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How AI can transform lesson planning and assessment

eSchool News

Here is one way teachers can use AI tools to curate an entire class’s flow, its study materials, and practice tests without the aid of an army of teaching assistants. Personalizing feedback at scale In my opinion, personalization at scale is the frontrunner in the diadem of benefits that the AI revolution has inspired.

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The Next Frontier of Learning Engineering: AI That Teaches Other AI

Edsurge

“No teacher is going to put in 1,000 person-hours of his or her time in order to get a benefit of 200 person-hours that he or she may save,” Ashok Goel, a professor of computer science and cognitive science at Georgia Institute of Technology, told EdSurge in an interview earlier this year. See the tool in action here.

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How Teachers Are Pondering the Ethics of AI

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A biology laboratory coordinator in an integrated science department at Claremont McKenna, Pitzer and Scripps Colleges, Kohn perceived the tool as useful. But more than that, it would be important to teach his science students how to interact with the tool for their own careers, he first told EdSurge last April.

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Teachers Are Turning to AI Solutions for Assistance

EdTech Magazine

While teachers may always be the best line of defense for students falling behind, busy schedules don’t always permit the special attention and feedback that students need. That’s where artificial intelligence–powered teaching assistants might come in handy. AI Solutions Drive Higher STEM Test Scores. by Eli Zimmerman.

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What One Startup Founder Learned in Her Quest to Change How Profs Communicate With Students

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Sankar understood the shy student experience because she had been one herself, having gone to college in India where she was one of only three female students majoring in computer science. The most grounding thing was hearing from founders that it wasn't rocket science,” she said. She called her startup Piazza.

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Moving From 5% to 85% Completion Rates for Online Courses

Edsurge

Unsurprisingly, some of the biggest drivers of these improved metrics include making people pay for online programs, increasing the selectivity of courses, and adding program managers and teaching assistants to follow up with learners. Here are seven practices for moving completion rates for online courses from 5 to 85 percent: 1.

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

Edsurge

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. Yet many have been met with skepticism that such tools can provide as accurate or personal feedback as a human can.

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