The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Her forthcoming book on Drones in Libraries will be available in July 2020 (Elsevier). Her research focuses on emerging technologies such as drones, robotics, driverless vehicles, artificial intelligence, augmented/virtual reality, and their use in libraries and education. Ida has published numerous articles on emerging technologies.

Libraries 31

Libraries Conference Elsevier Technology 31

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

Restaurants have rapidly shifted to online and mobile ordering, and are speeding up the deployment of digital kiosks that replace human workers. Retailers such as The Gap are accelerating the adoption of robots in their warehouses. E-commerce purchases of all types have surged.

Learning 188

Learning Digital Badges E-rate MOOC 188

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. But Martin Cooper, a Motorola exec, made the first mobile telephone call in 1973, not 1983. The quotation is from 2012. And the Internet?

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones. But the “spying” has continued.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145