ai, chatgpt, education, openai

The Dawn of AI Has Come, and Its Implications for Education Couldn’t Be More Significant

The release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot has given us a glimpse into the future of teaching and learning alongside artificial intelligence. Educators immediately pointed out the chatbot’s ability to generate meaningful responses to questions from assessments and exams. And it’s often not possible to attribute these responses to a particular source – making it difficult ...

Troy Oakes

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Mother Shares Wisdom With Her Son

The wisdom shown in this conversation between a son and his mother is worthy of deep thought by all parents! Son: Mom, I can’t sleep, can you talk to me? Mom: Sure, what’s on your mind? Son: Are you satisfied with my grades? Mom: Are you satisfied with your own grades? Son: They’re not bad. ...

Mikel Davis

Mother and teenage son sit on sofa looking at a laptop screen together.

4 Benefits of Studying Overseas

Studying overseas has many benefits that help you grow professionally and personally. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that allows students to expand their horizons. In 2021, international students in the U.S. stood at around the 1 million mark, with one-third from China. Recently, an article entitled “My Child, This Is Why We Sent You Abroad” went viral ...

Max Lu

harvard

Physically Active Lessons in School Can Enhance Pupils’ Learning and Motor Skills

Sports scientists at Nottingham Trent University examined how bouts of physically active math lessons for eight hours per week affected children aged 6-7 during their first two years of school, by comparing them with another group that studied the usual way. They found that the physically active lessons boosted primary school children’s cognition and motor ...

Troy Oakes

Four children on a mat in the gym.

A Learned Person Possesses 7 Distinguishing Characteristics

There are seven characteristics that a learned person possesses. Parents who are truly sincere and genuine about their parenting responsibilities will nurture and educate their children to ensure they become well-rounded people with positive and endearing qualities. Parental upbringing certainly has some bearing on a child’s future character. A proper upbringing develops a person of good ...

Emma Lu

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Britain’s Education System Relies on Chinese Money to Fund Its Schools

Britain’s education system, like so much else across the planet, has been facing very challenging times during the past year. According to The National Institute of Economic Social Research, (NIESR) a report submitted in May 2020 by Peter Dolton, Professor of Economics at Sussex University, suggests that “the present financial problems of universities are rooted ...

Helen London

The University of Cambridge.

Pro-Beijing Curriculum Targets Hong Kong Schoolchildren for Reeducation

Hong Kong’s controversial National Security Law is making itself further felt, this time with Hong Kong schoolchildren in the city’s schools with a drastic revamp to the education that includes. instigating a pro-Beijing curriculum that includes the targeting of liberal studies. Included in new measures issued on February 4 are an increase in monitoring of ...

Rory Karsten

Students take part in a joint 'school human chain rally' in Hong Kong on September 12, 2019.

What Is Learning by Doing and How Is It Effective?

We have all heard the saying: “Practice makes perfect”. Both teaching and learning techniques are never-ending and ever-evolving, and there are numerous ways to acquire knowledge and leverage particular skills. One of those techniques is learning by doing, which is deemed very effective due to its benefits. There is an old adage: “We teach that ...

Emma Lu

Violinists playing in an orchestra.