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Indispensable Instructional Designers at Professional Schools 

Faculty Focus

IDs specialize in integrating and managing learning tools and systems, creating multimedia content, designing interactive simulations, building e-learning courses, and eliminating technology shortcomings of professors (Kenny, Zhang, Schwier, & Campbell, 2005). Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology 31 (1), 1499-667.

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Put Down the Shiny Object: The Overwhelming State of Higher Education Technology

WCET Frontiers

At this year’s WCET Annual Meeting, Brandon Karcher, the Manager of Instructional Technology at Bucknell University, facilitated an unconference session titled “Higher Ed Technology: Innovative or Overwhelming.” Recently, an article in EdSurge by Lilah Burke explored this exact discrepancy.

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Riding the wave of technological change to enable transformative learning for all

HEPI

On learning about the focus of the discussion, we chatted about the use of Generative AI tools amongst her peer group, and she wondered why my contemporaries were so flustered by this latest advance in technology. In this way, there has always been a next generation technology ; I have always been riding the wave of technological change.

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Generative AI: a technology that “makes previously exclusive interactions available to all”?

HEPI

Earlier in May 2024, HEPI, with support from learning technology service Studiosity, hosted a roundtable dinner to discuss how important the human touch is in the age of AI learning. Generative AI could be viewed similarly as “a technology that makes previously exclusive interactions available to all”. This raised questions.

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Using Generative AI to “Hack Time” for Implementing Real-World Projects

Faculty Focus

This provided a new perspective on the ideas we established in our previous article, Why Cant Your Real-World Project Live in the Real World? In that article, we made a case for enabling real-world clients as partner educators. Faculty Focus , March 2022.)

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Can technology narrow the equity gap in language education?

The PIE News

Technology is changing the way that we approach education. What are the challenges presented by the use of technology in education? In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic many of us are now well versed in the challenges associated with the use of technology in education. Can technology narrow the equity gap in language education?

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

This article explores AI’s historical evolution, critically assesses its benefits and challenges for teaching, and provides evidence-based strategies for faculty to integrate AI effectively. Moreover, as the Inside Higher Ed article highlights, the rise of AI-generated content presents an opportunity to rethink assessment practices.