EDUCATION FEED

I sat down with Cynthia Breazeal, the Dean for Digital Learning, to explore how the institution shapes AI literacy across educational contexts.

Both companies are committing to transforming and scaling AI skilling and learning for learners, workers and employers Pearson to further benefit from Microsoft Azure Cloud capabilities and AI tools, including rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot across its workforce Microsoft to further benefit from Pearson assessment and learning services LONDON and REDMOND, Wash. — Jan. 14, … Read more

Assistive technology involves special equipment and computer software that is meant to help people with disabilities. The latest assistive technology is being powered by artificial intelligence (AI), which might help many students who have difficulties with speaking, reading, writing, and working with language. Although many schools are struggling with how and where to use AI, … Read more

In 2022, Twinkle Khanna embarked on an exciting new chapter of her life when she went back to being a student in her 50s. Accompanied by her daughter Nitara, the former actor-turned-author moved to the UK to pursue a Masters program in fiction writing at the Goldsmiths, University of London. After completing her degree last … Read more

On our way to developing a curriculum for implementable real-world projects in professional classrooms, an interesting thing happened: Generative AI became ubiquitous. This provided a new perspective on the ideas we established in our previous article, Why Can’t Your Real-World Project Live in the Real World? (Faculty Focus, March 2022.)   In that article, we … Read more

Learn how AI is transforming education and libraries, enhancing learning and access.

Key points: It’s never too early for campus or district-wide IT teams to begin planning for upcoming tech upgrades and implementations. Because many of these upgrades happen over summer break, teams can use the upcoming spring semester to ensure their data is in A+ shape to support new AI tools. AI has already significantly impacted … Read more

The idea of infusing entrepreneurship into education has spurred much enthusiasm in the last few decades. A myriad of effects has been stated to result from this, such as economic growth, job creation and increased societal resilience, but also individual growth, increased school engagement and improved equality. Putting this idea into practice has however posed … Read more

Tara Westover, Aliya Khalid and Thabo Msibi discuss what education is for in the second episode of the Gates Cambridge podcast. I think all the policies in the world that we could put in place, the grants, the funds, the scholarships, the universities we could build, won’t matter if there’s not a ladder or a … Read more

Getty Images VAT is now being added to private school fees after new rules came into force on 1 January. The government plans to spend the money raised on more teachers for state schools in England. Private schools say they have already seen a drop in secondary school pupil numbers because of higher fees. What … Read more