6 papers
A Node on the Constellation: The Role of Feminist Makerspaces in Building and Sustaining Alternative Cultures of Technology Production
Erin Gatz, Yasmine Kotturi, Andrea Afua Kwamya +1
Feminist makerspaces offer community led alternatives to dominant tech cultures by centering care, mutual aid, and collective knowledge production. While prior CSCW research has ex…
Leveraging LLMs to Assess Tutor Moves in Real-Life Dialogues: A Feasibility Study
Danielle R. Thomas, Conrad Borchers, Jionghao Lin +6
Tutoring improves student achievement, but identifying and studying what tutoring actions are most associated with student learning at scale based on audio transcriptions is an ope…
Detecting LLM-Generated Short Answers and Effects on Learner Performance
Shambhavi Bhushan, Danielle R Thomas, Conrad Borchers +5
The increasing availability of large language models (LLMs) has raised concerns about their potential misuse in online learning. While tools for detecting LLM-generated text exist…
LLM-Generated Feedback Supports Learning If Learners Choose to Use It
Danielle R. Thomas, Conrad Borchers, Shambhavi Bhushan +3
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used to generate feedback, yet their impact on learning remains underexplored, especially compared to existing feedback methods. This…
Do Tutors Learn from Equity Training and Can Generative AI Assess It?
Danielle R. Thomas, Conrad Borchers, Sanjit Kakarla +5
Equity is a core concern of learning analytics. However, applications that teach and assess equity skills, particularly at scale are lacking, often due to barriers in evaluating la…
Does Multiple Choice Have a Future in the Age of Generative AI? A Posttest-only RCT
Danielle R. Thomas, Conrad Borchers, Sanjit Kakarla +5
The role of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) as effective learning tools has been debated in past research. While MCQs are widely used due to their ease in grading, open response q…