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Should Chatbots Tutor? Dissecting That Viral AI Demo With Sal Khan and His Son

ED Surge

But not everyone thinks this is a good idea, since the tech is prone to “hallucinations,” where chatbots make up facts, and there’s the bigger issue of whether any machine can fill in for a human in something as deeply personal as one-on-one tutoring. A lot of folks probably saw the recent OpenAI demo of me and my son.

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Most Popular EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2024

ED Surge

Dissecting That Viral AI Demo With Sal Khan and His Son Should AI chatbots be used as tutors? Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, has become one of the most vocal proponents of the idea, and he and his son are featured in a recent demo of ChatGPTs latest version.

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A Close Look at Competency-Based Learning

Cult of Pedagogy

It’s framed around this driving question: How are humans impacting the Earth from an environmental biology perspective? .” To see what this looks like in practice, we explored sample lessons in Messer’s and Blankenship’s classes.

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As More AI Tools Emerge in Education, so Does Concern Among Teachers About Being Replaced

ED Surge

But these days, when it comes to AI, another concern has come into the spotlight: That the technology could lead to less human interaction in schools and colleges — and that school administrators could one day try to use it to replace teachers. And it's not just educators who are worried, this is becoming an education policy issue.

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Los Angeles School District Launched a Splashy AI Chatbot. What Exactly Does It Do?

ED Surge

More than 26 members of local and national media were on hand for the splashy announcement (a detail that Carvalho noted in his remarks), and the event also featured a human dressed in a costume of the shiny animated character of Ed, which has also long been a mascot of the school district, for attendees to take selfies with.

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Should Educators Put Disclosures on Teaching Materials When They Use AI?

ED Surge

Watkins says that a few months ago, when he saw a demo of a new feature in a popular learning management system that uses AI to help make materials with one click, he asked a company official whether they could add a button that would automatically watermark when AI is used to make that clear to students.

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Simulating student mental health for teachers

The Hechinger Report

The educator practices how to respond to the virtual human using evidence-based communication skills. Credit: Screenshot of Kognito demo. One scenario in the simulation involves a virtual student who’s academically at risk, with poor attendance, and is suspected of using substances and bullying.