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How Professors Can Use AI to Improve Their Teaching In Real Time

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When students came to me for one-on-one coaching, I had to ask them where they needed help and hope that they were self-aware enough to know. In summer 2020, we began a research project at Duke to explore how we could use this data to help us as instructors do our job better. So how does one identify a student’s knowledge state?

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Learning How to Blend Online and Offline Teaching

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In fact, many college instructors have been downright grumpy about having been thrown into a new teaching format. Some instructors are so taken by active learning working so effectively that they expect to continue offering courses online, even when the pandemic restrictions completely lift and things are fully back in person.

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The case for ChatGPT as the ultimate educator’s toolkit

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Key points : Today’s students will undoubtedly encounter generative AI in their careers Two higher-ed instructors have designed a guide for using generative AI in life design and career education See related article: A scholar’s embrace of ChatGPT-4 Innovations that have transformed education have often been met with skepticism.

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Newark Public Schools considers new AI tutor chatbot for districtwide use

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Teachers and students across pilot districts have also said the tool occasionally offers too much help and was too available, especially when students were taking assessments such as quizzes and course challenges, Kunz said.

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Embracing Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom 

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Instructors can use AI for editing as well. AI can also generate short content, such as answers to take-home quizzes or un-proctored multiple-choice exams. Students and instructors were learning to ask new questions in new ways. This was often for written assignments or take-home quizzes and tests.

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Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive?

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The majority of online learning environments are no more than video-hosting platforms with quizzes and a discussion forum. These default features force online instructors to use a style of teaching that feels more like shouting to the masses than engaging in meaningful conversations. This type of structure is not revolutionary.

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As Student Engagement Falls, Colleges Wonder: ‘Are We Part of the Problem?’

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Many instructors describe accommodations they’ve tried, like loosening homework deadlines or offering asynchronous alternatives to class conversations, but some now wonder whether this kind of leniency actually makes the situation worse. Students could access chatbot quizzes ahead of exams to help assess their level of understanding.