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How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses

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Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. On the latest installment of our monthly online discussion forum, EdSurge Live , we explored accessibility in this unusual era of emergency remote teaching.

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Latest AI Announcements Mean Another Big Adjustment for Educators

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was free, and people had to pay at least $20 a month to get access to the state-of-the-art model. On a positive note, such tools could greatly assist students with learning disabilities. Previously, only an older version of the tool, GPT-3.5, There’s good and bad with these things,” Watkins adds.

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How Should Professors Respond When Students Ask for Accommodations?

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However, students who ask for extra time on tests/projects, high levels (30%+) of extra credit, or to make up work weeks or months later, without having responded to any communications or requests for updates/accommodation needs… and still do not go to the Office of Accessibility… am I being a hard ass? How much do you bend?

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Essential Considerations for Addressing the Possibility of AI-Driven Cheating, Part 1

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With increasing access to different types of AI chatbots, and increasing advances in AI technology, “preventing student cheating via AI” has risen to the top of the list of faculty concerns for 2023 (Lucariello, 2023). Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice?

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Essential Considerations for Addressing the Possibility of AI-Driven Cheating, Part 1

Faculty Focus

With increasing access to different types of AI chatbots, and increasing advances in AI technology, “preventing student cheating via AI” has risen to the top of the list of faculty concerns for 2023 (Lucariello, 2023). Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice?

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To Use or Not to Use Zoom in an In-Person Course

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The University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (n.d.) A student will not learn if access is restricted due to uncontrollable circumstances. doctor's appointment, university obligation, learning disability, etc.). Zoom etiquette (dress, backgrounds, participation, etc.)