AI in Teaching and Learning: Pedagogy at Scale…And the Stakes if We Get it Wrong
For decades, we’ve known what “good teaching” looks like: timely formative feedback, targeted reteaching, scaffolded guided practice, and classrooms designed around Universal Design for Learning (UDL)—with multiple means of engagement, representation, and expression. We’ve also known why these practices are hard to sustain: they require time, diagnostic acuity, and continuous adaptation that few faculty can […]
Curiosity > Coding: What Really Matters for Careers in the AI Era
According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), AI is projected to displace 9 million jobs by 2025 but also create 11 million new ones. That net gain is the story many headlines miss. And it’s the key to how we should prepare our children (and ourselves) for the future. Recently, I’ve been hearing the same […]
Reimagining Higher Education with AI: Highlights from AWS Imagine 2025
The AWS Imagine 2025 Conference in Chicago offered a window into how artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, and industry-academic collaboration are reshaping the future of education. From state-wide data strategies to personalized learning bots and AI-driven student success platforms, the sessions illuminated the magnitude and urgency of transformation across K-12, higher education, and public sector institutions. […]
The Agentic AI Pivot: Workday Innovation Summit 2025
Workday, the now 20-year-old SaaS solutions provider, has a lot of change afoot. The company is making fast-paced changes in every area, from new leadership to continually refined business, AI, and expanding partner strategies focused on growth. Plus, it has a new industry organization. CEO Carl Eschenbach has brought in or promoted a group of […]
Financial Pressures in Higher Ed Are Growing—AI Can Help, So Why Isn’t It?
Higher education institutions are grappling with mounting financial pressures—rising operational costs, shifting enrollment patterns, and increasing competition. These challenges are exacerbated by recent executive orders, creating additional uncertainty around funding, regulatory compliance, and workforce dynamics. Yet, when we recently surveyed institutions, one trend stood out: the majority have not yet implemented AI-driven solutions to tackle […]
How Can Institutions Build Agility and Resilience with Data and AI in 2025?
As we enter a new year, I’ve been reflecting on what higher education institutions need to thrive amidst ongoing challenges like enrollment shifts, financial pressures, and evolving student expectations. Agility and resilience continue to be essential for navigating the complexities of higher education as Dave Kieffer explained in a recent post. This year, data management and […]
Workday Rising 2024: Workday Illuminate and Innovations to Watch
Workday Rising 2024 delivered a wealth of insights, showcasing the company’s commitment to product innovation with its AI-powered solutions branded as Workday Illuminate. The conference also highlighted the company’s continued development on Workday Student and its other core products. Meanwhile, Workday’s Salesforce partnership is opening new data management and analytics possibilities for Workday customers. Workday […]
AWS IMAGINE Conference 2024: Empowering People with AI
During the recent AWS IMAGINE conference for education, state, and local leaders, key figures in education and technology came together to discuss cloud computing’s transformative power in higher education. This blog post explores conference themes and insights, including how colleges and universities can leverage Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies to enhance their academic missions, improve […]
Tambellini’s Future Campus Summit 2024: Prioritizing Human-Centered AI Approaches
The impacts and implications of artificial intelligence advancements continue to be top of mind for higher education leaders, but the vastness of the technology’s potential and associated challenges can feel overwhelming. To collectively level-set on best practices for higher education AI strategy, Tambellini Group held its second Future Campus™ Summit in collaboration with the University […]
Open-Source vs. Closed-Source AI Applications in Higher Education
Nearly all organizations across every industry, including higher education, are considering how to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and to what extent. One common question, among many regarding AI, is: Should our institution adopt open-source or closed-source AI applications? In this blog post, we will explore the definitions, potential use cases, opportunities, challenges, and other considerations […]
