#educational-technology — Public Fediverse posts

The City (NYC): NYC Yanks AI-Themed High School and Shelves Plans To Close UWS Middle Schools. “In a major reversal, New York City schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels is withdrawing controversial proposals to open the city’s first artificial intelligence-focused high school, close two middle schools, and relocate another.”

https://bbc.com/news/articles/cly0vk77vdko

I'm not sure what I think about this.

On the one hand, I immediately feel wary when I hear conservatives talking about "back to basics" in education, while on the other I suspect that more consideration needs to be given to the possible downsides of the digital classroom.

#Education #Sweden #EducationalTechnology #DigitalLearning

Don’t Just Fight Teen Screen Time—Fund the Alternatives

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.educationnext.org/dont-just-fight-teen-screen-time-fund-the-alternatives-education-freedom-accounts/

Logged In, Tuned Out

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.educationnext.org/logged-in-tuned-out-fifteen-years-billions-of-dollars-later-what-has-learning-tech-accomplished/

My Ed(1) Toolbox

https://aartaka.me/my-ed.html

#HackerNews #MyEdToolbox #EdTech #Productivity #Tools #Learning #Resources #EducationalTechnology

https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-in-school-south-korea-textbook-rollback-jobs-education-2025-8

South Koreans are neither alarmist technophobes nor unthinking technophiles -- all of us in education at whatever level or capacity should take note!

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Education #SouthKorea #EducationalTechnology #EdTech

For lower division or survey courses, a return to pen and paper and in class writing might be the answer, but I am not sure what to about those courses that require research papers.

https://undark.org/2025/07/01/california-colleges-ai-detectors/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #TurnItIn #EducationalTechnology #Education #HigherEducatiion

Technology corporations open a second front in the campaign to destroy US higher education. Note that the aggressors are getting help from campus collaborationists.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/technology/chatgpt-openai-colleges.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NE8.hOlu.KkxMdqtOBI-P&smid=url-share

#HigherEducation #Universities #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #EducationalTechnology #EdTech

Shenandoah Students Creating VR Experience Following the Lewis and Clark Trail

https://www.su.edu/blog/2025/05/21/shenandoah-students-creating-vr-experience-that-follows-the-lewis-and-clark-trail/

#HackerNews #ShenandoahStudents #VRExperience #LewisAndClark #TrailInnovation #EducationalTechnology

Cornell Chronicle: Developers, educators view AI harms differently, research finds. “Teachers are increasingly using educational tools that leverage large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT for lesson planning, personalized tutoring and more in K-12 classrooms around the world. Cornell researchers have found the developers of such tools and the educators who use them have different ideas […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/17/cornell-chronicle-developers-educators-view-ai-harms-differently-research-finds/

4/3 🤷🏽‍♂️ some background from Didith

Dante Perez might be better to share this instead:

https://www.media.mit.edu/groups/affective-computing/overview/

#AffectiveComputing #EducationalTechnology #EdTech #AI #ACII #IEEETAC

In addition to Didith Rodrigo, you might want to search for:
Art Graesser, Sidney D'Mello, Ryan Baker, Beverly Woolf, Ivon Arroyo, Roger Azevedo, Scotty Craig, Jaclyn Ocumpaugh, Ben du Boulay, Genaro Rebolledo Mendez

#AffectiveComputing #EducationalTechnology #EdTech #AI #ACII #IEEETAC

3/3

A friend of @czds and me, Didith Rodrigo, posted an interesting take on affective computing and educational technology. Unfortunately, a link to the post isn’t possible. Dr. Rodrigo teaches at Ateneo University in The Philippines 🇵🇭 Here’s a thread with a snippet. If you find this subject of interest, you should search for her papers in this topic, as well as those she suggests

#AffectiveComputing #EducationalTechnology #EdTech #AI #ACII #IEEETAC

1/3

Manchester/Salford Critical Ed Tech Network Event, February 19th 12pm-2pm

Dear colleagues,

I hope this finds you well. I’m reaching out to invite you to an informal lunchtime gathering where we can share our thoughts and concerns about educational technology and its impacts.

This is part of an exciting international initiative happening that week, with similar discussions taking place in cities around the world: https://criticaledtech.com/2024/07/26/cset-2025-critical-studies-of-education-and-technology-an-invitation-to-connect/ [criticaledtech.com]

We’ll be hosting Manchester’s contribution:

Date: Wednesday, February 19th, 2025 Time: 12:00 – 14:00 Venue: Humanities Bridgeford Street Building, University of Manchester

The format is deliberately informal – we’re inviting colleagues to give brief 5-minute contributions on any of these themes:

• What concerns you about EdTech in our current context?
• What social harms are you observing?
• How do you see the political economy of EdTech playing out locally?
• Where do you see hope for positive change?

No slides needed – just come ready to share your thoughts and meet others interested in these issues. This is very much about building connections across Manchester and Salford institutions and finding potential collaborators.

Your insights will contribute to an international open-access report, and there’s potential for involvement in a UK-wide meeting planned for June in Oxford/London.

If you’d like to contribute a 5-minute talk, just let me know which theme you’d like to address. You’re also very welcome to come and join the discussion even if you don’t want to speak. Lunch will be provided. 

Please get in touch by January 31st to confirm your talk or just register to attend on the day.

Look forward to seeing some of you in February.

Mark Carrigan (UoM) and Mar Borràs (MMU)

#CriticalEducationalTechnology #edtech #educationalTechnology #manchester #salford

In this episode, we explore the innovative Sustainable EdTech Design unit offered within the MA in Digital Technologies, Communication and Education (MA DTCE) at the University of Manchester. Programme Director Mark Carrigan sits down with Susan Brown, Programme Director of the MA in Education for a Sustainable Environment, and Mandy Banks Gatenby, Lecturer on the MA DTCE, to discuss their groundbreaking approach to integrating sustainability perspectives into the design and development of educational technologies.

Susan and Mandy share insights into the unique structure of the unit, which brings together their diverse expertise to foster a dialogue between the often-conflicting worlds of agile technology development and sustainability education. They highlight the importance of creating a space for students to grapple with uncertainty, challenge assumptions, and develop the critical thinking skills needed to create educational technologies that prioritize both human and environmental well-being.

Throughout the conversation, Susan and Mandy emphasize the transformative potential of this unit, which equips students with the mindset and practical skills to become leaders in the field of sustainable edtech design. They also discuss the wider implications of this approach, arguing for the need to embed sustainability considerations across all aspects of digital education.
Whether you’re an educator, learning technologist, or simply passionate about the future of education and sustainability, this episode offers a fascinating glimpse into the cutting-edge of sustainable edtech design and the innovative teaching practices that are shaping the next generation of educational leaders.

https://markcarrigan.net/2024/04/29/%f0%9f%8c%bf%f0%9f%92%bb-pioneering-sustainable-edtech-design-insights-from-the-ma-dtce/

#AI #digitalEducation #edTech #edtech #education #educationalTechnology #environment #sustainability #teaching #technology

Telepresence technology (Oceanography 🌊)

Telepresence technology is a term used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to refer to the combination of satellite technology with the Internet to broadcast information, including video in real-time from cameras used on its remotely operated vehicle on Okeanos Explorer. Its ROV will be operating working...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepresence_technology

#TelepresenceTechnology #Oceanography #Telepresence #EducationalTechnology

@bryanalexandee There used to be far more of a Web ecosystem surrounding podcasts when they were first popular and my journal article in 2005 was one of the first academic and technical analyses of educational podcasting: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237544289_Spoken_Internet_to_Go_Popularization_through_Podcasting
The faddish ephemerality is exasperating when there will always be a market for listening, even if limited to drivers, joggers, strap-hanging students and commuters like us in Japan, and so forth. In 2022 I covered some of the changed terrain in https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366399918_Podcasting_Reconsidered

#podcasting #podcasts #listening #technology #education #academia #OnlineLearning #OnlineEducation #EducationalTechnology #EdTech #openedtech #OpenEducation #OpenAccess #OER #HigherEducation #HigherEd #AcademicMastodon #AcademicFedi #Japan

@edutooter @OnlineEducation

@Andrewhinton @ev Yes, Andrew, in 2008 the term was usually social software, and Wikipedia could not define it adequately. People almost always focus on the #social, but I uniquely focused on the #media, a bit in the section "Definition and Affordances of Social Media" in the book chapter "Social Media to Motivate Language Learners From Before Admission to After Graduation" at https://www.academia.edu/11156452 or https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240633250

I had admired Ev Williams, but the pioneering podcasting channel I was paying for from #Japan suddenly disappeared, then the backup at Odeo soon vanished when Ev dropped Odeo to start a thing called #Twitter. See "Podcasting Reconsidered" (2022) for a summary of the history and the #pedagogy of #podcasting at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366399918 or https://www.academia.edu/93239567

@OnlineEducation and @Bilingualism @edutooter @linguistics
#OnlineLearning #DistanceEducation #OnlineEducation #BlendedLearning
#EducationalTechnology #EdTech #openedtech #OpenEducation #OpenAccess #OER

Of interest to #educationalTechnology #EdTechEquity #edutoot #learningSciences

From: @mallory
https://techpolicy.social/@mallory/109801493072661474

Hey Mastodon,

here‘s my first toot. I‘ve decided to give it a real try on this platform since the other one… well, you know…

I‘m a #PostDoc in #EducationalPsychology, researching #SelfRegulatedLearning, #AlgorithmicGroupFormation, and all kinds of #EducationalTechnology.

Below you can see what #ChatGPT makes out of my CV.

Happy to get in touch with you!

Check out this quick tutorial on how to use Freeform with Jamf Teacher from Mat Pullen ⤵️
https://youtu.be/fq8wvbVcegk

#apple #jamf #JamfTeacher #iPad #educationaltechnology