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AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them?

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Explore the benefits and drawbacks of AI in essay writing, including its impact on student learning. AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them? This technology will transform education by personalizing learning and meeting various student demands.

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Amazon Taps Stanford Professor, Candace Thille to Lead Internal Professional Learning

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One of the most prominent researchers and critics of how learning technologies are built and used in higher education is joining, temporarily, one of the biggest tech companies in the world. Chris Noon, a former Oxford lecturer,has led seminars on technical topics for members of Dropbox’s sales team.

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Live Online Video Classes Are ‘The New Face-to-Face.’ So How Many Students Can They Handle at a Time?

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The online university advertises its video-based online courses as active-learning seminars, so these class sizes are modeled after their counterparts at many traditional face-to-face colleges. This is not an operation where one person does it. It takes a team."

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Playing Games Can Build 21st-Century Skills. Research Explains How.

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Research has shown our brains are “ wired for pleasure ,” and that games are an effective way to learn because they simulate adventure and keep our brains engaged and happy. But what exactly do we learn from them? But make no mistake: game design is very important for learning. The takeaway?

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OPINION: Seven lessons on proficiency education

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Here in Connecticut, we have been watching closely as Maine experiments with proficiency-based learning. Related: As states push for new learning, some parents and kids feel left behind. However, skeptics suspect proficiency-based learning is a mere rebrand of previous unproven reform efforts. Known by the U.S.

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

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Fresco Capital , GSV Acceleration , Learn Capital , Owl Ventures , Reach Capital and Rethink Education , now count Asian limited partners among investors in their newest funds. “In Other investments outside of the LearnLaunch community include CodeMonkey and language-learning tools, ELSA and SpeakingPal.). Nearly every major U.S.

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When Teaching Large Classes, Professors Shouldn’t Try To Put On a Show

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Rachel Davenport, a senior lecturer at Texas State University, has taught so many large classes that she jokes she has trouble readjusting to a small seminar room. That means we both get to learn, not just them. I actually think getting to say, "I don't know, let's look it up," is collaborative—we're learning together.

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