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Ethics and Equity in AI for Collaborative Learning
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Ethics and Equity in AI for Collaborative Learning

In designing collaborative learning, design AI features using realistic examples of students’ learning; support teachers' awareness; develop students' sense of...

Stop Judging AI Using Human Exams
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Stop Judging AI Using Human Exams

Computer scientists should inform the public that human tests are not a valid way to judge the quality of an AI model, nor a good way to compare AI models to human...

AI in the Public Interest: Education and Democracy
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AI in the Public Interest: Education and Democracy

Now is a critical time to vigorously pursue public interests in education and to avoid a slippery slide into yielding public governance to an entirely private market...

ChatGPT for Provost!
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ChatGPT for Provost!

Three to five years from now, we won’t be talking about what ChatGPT can or can’t do, but we could be talking about how ChatGPT brought us all together, and the...

The ChatAlgebra Educational Revolution
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The ChatAlgebra Educational Revolution

We need a ChatAlgebra revolution to reduce the gatekeeping role of the traditional Algebra course, to ameliorate the student suffering associated with the traditional...

Reflections on the AI Bill of Rights Blueprint
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Reflections on the AI Bill of Rights Blueprint

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has released a "Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights." I reflect on this milestone document in the context...

Four Conversations About Human-Centric AI
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Four Conversations About Human-Centric AI

I discuss the different conversations, their limits, and what we really need to be talking about.

R&D or r&d: What's the Difference?
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R&D or r&d: What's the Difference?

Research produces generalized knowledge; Development produces generalized functionality. Not all efforts that use research skills or that use development skills...

Safe AI in Education Needs You
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Safe AI in Education Needs You

Artificial intelligence is coming to your learners and will raise challenging issues that need experts like you. Learn how you can get involved in AI and Educational...

Inclusive Integration of Computing in School Districts: Two Essential Tradeoffs
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Inclusive Integration of Computing in School Districts: Two Essential Tradeoffs

When integrating computer science and computational thinking in a school district through inclusive learning pathways, school district leaders face challenging...

AI or Intelligence Augmentation for Education?
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AI or Intelligence Augmentation for Education?

Applications of artificial intelligence to education are spreading and intensifying, but we have the acronym backwards. Building ethical, equitable applications...

Computers for Learning: Charisma that Fails to Disrupt?
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Computers for Learning: Charisma that Fails to Disrupt?

Two books examine why large-scale learning technology often doesn’t achieve expectations. Technology can improve learning at scale, but charismatic stories about...

Why Focus on Technologies for Human Learning?
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Why Focus on Technologies for Human Learning?

By choosing human learning as a topic area, computer scientists can contribute to major societal challenges, win grants in additional programs, and tackle new computer...

Towards Equity in K-12 Computer Science Education: Consistency, Cumulativity and Competencies
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Towards Equity in K-12 Computer Science Education: Consistency, Cumulativity and Competencies

To address structural barriers in Computer Science education, school districts are now looking beyond the need for specific courses or tools. They are developing...

Learning Computational Thinking to Dominate the Music Industry
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Learning Computational Thinking to Dominate the Music Industry

Music can be a context for middle school students to learn about computational thinking and data science. In a game environment, students can play the role in which...

Powerful Online Learning is a Distributed System
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Powerful Online Learning is a Distributed System

In the midst of a pandemic, universities are now rapidly shifting to online and remote learning. Here, I will suggest a core metaphor for what powerful online learning...
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