Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Though no one at Alameda saw first-hand the content in question, Stone says that as her staff went through their own review of Acellus content, “we ourselves did see some concerning things. A multiple-choice question asks students to name the terrorist group Osama bin Laden led, and one answer option is “Towelban.”

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Learning Schools Multiple Choice Questions Distance Learning 213

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

The discussion took place at the recent ISTE Live conference in Philadelphia in front of a live audience. One example in particular is getting students that are taking, say, an online chemistry course to create a multiple choice question for us. It's an adaptive course — think of it as an interactive high-tech textbook.

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Education 124

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2017

In the early days of "course cartridges”—an LMS feature that allowed instructors to plug published content right into their courses—online courses were essentially digitized versions of static (textbook) content. Print content was uploaded and accessible via the LMS, where faculty could view discussion prompts and suggestions.

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Multiple Choice Questions Instructors Textbooks Feedback 131

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Rather than check out of the world, viewers willingly dig deeply into the topic in a way that can’t happen from a textbook or lecture. Once you accept the reality that learning can take place outside of a textbook, reading, or notetaking, it’s not hard to see the great value of videos.

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Multiple Choice Questions Textbooks Knowledge Discussions 79

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

I enjoy using generative AI to draft engaging class discussion questions and even synthesize education research. By simply sharing a link to a textbook or by uploading a PDF, the AI then auto-creates well-designed slides that teachers tweak to use for sleek lesson presentations. That’s over ten hours a week.

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Plagiarism Education Intelligence Textbooks 130

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Harrison Parker, Executive Vice President, Linewize In 2024, the role of generative AI in education will be at the forefront of many academic discussions. Roger Sands, CEO & Co-Founder, Wyebot Students and teachers will have a wider and wider choice of materials. I see that continuing in the future.

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Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 360

Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

We recognize that there’s something fundamentally different about large-scale, externally mandated standardized tests that rely on multiple-choice questions. “ As a concrete example of why that synchronization is necessary, multiple states allow a high degree of local control over the curriculum.

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Language Languages 106