Creating accessible courses in Moodle involves adopting practices that cater to diverse needs, such as consistent navigation, screen reader compatibility, and accessible multimedia content. Moodle LMS supports these practices through features like an integrated accessibility checker, redesigned activity icons, and …
Online exam marking using Gradescope
In this post, Dr Steven O’Hagan and Jon Beer describe how they implemented the online marking tool, Gradescope, into the School of Mathematics and School of Economics, respectively.
How to create fine-tuned LLMs with ChatGPT
MonsterGPT, a new tool by MonsterAPI, helps you fine-tune an LLM of your choice by chatting with ChatGPT. MonsterGPT can help you get through the tough configurations of creating a fine-tuned model by answering a few simple questions.
Open Education Bootcamp 2024 Recordings
Four Days of Open Education presentations with an amazing line up of inspirational presentations including Keynote Speakers.
Is Arc on Windows Really the Chrome Replacement It Promises to Be?
Arc on Windows is a new and exciting browser that aims to replace Chrome on your PC.
https://www.makeuseof.com/arc-on-windows-chrome-replacement/…
AI Do’s and Don’ts for Teachers (Downloadable)
To help teachers integrate AI into classrooms, high school ELA teachers Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Sypnieski shared best practices in two videos.
https://www.edweek.org/technology/opinion-ai-dos-and-donts-for-teachers-downloadable/2024/04…
Does ChatGPT Plagiarize? Examining the Chatbot’s Sources
While ChatGPT can answer any question you may have, some users wonder whether its responses contain plagiarism. To investigate this, we generated four different types of texts using ChatGPT and then evaluated their originality using various plagiarism detection tools.
What’s the right way to use AI in classrooms?
OpenAI’s GPT-4o enhances human-computer interaction with advanced AI capabilities, including personalized education. Demonstrations show it can facilitate learning through interactive problem-solving, as highlighted by Sal Kahn’s example with his son. Despite concerns about AI fostering cheating, research indicates no significant …
AI in Education: Google’s LearnLM product has incredible potential
Generative AI is fundamentally changing how we’re approaching learning and education, enabling powerful new ways to support educators and learners. It’s taking curiosity and understanding to the next level — and we’re just at the beginning of how it can …
Why AI Can’t Replace Teachers
For all the hype about AI replacing teachers, the reality is that teachers are irreplaceable. It is a deeply human endeavor. The teachers who can leverage this human element through authentic learning will ultimately prepare students for an unpredictable world …
The Best Generative AI Tools Transforming Education
Many of the online learning platforms are swiftly adding generative AI functionality in order to create personalized learning experiences and streamline the process of course creation. So here’s a look at some of the best tools I’ve come across that …
New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC
Recall uses AI features “to take images of your active screen every few seconds.
Microsoft teams up with Khan Academy to make the Khanmigo AI teaching assistant free
Microsoft and non-profit educational organization Khan Academy have formed a partnership that will allow all K-12 educators in the US to access the pilot version of Khanmigo for Teachers at no cost. Khanmigo is an AI-powered teaching assistant that can …
History According to ChatGPT: a Critical Analysis Exercise
In the fall of 2023, I asked my History of Sciences and Technology students to use ChatGPT for a summative evaluation, highlighting the tool’s limitations. I believe technology should complement but not replace the pedagogical experience, as it cannot deeply …
Towards Responsible Development of Generative AI for Education: An Evaluation-Driven Approach
Here we present our work collaborating with learners and educators to translate high level principles from learning science into a pragmatic set of seven diverse educational benchmarks, spanning quantitative, qualitative, automatic and human evaluations; and to develop a new set …
