Episode

Inside an Effort to Build an AI Assistant for Designing Course Materials

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This Week with EdSurge
Published
Sep 29, 2024
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3840
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Summary

Over the past few months, a group of educators has been designing and testing a system that uses ChatGPT to serve as an assistant to instructors as they build courses for students. One key point of the series of design workshops is to learn how educators can make the most effective uses of AI, and where it’s less helpful.