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Teaching in the Era of Bots: Students Need Humans Now More Than Ever

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For example, Denise Maduli-Williams, a faculty member at San Diego Mesa College, sends mobile, motivational video messages to her students via Twitter and Instagram. However, other faculty have found that online classes open more opportunities to build relationships with students, as communications are not confined to a time and place.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. Indeed, young people prefer learning from YouTube than from textbooks — according, ironically, to Pearson.

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