A couple of sample #notebooklm notebooks related to #aied: * The Nature and Mitigation of AI Sycophancy https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/27e7fbd9-8dcc-43f0-8156-b64c25ba380c including a note (under Studio tab) on implications for college #teaching * College Success (OpenStax textbook) […]

It should be obvious a priori that it's absurd to judge colleges by the number of applicants they manage to avoid admitting. Quality ≠ selectivity! Now there's evidence demonstrating the absence of an empirical relationship between the degree of intellectual […] [Original post on sciences.social]

Notes and system instructions and deep research reports on creating a custom GPT or Gemini Gem to tutor calculus: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p2aeeVmstAASRUsgH52NLDmhghrhhsab2pvmyevnuYI/edit?usp=sharing Hawkulus: AI Calculus Tutor (Custom GPT) […]

Asset-based Approaches to Student Success https://edtechdev.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/asset/ In the past, I’ve shared strategies that have been shown to improve #studentsuccess, but none of those are effective if we or our students have a fixed mindset (belief that intelligence is fixed) or […]

Teaching Tips: The First Major Exam or Assignment https://edtechdev.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/first-exam/ A sampling of some research-based practices you may find useful for before, during, and after your first major assessment to improve student success and help struggling students turn things […]

Recent #aied articles: * Collaborative Learning Activities For Promoting AI Literacy https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15111v1 * Analyzing Problem-Solving in Physics Through Interaction With an AI Chatbot https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14778v1 * MathBuddy: A Multimodal System for Affective Math Tutoring […]

Using AI to create unlimited practice problems in statistics] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsmHmjBfGwI More on creating a custom GPT to generate practice problems https://edunewsletter.openai.com/p/teaching-with-chatgpt-personalized They've also developed a custom tool that lets instructors […]

Workado promoted its AI Content Detector as 98% accurate in detecting whether text was written by AI or a human. However, independent testing showed that the accuracy rate for general-purpose content was only 53%. The FTC alleges that Workado violated the FTC Act because the 98% claim was "false […]

Recent #aied articles: * A Comprehensive Review of AI-based Intelligent Tutoring Systems https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18882v1 * AI-Powered Math Tutoring: Platform for Personalized & Adaptive Education https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12484v1 * Automatic LLM Creation of Interactive Learning Lessons […]

Rebuilding Graphs for #accessibility: Inside Khan Academy’s Inclusive Design https://blog.khanacademy.org/rebuilding-graphs-for-accessibility-inside-khan-academys-inclusive-designrebuilding-graphs-for-accessibility-inside-khan-academys-inclusive-design/ They use Mafs, #opensource React […]

Advancements in astronomy education research: Two decades of progress with undergraduate and adult learners https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/jp2p-97jb #astronomy #physicsed #stemeducation #dber #eddev #activelearning #teaching

"We have a lot of evidence now that the best way to learn maths is conceptually, through big ideas, through making connections, [whereas] the approach of memorizing is associated with low achievement." That's Jo Boaler of Stanford University, speaking on the latest episode ("Number Sense and […]

Branching Scenarios: A Guide for #highered https://www.saskoer.ca/branchingscenarios/ With info on using tools like Twine and #h5p to create branching scenarios #oer #edtech

Strong claim from a recent artice on using AI to evaluate teaching: "AI evaluation removes human bias in teaching assessment" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666920X25000888 Sort of ironically, I asked AI to evaluate this claim. Gemini 2.5: this is an overstatement, but AI […]

“The Ones that Care Make all the Difference”: Perspectives on Student-Faculty Relationships https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10755-020-09522-w "We identified four themes for faculty practices: (1) Creating Pedagogical Space, (2) Being Inclusive and Aware, (3) Being Engaged and Engaging […]

Some recent #aied resources: * Peer & AI Review + Reflection (PAIRR) https://writing.ucdavis.edu/pairr * Professors at Play AI Playbook https://professorsatplay.org/ai-playbook/ * AI & instructional design studies https://drphilippahardman.substack.com/p/beyond-the-hype-what-18-recent-research * […]

Professors at Play https://professorsatplay.org/has 3 free #ebooks on incorporating games into your 1) #teaching https://professorsatplay.org/playbook/ 2) #onlineteaching https://professorsatplay.org/professors-at-play-online-playbook/ and 3) and #ai ideas […]

The promise of mastery-based testing for promoting student engagement, self-regulated learning, and performance in gateway STEM courses https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131525001551 Used the OLI chemistry course https://oli.cmu.edu/courses/general-chemistry-1-open-free/ […]

https://vibes.diy/ is an #opensource, beginner-friendly vibe coding web app generation tool. Announcement: https://fireproof.storage/posts/introducing-vibes-diy:-instant-apps-for-vibe-coders/ It's basically generating a single-page #react app backed by Fireproof, a #localfirst database […]

Testing out a #deepresearch tool on the topic of: Research-Based #teaching Techniques for Improving Student Retention in Online Courses https://www.opendeepresearch.dev/chat/OSVutEomBXzjwqpga5oNA Here are also links to NotebookLM summaries and a podcast version […]

Saw my high school technology teacher at the charity shop today. I’ve changed a bunch over the years but he recognized me after I told him my name! I let him know all the impact his class had on me and all the people I’ve helped and reached out to over the years as a result of his class. I […]

Building Students’ Confidence and Learning Skills in Online Classes: Lessons from the Postsecondary Collaborative (slides and paper) https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/presentation/building-students-confidence-learning-skills.html "the Collaborative identified three interventions instructors can embed […]

The free Canvas Badges (formerly badgr) is being discontinued in favor of the non-free Canvas Credentials. #canvaslms A couple of new #opensource #openbadge platforms in the works include BadgeFed that works with #activitypub #fediverse https://github.com/tryvocalcat/badgefed and Gnosco, part of […]

European Open Source AI Index https://osai-index.eu/ An EU-based community-driven public resource on #opensource generative #ai systems. Supersedes https://opening-up-chatgpt.github.io/ OLMo by @allenai is still the most open #llm: https://allenai.org/olmo #edtech #aied

Is the DOJ Web Accessibility Rule in Danger? https://convergeaccessibility.com/2025/06/02/doj-web-accessibility-rule-in-danger/ Educause, American Association of Community Colleges, and other #highered organizations have asked the U.S. administration to pause implementation of the previous […]

The #syncthing #android app is no longer in the Google Play app store. Use Syncthing-Fork instead, which is in the app store but a better version is in #fdroid https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android See instructions on how to export your settings, quit/delete old app, and import […]

Students Don't Learn the Way They Think They Do in a Large, #activelearning Genetics Course https://www.lifescied.org/doi/full/10.1187/cbe.24-10-0251 "students exhibited larger learning gains from prediction activities compared with worked examples or tell-then-practice activities, as evidenced […]

Exploring the Relationship Between First-Year Seminars and Student Success Outcomes: A Narrative Literature Review - Christine Harrington https://journals.flvc.org/jpss/article/view/135660 See also her #fye resources: https://www.scholarlyteaching.org/fye And I have some #studentsuccess […]

The Student Experience Project (SEP) Resource Hub draws on social belonging and learning mindset research to develop practical approaches campuses can use to bolster student engagement, increase equity in academic outcomes, and support student success […]

Student Hunger: How We Got Here and Solutions to Increase Persistence https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cc.20659 1/3rd of #communitycollege students report experiencing food insecurity, and they are 42% less likely to graduate. There is a need for policy reforms - SNAP eligibility […]

Tired: Teachers using tools to find students cheating with AI. Wired: Teachers using tools to figure out how many of their new students are bots who are just there to submit enough AI-completed assignments that they can claim financial aid in someone else's name. This story from the Voice of […]

The free and virtual Peralta Equity Conference is happening now: https://sites.google.com/view/peraltaequityconference/home Session recordings: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO6dbv_ZRJJb4rcMym_9YI5jNfvCEQ5Du The Florida #oer Summit is next month: https://www.flvc.org/oersummit #eddev […]

So bit.ly is enshittified.ly but I’m choking on the non self aware irony on the ad encrusted web site “reporting” this. . I counted 14 top and bottom fixed ads and at least one in every scroll on a mobile device. One was to squint to even find the text of this “story” “especially those in the […]

“It's Just Hard Reaching Out”: Factors Affecting Help-Seeking Behaviors among Independent College Students https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369377604_It's_Just_Hard_Reaching_Out_Factors_Affecting_Help-Seeking_Behaviors_among_Independent_College_Students #highered #retention #studentsuccess

The Transformational Power of Incorporating #evidencebasedteaching Practices https://www.everylearnereverywhere.org/blog/the-transformational-power-of-incorporating-evidence-based-teaching-practices/ More on Digitally-Enabled, Evidence-Based Teaching Practices […]

"For years, in-person and live-online training sessions have held a crucial role in learning because they offer what traditional asynchronous courses lack—immediate feedback, real-time coaching, and hands-on practice. The assumption has been that some aspects of training simply cannot be […]

Intelligence in Context: A Context-specific Mindset Measure Better Predicts Outcomes for Science and Math Undergraduates https://www.lifescied.org/doi/full/10.1187/cbe.24-09-0229 More on the Undergraduate Lay Theories of Abilities (ULTrA) Survey […]

"As faculty developers can attest, providing effective TPD [teaching professional development] for faculty is second to the importance of motivating faculty to participate in the first place—you can build it, and build it well, but they will not necessarily come." Leveraging Psychosocial […]

Growth mindsets in academics and academia: a review of influence and interventions https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1360080X.2024.2384003#abstract #growthmindset #highered #eddev #academia #openaccess

It's long been known that grades and test scores don't predict career success, or much of anything beyond later grades and test scores (see below). Now a new metaanalysis of 117 studies (unfortunately paywalled) confirms that college grades - much less those […] [Original post on sciences.social]

Don’t believe the hype. AI myths and the need for a critical approach in higher education https://journals.sfu.ca/jalt/index.php/jalt/article/view/2879 #aied #edtech #highered

The silliness of using AI to prevent students from cheating with AI (from https://ascd.org/blogs/the-real-way-to-stop-cheating-in-an-ai-world). And my own, longer (pre-AI) take on what really underlies academic cheating: https://www.alfiekohn.org/article/whos-cheating/

Instructors are using AI to generate quiz questions, rubrics, etc., but to get them into an LMS like #canvaslms you have to copy & paste. It is technically possible to have AI tools to create the items in the LMS itself. OpenAI has info about a Canvas GPT Action […]

Vibe is an #opensource desktop client (mac, windows, linux) for locally running Whisper to more accurately transcribe or caption videos & audio https://thewh1teagle.github.io/vibe/ Source code: https://github.com/thewh1teagle/vibe/ Easier to use than what I was using before (WhisperDesktop) […]

Lower Artificial Intelligence Literacy Predicts Greater AI Receptivity https://thearf-org-unified-admin.s3.amazonaws.com/MSI_Report_24-132.pdf "people with lower AI literacy are more likely to perceive AI as magical and experience feelings of awe in the face of AI’s execution of tasks that seem […]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published its annual list of consumer reporting companies. This lengthy list identifies dozens of specialty reporting companies that collect and sell access to people’s data, including individuals’ finances, employment, check writing histories, or […]

A few recent books on #highered course design to improve #studentsuccess & #studentretention: * Transforming the Gateway Course Experience https://gardnerinstitute.org/news-resources/transforming-the-gateway-course-experience/ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlEUcq6Bfn8 * Developing […]

“Woven in”: Mental Health and College Graduation Rates https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15210251241313456 Some other related resources: https://pressbooks.hccfl.edu/teaching/chapter/mentalhealth/ #highered #mentalhealth #studentsuccess

Generative AI for Education Hub: Searchable Research Study Repository https://scale.stanford.edu/genai/repository #aied #edreseach #edtech

Manu Kapur has a new book about Productive Failure: https://www.productivefailure.com/ and/or you can watch a video about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv952Z0lfsI or read articles on his site https://www.manukapur.com/publications/ #teaching #eddev #learningsciences #edresearch