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Cheating on Chegg? Maybe Not on Its Tutoring Platform

Edsurge

Must have 7 resources.” 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. So to flag such ethically dubious requests, the company uses machine learning. But Chegg doesn’t take action against the person making the request.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

They recorded school resource officers. Course Signals, a software product developed by Purdue University, was designed to boost “student success” by using learning analytics to inform teachers, students, and staff to potential problems, labeling students with a red/yellow/green scheme to indicate their danger in failing a course.

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