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Making Sense of the Metaverse in Education

EdTechTeacher

One example is Knewton , an AI-powered platform that tailors personalized lesson plans to students. These so-called “adaptive” or “personalized” AI-infused learning platforms are increasingly being introduced into schools and universities. Learning will become more gamified.

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

She noted the CEO of Knewton, a personalized learning software company, once bragged , “We literally have more data about our students than any company has about anybody else about anything.” She also raised concerns about how much data software can collect on children.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

“Fake news,” “robots coming for our jobs,” “the new economy,” “surveillance capitalism,” “personalization,” “the cult of innovation,” and so on – these are all narratives intertwined in the power of major technology companies, platforms, data, and algorithms.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot,” The Wall Street Journal gushed in 2016 , documenting an experiment undertaken at Georgia Tech in which a chatbot called “Jill Watson” answered questions in a course’s online forum. Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones. Socorro Dove.

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