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Raising Independent Thinkers in the Age of AI: Webinar
A week or so ago I was invited to an #AskTheExperts webinar on Raising Independent Thinkers in the Age of…
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Catching Up on Summer 2026
It has been a busy summer. On the personal front, my son got married, and the wedding was everything such…
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Paths Crossing at the Digital Maidan: Keynotes, Forewords, and Futures
This post is long overdue. I was in Bangalore, back in December 2025, for the Quest 2 Learn Summit organized…
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SITE 2026: There in Spirit
SITE is my conference. It has been for years now, and not being able to attend this year’s meeting in…
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Social-Emotional Learning & AI at LERN2026
Social-Emotional Learning & AI at LERN2026 Our team presented two papers at the 2nd Annual Learning Engineering Research Network (LERN)…
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EdPrepLab World Café: Transforming Teacher Education for a Changing World
In early December 2025, I had the honor of joining an extraordinary panel for EdPrepLab’s fifth World Café, a global…
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AI, Education, & the Unregulated Global Experiment: Keynote at Education International’s First Global AI Conference
I recently had the privilege of speaking at Education International’s inaugural Global Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Shaping our Future: Education…
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Teaching in the Age of AI: Reflections from EDULEARN25
I was recently invited to the 17th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN25) in Palma, Spain.…
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Keynote at Ankara: International Education Forum on Learning Engineering
In a previous post I had described my recent visit to Turkey and the wonderful time I had at Istanbul…
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To Dublin and Back: Keynote at UCD
I recently had the opportunity to deliver the keynote address at the 8th annual University College of Dublin‘s Teaching &…
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AI, Human Rights, and Education: A Virtual Panel Discussion
I recently participated in a virtual panel organized by the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of British Columbia (FPSE), examining the…
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Human Creativity to the Power of AI: The Event
When Nicole Oster, Lindsey McCaleb and I were discussing the design of DCI691: Human Creativity × AI in Education before…
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Technology Transforms Learning: Insights from the 2025 Yidan Prize Conference
I recently participated in the 2025 Yidan Prize Conference hosted by the Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning…
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ASU-Cintana Innovation Talk for Faculty: Education in an Age of GenAI
I was recently invited to speak on the topic of “Education in an Age of Generative AI” at a special…
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SITE 2025: Lost and Found
I spent the last week in Orlando at the SITE 2025 conference. During this conference, I set a new personal…
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Silver Lining for Learning at UNESCO: Celebrating 5 Years of Innovation
I was honored to deliver the closing keynote at UNESCO’s International Day for Digital Learning 2025 this past week. The…
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The Mirror and the Machine: Navigating the Metaphors of Gen AI
A couple of weeks ago I was invited by Eamon Costello to present a talk at the Education after the…
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The Promise & Paradox of Creative AI: A Presentation
I’m excited to announce my upcoming presentation at the Second International Seminar on ‘Design Education in the Post-AI World’ taking…
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Perspectives on Global Learning: SLL at the GLOW Conference:
I joined my Silver Lining for Learning (SLL) co-hosts – Chris Dede, Curt Bonk, and Lydia Cao (with Yong Zhao…
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On rejection: A mini-rant about current academic scholarship
It started with a rejection. That’s nothing new – we academics collect rejections like kids collect Pokemon cards (or whatever…
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From ChatGPT to Chats Devroop: Ed Tech & Time Travel in South Africa
This past week I was in Durban, South Africa presenting at the Innovations in the Science of the Teaching and…
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Advancing Education in the AI Era: Video Update
I was recently in Washington, DC, for a panel discussion titled “Advancing Education in the AI Era: Promises, Pitfalls, and…
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Education in the AI Era: Responses to a call for help
Recently, I had the privilege of participating in a panel discussion on “Advancing Education in the AI Era: Promises, Pitfalls,…
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Teachers and genAI: Insights from an OECD Webinar
I recently had the privilege of participating in a webinar hosted by the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)…
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ISTE LIVE 24: Denver
Melissa Warr and I were in Denver earlier this week for the ISTE 2024 conference. We were there to receive…
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SITE 2024: A recap
The Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE) conference has been an integral part of my professional journey for…
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Student Panel at FOLC Fest
On March 14-15, 2024, Arizona State University hosted its inaugural Future of Learning Community (FOLC) Fest at the Omni Hotel…
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Generative AI in Education: Keynote at UofM-Flint
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to give a keynote at the Frances Willson Thompson Critical Issues Conference…
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Keynote Presentation: AI in Education Summit
Note: The image above is the result of a two-stage creative process—done in collaboration with AI. Dall-E was tasked, over…
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OECD Global Forum on the Future of Education: Bucharest, Romania
I have been in Bucharest for the past few days participating in the OECD Global Forum on the Future of…