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Office hours with an android? We’re not quite there yet, but the science-fiction future of higher education is closer than you might think. Thanks to a slew of new products known as courseware, college professors can practically run a class on autopilot.
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The Substitute Teacher (chronicle.com/article/the-substitute-teacher?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-meet-professor-robot&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=24-11-19-slnk-e012-l1) : Millions of students have to use courseware. Often, the product replaces the professor.
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The Homework Tax (chronicle.com/article/the-homework-tax?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-meet-professor-robot&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=24-11-19-slnk-e012-l2) : For students already struggling to afford college, courseware can add to the burden.
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The ‘Textbook’ That Reads You (chronicle.com/article/the-textbook-that-reads-you?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-meet-professor-robot&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=24-11-19-slnk-e012-l3) : When students use courseware, how much personal data is it collecting?
Guest: Taylor Swaak (chronicle.com/author/taylor-swaak?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-meet-professor-robot&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=24-11-19-slnk-e012-l4) , tech and innovation reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education
For more on today’s episode, visit chronicle.com/collegematters (chronicle.com/podcast/college-matters-from-the-chronicle?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-meet-professor-robot&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=24-11-19-slnk-e012-l4) . We aim to make transcripts available within a day of an episode’s publication.
Office hours with an android? We’re not quite there yet, but the science-fiction future of higher education is closer than you might think. Thanks to a slew of new products known as courseware, college professors can practically run a class on autopilot.
Related Reading:
•
The Substitute Teacher (chronicle.com/article/the-substitute-teacher?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-meet-professor-robot&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=24-11-19-slnk-e012-l1) : Millions of students have to use courseware. Often, the product replaces the professor.
•
The Homework Tax (chronicle.com/article/the-homework-tax?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-meet-professor-robot&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=24-11-19-slnk-e012-l2) : For students already struggling to afford college, courseware can add to the burden.
•
The ‘Textbook’ That Reads You (chronicle.com/article/the-textbook-that-reads-you?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-meet-professor-robot&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=24-11-19-slnk-e012-l3) : When students use courseware, how much personal data is it collecting?
Guest: Taylor Swaak (chronicle.com/author/taylor-swaak?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-meet-professor-robot&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=24-11-19-slnk-e012-l4) , tech and innovation reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education
For more on today’s episode, visit chronicle.com/collegematters (chronicle.com/podcast/college-matters-from-the-chronicle?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-meet-professor-robot&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=24-11-19-slnk-e012-l4) . We aim to make transcripts available within a day of an episode’s publication.
