Digital Transformation

Here you'll find articles exploring digital transformation in higher education.


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Why Equity Must Be a Core Part of the Conversation About AI

AI is an immensely powerful tool that can provide customized support for students with diverse learning needs, tailoring educational experiences to meet student’s individual needs more effectively. However, significant disparities in AI access and digital literacy skills prevent many of these same students from fully leveraging its benefits.

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Coursera Introduces New Gen AI Skills Training and Credentials

Learning platform Coursera is expanding its Generative AI Academy training portfolio with an offering for teams, as well as adding new generative AI courses, specializations, and certificates.

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2024 Tech Tactics in Education Conference Agenda Announced

Registration is free for this fully virtual Sept. 25 event, focused on "Building the Future-Ready Institution" in K-12 and higher education.

New ED Guidelines for Designing Trustworthy AI Tools in Education

The United States Department of Education recently released a new guide that seeks to inform ed tech developers as they create AI products and services for use in education. We spoke with Kevin Johnstun, education program specialist in ED's Office of Educational Technology, about the ins and outs of the report and what it means for education institutions.

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OpenAI Unveils SearchGPT AI-Powered Search Engine

OpenAI has introduced SearchGPT, a new AI-powered search engine designed to access information from across the internet in real time. The much-anticipated prototype will provide more organized and meaningful search results by summarizing and contextualizing information rather than returning lists of links.

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Ditch the DIY Approach to AI on Campus

Institutions that do not adopt AI will quickly fall behind. The question is, how can colleges and universities do this systematically, securely, cost-effectively, and efficiently?

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Google Launches More AI Tools, Open Source AI Agent Platform

Google recently unleashed a slough of generative AI technologies, from the next generation of its open foundation model to an open source AI agent platform.

Texas A&M to Boost Parking Operations with Private LTE Network

Texas A&M University Technology Services recently announced a partnership with managed connectivity solutions provider Kajeet to deploy a private LTE network solution on its campus in College Station, TX.

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Tech Giants Form Open Source AI Security Group

Google, Microsoft, Amazon, OpenAI and others have formed a new industry group aimed at promoting AI safety and security standards.

OpenAI Launches Slimmer, Cheaper GPT-4o Mini

OpenAI has announced GPT-4o Mini, a slimmed down, more affordable version of its flagship multimodal GPT-4o model, replacing GPT-3.5.