Interesting piece by Taylor Swaak about how AI is interacting with higher ed. This article discusses some of the complications taking place in higher ed institutions with AI. For example, Swaak brings up that " AI and GenAI technologies are maturing rapidly, while colleges are historically slow to evolve." While I think that the points made in this piece are important, they did leave out one use case of AI in higher ed that I find is highly important: Improving accessibility. Personally, I believe AI could be a helpful tool for students with disabilities or different learning styles. What do you think? #HigherEd #AIIntegration #AccessibleEducation
Robert McGuire
9mo
I think it’s helpful to think in a slightly different way which is to ask how students will be different. The first AI-native freshmen class is about 8 years away from move in day. They will have different expectations, perspectives, experiences and competencies for having grown up with with AI. Incorporating AI is one thing. Ensuring we’re ready for those students is another. For example, perhaps our first instinct will be to wonder if they will be able to tell real from fake having been exposed to so much AI fakery. It might turn out the right question is if they perceive that as a useful distinction.
Darcy Kelley
9mo
Very proud of UoPeople for amazing accomplishments; looking forward to celebrating at the Gala:) U go Shai! Darcy
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9moAs the article mentions, AI has been around for decades now. Yet, sooo many schools are still not using supervised machine learning to predict student outcomes in order to better carry out student success initiatives. Colleges are absolutely slow to evolve, and it doesn't feel like that's changing any time soon. It seems like there's only been a handful of schools officially talking about generative AI, and only a few job posts pop up across the field. I really hope institutions lean into staying up-to-date on whats happening with generative AI, but it seems like it's the classic "let's close our eyes and hope it goes away" tactic. Time will tell! 😜 Is University of the People using Chat GPT and similar tools internally? Would be curious to learn more about how you all are prioritizing learning it and using it!