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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 course format is partially synchronous.

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How Teachers Are Pondering the Ethics of AI

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A Difference of Opinion People are still figuring out what the boundaries of this shiny, new piece of technology are in education, says Stephen Aguilar, an assistant professor at the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education. He cautioned that he couldn’t fully replace his human teaching assistants with a chatbot.

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When Colleges Sign ‘Inclusive Access’ Textbook Deals, Can Students and Professors Opt Out?

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McGraw-Hill and Pearon emphasized that instructors retain the freedom to decide whether to assign bundled materials to students in their classes, and those students can then choose whether to opt out. Pearson has typically seen opt-out rates below 5 percent, according to Osborne.

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Is There a Problem With ‘Mathbots’?

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Artificial intelligence will supply every student on the planet a talented personal tutor and every teacher an amazing teaching assistant, Khan has said. Overcoming initial resistance from a student can require an instructor to build a relationship with the child. At the moment, though, precisely what that looks like differs.

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How Much Artificial Intelligence Should There Be in the Classroom?

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We can build robot teachers, or even robot teaching assistants. And he believes that having AI-driven tutors or instructors will help them each get the individual approach they need. to the idea of bringing in robots for some teaching functions. But should we?

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A Welcoming Tone: Tips to Build Rapport in Digital Spaces

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Thus, it’s pressing for instructors to collaborate on concrete ways to create a welcoming tone and build rapport in digital spaces. As Michelle Pacansky-Brock (2023) notes, “connecting with you [the instructor] before they connect with course content will establish a supportive and welcoming course climate that will also cultivate community.”

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61 predictions about edtech, equity, and learning in 2022

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As these tools become more integrated into the classroom, teachers will want to ensure that all students, including those with disabilities or language barriers, are being supported. Literacy and Curriculum, Certified Academic Language Therapist C.A.L.T Literacy and Curriculum, Certified Academic Language Therapist C.A.L.T

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