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

Edsurge

It is a deeply human process that AI is hopelessly incapable of meeting in a meaningful way. It is a deeply human process that AI is hopelessly incapable of meeting in a meaningful way. In 2015, he famously criticized promises about what was then the latest in AI for education — a tool from a company called Knewton.

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Pearson, an Investor in Knewton, Is ‘Phasing Out’ Partnership on Adaptive Products

Edsurge

Throughout the past decade, Knewton ’s adaptive learning technology has been backed by some of the biggest names in the both the publishing and venture capital community. Pearson will no longer use Knewton’s adaptive learning engine for some of its digital offerings.

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Making Sense of the Metaverse in Education

EdTechTeacher

” Also, K20 Educators is a new social learning network where educators can meet in the metaverse (“eduverse”) and learn about fundamental metaverse technologies. One example is Knewton , an AI-powered platform that tailors personalized lesson plans to students.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

Edsurge

The specific moonshot he recently set his sights on is to revolutionize the teaching of mathematics, specifically for college students who lack basic competencies to meet admission or graduation requirements. “The issue here is: how do you improve education by a factor of 10?”

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

Fellows attended monthly meetings at which they could share their questions and observations about personalized learning. Hilah Barbot helped lead the meetings, along with ReNEW’s director of personalized learning, Nate Kellogg. The program is now in its second year, with 22 teachers from 18 schools participating.

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October 24 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The degree requires the traditional 120 credit hours, but features small classes, extra supports, accommodation for different learning styles, and a modified course schedule to meet the students'' needs. of Text-Messaging at School A Big Step for Gesture-Based Learning? Purdue University launched a new app for its students this week.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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.” From the Knewton blog : “ Introducing Knewton Product Updates for Fall 2017.”