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APRIL 2, 2025

If I couldnt figure something out on my own, I had resources at my disposal: office hours, teaching assistants, or discussions with peers. They were designed to stretch my limits, to force me to engage deeply with the material rather than skim through a textbook for quick answers. These assignments werent just practice.

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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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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

One way he looks at the online course is as a competitor to commercial textbooks, but one that is updated and enhanced by a community of professors. He also used some of the money to send his teaching assistants to cities around the globe. But there are some important differences in what Wesch wanted to do.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 14, 2024

The development of programs that not only meet the needs of working people but also guarantee their upward mobility through accessible, affordable routes is essential in the effort to improve the quality of education and assist different learners. OER and No/Low-Cost Textbooks: The program makes significant use of both.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

student and teaching assistant, began building his own homegrown adaptive tutoring technologies. The plan is to move all of its higher-ed offerings, including digital textbooks, onto it by the end of 2020. But despite its investments in digital products, the publisher has been slow to reap returns in its bottom line.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

It’s no surprise that students would ask for help on platforms like Chegg, which offer digital textbooks as well as tutoring and homework help. Cheating on Chegg? How the Company Aims to Catch Tutoring Requests That Go Too Far. But what happens when those requests for “help” look more like requests for someone to do the work for them?

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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!

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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!

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Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

Meanwhile, a human teaching assistant monitored any replies that students sent back to the chatbot. Students could access chatbot quizzes ahead of exams to help assess their level of understanding. And as the semester progressed, messages became more customized for students who were doing well and students who were missing deadlines.

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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. Like textbooks—that's a classic example. And I think we have, in higher education, gotten into a pattern of outsourcing material development.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2018

Students who want proof of completion and access to all of the resources of the course—including feedback from teaching assistants—must buy a Coursera membership that costs $49 per month. Kian Katanforoosh is the co-creator for the deep learning courses and is listed as the Head Teaching Assistant for all of them. “We

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