Educational Technology

May 26, 2012

Score One for the Robo-Tutors

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:40 am

by Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed

Without diminishing learning outcomes, automated teaching software can reduce the amount of time professors spend with students and could substantially reduce the cost of instruction, according to new research.

In experiments at six public universities, students assigned randomly to statistics courses that relied heavily on “machine-guided learning” software — with reduced face time with instructors — did just as well, in less time, as their counterparts in traditional, instructor-centric versions of the courses. This largely held true regardless of the race, gender, age, enrollment status and family background of the students.

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/05/22/report-robots-stack-human-professors-teaching-intro-stats

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