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Do Chatbot Tutors Work Better When They're Upbeat — and Female?

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It turns out, one of the world’s most-cited educational researchers, Richard Mayer , is working on a series of studies looking at what kind of computer-generated voices and images are most engaging to learners and lead to the best outcomes. Regarding gender, there is a long history of robots being programmed with female-sounding voices.

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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

The Shake Up Learning Blog

SAT/ACT Study Groups. When it comes time to prepare for the SAT and ACT, often times students will form study groups across the area or region. Or one for the Robotics Club, National Honor Society, Made with Code, Girls/Boys Scouts, etc. Book Study/Lit Circles. Certification Study Groups.

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COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Digital Blending of Working and Learning

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Retailers such as The Gap are accelerating the adoption of robots in their warehouses. These trends present great risks in a job market that is already polarized and biased toward knowledge work and technology skills, with growing gaps based on educational attainment.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

Edsurge

If they are right, it would mean short-circuiting the famous “10,000-hour rule” based on studies by education researcher Anders Ericsson and popularized by bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell in his book “Outliers.” That kind of feedback would be perfect if you had a robot learner on the other end,” he says.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” There’s more MOOC news in the “business of education” section below. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “A Humanoid Robot Gave a Lecture in a West Point Philosophy Course,” says Futurism.com. Wait wait wait.

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Next Week - The Library 2.0 "Emerging Technology" Mini-Conference - All Keynotes and Sessions Posted!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

She is an international and national presenter on emerging technologies. Ida is currently pursuing doctoral studies in Texas Wesleyan University’s Curriculum and Instruction program. In Fall 2014 she led a MOOC, The Emerging Future: Technology Issues and Trends, that attracted over 1700 global participants.

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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

Shake Up Learning

SAT/ACT Study Groups. When it comes time to prepare for the SAT and ACT, often times students will form study groups across the area or region. Or one for the Robotics Club, National Honor Society, Made with Code, Girls/Boys Scouts, etc. Book Study/Lit Circles. Certification Study Groups.

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