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  • Activating University Physics: making physics lectures come alive

    Pearson’s author webinar series “Changing Perspectives”.

    Professor Roger Freedman spoke about helpful techniques instructors can use in the classroom to encourage an active learning experience for their students and help them make better use of his textbook, 'University Physics'.

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  • Bringing learning to life via interactive finance tools

    Pearson’s author webinar series “Changing Perspectives”.

    Authors of market-leading ‘Corporate Finance’ Johnathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo, spoke about the interactive tools available to students and educators with the textbook's new edition, and shared their personal tips on how to engage students with this fascinating subject.

     

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  • Can GPT-4 benefit engineering students with its new visual learning capabilities?

    Whether you are "pro" or "anti-ChatGPT", an academic or a student, the new multimodal language model tool, GPT-4, is ready to take the higher education world by storm. And with its popular predecessor, the chatbot GPT-3.5, already having an impact on student performance, you might still be wondering whether you should embrace it as a teaching and learning tool. 

    Regardless, the growing use of AI has encouraged a great shift towards digital learning, prompting more instructors to choose a blended approach to their teaching.  

    For the science disciplines, digital learning capabilities can help achieve better learning outcomes. Especially for Engineering, a digital and interactive learning model that goes hand-in-hand with the core textbook content will allow students to gain a deeper understanding of the more challenging concepts, from theory to practice. 

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  • Can ChatGPT really empower personalised learning in Biology courses?

    Whether you are "pro" or "anti-ChatGPT", an academic or a student, the AI language model tool is currently taking the higher education world by storm. And whilst the popular chatbot is already having an impact on student performance, you might still be wondering whether you should embrace it as a teaching and learning tool.

    Regardless, the growing use of AI has encouraged a great shift towards digital learning, prompting more instructors to choose a blended approach to their teaching.

    For the science disciplines, digital learning capabilities can help achieve better learning outcomes. Especially for Biology, a digital and interactive learning model that goes beyond traditional lectures, essays, and exams will allow students to connect theory with practice, engage with real-world scenarios, and think like scientists.

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  • Can ChatGPT really revolutionise the way physics students solve problems?

    ChatGPT is the artificial intelligence large language model (LLM) chatbot that is a buzzword right now in higher education for its ability to explain concepts and answer questions in a conversational manner. But can ChatGPT revolutionise the way physics students solve problems now, and how can educators navigate this shifting landscape?

    Its ability to index large stores of data to generate a response enables it to be a great tool in solving even complex physics problems, making it a powerful aid for physicists and researchers.

    While many are excited about the opportunities for higher education ChatGPT might provide,  concern has arisen around the ethical dilemmas and hazards it may present to student development and true digital learning.

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