UIC Academic Technology and Digital Learning. “Let technology be the bicycle for your mind.”
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Nobody Misses Being Lost
What GPS Teaches Faculty About AI and Critical Thinking
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🧅 AI in education in 4 layers.
🟢 Layer 1 — AI Literacy Edu (Universal / Foundational)
🟠 Layer 2 — AI for Edu (Infrastructure / Optional)
🔴 Layer 3 — AI in Edu (Core Mission / Required)
🔵 Layer 4 — AI of the Profession (Career Readiness / Required)
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🧠 AI gives answers on a platter: students risk losing critical thinking without the reps.
Contrast: AI as a Cognitive Gym, progressive load. Start simple, ramp friction and tougher interactions on a topic. Skills endure.
Free CC BY 4.0 guide:
dataii.com/ai/guidebook/
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🚀 Some work that sparks should not be delegated to AI. Ideas worth thinking. Guidebook.
🗑️ FLUFF (Formatting) → capped rewards
⚡ SPARK (Human) → ignites learning, uncapped rewards
“The Learn-It-All Educator”
Free CC BY 4.0:
dataii.com/ai/guidebook/
#aiedu #education
Thrilled to share that I've successfully completed my Certified Artificial Intelligence Program Manager (C|AIPM) from EC-Council Learning and received my Certificate of Achievement! Grateful for this learning journey and excited for what's next. learn.eccouncil.org/certific…
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How AI Is Exploding Our Illusions of Rigor via @insidehighered insidehighered.com/opinion/c… #edtech #GenAI #ailiteracy #aiready #FETC #rigor
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How AI Is Exploding Our Illusions of Rigor via @insidehighered insidehighered.com/opinion/c…
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How AI Is Exploding Our Illusions of Rigor (opinion) insidehighered.com/opinion/c…
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Career Advice | How AI Is Exploding Our Illusions of Rigor
Craig E. Nelson’s concept of “dysfunctional illusions of rigor” holds new currency in our AI age. bit.ly/4qkBglZ
ALT The letters "AI" in blue three-dimensional font against a red background.
Comet by @perplexity_aican help students cheat. It may also have legitimate uses for instructors. linkedin.com/pulse/perplexit…
#AIEDU #Education @chronicle @educause
Check out my latest article: The @Blackboard Moment: Why AI in Education Needs Its 1997 linkedin.com/pulse/blackboar… @AnthologyInc #Edu25 #Educause2025 @AttainLLC
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Introducing Perplexity iOS Voice Assistant
Voice Assistant uses web browsing and multi-app actions to book reservations, send emails and calendar invites, play media, and more—all from the Perplexity iOS app.
Update your app in the App Store and start asking today.
🤖♟️ AI solved chess in 1997, and now chess thrives! 🧠💡 Discover how the story of AI in chess can be a great story in Education AI. #AIinEducation #ChessLearning #AIEdu
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The AI Revolution in Chess and Its Impact on Education edtechdigest.com/2024/11/15/…
Unlocking the joy of learning with a spirit of play.
ChatGPT can’t compete with Stockfish in Chess. But one day, there will be Stockfish-like optimized AI for each activity.
🎹 unknown waltz by Chopin discovered, nearly 200 years later.
I dream of AI composing more Chopin music. He died at 39 and there was s much more in his mind and heart that didn’t get written down.
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Why is DELVE used so much today?
"How cheap, outsourced labour in Africa is shaping AI English" @AlexHern theguardian.com/technology/2…
English 2.0 on @educause #EDU24 @EDUCAUSEreview:
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The AI and human partnership at #AT24. Steve Jobs @Apple got his wish and students can ask questions of Aristotle in their @blackboard @anthology courses with Conversational AI!
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Join us Thursday, July 18 at noon CT for the Info Session: Faculty Spotlight to meet College of Engineering Associate Professor, Dr. Xinhua Zhang! RSVP: go.uic.edu/MENGInfoSessionJu…
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Congratulations to @JIAonline for receiving a 2024 Catalyst Award for Student Success from @AnthologyInc! The annual awards recognize and honor those driving innovation and excellence within education. Way to go JIA!
