Category: education
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AI is driving down the price of knowledge – universities have to rethink what they offer
AI is driving down the price of knowledge – universities have to rethink what they offer Patrick Dodd, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau For a long time, universities worked off a simple idea: knowledge was scarce. You paid for tuition, showed up to lectures, completed assignments and eventually earned a credential. That process did two…
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Looking for a job? Understanding how you make career decisions can help
Looking for a job? Understanding how you make career decisions can help Julia Yates, City St George’s, University of London If you’re getting ready to leave school or university and are trying to figure out your future career, you may well have been given the advice to start with some self-exploration. This means thinking about…
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Why should humanities education persist in an AI age? Self-development, to start
Why should humanities education persist in an AI age? Self-development, to start Johannes Steizinger, McMaster University Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots has become rampant among students in higher education. While some might be ambivalent about the impact of generative AI on higher education, many instructors in…
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Knowing less about AI makes people more open to having it in their lives – new research
Knowing less about AI makes people more open to having it in their lives – new research Chiara Longoni, Bocconi University; Gil Appel, George Washington University, and Stephanie Tully, University of Southern California The rapid spread of artificial intelligence has people wondering: who’s most likely to embrace AI in their daily lives? Many assume it’s…
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Without universal AI literacy, AI will fail us
Without universal AI literacy, AI will fail us Kay Firth-Butterfield Senior Research Fellow, University of Texas at Austin Aubra Anthony Strategy & Research Team Lead, USAID, Technology Division Emily Reid Interim CEO, AI4All Mar 17, 2022 This article is republished from The World Economic Forum under a Creative Commons license. Much has been said about…
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This AI tutor could make humans 10 times smarter, its creator says
This AI tutor could make humans 10 times smarter, its creator says David Elliott Senior Writer, Forum Stories Jul 29, 2024 There is only one primary school in Baziyan Village, in the Badong District of China’s Hubei Province. Like many places outside of the country’s biggest cities, Baishaping Primary can struggle to find quality teachers.…
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What are microcredentials? And are they worth having?
What are microcredentials? And are they worth having? Daniel Douglas, Trinity College As private firms and governments struggle to fill jobs – and with the cost of college too high for many students – employers and elected officials are searching for alternative ways for people to get good jobs without having to earn a traditional college…
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From virtual tutors to accessible textbooks: 5 ways AI is transforming education
From virtual tutors to accessible textbooks: 5 ways AI is transforming education Andrea Willige Senior Writer, Forum Agenda “About 220 million children are out of school at the moment. About seven out of ten children in least developed economies, at the end of grade four, cannot read one simple sentence or write a simple paragraph,”…
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Time to choose a career? A psychologist offers tips on the journey after high school
Time to choose a career? A psychologist offers tips on the journey after high school Kobus Maree, University of Pretoria Pivotal decisions loom large for high school graduates and those with responsibility over them. The trajectory has been a fairly straightforward line until now – learning and more learning. Having completed high school, will the journey…
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