eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In the past decade, robotics have evolved from a sci-fi fantasy set in some distant future to an industry capable of producing present-tense toys, companions , workers and self-driving cars. The industry forecast calls for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 26 percent , which would mean a value of $210 billion by 2025.

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. Speaking of predictions about the future of online education, EdTech Strategies’ Doug Levin pens part 2 of his look at Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn ’s prediction that “ by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

billion by 2025. Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot,” The Wall Street Journal gushed in 2016 , documenting an experiment undertaken at Georgia Tech in which a chatbot called “Jill Watson” answered questions in a course’s online forum. Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

“ President Trump Earmarks $200 Million in Federal Grants for STEM , Computer Science Programs ,” says Edsurge , later swooning that “ Google , Facebook , Amazon Among Tech Titans Committing $300 Million to K–12 Computer Science.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. (National) Education Politics.

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