Re:Sal Khan is pioneering innovation in education again
by mminer237 on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @10:47AM
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That requires a young student who is really self-motivated to keep asking it to clarify things. Plenty of teachers, parents, and tutors are willing to keep trying new ways of explaining things to kids until they understand it. The kid giving up is way more common than the adult without someone pushing him to keep trying or coming back to it regularly. Obviously, not every child has someone in his life that cares enough to do that, but I can't see AI as anything other than a subpar substitute.
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Re:Sal Khan is pioneering innovation in education again
by anon7725 on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @11:22AM
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I guess the difference is that there is a social dynamic at play between a student and an instructor. The student may tire of some aspect of the relationship before they tire of learning the material.
For example, unless the instructor has some kind of Jedi master level self control they may begin to show frustration at being asked the same question repeatedly or with minor variations.
Re:Sal Khan is pioneering innovation in education again
by theyinwhy on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @10:51AM
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For many the alternative would be no substitute at all.
Re:Sal Khan is pioneering innovation in education again
by chii on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @07:58PM
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if the student is not motivated at all, they will be in the same situation whether there's an AI or not around.
If they choose to use an AI to "cheat" and not learn, then it is no different than them using any other methods to not learn (such as truancy).