Ohio State and Google partner, Ellucian includes AI, Promethean goes on device, and more - AI in Education #69

October 07, 2026 - AI in Education
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Welcome to this week's edition of AI In Education Weekly.

Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science and transcosmos are piloting an AI dialogue tool for pharmacy education, while Ellucian is adding AI features to Ellucian Student subscriptions without separate usage charges. This edition also covers Greenville Technical College's planned applied AI and cybersecurity center, Ohio State's partnership with Google, and new AI tools from Nuventive and Promethean.

Other stories examine how schools are managing AI risks and student trust. DMV Unplugged and other groups have asked major districts to disable YouTube and Google Gemini on school devices, Turnitin has expanded AI writing detection to three additional languages, and a Harvard Center for Digital Thriving report looks at how an emphasis on AI cheating detection can affect relationships between students and teachers.
TUPLS and transcosmos launch AI dialogue platform project
Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science and transcosmos are adapting trans AI Tutor for pharmacy education and professional training. A pilot with fourth year students is planned ahead of a November 2026 release. Read more
Ellucian includes AI in Student subscriptions without usage billing
Ellucian includes AI capabilities in Ellucian Student subscriptions without token, credit or metered billing. The features support registration, advising, financial aid and other higher education workflows. Read more
Greenville Technical College plans AI and cybersecurity center
Greenville Technical College plans a 59,315 square foot Center for Applied AI and Cyber Resiliency at its Barton Campus in South Carolina. The facility will include 18 specialized labs, a student led Security Operations Center, and training programs for more than 6,600 students annually. Read more
DMV Unplugged and 12 groups urge districts to disable YouTube and Gemini
DMV Unplugged and 12 organizations and experts ask the 150 largest US school districts to block YouTube and Google Gemini on school issued devices. Their open letter cites reported student safety and legal risks, and calls for reviews of student internet use. Read more
Turnitin expands AI writing detection to Dutch, German and Turkish
Turnitin adds Dutch, German and Turkish support to its AI writing detection feature. The capability is available in Turnitin Originality and as an add on for iThenticate 2.0 customers. Read more
Blackboard Digital Teaching Symposium will cover AI in education
Blackboard will host its 10th annual Digital Teaching Symposium online on November 19, 2026. The free event includes sessions on artificial intelligence in higher education, AI bans, assessment, and emerging teaching technologies. Read more
University of Phoenix study examines trauma informed GenAI support
Researchers at University of Phoenix studied 45 online undergraduate students, finding that stress and course design can influence persistence. The research introduces the Trauma Informed AI Persistence Model, describing guided generative AI use as limited support for reducing cognitive strain and beginning tasks. Read more
Ohio State and Google partner on AI research and campus access
The Ohio State University and Google launch a partnership that creates an on campus AI hub and expands access to Google DeepMind research tools and Gemini services. The collaboration also includes a student research ambassador program and AI support for education, research and university operations. Read more
Lewis University selects Ellucian Student for Project Tailwind
Lewis University selects Ellucian Student as part of Project Tailwind, its 2026 to 2029 modernization initiative. The platform will connect student, human capital management and finance systems to support reporting, automation and student services. Read more
Nuventive introduces AI Executive Summary for higher education
Nuventive introduces Executive Summary, an AI feature in its Improvement Platform that summarizes institutional narratives covering learning outcomes, strategic planning, program reviews and student success. The company says the tool uses institution defined prompts and processes data in its SOC 2 Type II compliant Azure environment without training public AI models on institutional data. Read more
Promethean launches on device AI Companion for lesson creation
Promethean, a Mynd.ai subsidiary, launches an AI Companion for its Explain Everything app. The tool uses Apple Intelligence on compatible Apple devices to create lesson materials, translations, audio narration and accessibility descriptions without an internet connection. Read more
Harvard report links AI cheating focus to student teacher mistrust
A report from Harvard Center for Digital Thriving finds that school efforts to detect AI assisted cheating may weaken trust between students and teachers. Interviews with 31 US teenagers cited fears of false accusations, pressure to use AI and deliberate underperformance. Read more
Gauth launches Unlimited Digital Canvas in Singapore
Gauth launches its Unlimited Digital Canvas in Singapore, providing students and its AI Tutor with a shared whiteboard for interactive lessons, visual explanations and simulations. The feature is now available through Gauth AI Course. Read more
Ellucian opens registration for Live 2027 conference
Ellucian opens registration for Ellucian Live 2027, scheduled in New Orleans from April 4 to 7, 2027. The higher education conference will include more than 400 sessions on AI, agentic AI, automation, data and institutional workflows. Read more

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