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Teachers Scramble as Students Embrace Bots over Books
- Education services website Chegg, once a student’s best friend, is struggling to stay afloat, with its stock price plummeting a staggering 99% by November 2024.The company also laid off 441 employees in the summer and 300 more in November.
- Kent State University published a study surveying 71 students about their use of AI in academia. Forty-seven per cent of the group comprised upper-level undergraduates aged 21-23, 26% were sophomores, and the rest were older graduate students.
- 48% of the students reported a ‘significant improvement’ using AI tutoring systems, study scheduling apps and language learning apps using AI.
- AI-native education tools are already under progress, with Eureka Labs being one such company. They have begun working on a course that teaches students to develop an AI Storyteller, which is built on Python, C and CUDA.
- CEO of IUgroup, the European university group, Sven Schutt has said they have implemented an advanced AI tutor called Syntea, that delivers personalised education for a large group of students. Schutt mentioned that 20-30% of students have yet to use it.
- Earlier this year, a research injected 100% AI written submissions into five undergraduate modules for a BSc degree at a reputable UK university. It was found that 94% of the AI submissions were undetected.
- The use of AI-generated content in assignments and tests is a well-known problem, but a study adds to the concerns with grades awarded to AI submissions higher than real human students.
- While several universities have restricted the use of these AI tools, some have welcomed the integration of AI into study, essays, and other assignments.
- AI cannot replace pedagogues, but its implementation in schools can act as a brilliant technological push so that pedagogy can be better and more meaningful than ever.
- If AI can transform education in low-resourced schools, especially in developing countries like India, it is imperative to design these products while keeping accessibility and ease of use in mind.
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