Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Speedier Solutions to Answering Student Questions Creating the kind of AI tutoring tool that complements or even replaces the work of a human tutor can take skilled computer programmers hundreds or thousands of hours. A teacher writes the questions, writes one or two answers. Doing so takes only about 10 hours of work from a human.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

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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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

Can college students tell the difference between a human teaching assistant and a chatbot? A Georgia Tech computer scientist has been pursuing that question for several years. And the answer has profound implications for the future of college teaching. But he says what those humans spend their time doing has changed.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

ByteLearn.com – Digital math teaching assistant for teachers. With just one click, teachers may produce 7th Grade Math worksheets like Combining Like Terms , Grade 7 Math quizzes like Distributive Property , Seventh Grade Math unit tests , and 7 Grade Math Practice Questions on Distributive Property etc. 2 Khan Academy.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2024

That question has been in the air since ChatGPT was released in late 2022, and since then many developers have experimented with using the latest generative AI technology as a tutor. A video demo of the latest version of ChatGPT tutoring a student that went viral on YouTube has brought fresh attention to this question.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The questions that remain concern which of these resources are available and how can they continue to help students. MORE FROM EDTECH: CSee how schools use virtual reality to improve assistive learning programs. Artificial Intelligence: Smart assistants can help teachers and students use time more efficiently.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

That’s where artificial intelligence–powered teaching assistants might come in handy. At Slackwood Elementary School in New Jersey, AI assistants helped bolster first-grade students, a majority of whom were struggling to achieve high test scores in science, technology, engineering and math courses. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

As a professor at Harvard University’s Extension School—teaching the Neuroscience of Learning: An Introduction to Mind, Brain, Health, and Education—I knew Tokuhama-Espinosa would have insights into introducing MBE research to individuals with a broad range of experience and expertise.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2019

While Levy created the app to automate part of the process involved in documenting class participation, it still requires some manual assistance. For that, an instructor usually turns to teaching assistants like Erin Gregor, who record in Teachly every time a student participates.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2019

It’s a chatbot, which library officials plan to add to the library’s website this summer to answer some of the most common questions students come in with, as well as to help them get started with their research. The use of AI in libraries has resurfaced age-old questions, such as whether technology will replace human librarians.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

But he always wanted to pursue a degree in computer science—he loved technology. However, at that time, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, his options were limited to exiting the workforce to pursue his dream of a bachelor’s of computer science or taking night or weekend classes and missing out on time spent being a dad.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

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. To use Gradescope, a grader scans exams or assignments into the platform and each question is given a rubric.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Not in terms of the science-fiction robot overlords. In the one-to-1000 classroom, we also have teaching assistants. And then, the local teachers can be trained to be teaching assistants, so a job that's much easier for each teacher to learn to do. A teaching assistant might offer after-school tutoring.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Students will be able to ask Watson open-ended questions related to their course content, and the intelligent tutoring system will also provide instructors with insights about how well students are learning and where they might need extra help. “At Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

I’m taking four courses this term and this is the only time that the impact of AI has been brought up, even though my other courses are computer science and engineering where this technology is going to be most disruptive. It’s true that we can’t predict where this is all going, but I feel better just having discussed it.”

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Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

Those same questions prompted leaders at Georgia State to adopt some practices common to online-only institutions in spring 2020 when classes moved online. Meanwhile, a human teaching assistant monitored any replies that students sent back to the chatbot. Are we part of the problem?”

Student Engagement 201

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Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

These factors converge to understandably discourage teachers with established routines from shifting away from lecturing and into flipped learning, a change that many scholars of pedagogy and education sciences strongly advocate for. Discussion Questions: Reflect on your challenges in teaching a large STEM class.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

She described the advances in cognitive science, including the work of Carol Dweck, Geoffrey Cohen, and Claude Steele, that have led her to work on creating even more supportive and effective learning environments. However, they were more open to having their teaching assistants try new approaches. Have empathy, Burns continued.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

I’m taking four courses this term and this is the only time that the impact of AI has been brought up, even though my other courses are computer science and engineering where this technology is going to be most disruptive. It’s true that we can’t predict where this is all going, but I feel better just having discussed it.”

Minute Papers 119

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

While I have had to readjust some of my teaching methodology, I have also come to appreciate all of the technology I learned to use this past year and plan on continuing to use it in my instruction. –Lisa Cumming, Science Teacher, Olmsted Falls High School. — Ryan Graham, Chief Technology Officer, Texthelp.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

There's the option of just directly approaching them with an immediate concern or question. Apart from course evaluation, which is embedded within the normal semester, and kind of a mandatory process, I think the other stakeholder that we often forget is the teaching assistants. Reed: This is a followup to Patrick.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

During long PowerPoint lectures, take a brief break occasionally for students to discuss their thoughts on a question and to bounce ideas off one another. Putting discussion questions or prompts on the PowerPoint slide can also help foster meaningful discussions. How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

While studying computer science at the. Shiva Kintali: As a teaching assistant at Georgia Tech and while teaching at Princeton, I developed an interest in helping my students learn mathematical concepts in a fun and intuitive way. EdSurge: What prompted you to develop an adaptive approach to learning math?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

But a rush to test—and possibly rely on—algorithms raises many questions, none bigger than this: Could the data lead colleges to rethink how they operate to serve students? It raises these questions that we’ve never faced before. And so in many ways it’s a discussion that almost seems science fiction at times.

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Learning Intelligence Science Questions 89

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

During long PowerPoint lectures, take a brief break occasionally for students to discuss their thoughts on a question and to bounce ideas off one another. Putting discussion questions or prompts on the PowerPoint slide can also help foster meaningful discussions. How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Beheshti, IEEE Senior Member, Dean of the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences at New York Institute of Technology. While I have had to readjust some of my teaching methodology, I have also come to appreciate all of the technology I learned to use this past year and plan on continuing to use it in my instruction.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

These AI-powered programs can provide information, answer questions, and even complete tasks. Ambiguity in educational queries Students often ask complex and context-specific questions about course requirements, program details, and academic pathways. Baeldung on Computer Science. The New York Times. 2023, February).

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Unlike closed-ended questions with a single correct answer, open-ended problems encourage students in groups to analyze the problem from different angles and evaluate the pros and cons of various solutions. Shanda Hood is a teaching assistant professor for the Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Arkansas.

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Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

Our LAs reflected on the connections they made with their mentors, talking about everything from personal questions and concerns to class-related topics to professional advice. Education Sciences, 8 (4), 168. Benefits of a comprehensive undergraduate teaching assistant Program. Science , 28 (5786), 445446.

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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. We started collecting the data for that purpose, and then about that same year when we started OLI, we applied for an NSF grant for a science and learning center.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

These AI-powered programs can provide information, answer questions, and even complete tasks. Ambiguity in educational queries Students often ask complex and context-specific questions about course requirements, program details, and academic pathways. Baeldung on Computer Science. The New York Times. 2023, February).

Academic Integrity 111

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Like many other education entrepreneurs with technology backgrounds, the co-founders of Lalilo say they were surprised at the gap between the teaching tools currently available in classrooms, and the technology they knew was available. During that time, they also did short teaching gigs.

English 65

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Unlike closed-ended questions with a single correct answer, open-ended problems encourage students in groups to analyze the problem from different angles and evaluate the pros and cons of various solutions. Shanda Hood is a teaching assistant professor for the Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Arkansas.

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Scholarly Teacher

MARCH 6, 2025

Keywords : Lab Report Template, Rubric, Hidden Curriculum Background Laboratory courses are a staple of undergraduate science programs. Drawing on our backgrounds in assessment in science education and biochemistry, we developed the template in the following manner. Medical Science Educator , 31 (2), 753764. Cornell College.

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Whiteboard Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

For instance, introducing an AI teaching assistant like Jill Watson , developed by Georgia Tech, can start in a single course before expanding school-wide. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on AI Use in UK Schools Q: Why is AI becoming important in UK schools?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

After all, students can now enter any assigned question into an AI chatbot and get a perfectly formatted, five-paragraph essay back ready to turn in (well, after a little massaging to take out any AI “hallucinations”). If you’ve got five set questions, are you probing students — are you looking for the weaknesses?”

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

The professor of computer science and cognitive science at Georgia Institute of Technology believes every student and researcher should have access to artificially intelligent assistants that not only help them study facts and figures, but also collaborate more closely with other humans. It's the engineering of learning.

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