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When Bots Go to Class

Edsurge

In fact, the experiment at the Michigan public college could be said to mark a new generation in an area known as “ learning analytics.” Seth Brott, a sophomore at Ferris State University majoring in information security, plans to give his robot classmates a warm welcome. How can we make that experience better for students?”

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Current Trends in Education

eSchool News

Integration of Edtech Tools: The increased use of educational technology tools and platforms to facilitate online learning, collaboration, and communication. This includes video conferencing, learning management systems, and interactive content creation tools. PBL studios foster critical thinking, creativity, and teamwork.

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Can Online Education Lower Costs and Improve Quality?

Edsurge

Your most recent episode was about learning analytics , and listening to it reminded me that the focus of edtech folks these days is less about the tools being used and more about finding ways to improve student retention and learning. That means seeing analytics as a [supplement] to the human connection.

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The Dangers of AI (and it’s not cheating) – SULS0190

Shake Up Learning

The movie Her with Joaquin Phoenix, where he dates and falls in love with an AI operating system is shocking. AI in Schools and Classrooms Edweek shared in a 2020 article , In education, AI can be found in learning analytic platforms, online courseware, voice assistants, and support structures within other apps.

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‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning

Edsurge

He just doesn’t think our current university systems and edtech solutions will get us there. While machine learning and automation are obviating the need for learners to memorize content and develop routine skills, current edtech solutions still focus on helping learners develop these capabilities, he says.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” I’ll save you a click: Arthur Graesser, a professor in the Department of Psychology and the Institute of Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis; Timothy Renick, a senior vice president for student success at Georgia State University; and Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code. ” “ Robot abuse ”?!

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

It may be the hardware or the operating system (OS), even a web browser or other underlying software, as long as the program code is executed in it. Arguably, one of the best candidates is the learning management system. The LMS has long positioned itself as an “operating system,” of sorts for higher education.