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 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 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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