From: ali green <aligreenphd@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Mar 22, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Subject: HigherEd AI Daily: March 22
To: <higheredai@askthephd.com>
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March 22 – Let's Get Ready for the Week Happy Sunday, friends. This week has been a reminder of why I love this community. Educators everywhere are leaning into AI with curiosity and courage, and I am here for every moment of it. |
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This Week's Tools Worth Your Time
LovableContent Creation
Lovable has expanded beyond app building. You can now use it to generate reports, build slide decks, edit spreadsheets, and create short videos from a single prompt. It is a flexible AI workspace that turns your ideas into polished outputs fast. Free tier available. Paid plans start at $20/month. Try this before Friday
Open Lovable and type a prompt describing a lesson summary or a faculty report you need. Watch it build the document for you. Share what it created with a colleague. Perplexity AIResearch and Writing
Perplexity AI searches the web and returns answers with cited sources. It is one of the best tools for professors who want to quickly verify facts, find recent studies, or get a research overview without wading through dozens of links. The new Health feature connects personal health data for wellness queries. Free tier available. Paid Pro plan is $20/month. Try this before Friday
Ask Perplexity one research question you have been putting off. Read its sourced answer and click through two of the citations. Notice how much time you saved. Google NotebookLMResearch and Organization
NotebookLM lets you upload your own documents, PDFs, lecture notes, or articles and then ask questions about them. It grounds its answers entirely in your uploaded materials. It is a powerful tool for professors building course content, reviewing literature, or preparing for class. Free to use with a Google account. Try this before Friday
Upload one syllabus or one academic article to NotebookLM. Ask it to summarize the key themes and suggest three discussion questions. Use one of those questions in your next class. Google StitchDesign and Prototyping
Stitch is Google's new voice-powered design canvas. You describe what you want your interface or visual to look like, and it generates a working UI prototype. For educators, this means you can mock up a course portal, a student dashboard, or a newsletter layout without any design experience. Currently free in preview. Try this before Friday
Visit Stitch and describe a simple web page you wish existed for your students. Let it generate the prototype. Screenshot it and share it with your department as a conversation starter. Microsoft CopilotProductivity and Writing
Microsoft Copilot is built directly into the tools many educators already use including Word, PowerPoint, and Teams. It can draft emails, build presentations, summarize meeting notes, and help you write feedback for students. If your institution uses Microsoft 365, you likely already have access. Free web version available. Full features included with Microsoft 365 Education. Try this before Friday
Use Copilot to draft one email you have been avoiding writing. Edit it in your voice and send it. Notice how much easier it felt to start. |
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What Happened This Week
The field moved fast this week. Here are three things every educator should know about. Northwestern University announced a new undergraduate AI major starting in fall 2026. The degree will be administered through the computer science department and is open to students across all schools. This signals that AI education is no longer an elective conversation for universities. A new Coursera report found that 78 percent of U.S. educators and students feel positive about AI in higher education. At the same time, only 20 percent of universities have a formal AI policy in place. The gap between enthusiasm and governance is one of the most urgent challenges on campuses right now. Anthropic used its own Claude AI to conduct 80,508 interviews across 159 countries to study how people actually use AI. The findings showed that 81 percent of users say AI helps them reach their goals. Research at this scale gives educators new data to bring into conversations about AI policy and classroom use. |
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Until next week, keep going. You are doing more than you know. — Dr. Ali Green |
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