Episode description
In this episode of Week in Edtech, Ben and Alex discuss:
Artificial Intelligence:
- Executive Order on AI includes mandate that Education Department roll out guidance on the way schools should use AI technologies
- OpenAI launches Agents (“GPTs”)
- OpenAI introduces custom AI assistants called “GPTs” that play different roles
- My North Star for the Future of AI
- Forget ChatGPT — Extractive AI Is the Real Game-Changer for Teachers, Students
- Rosalyn Launches StableSight, an Exam Proctoring AI That Counters Generative AI Use and Cheating Rings
K-12:
- Home Schooling’s rise from fringe to fastest growing form of education
- Instructure acquires Parchment for ~$800M
- Byju’s in Talks to Sell US Unit Epic for $400 Million to Joffre
- Teachers and K-12 Education
Higher Ed:
- The False Binary in Higher Ed
- Changes to university research Carnegie ratings
- Universities can’t accommodate all the computer science majors
- Facing Pressure on Enrollment, Will Colleges Support More Transfer Students
- This Obscure College Major Commands $100K Within Four Years
Workforce:
Special Guest:
Johann Zimmern, Education Strategy Lead at Zoom featuring Zoom One for Education