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Adapting to the ChatGPT era in education

eSchool News

A recent survey by study.com found that nearly 90 percent of students admitted to using OpenAI’s chatbot in some home-related capacity, and more than 25 percent of teachers have already caught a student cheating using the chatbot. ChatGPT has rapidly begun to infiltrate K-12 classrooms nationwide.

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Predictions of Print Textbooks’ Death Remain Greatly Exaggerated

Edsurge

higher education courseware in 2015, down from 50 percent the year before, according to a 2018 report from Macquarie, an investment bank and financial services company. In a 2018 survey of college students, the trade publication Library Journal found that 75 percent say that reading print books is easier than e-books.

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Top Trends Higher Education Textbook Publishers Must Follow

Kitaboo on EdTech

According to a survey by McKinsey, there has been a steady growth in the textbook rental market, significantly affecting the new textbook sales in recent years. Companies like Chegg, eFollett, and BookRenter are offering new textbooks on rent for less than the price of a used book.

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Another problem with shifting education online: cheating

The Hechinger Report

Universal online testing has created a documented increase in cheating, often because universities, colleges and testing companies were unprepared for the scale of the transformation or unable or unwilling to pay for safeguards, according to faculty and testing experts. And for most online test-takers, no one has been watching.

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MissionU Says It Can Replace Traditional College With a One-Year Program

Edsurge

A venture-backed company today announced a new educational offering billed as an alternative to the standard undergraduate experience. The company will hire working professionals to teach the courses. A roster of well-known companies—and darlings of Silicon Valley—have signed up to participate.

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Chegg Expands Student Debt Relief Benefit for Employees—Up to $5,000 More a Year

Edsurge

Now, a publicly-traded education company that serves millions of college students has ramped up student debt relief services for its own employees. Chegg , based in Santa Clara, Calif., To be clear, this is not a new perk for Chegg employees. The company employs about 1,100 people worldwide.) million in venture capital.

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To Save Its Campus Bookstore, This University Took It Online

Edsurge

We know that college students’ tastes for digital services have the power to make companies snap to attention. It’s no simple task to get pallets of books shipped to Alaska, and Weaver says the university had a tough time keeping up with textbook rentals offered by companies like Chegg that were expanding their hold on the market.

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