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Is It Ethical to Run Learning Experiments On Students Without Their Knowledge?

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That’s the ethics debate playing out in one online educator space , a lively back-and-forth carried over from a recent workshop on educational A/B testing. He adds that the discussion is ultimately one among practitioners about methods and what’s ethical. “It Peterson wondered at the concern over the test expressed in media coverage.

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Book Talks with Benny Launches as AI-powered Teacher’s Assistant

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Today, Beanstack announces the addition of Book Talks with Benny, an AI-powered teachers assistant that promotes reading integrity without the need for quizzes or grading. Before beginning any work with AI, we established ethical guidelines to ensure that our use is human-centric and transparent.

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Enhancing learning through AI and human educators

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Additionally, the use of AI in education raises significant ethical issues, including concerns about data privacy and the potential for algorithmic bias. Furthermore, human interaction plays a vital role in instilling values and ethics in students, an area where AI cannot contribute effectively.

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How AI can transform lesson planning and assessment

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All it asks for is the topic, reading level, and any additional criteria teachers might have for their class, like an enhanced focus on accessibility or detailed deep dives into ethical implications. Unlike AI tools meant for the general public, I believe it’s imperative that any AI tool offer granular customization over the generated output.

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The case for ChatGPT as the ultimate educator’s toolkit

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AI tools can create content quickly, such as quizzes and worksheets and complete administrative tasks, such as grading assignments and generating progress reports , freeing up more time for instructional activities. What is ChatGPT? See our ChatGPT Prompting Guide for Life Design + Career Education.

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Balancing Bloom, assessment, and AI

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However, assessments, particularly quizzes, tests, and papers, need to be developed to focus on the higher levels of Bloom. This is not to say students should not be asked to perform tasks that align with Costa’s Gathering Level of Questioning, nor work at the knowledge and understanding levels of Bloom.

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

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Yet as instructors in the new world of online education, we have access to ever-increasing amounts of data—from recorded lecture videos, electronically submitted homework, discussion forums, and online quizzes and assessments—that may give us insights into individual student learning. So how does one identify a student’s knowledge state?

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