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Articles

  • OpenStax Celebrates 25th Anniversary

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    OpenStax is celebrating its 25th anniversary as 2024 comes to a close. The open educational resources initiative from Rice University has served almost 37 million students in 153 countries and saved students nearly $3 billion in course material costs since its launch in 1999.

  • MathGPT AI Tutor Now Out of Beta

    Ed tech provider GotIt! Education has announced the general availability of MathGPT, an AI tutor and teaching assistant for foundational math support.

  • Boosting Student Engagement with Interactive and Practical Teaching Methods

    Traditional teaching methods like slide-to-slide PowerPoint presentations no longer engage students in the way they used to. Here's how one educator developed engaging, interactive methods to help students grasp complex concepts.

  • Pearson Launches New AI-Powered Study Tools

    Digital learning company Pearson has introduced several new AI-powered tools to help provide students personalized help from within their e-textbooks or study platforms.


Podcasts

  • How Generative AI Will Enable Personalized Learning Experiences

    With today's advancements in generative AI, the dream of ultra-personalized learning may not be far off from reality. We spoke with Dr. Kim Round, associate dean of the Western Governors University School of Education, about the potential of technologies like ChatGPT for learning, the need for AI literacy skills, why learning experience designers have a leg up on AI prompt engineering, and more.

  • AI and the Future of Writing Instruction

    The use of AI for writing and communication presents an inherent contradiction: Those who can best write with AI will be those who can best write without it, according to Mark Warschauer professor of education and informatics at the University of California, Irvine, and founder of UCI's Digital Learning Lab. We talked about the potential of AI for teaching and learning, overcoming faculty skepticism about AI tools, research questions that should be asked about AI in education, and more.


Whitepapers

  • High-Dosage Tutoring Models for K-12 School Districts

    Students are struggling and need individualized instruction. High dosage tutoring works. Download this whitepaper today to learn how the logistical challenge of scaling effective programs for school districts can be solved and the best practices to do so!

  • Implementing Search and Generating AI for Your Knowledge Base

    It can be intimidating to implement search for your knowledge base especially when building a state of the art generative AI experience for your end-users. Download this whitepaper to learn more!

  • Red Hat OpenShift Data Science

    Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning have rapidly become critical for businesses and organizations. Deploying these technologies, however, can be very complicated.