The New Digital Classroom
For a year and a half, faculty members have worked quickly and tirelessly to learn about online teaching and online teaching tools. In fact, 91 percent of professors and instructors surveyed told The Chronicle their role required a greater understanding of technology than before. Now that colleges are reopening the classrooms that have long sat vacant, what will faculty do with their newfound knowledge? And how are colleges equipped to meet the needs of faculty who may wish to incorporate new teaching technologies in their physical classrooms?
In this virtual forum, The New Digital Classroom, a panel of technologists and academic leaders will join Ian Wilhelm, an assistant managing editor at The Chronicle, for a discussion of the campus classroom’s digital future.
During this special hourlong forum, our panel will discuss:
- How newfound technological know-how could change how faculty teach in the physical classroom
- How colleges can improve classrooms to suit the high-tech needs of faculty today.
- Potential upgrades to facilities and digital infrastructure
- Essential training for staff members in the wake of higher ed’s remote learning experiment
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Colleges have been employing chatbots for a number of years to support student recruitment and enrollment. But as AI technology has advanced, the chatbots have advanced into AI agents. Simply put, a chatbot answers simple, pre-defined questions using scripted responses, while an AI agent is more advanced and can understand complex queries, learn from interactions, and potentially take proactive steps. Such tools, such as voice agents, are used frequently in corporate customer relations and campuses have quickly followed suit. But within the higher ed, how should these AI admissions agents ideally work? What parameters does a college need to set to make sure responses and actions are appropriate? What can colleges learn potentially from the business world about what works – what doesn’t? This forum, moderated by a Chronicle journalist, would explain what AI agents are, how they are benefiting admissions, and what the proper use of them should be.
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