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Inside an Adaptive-Courseware Experiment, Glitches and All

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The students who actually did Spieler’s homework experienced another trendy teaching approach: adaptive learning software. Acrobatiq , a company that spun out of Carnegie Mellon University’s much-watched Open Learning Initiative. inquiry based learning , some of which use no technology at all).

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EdSurge Live: Who Controls AI in Higher Ed, And Why It Matters (Part 1)

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It’s a pivotal time for artificial intelligence in higher education. More instructors are experimenting with adaptive-learning systems in their classrooms. Thille: I am a big believer in using the data that we're abstracting from student work to benefit and support students in their learning, so we're highly alike about that.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. Herbert Simon, a pioneer in artificial intelligence and learning engineering who died in 2001, is immersed in his office at Carnegie Mellon University.

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