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

Edsurge

A 2016 study linked interpersonal communications with higher grades in online community college classes. First-generation college students, who are more likely to be minority and low-income, often feel marginalized in academic settings and this narrative of self-doubt can have negative effects on their success.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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