Most of us find ourselves genuinely conflicted about AI in education. AI appears both alarming and exciting in ways that seem difficult to r...

AI use is now ‘near universal’ among undergraduates, but students are divided on its impact, new HEPI survey finds  In just three years, generative AI has moved from novelty to near universality among undergraduates. The question is no longer whether students use AI, but how well they use it – and how effectively institutions are supporting them to develop […]

This is bananas - a standalone local instance of WordPress that just runs in your browser. Uses SQLite and some other tricks to need no accounts or databases set up. Just works.

Carrie Smith (UAlberta) explores how collaboration can be supported through
inventive structures and relational infrastructure in this new article for
the Illuminating Higher Ed series.

In most institutions the VLE is currently the main student facing information system and thus key to the student learning experience. A review can help you see if you are meeting your existing objectives, possibly against internal or external benchmarks, and plan what you need to do in future to meet your long-term strategic objectives.

Most VLEs are treated as standard infrastructure, a static system that is, at best, functioning; delivering modules, hosting content, running assessments, supporting learning, etc. As long as stude…

Get the main content of any page as clean, readable Markdown.

Built by kepano as part of the Obsidian Web Clipper, then pulled into a separate standalone tool because it's super useful.

Mizze Walker’s website

Polarity mapping turns vague “both/and” thinking into a disciplined method. When leaders can map the upsides and downsides of competing poles, identify early warning signs, and design actions that sustain the benefits of each without tipping into failure, they build stronger organisations.

Some tensions are problems to solve. Others are polarities to manage. Polarity mapping is a disciplined way to navigate interdependent opposites without collapsing into false choices, compromise, or managerial relativism.

This article reflects on current practices and directions for digital transformation through a framework that supports the strategic responses and str

In 2024, we collaborated with 24 higher education providers in a research pilot to discover how our digital transformation toolkit could support digital transformation within their organisation.

The research pilot validated the success factors for effective digital transformation highlighted in the toolkit.

A comprehensive perspective on how the digital environment can support positive work, research and learning experiences, and promote a sense of belonging and wellbeing.

Transform Digital Transformation (Dx) Transform education through technology Home Digital Transformation (Dx) Driving Change Through Digital Strategy. Dx empowers Ontario institutions to personalize learning, streamline operations, and make smarter decisions. By embracing digital tools, institutions can adapt, support diverse learners, and drive innovation. Explore our resources to boost your resilience, relevance, and impact. Dx Self-Assessment […]

Instead of banning AI, why don't schools teach students to use it critically? College freshman Maximilian Milovidov shares what he has learned in an "AI writing" course at Columbia University.

Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’s lives.

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This blog entry explores how Generative AI is reshaping postsecondary education, and encouraging educators to centre relationships in learning, assessment and collaboration.

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Students are co-creators of learning, not recipients of it. When we respond to GenAI with restriction, we model exactly the opposite of what students need: how to use powerful tools wisely, ethically, and in community. 

Online and hybrid learning are now standard, not exceptions. However, many educators still feel unprepared, overwhelmed, or resistant when teaching online. They might have access to strong platforms and tools, but without proper guidance, those tools often go unused or are misapplied. That’s where faculty development truly makes a difference. When institutions support their educators, […]

Real-time global intelligence dashboard with live news, markets, military tracking, infrastructure monitoring, and geopolitical data. OSINT in one view.

Today's guest blogger says academic librarians don't need another class on how to use AI, but an institutional reflection on the emotional and mental cost of rushing innovations.

Vocational awe describes the set of ideas, values, and assumptions librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in notions that libraries as institutions are inherently good, sacred notions, and therefore beyond critique. I argue that the concept of vocational awe directly correlates to problems within librarianship like burnout and low salary. This article aims to describe the phenomenon and its effects on library philosophies and practices so that they may be recognized and deconstructed.

MCP server that reduces Claude Code context consumption by 98%. 315 KB becomes 5.4 KB.

(but giving some random dev project that level of access to my computer sounds a little iffy…)

Discover the Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI), a powerful personality assessment to improve team dynamics, leadership, and conflict resolution. Unlock your team's potential with personalized insights.

Patterns for getting the best results out of coding agents like Claude Code and OpenAI Codex.

This course is offered by the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Ethics, Literacy and Integrity at Libraries and Cultural Resources, University of Calgary.



As Artificial Intelligence transforms how

UBC, Nov. 9-10, 2026

This year’s conference reflects a shift in the national conversation. AI is no longer a speculative or future-facing topic. Institutions across Canada are experimenting, building governance frameworks, supporting faculty adoption, and rethinking academic and operational systems. The question is no longer whether AI will shape higher education, but how. We’re especially proud to be hosting AI-cademy in partnership with the University of British Columbia to support these conversations, share best practices and collectively advance the ethical adoption and advancement of AI.

Before the web, there was HyperCard. It gave ordinary people the power to create, to explore – and even led to the best-selling computer game of all time. So, what happened to it?

What a great overview of the history of Hypercard.

CIP is designed to classify 'instructional programs', which are defined as:

A combination of courses and experiences that is designed to accomplish a predetermined objective or set of allied objectives such as preparation for advanced study, qualification for an occupation or range of occupations or simply the increase of knowledge and understanding (Chismore and Hill, A Classification of Educational Subject Matter, 1978, NCES, p. 165).

Turn distractions down and focus on your current task. HazeOver automatically highlights the front window by dimming background windows.

Fixes the stupid thing in recent macOS versions where you have no idea which window is active and where keyboard input will go until you start typing and NOPE NOT THAT ONE.

A Copilot AI agent based on the prompt from my Course Coach LMS AI application.

User Experience is not a job function. It is an outcome—”experience” is defined as the emotional reaction to a moment in time that comes at the intersection of our memories of the past and our expectations of the future. In other words, it’s how we feel. It is shaped by the three lenses of the human emotional system, those being Reflective, Visceral, and Behavioral.

2 day microcredentials thing in April 2026. Vancouver and online.

where all of the Azure AI stuff gets configured

Work with AI models locally with up to 200 billion parameters. 128GB of unified system memory. Preloaded with the NVIDIA AI software stack. On your desktop.

How AI is collapsing the L&D workflow — and creating a new kind of "full stack LXD" who owns the entire lifecycle

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The shift towards the “full stack builder” in LXD is already underway — in pockets, not everywhere, but with enough momentum to take seriously. Here are three signals I’m keeping an eye on in 2026:

Our team doesn't view instructional design as content production - ID is a consulting practice. I think that's going to become even more important as the content production processes all collapse into generalist functions…

Is the code any good? I don’t know. Who cares? Nobody looks at it anyway. AI produces a result, and results are what matter, and if you’re waiting for quality to factor significantly into that equation, I’ve got some bad news about the last 40 years of professional software development for you.

and

There will be more software than ever, as its production is automated; we are entering the industrial age of the digital age. But less of this code will be elegant, or considerate, or graceful. Less of it will be created by removing what isn’t David, and less of it will be driven by a human understanding of human needs.

We provide background on emerging challenges and future directions with media integrity and authentication methods, focusing on distinguishing AI-generated media from authentic content captured by cameras and microphones. We evaluate several approaches, including provenance, watermarking, and fingerprinting. After defining each method, we analyze three representative technologies: cryptographically secured provenance, imperceptible watermarking, and soft-hash fingerprinting. We […]

This goes beyond "we can't tell if text is AI-generated" and into "video? audio? who can even know if it's real!"

At 8:59 a.m., the subway doors close on a man in a crumpled shirt, coffee splashed on his sleeve, eyes

Open Margins is a course design toolkit from TRU Open Press — five instruments for building active, critical engagement into any OER-driven course. Named for what happens in the margins, where the real reading takes place. CC BY 4.0.

We Are Inviting You! Desire to Indigenize!

We invite you to be involved in our journey. How can we help you to Indigenize your Brightspace?

To begin, consider the following questions:

- How can you Indigenize D2L Brightspace?
- How are you using Brightspace to Indigenize?
- What can an Indigenized Brightspace look like?
- How are you being respectful and responsible with the Indigenous content you are using?
- How does your idea show your desire to Indigenize?

Self-contained digital avatar that thinks, speaks, and listens — running entirely on your machine. - Lucasmind/nodeava

As I’ve moved from traditional high school and university education into corporate Sales Enablement training, a very noticeable change is the culture and expectations about how instructors dem…

I think Ted's observation about time-constrained professionals needing condensed resources to best make use of their little available time - this has to apply to instructors as well. They don't typically have time for conventional PD sessions or long courses or programs…

what if Minecraft was built as a Lemmings-like 2D sandbox game?

Graphite is a free, open source vector graphics editor and animation engine, available now in alpha. Get creative with a fully nondestructive editing workflow that combines layer-based compositing with node-based generative design.

Generative AI (GenAI) is reshaping the educational landscape, beyond teaching and learning. Unlike earlier waves of education technology, much of GenAI is freely accessible and largely used beyond institutional control due to its intuitiveness and versatility. The OECD Digital Education Outlook 2026 analyses emerging research that suggests GenAI can support learning when guided by clear teaching principles. However, if designed or used without pedagogical guidance, outsourcing tasks to GenAI simply enhances performance with no real learning gains. The Outlook highlights the benefits of GenAI as a tutor, partner and assistant, and synthesises experts’ evidence and insights on the design criteria that make it work for education.

a research experiment that explores how GenAI can transform educational materials to create a more effective, engaging, learner-driven experience for every student. Here we outline the research and pedagogy underpinning Learn Your Way, with more details in the accompanying tech report. We also report early indicators of its impact: in our efficacy study, students using Learn Your Way scored 11 percentage points higher on retention tests than students using a standard digital reader.

To help clarify our role in these initiatives, we use this Lead, Partner, Contribute Framework when considering whether and how we may be able to participate in a prospective activity. We invite potential campus collaborators to consider how they may imagine the MacPherson Institute’s involvement based on these categories. Inquires can be submitted to our support request form or to a key contact liaison.

This piece by Margaret-Anne Storey is the best explanation of the term cognitive debt I've seen so far. Cognitive debt, a term gaining traction recently, instead communicates the notion that …

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I've been experimenting with prompting entire new features into existence without reviewing their implementations and, while it works surprisingly well, I've found myself getting lost in my own projects.

I no longer have a firm mental model of what they can do and how they work, which means each additional feature becomes harder to reason about, eventually leading me to lose the ability to make confident decisions about where to go next.