The Jill Watson AI teaching assistant met student expectations in a Georgia Tech online course without being detected as non-human¶
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q2 i? In one Georgia Tech online KBAI course, an AI teaching assistant based on IBM Watson was valued by students and revealed as a teacherbot only at the end of the course. → Popenici 2017
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Popenici 2017¶
Popenici, S. A. D., & Kerr, S. (2017). Exploring the impact of artificial intelligence on teaching and learning in higher education. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 12:22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41039-017-0062-8
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A documented case reported in the paper: in Ashok Goel's knowledge-based artificial intelligence course in the online Master in Computer Sciences program at Georgia Tech, the teaching assistant "managed to meet the highest expectations of students" and one student wanted to nominate her for the outstanding TA award before her non-human identity was revealed.
"The surprise at the end of the course was to find out that Jill Watson was not a real person, but a teacherbot, a virtual teaching assistant was based on the IBM's Watson platform"
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Related Claims¶
- Universities already use incipient AI such as IBM Watson to provide student advice around the clock, reducing administrative staffing needs — related
- AI-ALOE technology deployments were associated with improved adult learner outcomes, including higher course grades and retention for Jill Watson and higher-quality written work for SMART, though VERA outcomes varied by course structure — related
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The Jill Watson AI teaching assistant met student expectations in a Georgia Tech online course without being detected as non-human |
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The Jill Watson AI teaching assistant met student expectations in a Georgia Tech online course without being detected as non-human |
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