Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2023

A college probably wouldn’t hire a teaching assistant who tends to lie to students about course content or deadlines. The university has spent many years building its own AI chatbot that it uses as a teaching assistant, known as Jill Watson. Georgia Tech happens to have an unusual ally in its quest to tame ChatGPT.

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Teaching Assistants Teaching Textbooks Lecturing 186

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Artificial Intelligence: Smart assistants can help teachers and students use time more efficiently. Acting as tutors or teaching assistants, AI makes classroom time more effective and leaves educators time to address more personal needs.

Technology 167

Technology Blended Learning Lecturing Exams 167

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

Whether it is social networking, cybersecurity, stock trading, or dating apps—at the core of all these products are intelligent algorithms based on mathematics. Rather than rush to catch up, he opted to move through the textbook at his own pace so he could truly understand the concepts. While studying computer science at the.

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Textbooks Intelligence Math Beliefs 107

Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

Can college students tell the difference between a human teaching assistant and a chatbot? And the answer has profound implications for the future of college teaching. Goel, a professor of computer science and cognitive science, and his team have refined perhaps the first robot teaching assistant, dubbed Jill Watson.

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Teaching Syllabus Teaching Assistants Textbooks 143

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

As the lazy days of summer start to dwindle, it’s time to trade in beach reads for textbooks and flip-flops for sensible shoes. Imagine having a digital assistant that never sleeps, helping you draft syllabi, create lesson plans, and even answer those tricky student emails. It’s like having a teaching assistant that never sleeps!

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

As the lazy days of summer start to dwindle, it’s time to trade in beach reads for textbooks and flip-flops for sensible shoes. Imagine having a digital assistant that never sleeps, helping you draft syllabi, create lesson plans, and even answer those tricky student emails. It’s like having a teaching assistant that never sleeps!

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2017

Just as professors wouldn’t bring in a teaching assistant they couldn’t talk to or collaborate with, they shouldn’t adopt interactive tools that are mysterious and locked. That actually there's a lot of pedagogical knowledge that has to go into how you teach someone something. Like textbooks—that's a classic example.

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Teaching Ethics Textbooks Laboratory 96