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A Technologist Spent Years Building an AI Chatbot Tutor. He Decided It Can’t Be Done.

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He says his team spent about five years trying, and along the way they helped build some small-scale attempts into learning products, such as a pilot chatbot assistant that was part of a Pearson online psychology courseware system in 2018. It is a deeply human process that AI is hopelessly incapable of meeting in a meaningful way.

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Your Syllabus to SXSW EDU 2019 (and Where to Find Us!)

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EdSurge Sessions In between hearty servings of Tex-Mex and meat, won’t you have time to stop by and meet? Where School Safety, Security, & Surveillance Meet Happy hour will have to wait, as we kick our sessions off with a sobering and important conversation that warrants your attention. Monday, March 4, 5 p.m.

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Strategy Shift Leads to Layoffs (and a Rogue Ex-Employee) at Coding Kit Company Pi-Top

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Buchesy says Pi-Top has a rigorous and extensive product testing process that meets or exceeds industry standards, that Pi-Top has already sold all the stock from its first production run and is beginning a second run and a positive work culture. Buchesky serves as a managing partner at The EdTech Fund and joined the Pi-Top board in May.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via NPR on Sunday : “ President Trump Set To Meet With Presidents Of Historically Black Colleges And Universities.” ” Via NPR on Tuesday : “ Trump, And Most Black College Presidents, Absent From Annual Meeting.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” EVERYONE! support, EFF resigns.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Inside Higher Ed : “After a special meeting of the University of Michigan Board of Regents, the university announced late Tuesday that it would permit – if certain conditions are met – the white supremacist Richard Spencer to appear on campus.” ” “ Pearson , WTF? ” From the HR Department.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via the Phoenix New Times : “Meet the Creationist Helping to Change Arizona School Standards on Evolution.” ” Via Edsurge : “Golden State GDPR: What the Edtech Industry Should Know About CA ’s New Privacy Rules.” “ Can Pearson Sell Efficacy? Sounds good. Will It Help Students?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via the Journal & Courier : “Legislation that set the stage for Purdue's dive into online higher ed also exempts ‘New U’ from state’s open meetings, public records laws. ” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference.

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