Trends & Issues in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, and Learning Sciences

We discussed the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included January 24 – February 7, 2024. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  The top trend remained as Artificial Intelligence. The resources included articles on Google announcing new AI features for its education tools, the World Health...

We discussed the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included January 10-23, 2024. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  The top trend remained as Artificial Intelligence. The resources included articles about guidance on AI use coming from different state-level Departments of Education, universities establishing AI partnerships...

We discussed the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included December 7, 2023 through January 9, 2024. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  The top trend remained as Artificial Intelligence. The resources included articles about Microsoft’s Copilot AI, providing access to learning about AI to more...

We discussed the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included November 28-December 7, 2023. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  We had one major trend and three smaller trends. Artificial Intelligence has remained the major trend (actually the top two trends) for this episode. The resources...

We discussed the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included November 28-December 7, 2023. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  We had one major trend and three smaller trends. Artificial Intelligence was the major trend as it has been for several episodes. The resources included articles...

We discussed the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included November 8-28, 2023. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  We had three major trends and a series of articles that did not fit one single trend. Artificial Intelligence dominated the trends for this episode. The resources...

We discussed the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included October 23-November 8, 2023. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  Artificial Intelligence dominated the trends for this episode. Although we have three other trends, these trends had only a handful of resources flipped into our Flipboard...

We discussed the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included October 4-23, 2023. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  Artificial Intelligence remained the top trend. The resources included learning how AI works, how to introduce generative AI in higher education, how generative AI is being used...

We discussed the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included September 19-October 3, 2023. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  Software was the top trend. Resources included the review of the masOS Sonoma, Windows update, YouTube creation app, reviews of Screencastify and GameMaker, and 5,000 free...

We discussed the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included August 31-September 19 2023. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  Artificial Intelligence remained the top trend. AI, for another episode, was broken into two trends. The first trend was on AI Applied in Education. The resources...

We discussed the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included July 23-August 15, 2023. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  Artificial Intelligence remained the top trend. As with our past episode, AI was so prevalent it was our top two trends. The first focus was on...

We discuss the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included July 23-August 15, 2023. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  Artificial Intelligence remained the top trend. In fact, the trend was so prevalent it was our top two trends. The first focus was on AI applications...

We discuss the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included June 28-July 23, 2023. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  Artificial Intelligence remained the top trend. The focus was on AI and its impact on Education including security issues and ethical issues of AI. The use...

We discuss the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included June 7-28, 2023. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  Artificial Intelligence remained the top trend. The focus was on AI in general and on classroom applications. Resources include a discussion of AI and future of education,...

We discuss the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included May 17 – June 7, 2023. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  Artificial Intelligence once again was the top trend. The focus was on the classroom application of and the discussions about applications of AI. Resources...

We discuss the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included May 2-17, 2023. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  Artificial Intelligence remains the number one trend. The focus was on “guidance and guardrails” for using AI. One resource focused specifically on the need to establish “guardrails”...

We discuss the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included April 13-May 2, 2023. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  Artificial Intelligence Uses and Artificial Intelligence Issues were the two major trends in this episode Resources for the uses of AI included planning PD using AI,...

We discuss the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included March 29-April 13, 2023. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  ChatGPT was the major trend for this episode as it was for the seventh episode in a row. Resources included teacher reactions to the use of...

We discuss the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included March 13-28, 2023. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  ChatGPT was the major trend for this episode as it was for our previous episode. Resources included those that included questions, concerns, and and suggestions for uses...

We discuss the trends and issues we observed during the weeks that included March 1-12, 2023. The trends were observed from the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine.  ChatGPT was the major trend for this episode. Resources included explanations of how it works, ChatGPT and cheating, revisiting how we grade as a result of ChatGPT,...