The EdTech Daily

"Everything schools have done about AI assumes AI is a service. Services have accounts, age gates, district contracts, content filters, audit logs. Services can be blocked at the firewall. On July 27, frontier intelligence stops being a service and becomes a file. You cannot firewall a file."

"Randomized controlled trials are uniquely structured to determine whether a product’s impact is the result of the product itself or other factors."

"The tendency in education policy to overcorrect is as constant as it is frustrating."

"L&D leaders should also consider the balance between push and pull learning models. In a push model, podcast episodes are assigned as part of structured learning initiatives. In a pull model, learners choose content based on their interests and development goals."

"Decades of research have told us that things we selectively pay attention to are much more likely to be processed, because they enter into consciousness and memory...[T]he way that technology has evolved—including built-in advertising—has been about trying to capture that selective attention."

"[W]hile an LLM like Fable can study what it believes to be examples of good human writing, it cannot replicate faithfully a process that draws on our lived experience, our biological heritage, and our emotional and cognitive responses, as much as the technical meaning behind the words."

"Role-playing has been proven time and time again to be good for learning. Rehearsal is good for the brain, too. LLM’s are really good at mimicking human beings."

"[T]he real question is not simply whether AI is allowed. The real question is whether AI is being used in ways that improve design quality, protect judgment, reduce avoidable risk, and build stronger professional practice over time."

"This article breaks down why that data goes unused, how conversational AI analytics changes the access model, and what it means for how training gets designed, measured, and improved."

"With the growing movement to limit technology in schools, parents and educators are right to question how much time students spend on screens. But, as schools reconsider the role of technology in the classroom, an important distinction is often getting lost in the public conversation: Not all screen time is equal."

"[F]ear of speaking is among the most frequently mentioned challenges for language learners. Not grammar or vocabulary, but fear."

"The future university will not simply be a digital version of the traditional campus. It will be an intelligent, data-driven, highly personalized learning environment capable of adapting to the needs of every learner."

"Experts see great potential for AI to elevate bilingual education — if it’s done right."

"Deliberately working through technical challenges helps students build and retain the ability to actively engage with a problem"

"AB 2370 assumes that faculty will use professional judgment when incorporating AI. One practical way to exercise that judgment is to evaluate AI tools the way you evaluate textbooks or other course materials."

"[A]cademic success in an AI-enhanced world depends on ensuring students remain the agents of their own progress, equipped with the resilience to navigate a lifetime of independent growth."

"To truly understand online learning, we have to stop trusting the “illusion” of engagement and start measuring the actual mechanics of the mind."