Networking, anyone? When Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment colleagues Cansu Tatar and Michael Tscholl were measuring how well students at DeKalb’s St. Mary Catholic School understood artificial intelligence, they also met the teachers. And when one of those teachers took
Read moreAI project at St. Mary School advancing to examine teaching ability of chatbots
Michael Tscholl’s long-term project at DeKalb’s St. Mary Catholic School has entered its next phase. Last year’s study by Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment researchers focused on 50 students in sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grades to measure their comprehension of AI
Read moreTalking head: ETRA researcher merges ChatGPT, Furhat for improved learning
With a background in computer engineering, Mobin Hossein Panahi brings coding and programming skills to his pursuit of an M.S.Ed. in Instructional Technology at NIU. But can Panahi equip a “social robot” to not only employ AI to respond to spoken questions
Read moreMWERA researchers present work, gain new ideas, build professional networks
Twenty-eight students, faculty and alumni of the NIU College of Education attended the 47th annual meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association. Held Nov. 5 to 7 in Milwaukee, the conference focused on “Navigating the Future: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence in Education for
Read moreMerritt speaker A.G. Rud to explore importance of discerning fact, fiction
For A.G. Rud, the view beyond his window is alarming. Rud sees George Orwell’s dystopian “1984” coming to fruition. He sees “a landscape of information, misinformation and disinformation.” He sees “authoritarian regimes disposing of information that’s not complimentary of them.” And that,
Read moreETRA researchers explore AI knowledge of St. Mary School middle-level students
Researchers from the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment (ETRA) are working with nearly 50 middle-level students and their teachers at St. Mary Catholic School to measure their comprehension of Artificial Intelligence. How do they engage and interact with AI? What
Read moreNIU assessment team explores potential of AI in accreditation with ETRA student
Months after the Higher Learning Commission reaccredited NIU, a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment is helping the university understand how artificial intelligence can enable those continuous processes. The work of Stella Jung, who is pursuing her
Read moreTaking the plunge: Melissa Fickling taps AI to enrich course in counseling ethics
New graduate students in this fall’s section of COUN 500: Professional Identity and Ethics in Counseling probably weren’t expecting what Melissa Fickling told them. Fickling, associate professor in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education, revealed that she had devoted the summer
Read moreDrive My Car: ETRA delivers fun times to STEM Fest crowds, graduate students
Hundreds of children of all ages visited the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment’s STEM Fest booth Sept. 28 in the Anderson Hall gym. And the learning – along with the smiles – was not limited to the guests. “This is
Read moreFear not! ETRA summer course will help teachers to tackle artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is changing the game for all professions, including teaching. Understanding it is only the first step; success in the new reality also will require trying to keep pace with AI’s rapid evolution and the ability to keep an open mind
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