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When Bots Go to Class

ED Surge

In fact, the experiment at the Michigan public college could be said to mark a new generation in an area known as “ learning analytics.” But the experiment points to interesting possibilities — and raises ethical questions — about how the latest AI tech might be used to improve teaching.

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Learning to learn data science, part 1: Beginner’s mind

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

in mathematics and 25 years' experience as a professor, including some background in Python, when I decided to get serious about learning R and data science (and learning analytics in particular) and attended the LASER Institute at NC State this year, I was starting from zero. Although I have a Ph.D.