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Episode description
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This week on the pod:
1) Big Tech Goes All in On AI
- Launch of Google Bard
- Adobe launches Firefly generative A.I., which lets users type to edit images
- Microsoft launches Loop, a Notion competitor
+ ChatGPT in Education:
- Where Is the ‘AI Conundrum’ in Education Headed?
- We Can’t Keep ChatGPT Out of the Classroom, so Let’s Address the ‘Why’
- Inside the Quest to Detect (and Tame) ChatGPT
2) Pearson sells OPM Division/OPM Regulation
- Pearson Sells Its OPM Business (PhilOnEdTech)
- When universities slap their names on for-profit coding boot camps
3) How Has COVID Changed Public Schooling?
- Public School Enrollment Dropped by 1.2M During the Pandemic
- New Mexico terminates 1:1 online tutoring contract with Paper
- 5 pandemic-era technologies schools don’t want to give up
4) Skills-Based Hiring On the Rise
- Accredible Announces the Launch of Skills Pathways
- REPORT: How Skills Are Disrupting Work
- Global Survey of 37k School Students Reveals Desire to Modernize Education
5) The Myth of Education as an Equalizer: Book Review
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