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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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This technology will transform education by personalizing learning and meeting various student demands. This change reduces writing assignment stress and time pressure, improving productivity and learning. AI technologies can also help students who struggle with specific writing processes maintain a consistent writing quality.

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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. Large technology companies have hired former educators to lead training and education efforts.

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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 question is a philosophical one, as some people argue that a theory called Baumol’s cost disease, which states that some labor-intensive sectors do not reduce labor costs even when new technology comes in, explains why the cost of college keeps going up faster than other areas of the economy. It takes a team."

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OPINION: Seven lessons on proficiency education

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Given proficiency learning’s emphasis on adaptive learning, real-time monitoring, technology use and student engagement, it seems inevitable that the answer will be: Forfeit and join the Brave New E-World: screenify , binge , gamify , infotain. “Competency” connotes a bare-minimum mediocrity.

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

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“Investors, particularly in China, are looking across the Pacific to check out innovative tools and models that they haven’t explored or implemented back home,” observes Victor Hu, Global Head of Education Technology and Services at Goldman Sachs’ investment banking division. Last year, at least 10 U.S.-based Limited Partner, Global Reach.

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

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Thus, learning objectives were reframed as quests—a staple of many role playing games—challenging kids to design a safe transport into the earth’s crust during science class or simulate court cases during civics. But make no mistake: game design is very important for learning.

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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. EdSurge sat down with Davenport last week during the WCET conference in Denver to talk about her approach to teaching, and what technologies she’s tried—and ones she avoids.

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