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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 the present and of the future, while ensuring academic integrity for both students and instructors. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Te
AI Procurement in Higher Education: Benefits and Risks of Emerging Tools As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in the technology ecosystem, clear guidelines and practices for selecting and implementing AI products and features and working with vendors are vital for ensuring alignment with institutional goals and culture. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Technologie
Mapping a Multidimensional Framework for GenAI in Education Prompting careful dialogue through incisive questions can help chart a course through the ongoing storm of artificial intelligence. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Technologies & Trends - EDUCAUSE Review # AIinHigherEd https:// er.educause.edu/articles/2025/ 4/mapping-a-multidimensional-framework-for-genai-in-e
AI as a Thought Partner in Higher Education When used thoughtfully and transparently, generative artificial intelligence can augment creativity and challenge assumptions, making it an excellent tool for exploring and developing ideas. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Technologies & Trends - EDUCAUSE Review # AIinHigherEd https:// er.educause.edu/articles/2025/ 4/ai-as-a-
Artificial Intelligence: Lessons Learned from a Graduate-Level Final Exam The need for deep student engagement became clear at Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine when a potential academic-integrity issue revealed gaps in its initial approach to artificial intelligence use in the classroom, leading to significant revisions to ensure equitable learning… EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Tre
Empowering Student Success through AI-Driven Collaboration Student success is a shared institutional commitment. Increasingly diverse student populations, mounting mental health concerns, and the exponential growth of digital information call for a reimagined approach to academic support—one that is proactive, personalized, and collaborative. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emer
In the Room Where It Happens: Generative AI Policy Creation in Higher Education To develop a robust policy for generative artificial intelligence use in higher education, institutional leaders must first create "a room" where diverse perspectives are welcome and included in the process. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Technologies & Trends - EDUCAUSE Review # AIinHigher
Ethics Is the Edge: The Future of AI in Higher Education A new framework outlines eight ethical principles to guide higher education’s implementation of artificial intelligence. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Technologies & Trends - EDUCAUSE Review # AIinHigherEd https:// er.educause.edu/articles/2025/ 6/ethics-is-the-edge-the-future-of-ai-in-higher-education
Leveraging GenAI to Transform a Traditional Instructional Video into Engaging Short Video Lectures By leveraging generative artificial intelligence to convert lengthy instructional videos into micro-lectures, educators can enhance efficiency while delivering more engaging and personalized learning experiences. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Technologies & Trends - EDUC
Thinking Big, Starting Small: Insights from a Summit on AI Adoption in Higher Education EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Technologies & Trends - EDUCAUSE Review # AIinHigherEd https:// er.educause.edu/articles/2025/ 9/thinking-big-starting-small-insights-from-a-summit-on-ai-adoption-in-higher-education
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 learning that fosters collaboration, creativity, adaptability, feedback, and well-being. This article series will explore this system redesign… EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends
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 future. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Technologies & Trends - EDUCAUSE Review # AIinHigherEd https:// er.educause.edu/articles/2025/ 9/beyond-t
2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10 #2: The Human Edge of AI Increasingly, artificial intelligence is becoming a competency that rests in the hands of each individual person—an individual capability rather than just, or even primarily, an institutional one. The Human Edge of AI is issue #2 in the 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Technologies & Trends - EDUCAUSE Re
2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10 #5: Knowledge Management for Safer AI Knowledge management can help institutional teams become more familiar with their enterprise artificial intelligence tools while also restricting those tools' access where needed. Knowledge Management for Safer AI is issue #5 in the 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Technologies & Trends - ED
2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10 #9: AI-Enabled Efficiencies and Growth It’s time for institutions to find pathways for doing less with less —enabling leaders and staff to pursue their most important work in healthier, more efficient, and more meaningful ways. AI-Enabled Efficiencies and Growth is issue #9 in the 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Technologies &
Dialogue at Scale: AI, Soft Skills, and the Future of Assessment Generative artificial intelligence (AI) can transform higher education by enabling guided engagement at scale, fostering active and dialogic learning, and expanding access to personalized tutoring. Institutions that harness these capabilities can redesign teaching and assessment to thrive… EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Tr
From Personalized to Precision Learning: Unlocking the Next Transformation in Higher Education Colleges and universities can leapfrog from personalized to N-of-1 precision learning by modernizing their data architecture, building dynamic learner profiles, and adopting computed curriculum. This signals a paradigm shift from the one-size-fits-all model of… EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & T
Three Years In: Reflections and Considerations for the Next Chapter of AI in Higher Education Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform higher education by connecting student experiences, improving operations, and enhancing outcomes. But unlocking its full potential will require better data integration, deeper cross-campus collaboration,… EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Tren
The Paradox of AI Assistance: Better Results, Worse Thinking A student reflects on how generative artificial intelligence is reshaping learning and cognitive development, urging colleges and universities to guide students toward responsible uses of AI to preserve critical thinking skills. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Technologies & Trends - EDUCAUSE Review # AIinHigh
AI-Powered Pedagogy: A Guide to Evidence-Based Teaching Tools Accessible artificial intelligence (AI) tools can help educators streamline course development, integrate evidence-based teaching strategies, and optimize workflows for more efficient, individualized instruction. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Technologies & Trends - EDUCAUSE Review # AIinHigherEd https:// e
The University, the Chatbot, and a Call for a New Mission for Higher Education In the age of artificial intelligence, higher education institutions must move beyond simply transmitting knowledge and instead prioritize holistic human development, integrating mental health, social-emotional learning, and ethical reasoning into academic structures to… EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends
When AI Meets Data: The Promise and the Pressure of Bringing AI into Higher Education Systems The implications of AI for data governance and security don’t often grab the headlines, but the work of incorporating this technology into institutional culture is vital, complex, and illuminating. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Technologies & Trends - EDUCAUSE Review # AIinHi
The Role of Faculty in the University of the Future In the age of AI, the true future of higher education lies not in replacing faculty but in freeing them to do what only humans can—build meaningful relationships, cultivate wisdom, and guide students through the ethical and intellectual challenges machines cannot navigate. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Technologies &
Advancing AI Literacy: A Faculty Course Refresh Institute at Indiana Wesleyan University Redesigning learning experiences, not just adding tools, can build faculty confidence and develop students’ critical, ethical, and applied AI literacy. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Technologies & Trends - EDUCAUSE Review # AIinHigherEd https:// er.educause.edu/articles/2026/ 3/ad
Expanding OER with GenAI Generative artificial intelligence can expand the reach of open educational resources, but educators and institutions need a clear framework for licensing, disclosure, and responsible use. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Technologies & Trends - EDUCAUSE Review # AIinHigherEd https:// er.educause.edu/articles/2026/ 5/expanding-oer-with-genai
ACTUAL Intelligence: Practitioner Perspectives on Centering the Human in the Age of AI As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes higher education, educators and technologists must rely on ACTUAL intelligence—agency, connection, trust, uniqueness, adaptability, and lifelong learning—to ensure AI enhances, rather than replaces, human judgment,… EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerg
How the University of the Western Cape Layers a Chatbot Into Its Mental Health Support Ecosystem Artificial intelligence–based counseling apps can address unmet mental health needs and also help those who need in-person support feel more comfortable seeking it. EDUCAUSE Review — Emerging Technologies & Trends · Emerging Technologies & Trends - EDUCAUSE Review # AIinHigherEd https:// er.educause.ed