The new classroom | Fundamentals come first
2 weeks, 3 days ago

The new classroom | Fundamentals come first

India Today  

In an era of rapid technological advances, how should you approach the raft of Artificial Intelligence tools that are now available to carry out your tasks? Bharat N. Anand, Vice Provost for Advances in Learning at Harvard University, offers a simple thumb rule: the cost of errors and the time saved. At Harvard, for instance, an interview of faculty members who were using GenAI in their classrooms yielded some interesting examples: a faculty copilot chatbot that works like a teaching assistant available 24/7, and teachers saving time on designing tests and quizzes by refining the content that GenAI produces. Even an early experiment evaluating AI bot tutors against actual instructors in terms of students’ learning outcomes suggested high engagement levels with the bots. Anand reckons there’s a possibility it might go the opposite way, widening the digital divide, with benefits accruing disproportionately to those who already have domain expertise.

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