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Automated Proctoring Swept In During Pandemic. It’s Likely to Stick Around, Despite Concerns

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Just in the past few months, a law student sued an automated proctoring company , students have complained about their use in student newspaper editorials and professors have compared them to Big Brother. There is a lot of concern in higher ed about Chegg and Course Hero,” Urdan says, “which everyone acknowledges are cheating tools.” "We

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Cheating on Chegg? Maybe Not on Its Tutoring Platform

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That’s an example of a request that can be found on online tutoring services like Chegg, as shared by a senior data scientist at the company, Sanghamitra Deb. Yet this is the kind of “help” that Chegg’s tutoring service can sometimes be used for. based company wants to thwart. And it’s what the Santa Clara, Calif.-based

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Some Professors Fight Study-Help Sites. Other Professors Now Use Them.

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Soon someone from the company reached out to her to offer her full access to the site for free, which costs students either $39.95 All she had to do was fill out a faculty profile, and she happily answered questions about how she had used the service and did an interview for an article on the company’s website. per month, or $119.40

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Course Hero Adds $70 Million to Series B Fundraise

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As it turns out, the company wasn’t done fundraising. Capitalizing on increased usage seems to be the formula among edtech companies seeking new money this year. Companies like Coursera, which helps universities build and access online courses, have ridden the momentum from new registrations to secure a $130 million investment in July.

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GSV Adds Three New Letters to Its Portfolio: MBA

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But this time, it’s not pouring money into a startup or a conference. If we do this right, not only should GSV have a strategy in investing in these companies, we hope other investors see the value of the students coming out of there and are attracted to it as well,” Moe says. GSV is making a new investment in education. Its partner?

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Best Second Jobs for Teachers

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Chegg Tutors : Chegg is a popular platform that connects students to tutors in a wide range of subjects. They could also reach out directly to schools, educational organizations, or ed-tech companies to offer their services. Companies often need voiceover artists for their commercials or promotional videos.

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Look Who’s Talking—Michael Trucano from the Brookings Institution on AI in education

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The speakers anticipate lively discussions at the upcoming conference (CoSN 2024) as attendees reflect on practical strategies and the future of AI in education. I mean, I get, you know, pitch decks from companies. I’m going to use Chegg PT to do this. I mean, this is going to be this stuff. 00:02:57 Yeah.