Four Ways to Design a Better Team Assignment
Lauren Vicker and Tim Franz
January 20, 2026
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One of the most powerful uses of AI in education is providing personalized tutoring to students anytime and anywhere. This tutoring helps struggling students learn class material and frees up teacher time. What’s more, setting up an AI tutor requires no programming knowledge and very
Imagine that all AI applications are surrounded by a high, impenetrable fence. At the gate stands a calm but firm Gatekeeper who unlocks the gate only when a student has an acceptable reason to use AI for a specific task.
Most people think of AI only in terms of answering questions or creating works such as images and songs. But AI’s power lies in its ability to interact with users, and to this end, instructors can use it for highly realistic chat-based simulations without the
Have you ever posed a question to a classroom full of students, leaving the recommended moment of silence to await responses, only to realize no one seems to have heard the question? It’s no secret to seasoned instructors that learner attention spans are getting shorter.
AI can assist in nearly any teaching task, saving educators many hours of work while improving instruction via features such as personalized tutoring and interactive learning material. A teacher can use a general-purpose AI platform like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, or MS Copilot to create much
Teaching in fast-moving fields with real cases presents three persistent problems. First, the news cycle moves more rapidly than any course can adapt. Second, such as in cybersecurity, real incidents involve confidential details, ongoing litigation, or charged political contexts that derail objective analysis. When you
Not that long ago, if you wanted to find a flight, you needed to call each airline and talk to a representative about the options. Then the internet came along, and sites like Expedia provided a one-stop shop to find all the flights between designated
Here are some selected highlights from my long history of using educational technology:
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