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Education Technology’s Machine Learning Problem—and Responsibility

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But how is machine learning playing out in education—and how does it impact not just students, educators and parents, but also the businesses building technology tools to support teaching and learning? Great Data, Great Responsibility (and Costs) So what can education companies do to reduce biases in their tools?

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Look Who’s Talking—Michael Trucano from the Brookings Institution on AI in education

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Current areas of inquiry include artificial intelligence in education, the use of digital educational credentials and, more broadly, emerging edtech policies, initiatives, and institutions after the pandemic. In the spirit of the keynote, here’s what Chat GPT4.0 thought about our conversation. We should be talking about.

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Stale Words and Hackneyed Ideas That Make Edtech Investors Cringe

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If you go to startup pitch events, you’ve seen it happen: An entrepreneur says something—something so naïve, egregious and hackneyed—that it makes the investors, along with educators who are now increasingly in the audience, physically cringe. Chegg (or Amazon for that matter)? Now, the market is pretty much locked up. Yet another LMS.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“Researchers say removal of an IRS tool for financial aid applicants may have slowed FAFSA submissions, while college aid groups warn that affected students could already be losing out on aid,” Inside Higher Ed reports. “Is Your Edtech Product a Refrigerator or Washing Machine?” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” “My Statement: White House HBCU Event” by Dillard University president Walter Kimbrough. Via eCampus News : “Is higher ed ready for the big edtech explosion ?” ” Via the press release : “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill Education , and Pearson have joined forces with Ingram and Chegg , Inc.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Affluent students get to digital tools for creative exploration; poor students get to use theirs for test prep. It’s now become a way in which educational events, organizations, and institutions dole out funding for projects. Purdue boasted that Course Signals increased retention by 21%, making it an incredibly effective tool.

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