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Elijah Mayfield

Getting students useful feedback from machine learning

By Elijah Mayfield. Posted on May 15, 2013

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Last month, I wrote this narrow defense of automated essay grading, hoping to clear the air on a new and controversial technology. In that post’s prolific comments section, Laura Gibbs made a comment echoing what I’ve heard from every teacher I speak to. I am waiting for someone to show me a real example of this “useful supplement” […]

Six Ways the edX Announcement Gets Automated Essay Grading Wrong

By Elijah Mayfield. Posted on April 8, 2013

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Last week, edX made a splashy spectacle of an announcement about automated essay grading, leaving educators fuming. Let’s rethink their claims.  “Give Professors a break,” the New York Times suggested in this joint press release from edX, Harvard, and MIT. The breathless story weaves a tale of robo-professors taking over the grading process, leaving professors […]
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