Keith Landa

Synthesizing scientific literature with retrieval-augmented language models - Nature A specialized, open-source, retrieval-augmented language model is introduced for answering scientific queries and synthesizing literature, the responses of which are shown to be preferred by human eva...

With the explosion of research literature, how to make sense of it in order to formulate questions for future research is getting exponentially harder. #AI could be useful to make sense of the literature, but probably not general #LLMs. This tool looks promising

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Designing with Purpose: Pedagogical Reflections for the Development of AI Speaking Tools - The FLTMAG By Christiane Reves, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Language Program Director for German, Department of German, New York University, former Assistant Teaching Professor and Lower Division Coordina...

A 24/7 conversation partner for #ForeignLanguageLearning seems an excellent use case for #GenAI #LLM apps, especially coupled with speech recognition and text to speech capabilities. With a focus on #intercultural communication, and not just grammar.
fltmag.com/pedagogical-...

You Can’t AI-Proof the Classroom, Experts Say. Get Creative Instead. Artificial intelligence is here to stay. Faculty members explain how to keep students engaged in their own learning and prevent them from relying on AI.

Focus on high-value experiences that AI queries can't replicate: recorded journals, oral assessments, critiquing AI, and others
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

The Real Environmental Footprint of Generative AI: What 2025 Data Tell Us - Online Learning Consortium In the October 2025 OLC Snap Survey, participants raised an increasingly common question: What are the ethical implications of Generative AI (GenAI)’s environmental impact? As both a regular user of t...

Some interesting comparisons of #AI #environment impacts. Yes, there are some, but if you are concerned about #energy and #water usage, maybe you should stop streaming video and commuting to work.

onlinelearningconsortium.org/olc-insights...

#GenAI excels at processing text. But can it be relied on for #qualitative #research? Here's an #edDev #SOTL study analyzing #survey results exploring trust in the classroom which suggests being cautious about #AI use in research.

journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TL...

AI Playbook for Teaching and Learning Leaders: A Community Guide – Simple Book Publishing Practical guidance for post-secondary leaders in planning and responding to AI in teaching and learning

An #open resource on #AI for #higherEd leaders. Short chapters providing framework and resource links. #Governance, #equity, #FacultyDevelopment, #assessment, student perspectives, policy development, implementation of AI tools

books.lib.uoguelph.ca/aiplaybook/

The AI Tsunami Is Here: Reinventing Education for the Age of AI In the age of artificial intelligence, higher education must move beyond content delivery toward interactionalism—a human-centered approach to learnin

We have to do more than deliver #content. How do we keep the human aspects of education in the age of #AI?

er.educause.edu/articles/202...

Beyond Tool or Threat: GenAI and the Challenge It Poses to Higher Education Generative artificial intelligence isn't just a new tool—it's a catalyst forcing the higher education profession to reimagine its purpose, values, and

"If what you teach—or how you teach—can be fully replaced by AI, perhaps it should be." Are we ready for fundamental #change in #HigherEd, or is #AI just another #HypeCycle? I'm heading back to the classroom spring semester, I guess I will see

er.educause.edu/articles/202...

An #open collection of resources for "Teaching with Text Generation Technologies". Highlighted by Annette Vee @anetv.bsky.social during a great keynote she gave for one of the #SUNY @sunyofficial.bsky.social Conversations in the Disciplines conferences. #AI #LLM

wac.colostate.edu/repository/c...

Dynamic BCW Panel Explores the Ethical Frontier of AI - Business Council of Westchester The Business Council of Westchester (BCW) hosted a dynamic panel discussion on Monday at Pace University, bringing together a diverse group of experts to explore the critical issue of establishing eth...

Happy to be part of this conversation on #AI #ethics and #governance.
thebcw.org/news/busines...

Flyer for the conference

Looking forward to participating in an #AI #governance panel next Monday at #Pace University: "Governing the Future: The Ethical Frontier of AI Regulations and Policy. Sponsored by the Business Council of Westchester #BCW.

Public AI Summit A dynamic, two-day virtual AI Summit for the general public to hear from leading experts about the latest AI developments, gain a clearer understanding of what these changes mean, and learn how we can...

A chance for the general public to engage in the conversation on #AI. Some talks with folks well-known in Ai on day 1, workshopping opportunities on day 2.
publicaisummit.org

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert Announces The Cancellation Of “The Late Show”

WTF! The Late Show is being cancelled outright next May???
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuqE...

Advice | When AI Does the Reading for Students The technology that powers ChatGPT is quickly transforming reading practices. What does that mean for your assignments?

"Let those without sin cast the first stone." I'm not sure I can complain about students using #AI to summarize course #reading when I've done the same to get thru the flood of materials I need to review. We need to ask when is reading key for learning, and when not
www.chronicle.com/article/when...

The Reading Struggle Meets AI The crisis has worsened, many professors say. Is it time to think differently?

Maybe we're cycling back to a new oral tradition, and the last few centuries of written literacy as the mark of scholarship will be a blip in human history. Not sure I'm ready to throw in the towel yet though. How can #AI assist #reading and #comprehension?
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It

There is appropriate and inappropriate use of #AI for both students and faculty. Important to talk about how/when student use supports or undercuts learning; also how faculty use on low level tasks can open up time for more human interaction in our courses.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...

Some examples of custom #chatbots for instruction, where faculty are in control of how the tool supports their teaching and learning goals. The interview about #Cogniti about that faculty-led project had some good points.
derekbruff.org/2025/04/10/s...

What we get from #AI #GenAI #LLMs is only as good as the #prompts we use to interact with them. Here is an extensive review and discussion. #PromptEngineering
sanderschulhoff.com/Prompt_Surve...

#Stanford emerging technology review 2025: exploration of #AI, #biotech, #crypto, #lasers, #materialsSci, #neurosci, #robotics, #semiconductors, #space, #GreenEnergy and their impacts on econ growth, security, #sustainability, #health, civil society
@stanford.edu
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These Students Use AI a Lot — but Not to Cheat For some students, the technology can effectively replace collaborative learning with classmates and office hours with professors.

Interesting #student perspectives on how #AI can be used to support rather than bypass learning. Study guides, alternative presentations, quizzing, etc.
www.chronicle.com/special-proj...

Using NotebookLM to Boost College Reading Comprehension This semester, we are using NotebookLM to help our students comprehend and engage with scholarly texts

Essay on how to use #AI ( #NotebookLM ) to help student work through difficult texts, moving students up #BloomsTaxonomy beyond just remembering and understanding. Provides useful #prompt examples.
michellekassorla.substack.com/p/using-note...

If you teach #writing / #composition or are yourself a writer, you might be interested in this #OpenTextbook "Bad Ideas About Writing". #OER
Provocative essays by practitioners & scholars in the field
commons.erau.edu/oer-main/3/

Generative Artificial Intelligence and Education: A Brief Ethical Reflection on Autonomy Given the widespread impacts of generative AI, looking at this technology through the lens of autonomy can help equip students for the workplaces of t

An ethical framework for encouraging #AcademicIntegrity in the age of #AI, rather than just taking a punitive approach to AI use
er.educause.edu/articles/202...

2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report -Teaching and Learning Edition. #AI figures prominently in this year's report: AI tools for #TeachingLearning, #faculty #ProfessionalDevelopment to use AI, AI #governance.
library.educause.edu/-/media/file...

College professors don't know how to catch students cheating with AI "It felt like a disease, where you see a couple cases and then all of a sudden there's an outbreak. That's what it felt like."

No easy answers. #GenAI #AI #AcademicIntegrity #Pedagogy
mashable.com/article/prof...

YouTube video by Saga Lore AI Harry Potter - Cowboy Wizard (Parody Music Video)

AI is getting scary good
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOtf...

Teaching & Learning podcast from SUNY Schenectady - "a space for courageous, honest, open, and unscripted conversations about teaching and learning; about the things that excite us; and about the things that challenge us." Now in their 4th season.
sunysccc.edu/About-Us/Div...

A New Headache for Honest Students: Proving They Didn’t Use A.I.

This is what false positives mean in the context of #AI detectors - innocent students' lives in turmoil. It's doubtful there is going to be a technological solution to student 'cheating' with #GenAI, we need to use pedagogical approaches. #AuthenticAssessment
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/s...

University students offload critical thinking, other hard work to AI Two studies indicate students are using chatbots to undermine what they learn

Sometimes the work of #learning is supposed to be hard, that's the point. I use #GenAI and other #AI tools to support my work, so I'm not against it. We need to work w/ students to use it in ways that supports their meeting course #LearningOutcomes.
hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

"You read books, eh?" A 1949 red scare Herblock cartoon about pressures on teachers that hits hard once again.