{"id":90363,"date":"2024-01-21T17:41:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T22:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=90363"},"modified":"2024-01-21T17:45:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T22:45:38","slug":"unlocking-productivity-and-personalizing-learning-with-ai-microsoft-education-team-other-items-related-to-ai-in-our-les","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2024\/01\/21\/unlocking-productivity-and-personalizing-learning-with-ai-microsoft-education-team-other-items-related-to-ai-in-our-les\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Unlocking productivity and personalizing learning with AI&#8221; [Microsoft Education Team] + other items related to AI in our LEs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/educationblog.microsoft.com\/en-us\/2024\/01\/unlocking-productivity-and-personalizing-learning-with-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Unlocking productivity and personalizing learning with AI<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from educationblog.microsoft.com by Microsoft Education Team<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Today, we\u2019re announcing the next wave of AI innovations from\u00a0Microsoft Education\u00a0that will help unlock productivity and personalize learning. This includes expanded Copilot for Microsoft 365 availability and Loop coming to education. We\u2019re also sharing news about AI built for education such as Reading Coach and features designed to free up time for educators and personalize learning. As part of our continued work to build AI literacy, we\u2019ve launched our latest course for educators and a new learning path on Microsoft Learn. And earlier this week we outlined Microsoft&#8217;s position and themes for policymakers to consider around advancing youth online safety and wellness.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">With the latest AI technology, we have an opportunity to provide learners with personalized, engaging, and transformative reading experiences. Reading Coach, a<\/span>\u00a0<a title=\"Learning Accelerator\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/learning-tools\/learning-accelerators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"LEarn more about Learning Accelerators\" data-bi-name=\"learning accelerator\" data-bi-id=\"n14r1a3\">Learning Accelerator<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">now powered by generative AI, does just that. You can sign up for a preview of Reading Coach today and try it for yourself at<\/span>\u00a0<a title=\"coach.microsoft.com\" href=\"https:\/\/coach.microsoft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Go to coach.microsoft.com\" data-bi-name=\"coach.microsoft.com\" data-bi-id=\"n15r1a3\">coach.microsoft.com<\/a><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/umcetl.substack.com\/p\/recap-winter-ai-institute-for-teachers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recap: Winter AI Institute for Teachers<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; from umcetl.substack.com<\/p>\n<p>Last week, CETL partnered with the Department of Writing and Rhetoric to offer a second iteration of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mississippi.ai\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">AI Institute for Teachers<\/a>\u00a0to an audience of UM instructors from across disciplines. Nearly 60 faculty from 26 different departments and schools attended the three-day event. In a wide variety of interactive sessions designed by Institute leader Marc Watkins, participants examined the impact of generative AI on teaching and learning, working in small groups to consider how to approach AI in their own disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not a UM faculty member or couldn\u2019t attend the sessions, we have good news! All the materials from the Institute are publicly available at the following links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1yP74rO9lWwtmHq3xw_fNCasZ7ScPSFIiQ5w5BIYX_Gg\/edit\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Day 1: AI Literacy Basics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vb9yfCn-zj241vENBbIYSaLu5ys5gGvc1LZ0OewXlrI\/edit\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Day 2: Applying AI Assistance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1cW-hpej_ccZGobNqmIF9a2vlVbNwaMcVnX8BvtBysgU\/edit\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Day 3: Advanced AI Frontiers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And we\u2019ve written a short recap of the Institute here.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/learnwithai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/nmdprojects.net\/learnwithai_www\/media\/learnwithai_graphic_banner_1080.png\" alt=\"Learn with AI from U Maine\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/learnwithai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Learn with AI<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from the University of Maine<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Rather than try to ban this technology from classrooms outright, the Learning With AI project asks if this moment offers an opportunity to introduce students to the ethical and economic questions wreaked by these new tools, as well as to experiment with progressive forms of pedagogy that can exploit them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlocking productivity and personalizing learning with AI &#8212; from educationblog.microsoft.com by Microsoft Education Team Today, we\u2019re announcing the next wave of AI innovations from\u00a0Microsoft Education\u00a0that will help unlock productivity and personalize learning. This includes expanded Copilot for Microsoft 365 availability and Loop coming to education. 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