As associate vice president of data, analytics, and institutional research at the University of North Texas, Jason Simon believes in the transformational power of data to improve student and institutional outcomes. This November at the 2023 Tech Tactics in Education conference in Orlando, he will outline how analytic maturity can lay the foundation for higher education institutions to thrive in the "new normal" in his session, "Higher Ed Is in Trouble: How Analytics, Data Literacy, and Data Governance Can Help Save It." We caught up with him to find out what holds institutions back from making use of their data, what the road to analytic maturity looks like, how AI will impact how institutions approach analytics, and more.
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Congress eyes establishing a digital regulator - Mark McCarthy, Brookings
Policy researchers and advocates have called on legislators to establish a new agency to regulate digital platforms. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Lindsey Graham have proposed a bill to establish one such regulator, as have Senators Michael Bennett and Peter Welch. A digital regulator may be necessary to interpret and implement legislative requirements for digital platforms and to weigh privacy and competition-promoting requirements. Even if a digital agency is practically or politically out of reach, it is still vital to press ahead to legislate competition, privacy, and content moderation standards.
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Unleashing the Power of Active Learning: Revolutionizing Online Education for Unprecedented Engagement and Achievement - Natalie Bidnick Andreas, Faculty Focus
In the ever-evolving landscape of online distance education, educators face a crucial challenge: captivating students and igniting their passion for learning within virtual environments. The key to unlocking this new era of educational success lies in the integration of active learning strategies. By immersing students in dynamic activities, stimulating discussions, and collaborative endeavors, educators can transcend the limitations of the digital realm and revolutionize online teaching. Consider the following recommendations to better engage students in online or hybrid learning environments.
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Higher Education Should Not be Afraid of Skills Based Hiring - Tom Monahan, Fierce Education
Virginia has become the latest state pledging to pare back degree requirements in their job postings, joining a handful of states, including Maryland, Colorado, Alaska, Pennsylvania and Utah. One of the few, if only, Trump administration executive orders left in place by the Biden Administration shifts the focus from degrees to skills in federal hiring. And a recent report from The Burning Glass Institute found that a growing number of companies have begun to change their hiring requirements. Although surveys still suggest the pace of elimination of degree requirements among private companies is slow, the skills-based glacier may finally be melting.
Monday, August 14, 2023
A learning society offers the best hope for sustainability - Patrick Blessinger and Abhilasha Singh, University World News
Currently, over half of humanity lives in cities. This percentage is expected to increase as more people around the world continue to move from non-urban locations to urban areas in search of economic opportunity and better social conditions. These two factors are key motivators in their search for better work conditions and a higher quality of life for themselves and their families. In response, cities are challenged with providing basic services for this influx of new residents such as housing and shelter, security services, healthcare services and basic infrastructure needs like sanitation, utilities and transportation. Without these basic services, cities run the risk of increased crime and homelessness.
Sunday, August 13, 2023
U.S. Panel Wants Higher Ed Accreditors to ‘Step Up’ - Katherine Knott, Inside Higher Ed
Report says current rules set inconsistent and sometimes inadequate expectations regarding student achievement, but it stops short of suggesting “bright-line” standards for agencies. The members of the subcommittee of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) who wrote the report said the rules are a “mess,” allow accreditors to set flexible standards or none at all, and lead to inconsistent expectations in terms of student achievement. “Not only does this latitude risk accountability, it creates an unhealthy and dangerous variety and inconsistency of expectations regarding student achievement across institutions,” the report says.
Saturday, August 12, 2023
McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2023 - Michael Chui, Mena Issler, Roger Roberts, and Lareina Yee; McKinsey
Our analysis examines quantitative measures of interest, innovation, and investment to gauge the momentum of each trend. Recognizing the long-term nature and interdependence of these trends, we also delve into underlying technologies, uncertainties, and questions surrounding each trend. All of last year’s 14 trends remain on our list, though some experienced accelerating momentum and investment, while others saw a downshift. One new trend, generative AI, made a loud entrance and has already shown potential for transformative business impact.
Friday, August 11, 2023
AI rules for the metaverse - Nicol Turner Lee, Tom Wheeler, Brookings
The metaverse has the potential to revolutionize education, entertainment, and many other aspects of our lives. However, it also brings forth existing digital dilemmas such as privacy, competition, and misinformation, which are only set to escalate in this new environment. Additionally, a host of new issues threaten to emerge, including concerns about child safety, online harassment, discrimination, fraud, and digital larceny. In this episode of TechTank, co-host Nicol Turner Lee, speaks with Tom Wheeler, visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, and author of the newly-published report, “AI makes rules for the metaverse even more important.”
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