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Big Deals—Khan Academy Boosts National Civics Bee, AI Tackles Campus Safety, and Stanford Offers Online Math

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.” National Civics Bee Teams Up With Khan Academy This year, for the first time, students who advance to the local competitions will receive free tutoring support through Khan Academy’s new AI-powered tutor and teaching assistant, Khanmigo. The submission period is open through January 8, 2024.

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Pros And Cons of AI in Education

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AI tutors, virtual assistants, and adaptive learning platforms are being adopted by schools, colleges, and universities around the world. In addition, many students are using AI to write coursework and essays, which has caused a lot of outrage. This saves teachers time, while giving students quicker feedback.

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Gradescope Raises $3.75M to Speed Up Grading in Higher Ed

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Students may feel relief as they hand in an exam, but the moment marks the beginning of stress and anxiety for instructors and teaching assistants, who may need to grade hundreds of tests in a short time. Arjun Singh knows the feeling well. Singh’s company takes a slightly different approach. You save time in applying the feedback.”

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Care for Faculty in Challenging Times: Considerations for Exploring Hope and Healing

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Dr. Laura Howard is a senior lecturer in English at Kennesaw State University, where she also coordinates the graduate teaching assistant program and supports faculty by offering coaching and online teaching support. In Lenin and Philosophy and other Essays, 121-176. References Althusser, Louis. “Resilience.”

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Care for Faculty in Challenging Times: Considerations for Exploring Hope and Healing

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Dr. Laura Howard is a senior lecturer in English at Kennesaw State University, where she also coordinates the graduate teaching assistant program and supports faculty by offering coaching and online teaching support. In Lenin and Philosophy and other Essays, 121-176. References Althusser, Louis. “Resilience.”

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The Education of an Android Teacher

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I'm the world's first android teaching assistant. So she relies on support from William Barry, the philosophy instructor who records her delivering brief lectures for his undergraduate class on the ethics of emerging technology. That squares with Asimov’s essay, which promises “human teachers will not be totally eliminated.

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How One Master Educator Uses Visuals and Tech to Make Dracula a Must-Take Course

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Stanley Stepanic: When I first came to UVA in 2005 to study for my master’s and my PhD, I was a teaching assistant to the course and was mentored by Professor Jan Perkowski. Ooh, I could use this for this lecture.” So who knows how lectures will be taught 20 years from now. Whatever it is, I’ll be teaching that way.

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