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29. Using AI to support and enhance formative assessment
Beyond the Technology: The education 4.0 podcast
English - January 21, 2022 11:14 - 40 minutes - 55.7 MBCourses Education Technology colleges advice collection collections college digitisation education guidance internet libraries Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This week we chatted with Aftab Hussain, information learning technology manager at Bolton College, about Firstpass, an automated system that helps automate the marking and feedback of open-ended questions using artificial intelligence
Aftab talks through the benefits of Firstpass, sharing how the system can help reduce the burden on teachers when marking formative assessments, whilst providing students with instant feedback to their answers.
Lastly, Aftab shares the latest updates and progress of Ada, Bolton college's digital assistant which went live in 2017.