Mark Warschauer

I'm fairly new here so I'd like to briefly introduce my lab and research. I'm a professor of ed at UC Irvine where I direct the Digital Learning Lab. We have three main projects: Converse to Learn, Elementary Computing for All, and Generative AI in Education. www.digitallearninglab.org

We have launched a new AI in K-12 Education certificate program at UC Irvine. Please pass on the word to any one who may be interested! teacheracademy.uci.edu/ai-in-educat...

In the face of federal cuts, California could backstop support for educational research--but tariffs are causing a huge budget crisis in California. Please sign a petition to support the main group giving out educational research grants for higher education www.change.org/p/protect-in...

Our open access paper describing the first year of our DBIR work incorporating generative AI into an upper division writing course is out! doi.org/10.1007/s107... For more resources from our NSF-funded project, see our website GenAIed.org! @markwarschauer.com

🚨 Practical URGENT tip for NSF grantees: Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and… 1. Download your NSF award letters. 2. Print PDF your annual reports. 3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports. NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov

5.8 earthquake in San Diego--we felt it here in Irvine. Is everybody OK?

Nice article by @jillbarshay.bsky.social about research by @renzheyu.bsky.social of Teachers College! @hechingerreport.org‬ continues its outstanding educational journalism!

Let’s go Dodgers and Roki Sasaki!

Our new paper: Promoting parent-child shared reading with a bilingual conversational agent www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In lighter news, I *highly* recommend this training institute if you're interested in learning analytics and #STEMed! 👇👇👇

Sunday evening fun :-)

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

A good overview

Beautiful short film resonant with the points made in the book my wife and I wrote, Japan: The Paradox of Harmony https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/opinion/japan-education-childhood.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xE4.CHuB.P_lqFwMcFMLJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Another update! Here are What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Reports & IES Conditions of Education reports. Thanks to those who uploaded these to OSF! (not me, I'm just spreading the wealth) osf.io/sxf42/

I've been thinking a lot about AI and the future of writing and I was looking back on one of my papers from 2007. "The Paradoxical Future of Digital Learning" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Interesting read on the future of writing www.cmu.edu/dietrich/eng...

I have just been sent a shareable link so this article can be accessed for free: www.wsj.com/health/welln...

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Interesting and perhaps controversial methods in this paper: "The carbon emissions of writing and illustrating are lower for AI than for humans" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thread on educators using NotebookLM in their classes, either by simply allowing/encouraging its use or by uploading course materials there for students https://www.reddit.com/r/notebooklm/s/GibMArR1E6

Great read. The Truth About 2 Hour Learning & Unbound Academy, the School “Replacing Teachers with AI” They haven’t replaced teachers with AI. They've replaced poor kids with rich kids. https://danmeyer.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-2-hour-learning-and?utm_campaign=post&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Just putting this here before going to make some more coffee. Coffee drinkers reap health boost – but only if they do it in the morning www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ja...

Note that this study examines human graders' detection of AI, not automated detection if AI (which is also very inaccurate)

Reminder for the new semester that you can’t detect AI Researchers secretly added AI-created papers to the exam pool: “We found that 94% of our AI submissions were undetected. The grades awarded to our AI submissions were on average half a grade boundary higher than that achieved by real students”

Two purported mechanisms: (1) Girls do better in school, so were more harmed by shutdowns (2) Girls may have been tasked with more responsibilities at home, such as looking over younger siblings, that crowded out studying

"equity-focused math reform in SFUSD featured delaying Algebra I until ninth grade for all students. We observe large changes in ninth and 10th grades (e.g., delaying Algebra I and geometry). Participation in AP math fell 15%. Large ethnoracial gaps remained." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...

Great article about the Christian Arab leading the race to sing for Israel at Eurovision: “If my daughter wins, she’ll show that racism doesn’t have the final word.” https://www.timesofisrael.com/meet-valerie-hamaty-the-christian-arab-leading-the-race-to-sing-for-israel-at-eurovision/

"This paper explores two competing hypotheses about the cause of student-LLM miscommunication: (1) students simply lack the technical vocabulary needed to write good prompts, and (2) students do not understand the extent of information that LLMs need to solve code generation tasks."

One state tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn’t gone well

You’ve got a narrow window to binge both seasons of SHRINKING so get ready

Key point that isn't widely understood: Yes, LLMs are statistical models, but they do more than parrot. They apply "reasoning patterns" to produce text that says things humans may not have said before. Sometimes this results in useful insight. mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/critical-r...

The pursuit of equity and excellence: Advanced placement exam participation and performance by sex and by race/ethnicity, 1996–2022 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

What is the role of knowledge in the age of AI? Some thoughts from my friend Bror Saxberg here: buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/the-role-o...

This is a tragedy that did not need to happen.Before Harlem Blaze that Killed @hechingerreport.org journalist Fazil Khan, Neighbors Complained About E-Bike Batteries www.thecity.nyc/2024/12/30/f...

Original article: www.aft.org/ae/winter202... Study of AI book comprehension (using somewhat older models): arxiv.org/abs/2404.01261

Our cultural moment captured perfectly in all its absurd glory. gizmodo.com/encyclopedia...

Paris | Before, the banks of the Seine were motorways, with daily traffic jams and pollution. Today are parks for people and play areas for everyone. That's what changing a city is all about, even if it's been difficult. We are proud of our Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social's commitment and work.

Two papers I've written 20 some years apart, each critiquing simplistic notions of the impact of new technologies, while also putting forward frameworks for how we can best amplify their affordances for human thriving: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Bluesky can be a fraught place to post about AI but it is worth noting that the buzz over o1 (& now o3) is not “hype.” We know o1 can actually do some very hard tasks (see my post) & o3 appears to represent a big further leap. They aren’t AGI, but will matter. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/what-just-...

Further evidence of the terrible impact on teens of smart phone use. Oh wait! … https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/12/the-kids-are-maybe-alright-teen-drug-use-hits-new-lows-in-ongoing-decline/