Professional, Continuing, and Online Education Update by UPCEA
Daily updates of news, research and trends by UPCEA
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Saturday, July 5, 2025
The Year of Quantum: From concept to reality in 2025 - McKinsey
How People Use Claude for Support, Advice, and Companionship - Anthropic
AI Could Actually Boost Your Workers’ Mental Health. Here’s How - Kit Eaton, Inc.
Friday, July 4, 2025
‘The Chief Online Learning Officers’ Guidebook’: Three questions for Jocelyn Widmer and Thomas Cavanagh - Joshua Kim, Inside Higher Ed
The Chief Online Learning Officers’ Guidebook is now available for order. As one of the (many) contributors that Jocelyn Widmer and Thomas Cavanagh brought together to participate in the book, I was especially excited to receive my copy in the mail. Reading through the book, I’ve found it fast-paced, informative and sometimes provocative. To help spread the word about the book, I asked if its authors, Jocelyn Widmer and Thomas Cavanagh, would answer my questions. [The book is published in partnership with UPCEA']
How to Reduce Burnout Among Your Millennial Workers - Kit Eaton, Inc.
One Provost’s Approach to Building an AI College - University of South Florida, University Business
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Using AI tutor in philosophy class leads to deeply human conversation - Lisa Walker, U Minnesota Morris
MIT researcher explores human-AI interaction to improve online learning environments - Emma Thompson, Ed Tech Innovation Hub
Supporting Students and Faculty in the Online Classroom: Slow Down and Simplify at the End - Jennifer P. Gray & Lisa McNeal, Faculty Focus
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
The next innovation revolution—powered by AI - McKinsey
Your Employees Hate These Tasks at Work. They Say AI Can Help - Kit Eaton, Inc.
Court filings reveal OpenAI and io’s early work on an AI device - Maxwell Zeff, Tech Crunch
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Developing and Evaluating the Fidelity of Virtual Reality-Artificial Intelligence (VR-AI) - April Tan, Michael C. Dorneich, Elena Cotos, Frontiers in Virtual Reality (provisionally accepted)
The Socratic Explainer - Notion
Seizing the agentic AI advantage - McKinsey
Monday, June 30, 2025
Chief AI Officer: Higher Ed’s New Leadership Role - Abby Sourwine, Government Technology
Closing the gender gap in engineering for a digital-first future - McKinsey
$1.5M partnership with AI company will offer USC students, faculty free access - Alexa Jurado, the State
Sunday, June 29, 2025
"Seriously, What Is 'Superintelligence'? - Uncanny Valley Podcast, Wired
The podcast episode "Seriously, What Is 'Superintelligence'?" from WIRED's Uncanny Valley explores Meta's recent strategic shift in artificial intelligence, focusing on its investment in Scale AI and the creation of a superintelligence AI research lab. The hosts discuss Meta's efforts to compete with industry leaders like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google by aggressively acquiring talent and resources. They analyze what Meta hopes to achieve with this investment and how it positions the company in the escalating AI arms race. A central theme of the episode is the concept of "superintelligence"—what it means, how it differs from current AI capabilities, and why it is both a technical and philosophical milestone. The hosts break down the challenges and implications of developing AI systems that surpass human intelligence, raising questions about safety, ethics, and the societal impact of such advancements. The discussion provides listeners with context on the broader AI landscape and Meta's ambitions, while also demystifying the often-hyped term "superintelligence". [summary provided by Perplexity]