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AI project at St. Mary School advancing to examine teaching ability of chatbots

March 16, 2026 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA, Partnerships, Research/Faculty

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

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Talking head: ETRA researcher merges ChatGPT, Furhat for improved learning

March 16, 2026 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA, Research/Faculty, Student Success

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

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Taking the plunge: Melissa Fickling taps AI to enrich course in counseling ethics

October 29, 2024 Mark McGowan CAHE, enewsletter

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

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Fear not! ETRA summer course will help teachers to tackle artificial intelligence

May 10, 2023 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA

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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