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After Transforming a College With Online Offerings, a President Steps Down to Tackle AI

Edsurge

So our idea is what does human-centered AI look like when we talk about learning, what are the human relationships that we want to preserve in a world where human beings are no longer the most powerful entities when it comes to declarative knowledge? We should own this as an industry. What kind of output do you think you'll have?

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Higher Ed’s Credit Transfer System Is Broken. Here’s a Better Way.

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Such experiences are all too common for transfer students like Kevin, and many others, who we interviewed as we conducted research for our book “ Choosing College.” After some time in the workforce, he re-enrolled in the first school he attended—and began his journey as a freshman yet again.

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[Guest Post] The Future of Learning is Now

Education Elements

As he spoke, it became clear to me that the only way to have an impact on the K-12 education industry (a $650 billion business at last count) was to introduce the use of technology to improve its product and increase its productivity. The Hume Foundation continues to be laser focused on our mission.

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Implementing an Effective Learner-Centered Approach

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Shifting from an industrial-age education model to a post-industrial learner-centered model is an essential part of preparing students for college and 21 st century careers, and the process works best when the learner-centered approach is applied to the professional learning of teachers and administrators, as well as the education of their students.

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3 Core aspects of a personalized learning platform

Neo LMS

We are not talking about some science fiction dream that is going to take 20 years to accomplish; almost all of these technologies are already available to various degrees in various industries, and they’ll go to the next level sometime in the next year, or in the next few years. The pixie dust tying everything together: Competencies.

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How AR and VR Prepare Students for Jobs of the Future (and Save Districts Money)

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Her class is learning about muscles, but instead of watching a video or reading about it in a book, she can move a virtual arm and see an exposed bicep muscle contract. Lucie’s are increasingly viewed as a pathway to provide students with the hands-on skills industry and businesses say they need in new employees.

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‘There’s No Such Thing as Average’: Todd Rose on Brain Science and the Limitations of Standards

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Rose, who currently heads the Mind, Brain and Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and cofounded the Center for Individual Opportunity , became well-acquainted with the concept of “average”—average score, average body size, average ability—after conducting research for his recent book, “ The End of Average.”