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From admissions to teaching to grading, AI is infiltrating higher education

The Hechinger Report

Among those are predicting how well students might do if admitted and assessing their financial need. Credit: Jackie Mader for The Hechinger Report. David Weiss, co-founder, Assessment Systems. Credit: Jackie Mader for The Hechinger Report. AI tools are also being sold to colleges to make decisions once made by faculty.

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School Work and Surveillance

Hack Education

That is, we are less likely to use ed-tech to rethink assignments or assessments than we are to use ed-tech more closely scrutinize student behavior. Is it the vast corpus of data that the company has amassed — decades of essays and theses and Wikipedia entries that it uses to assess student work?

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Robot Teachers, Racist Algorithms, and Disaster Pedagogy

Hack Education

Is it the vast corpus of data that the company has amassed — decades of essays and theses and Wikipedia entries that it uses to assess student work? Well-known names in the industry include ProctorU, Proctorio, and Examity. Is it the algorithms — the pattern-matching capabilities that purport to identify plagiarism?

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets. The platform supports balanced literacy programs with integrated tools such as embedded assessments, a student recommendation engine, analytics to demonstrate reading growth, and engaging reading practice opportunities.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Here are some reports from her travels: Via Chalkbeat : “What is Betsy DeVos ’s ‘rethink school’ initiative all about? ” Via the AP : “School at Cook County Jail reported phony attendance numbers.” ” “ Birmingham-Southern Cuts Tuition in Half,” Inside Higher Ed reports.