Teachers’ AI digital competencies and twenty-first century skills in the post-pandemic world - Educational technology research and development
The pandemic has catalyzed a significant shift to online/blended teaching and learning where teachers apply emerging technologies to enhance their students’ learning outcomes. Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has gained its popularity in online learning environments during the pandemic to assist students’ learning. However, many of these AI tools are new to teachers. They may not have rich technical knowledge to use AI educational applications to facilitate their teaching, not to mention developing students’ AI digital capabilities. As such, there is a growing need for teachers to equip themselves with adequate digital competencies so as to use and teach AI in their teaching environments. There are few existing frameworks informing teachers of necessary AI competencies. This study first explores the opportunities and challenges of employing AI systems and how they can enhance teaching, learning and assessment. Then, aligning with generic digital competency frameworks, the DigCompEdu framework and P21’s framework for twenty-first century learning were adapted and revised to accommodate AI technologies. Recommendations are proposed to support educators and researchers to promote AI education in their classrooms and academia.
Generative AI, including ChatGPT, has impacted education. It now incorporates image recognition, text-to-speech, and code generation. Three levels for using GenAI in education are outlined in this …
We live in a video-first world — except at work.Humans default to watching video over reading in our everyday life. But when it comes to work, we still spend...
Meta changes its label from 'Made with AI' to 'AI info' to indicate use of AI in photos | TechCrunch
After Meta started tagging photos with a "Made with AI" label in May, photographers complained that the social networking company had been applying labels
Because of the user feedback and general confusion around what level of AI is used in a photo, the company is changing the tag to “AI info” across all of Meta’s apps.
This documentary is an eye-opening journey through the confusing first school year with generative AI. The film spotlights an education community united by the same quest but struggling to simultaneously balance the need to go fast and slow. Episode one starts with the teaching challenge and the question, "What will it take for teachers to thrive in the age of generative AI?" Blindsided puts a human face on the dilemma created for everyone in education, including teachers, students, administrators, parents, professional associations, and ed tech companies. Drawing from 15,000+ interviews, the film captures the thinking, gut feelings, and overlooked questions shaping how AI is impacting teaching and learning. SUBSCRIBE for Episodes 1, 2, and 3 https://www.youtube.com/@bameducationradionetwork5672?sub_confirmation=1
Link to documentary premiere at ISTE Live 24: https://conference.iste.org/2024/program/search/detail_session.php?id=117268809
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Research: Using AI at Work Makes Us Lonelier and Less Healthy
The promise of AI is alluring — optimized productivity, lightning-fast data analysis, and freedom from mundane tasks — and both companies and workers alike are fascinated (and more than a little dumbfounded) by how these tools allow them to do more and better work faster than ever before. Yet in fervor to keep pace with competitors and reap the efficiency gains associated with deploying AI, many organizations have lost sight of their most important asset: the humans whose jobs are being fragmented into tasks that are increasingly becoming automated. Across four studies, employees who use it as a core part of their jobs reported feeling lonelier, drinking more, and suffering from insomnia more than employees who don’t.
Google's NotebookLM is way more than notetaking, writing, or organizational tool. It's an AI collaborator, grounded in your data with your unique view of the...
Anthropic, a major AI developer and one of the biggest competitors to OpenAI, have just released a new model of Claude – their incredibly capable Generative AI application. It comes just a co…
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