#AI implementation at Penn – student newspaper editorial www.thedp.com/article/2026... #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence #criticalthinking

#Digitalgov – "using #AI to unlock new possibilities" codeforamerica.org/news/future%... Note: designing to mitigate risks. #publicinteresttechnology #publicinteresttech #govtech #civictech #artificialintelligence #generativeAI #AIethics

#Lifelonglearning for #publichealth hsph.harvard.edu/news/launch-... #health #healthcare #globalhealth #highereducation #highered #Harvard

Academic-industry #research collaboration for "...what's possible when #AI and #quantumcomputing come together...." news.mit.edu/2026/mit-ibm... #academia #highereducation #highered #MIT #IBM #STEM #STEMeducation #artificialintelligence #computing

#AI and #highered – upcoming event events.newamerica.org/artificialin... #academia #highereducation #artificialintelligence

#Highered for constructive #civicengagement karshinstitute.virginia.edu/news/civic-c... #democracy #civiceducation #civicseducation #highereducation

#Sciencecommunication – #physics: upcoming event Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT) #VirginiaTech icat.vt.edu/events/2026/... #highereducation #scicomm #STEM #science #particlephysics #virtualreality

#Highered – the #learning assistant model at Tufts now.tufts.edu/2026/04/22/h... Note: > Undergraduate learning assistant vs. graduate teaching assistant > Learning assistant #pedagogy course > "The value of confusion" #highereducation #STEMeducation #STEM #instructionaldesign

UC Berkeley's DeCal tradition, culture, courses www.dailycal.org/weekender/fe... "...the creative hearts of these courses...." #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign #pedagogy

"...In my view, originality and #creativity are the key engines of scientific progress...." www.nationalacademies.org/news/science... Note Dr. Ogbunu's comments about #sciencecommunication and his recent article about same in Undark Magazine (online). #STEM #science #STEMeducation #scicomm

SUSE for #digitalsovereignty – "'exit velocity and pivot ability'" "The #opensource backbone for sovereign IT?" www.zdnet.com/article/suse... #Europe #EuropeanUnion #BigTech

#Civicseducation – Duke Sanford class: “America at 250: Founding and Forging a #Democracy" sanford.duke.edu/story/americ... Note: • Duke Sanford-NAF partnership • Emphasis on student engagement with primary resources #civicengagement #civiceducation #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign

#Civiceducation – Duke-Durham today.duke.edu/2026/04/duke... Note: > We the People initiative > New Duke-NAF collaboration #democracy #civicengagement #civicseducation #highereducation #highered #K12

#AI and fostering intellectual agency in the #highered classroom www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-s... #highereducation #instructionaldesign #pedagogy #edtech #artificialintelligence

#Highered #pedagogy – continuous learning in very large classes: Professor Dennis Kochmann & his team, #ETHZürich ethz.ch/en/news-and-... #highereducation #STEMeducation #STEM #engineering #instructionaldesign #Zürich #Switzerland

#Highered #pedagogy – new national organization on a mission for systemic change in college teaching www.chronicle.com/newsletter/t... #highereducation #instructionaldesign

The new Cornell David A. Duffield #Engineering Education Research Institute news.cornell.edu/stories/2026... Note: > discipline-based education research > engineering education research (IER) #highereducation #highered #STEM #STEMeducation #instructionaldesign #pedagogy

"The #AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want" Online event April 21 UVA Data Science, PIT-UN, and DTD Lab dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/ai-con/ #democracy #publicinteresttechnology #publicinteresttech #artificialintelligence #AIethics #BigTech

"...We recommend that Yale affirmatively support a classroom environment conducive to full presence, focus, and interaction. That begins with a device-free policy—no phones, laptops, or tablets—as the default in classroom settings..." president.yale.edu/sites/defaul... #highereducation #highered

#Highered #pedagogy for "local learning experiences outside the classroom" at Cornell news.cornell.edu/stories/2026... Note: "Creative Teaching Case Studies" #highereducation #experientiallearning #instructionaldesign

#Highereducation, #liberalarts, & #AI – "...the liberal arts...this centuries-old educational tradition is precisely what...[students] will need to thrive, personally & professionally, in the age of AI." washingtonmonthly.com/2026/04/15/l... #STEMeducation #artificialintelligence #futureofwork

"We find that #AI assistance improves immediate performance, but it comes at a heavy cognitive cost." (study findings) futurism.com/artificial-i... Multidisciplinary cohort of scientists from US & UK conducted the study. #psychology #artificialintelligence #K12 #highereducation #highered #edtech

#Highered and #civicengagement: Susan August Rubinstein Professorship in Department of Government, College of Arts and Sciences, at Cornell news.cornell.edu/stories/2026... #democracy #citizenship #civiceducation #civicseducation #highereducation

#AI in #highered: HBS www.thecrimson.com/article/2026... #highereducation #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence #Harvard

"...The School’s policy of requiring all MD students to complete a scholarly project... physician-scientists..." hms.harvard.edu/news/medical... #highereducation #medicaleducation #meded #medicalschool #medschool #instructionaldesign #reserarch #Harvard

#Civiceducation – upcoming online event: civic assemblies, specifically CivicLex events.newamerica.org/lexingtonsfi... #democracy #citizenship #civicengagement #civicseducation #K12 #highereducation #instructionaldesign

School of #engineering at UNC? dailytarheel.com/article/univ... #highereducation #highered #STEM #STEMeducation #instructionaldesign #experientiallearning

#CivicEducation Research Lab (CERL) at Georgetown University on Substack civiceducationresearchlab.substack.com #democracy #citizenship #civicengagement #civicseducation #K12 #highereducation #highered #instructionaldesign

#Meded – upcoming hybrid event #Stanford #Medicine medhub.stanford.edu/event/25bb26... #highereducation #medicaleducation #medicalschool #medschool #instructionaldesign #healthcare #healthtech #medtech #artificialintelligence #AI

#Civiceducation – "...we have to take civic formation seriously...." chkbal.substack.com/p/in-need-of... Note: "...In classrooms...moving beyond textbook civics into applied learning...." #democracy #citizenship #civicengagement #civicseducation #instructionaldesign #experientiallearning

A #digitalgov spotlight from Beeck Center at Georgetown University digitalgovernmenthub.org/publications... #digitaltransformation #publicinteresttechnology #publicinteresttech #govtech #civictech

"...universities function as a fifth pillar of American #democracy..." – upcoming event Co-hosts: • New America • Alliance for #HigherEducation, "a new organization uniting the democracy and higher education spheres" www.newamerica.org/events/the-f... #highered #civiceducation #civicseducation

#Medtech – #digitaltwins: "heart models may be just the leading edge" www.sciencenews.org/article/digi... Note term "biomedical engineer". "...pre-procedural planning...you treat the #digitaltwin before you treat the patient." #health #healthcare #healthtech #physiology #cardiology

#Civiceducation in #highered – "Unfurling the Flag: Reflections on American #Patriotism" Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library exhibit Yale yaledailynews.com/articles/bei... Includes an original copy of Declaration of Independence. #democracy #civicengagement #civicseducation #highereducation

California's Middle-Mile #Broadband Initiative and Broadband for All pledge mashable.com/article/cali... #digitaldivide #digitalinclusion #California

New Center for #Law and #Economy at Columbia University Led by: Lina M. Khan and Lev Menand, Associate Professors of Law law-and-economy.law.columbia.edu #democracy #civiceducation #highereducation #highered #legaleducation #legaled #lawschool #monopoly #antitrust

The #apprenticeship and #civicengagement washingtonmonthly.com/2026/04/06/m... "None of this diminishes academics. It depends on them." #K12 #instructionaldesign #experientiallearning #apprenticeships #democracy #civiceducation #civicseducation

We the People: National Symposium on #CivicEducation Research Center for Civic Education & Civic Education Research Lab From the event: • Recordings (videos) • Final research report • Photos civiced.org/we-the-peopl... #democracy #citizenship #civicengagement #civicseducation #instructionaldesign

#Sciencecommunication – recent #Science and #Storytelling event Yale School of #PublicHealth w/Your Local Epidemiologist yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/we-all-nee... #STEM #communication #scicomm

#AI design & interpretability – "designed for both: • individual use & • promoting collective refinement over time" www.nature.com/articles/d41... Note: "two forms of AI-induced de-skilling to worry about: • individual • collective" #artificialintelligence #futureofwork

#AI at UChicago news.uchicago.edu/story/50-mil... "...how #intelligence works, how humans and machines interact, and how innovation can serve society responsibly." Note #interdisciplinarity. #highereducation #highered #research #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence #AIethics

With STEAMpact Foundation, "...she is committed to helping young people connect to...STEM education." news.cornell.edu/stories/2026... #STEM #science #STEMeducation #instructionaldesign #activelearning #experientiallearning #K12 #Africa #Angola #womeninSTEM #womeninscience #highereducation #Cornell

#Highered & the #apprenticeship www.newamerica.org/insights/wha... Note: Figure 1 - Apprenticeship Models #highereducation #instructionaldesign #experientiallearning #apprenticeships

#Civicengagement & #GenZ – Youth250 Letters to America historymadebyus.org/youth250/let... #democracy #citizenship #civiceducation #civicseducation #GeneratioinZ #Zoomers #K12 #highereducaton #highered

#AI in #highered – upcoming conference AAC&U www.aacu.org/event/confer... #academia #highereducation #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence

#Futureofwork and #AI – • "...humans w/machines can do things that no human could have done, or no machine could have done on their own" • "It's not just for computer science" (Stanford professor) www.zdnet.com/article/ai-j... #techjobs #softwaredevelopment #coding #artificialintellgence #agenticAI

#AgenticAI and knowledge work – hybrid event April 6 (in-person at #Stanford) digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/event/suprot... Note: "...complementarity between #AI agents and #expertise..." #highereducation #highered #STEMeducaton #artificialintelligence #futureofwork

"Human-Centered #AI – to help AI better augment human #creativity... AI that behaves as a useful collaborator..." hai.stanford.edu/news/stanfor... #creatives #creators #art #collaboration #futureofwork #artificialintelligence #generativeAI #highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #Stanford

#MIT and HPI #AI and #Creativity Hub (MHACH) – Human-Centered #Design and Creativity news.mit.edu/2026/mit-has... #highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #STEM #artificialintelligence

#AI in #highered – upcoming conference aiforall.ucf.edu/teachwithai/ Note: "K-12 instructors and teachers are encouraged to attend and discuss how to prepare students for college readiness by using AI in their classrooms." #highereducation #K12 #instructionaldesign #edtech #artificialintelligence