What aspects of teaching should remain human?

An article published today in The Hechinger Report reports on the proliferation of artificial intelligence tools entering educational settings since OpenAI debuted its large language model chatbot, ChatGPT. 

The piece notes Saga Education, a non-profit dedicated to in-person tutoring that partners with the University of Chicago Education lab to scale high-dosage tutoring. The piece reads: 

Since 2021, Saga has been a partner in the Personalized Learning Initiative (PLI), run by the University of Chicago’s Education Lab, to help scale high-dosage tutoring — generally defined as one-on-one or small group sessions for at least 30 minutes every day. The PLI team sees a big and growing role for AI in tutoring, one that augments but doesn’t replicate human efforts.

Read the full story here: https://hechingerreport.org/what-aspects-of-teaching-should-remain-human/