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Robots Won’t Replace Instructors, 2 Penn State Educators Argue. Instead, They’ll Help Them Be ‘More Human.’

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BBookX uses artificial intelligence to create OER texts for professors to use in their courses instead of traditional textbooks. BBookX When Sparrow plans her courses, she says she thinks about the “depth and breath” of the materials she’s going to cover. Artificial intelligence can play a role in that, too.

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What Next-Gen Digital Humanities Looks Like

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Last week, the ODH marked its first decade with cake and presentations at its annual Project Directors’ meeting at the NEH’s headquarters in Washington. The Global Medieval Sourcebook at Stanford University is bringing an expansive, OER mentality to the medieval canon, making reliable texts available for classroom use.

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ISTE Librarians’ Takeaways (Crowdsourced)

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In fact, well-known presenters are using the hashtag to share their own presentations. For instance, Kasey Bell generously shared her own resource-packed presentations on her Shake Up Learning Blog prior to the conference. And here is the sketchnote Margaret Sisler created during the session: #oer and teacher librarians!

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Using Makerspaces to Support Personalized Learning

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Here are some examples the student presenters shared about how they’ve used technology at St. They had a bee robot that they learned to program to better understand bee behaviors. Two of the presenters were tasked with creating trophies for the winners. She’s also creating a digital presentation to present to the city council.

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The 2018 Horizon Report has appeared, thanks to EDUCAUSE

Bryan Alexander

I’ve led many presentations and workshops on Horizon, including for NERCOMP. ” OER is definitely rising, and this timeline might actually be precise (cf my post from yesterday ). Further along (4-5 years) are mixed reality and robotics.

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The 2018 Horizon Report has appeared, thanks to EDUCAUSE

Bryan Alexander

I’ve led many presentations and workshops on Horizon, including for NERCOMP. ” OER is definitely rising, and this timeline might actually be precise (cf my post from yesterday ). Further along (4-5 years) are mixed reality and robotics.

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Storms over liberal education: notes on the 2016 AAC&U conference

Bryan Alexander

I was there for a few reasons, starting with having the fine opportunity to lead a pre conference workshop, followed by presenting on two panels, helping out with a Twitter component, and reconnecting with dozens of friends and colleagues. I felt bad for over preparing materials, but am satisfied that we were able to thrash out these issues.