Edsurge

JULY 9, 2021

You see an opportunity to make a small change that might improve their learning outcomes, so you roll it out to a group of students who don’t know they are part of the sample. But if researchers are A/B testing two innocuous options, what’s the harm? Imagine you’re an edtech company with thousands of students on your platform.

Ethics 207

Ethics Knowledge Testing Learning 207

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Large language models 1 Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are complex algorithms developed through a type of machine learning called deep learning. With the advent of machine learning in the 1980s, statistical models could be trained to learn patterns in text, produce decision trees, or recognize speech and classify text.

Ethics 128

Ethics Feedback Intelligence Language 128

Faculty Focus

JULY 11, 2024

From a well-designed and well-implemented group activity, students can have rich encounters with the content and learn the value of working collaboratively. Those negative attitudes about groups lead to a larger question: Can students still learn even if they don’t like the instructional approach, activity, or assignment?

Group work 64

Group work Instructors Students Research Methods 64

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Large language models 1 Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are complex algorithms developed through a type of machine learning called deep learning. With the advent of machine learning in the 1980s, statistical models could be trained to learn patterns in text, produce decision trees, or recognize speech and classify text.

Ethics 109

Ethics Feedback Intelligence Language 109

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Instead, it is vital that I investigate concrete strategies for greatly increasing students’ involvement in learning. Research in the areas of cognitive psychology and neuroscience offer a fundamental understanding of attention as the first step in putting information into our working memory (Kahneman, 1973).

Attention 122

Attention Students Quizzes Interdisciplinary 122

Faculty Focus

JULY 11, 2024

From a well-designed and well-implemented group activity, students can have rich encounters with the content and learn the value of working collaboratively. Those negative attitudes about groups lead to a larger question: Can students still learn even if they don’t like the instructional approach, activity, or assignment?

Group work 59

Group work Instructors Students Research Methods 59

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Instead, it is vital that I investigate concrete strategies for greatly increasing students’ involvement in learning. Research in the areas of cognitive psychology and neuroscience offer a fundamental understanding of attention as the first step in putting information into our working memory (Kahneman, 1973).

Attention 111

Attention Students Quizzes Interdisciplinary 111