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Policy
Welcome to the Wild, Wild West of AI and the Higher Education Institution
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 5/11/2023
A general perusal of Inside Higher Education, Chronicle of Higher Education, or the internet in general turns up countless fears that generative AI, especially in the form of large language models such as ChatGPT, will increase attacks on academic integrity. […]
Practice
Equity in a World of Artificial Intelligence
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 4/20/2023
Since our last blog in January on generative artificial intelligence (AI), the field has changed by leaps and bounds: Open AI released GPT4, Microsoft released its AI empowered Bing, and, Google recently released Bard. The higher education press continues to […]
Practice
Is AI the New Homework Machine? Understanding AI and Its Impact on Higher Education
Published by: Lindsey Downs | 1/5/2023
By now you’ve likely seen the hubbub over ChatGPT, OpenAI’s new chat bot trained on their large language model AI GPT 3.5. Some of the more provocative announcements about the impact of artificial intelligence include: This is the end of […]
Practice
Communicating About the Crisis – with Help from Cowboy Joe
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 4/28/2020
Today’s installment of What’s Next comes from Katie Carroll, Assistant Director of Admissions from the University of Wyoming. Katie shares with us how Wyoming is using Cowboy Joe, the institution’s chatbot, to help students, faculty, and staff navigate many of […]
Practice
Algorithms, Diversity, and Privacy: Better Data Practices to Create Greater Student Equity
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 1/30/2020
Data is Everywhere Everything we do online or out in the world is collected as data and stored. This data is tracked and analyzed and used to inform predictions about the future. Data about our spending habits informs companies about […]
Practice
Adventures at the Consumer Electronics Show: the world’s largest “Digital Disney World,” the higher ed perspective
Published by: Erin Noelle Walton | 2/8/2019
Executive director of WCET, Mike Abbiatti, recently attended the massive Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. New and soon-to-be introduced electronic products are unveiled each year at the Show. The following blog contains the details and reflections of his adventure […]
Practice
Using Artificial Intelligence for Personality Insights
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 5/18/2017
This week WCET Frontiers is excited to offer something a little different… We all know and love WCET’s Russ Poulin. Here at WCET, several of us are excited about innovative activities and developments in Artificial Intelligence. This week, Rosa Calabrese […]
Practice
Mission Accomplished: St. Leo’s New Ecosystem Transforms Learning
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 2/23/2017
You’ve heard of course management tools, you’ve heard of ePortfolios… but you’ve never heard of this! This week we welcome Dr. Jeff Borden, the Chief Innovation Officer at Saint Leo University, to discuss the implementation of a new and exciting […]
Practice
Meet Maura, A Virtual Intelligent Agent Answering Student Services Questions
Published by: Lindsey Rae Downs | 11/10/2016
In the spring semester of 2013, American Sentinel University was experiencing the welcomed issue of high student traffic. The university had back-to-back years of significant growth in enrollment, and new degree program requirements were being implemented in the spring, naturally […]