{"id":24662,"date":"2026-09-01T15:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/macquarie-university-swaps-in-person-psychology-classes-with-ai-chatbot-for-two-subjects\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T15:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:37:23","slug":"macquarie-university-swaps-in-person-psychology-classes-with-ai-chatbot-for-two-subjects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/macquarie-university-swaps-in-person-psychology-classes-with-ai-chatbot-for-two-subjects\/","title":{"rendered":"Macquarie University swaps in-person psychology classes with AI chatbot for two subjects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University\u2019s move is part of trend that critics within academia say will lead to further staff cuts and the loss of \u2018everything that makes the job worth doing\u2019<\/p>\n<p>An Australian university has swapped in-person classes with an AI chatbot, online quizzes and optional online tutorials in two subjects as institutions give the technology more teaching responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>Macquarie University\u2019s \u201cVirtual Peer\u201d is part of each week\u2019s learning in two mandatory Psychology units, programmed to ask students questions and guide them through scenario-based exercises.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/sep\/02\/macquarie-university-using-ai-chatbot-tutorials\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6aa031a23bc260771d2a4a87678b867778e46235\/100_0_3082_2466\/master\/3082.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e4ae556d064bb98dc6353f0ebad31287\" title=\"Macquarie University swaps in-person psychology classes with AI chatbot for two subjects\" \/>University\u2019s move is part of trend that critics within academia say will lead to further staff cuts and the loss of \u2018everything that makes the job worth doing\u2019<br \/>\nAn Australian university has swapped in-person classes with an AI chatbot, online quizzes and optional online tutorials in two subjects as institutions give the technology more teaching responsibilities.<br \/>\nMacquarie University\u2019s \u201cVirtual Peer\u201d is part of each week\u2019s learning in two mandatory Psychology units, programmed to ask students questions and guide them through scenario-based exercises. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University\u2019s move is part of trend that critics within academia say will lead to further staff cuts and the loss of \u2018everything that makes the job worth doing\u2019 An Australian university has swapped in-person classes with an AI chatbot, online quizzes and optional online tutorials in two subjects as institutions give the technology more teaching &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/macquarie-university-swaps-in-person-psychology-classes-with-ai-chatbot-for-two-subjects\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Macquarie University swaps in-person psychology classes with AI chatbot for two subjects<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24662"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}