{"id":8152,"date":"2018-04-20T09:34:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T13:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=8152"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:58","slug":"virtual-tutors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/04\/20\/virtual-tutors\/","title":{"rendered":"New tools may serve as virtual tutors for students in coding classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8154\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8154\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8154\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/stephenoney2-e1524594796973.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Oney\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Oney, assistant professor of information.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting help in programming courses outside of instructors\u2019 office hours can be difficult, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.umich.edu\/news\/new-tools-may-serve-virtual-tutors-students-coding-classes\">a new tool called \u201cchat.codes\u201d<\/a> may help change that.\u00a0<\/span><strong>Steve Oney<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, assistant professor of information at the U-M School of Information (UMSI) and of electrical engineering and computer science at the College of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation grant of $174,981 for his project, \u201cDesigning Scalable Help Tools for Programming Courses.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe growing demand for programming skills has led to an influx of new learners in programming courses,\u201d says Oney.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But providing effective, personalized help, especially in large courses, is a challenge, Oney says. Office hours are ideal, but not every student can come to office hours, and it can be difficult to find help for everyone who comes. His\u00a0tool includes features, like the ability to &#8220;point&#8221; at different parts and versions of code. Oney hopes these and other chat.code features will make it possible to seek and give help online more easily.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting help in programming courses outside of instructors\u2019 office hours can be difficult, but a new tool called \u201cchat.codes\u201d may help change that.\u00a0Steve Oney, assistant professor of information at the U-M School of Information (UMSI) and of electrical engineering and computer science at the College of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation grant of $174,981 for his\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/04\/20\/virtual-tutors\/\">Read More 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