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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” That kind of feedback would be perfect if you had a robot learner on the other end,” he says. The system sends students a text or e-mail 24 to 48 hours after a class, with one multiple-choice question about the material.

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From the Knewton blog : “ Introducing Knewton Product Updates for Fall 2017.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Imagine how great universities could be without all those human teachers ,” says Quartz , lauding the fantasy that robots will replace teachers. support, EFF resigns.”

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despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” ” “Student marketplace Spitball has launched a token-based ‘ blockchain economy ’ that aims to switch up the e-learning industry and create a decentralised landscape for students,” says IBS Intelligence. Sounds legit.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).”

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Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. ” Inside Higher Ed on Knewton ’s “pivot.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Robots will replace teachers by 2027 ,” Futurism predicts. Robots are coming for your children.

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