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Creative, AI-proof, out-of-class assessments are possible—but take a lot of work
As students rely increasingly on AI, faculty are increasingly making graded assessments in person. But much higher education is now […]
Read MoreWill employers care if grading doesn’t work?
If AI kills online grading sooner or later everyone will know. What will happen to the reputation of online higher […]
Read MoreResurrect online grading: In-person, high security, infrequent, high stakes exams
“I can’t trust courses with online exams.” “The last online exam I gave resulted in substantial cheating — some of […]
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AI and online education: The death of grading
This past summer, I taught a fully online course. On June 1, I thought my grading would be AI-resistant. By […]
Read MoreWhat Randomized Experiments of Alcoholics Anonymous Can’t Tell Us
Might Alcoholics Anonymous Not Work for Those Who Won’t Participate in Randomized Experiments of AA? A Study of Breast Feeding […]
Read MoreAcademics Cost Less Than Journalists
Quality Journalism Is Increasingly Using Academics—and Should Use Even More Last month Brad DeLong wrote, “The problem with the @WashingtonPost […]
Read MoreObamacare’s Complexity is Not Designed to Fool People
Obamacare’s complexity is really driven by the complexity of our present health care system—and the preferences of the American people […]
Read MoreAvik Roy on Health Care: Faith in Markets, Prejudice Against Government Hurt Otherwise Good Proposal
Avik Roy is on to something with his call to conservatives: focus on health care costs. The Affordable Care Act […]
Read MoreMore Than Big Data Needed for Estimates as Good as Randomized Clinical Trials: Prospective Observational Causal Studies
A research methods post… Bill Gardner is cautiously—very cautiously—hopeful that big data from electronic health records (EHRs) will enable unbiased […]
Read MoreWhen all Possible Diagnoses are Rare and Doctors’ Predictions Differ Widely
“An infection of that size of that bacteria in that part of the lungs is very unlikely. It’s probably a […]
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