Two trends have been constant over the last decade or so. One is the constant production of articles asserting that machines will never be able to evaluate learning. The other is the continuous release of new and better programs that evaluate learning. This announcement falls into the latter category. " Ed tech company 42 Lines has introduced a new auto-grading feature for its Harmonize online discussion platform," according to Campus Technology. This one appears to be based on pretty simple metrics; "students can be graded by number of posts, comments and replies." But that's just the foot in the door; we know that the application will grow much more sophisticated through use. There's not much more information available, but here's a short blog post from 42 Line desxribing the feature.
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