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How AI is changing special education

Neo LMS

Some of the outcomes include: ASD children that played with Kaspar as a pair demonstrated improved social interaction with each other once Kaspar had been removed from the game. In 2015, the robot was also used to develop “autobiographical” programs used to train ISS crews.

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Impatient for workers, businesses help students take college shortcuts

The Hechinger Report

Many of his friends took the same shortcut to good jobs at companies including Sony and Lockheed Martin. When her own son left college after a semester, she gave him the option of several workforce training programs. He chose the nonprofit Per Scholas, which offers tuition-free information technology training.

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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

techlearning

AMERICORPS VOLUNTEERS IMPROVE READING OUTCOMES IN DES MOINES (IA) PUBLIC SCHOOLS To support the district’s mission to improve student literacy proficiency, the district trained AmeriCorps members to deliver the offline instruction provided by Lexia Reading Core5.

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Project Based Learning

The Electric Educator

Several very large companies (Nokia, Sony, Philips, Rolls-Royce) are having their interns and management candidates participate in online business scenario "tournaments" as part of their training. Here''s an interesting article from smartplanet.com demonstrating an innovative use of distance learning technology.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The New York Times : “ Navy Orders New Training After Deadly Ship Collisions.” ” Apparently watching CD-ROMs isn’t sufficient training for driving Navy destroyers. The Business of Job Training. ” The tech industry is still bullish on the business of tech training nonetheless.

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7 Key Characteristics Of Better Learning Feedback

TeachThought - Learn better.

Given a desired outcome, feedback is what tells me if I should continue on or change course. It was a transformative experience for me when I did it 40 years ago (using a big Sony reel-to-reel deck before there were VHS cassettes!). Any and all feedback refers to a purpose I am presumed to have. References. National Academy Press.

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

Hack Education

“But nor do they tend to have the full features we associate with universities: multiple schools and departments with a heavy focus on research, scholarship and training new Ph.Ds. In February, Sony issued a press release, “ vowing ” to bring the blockchain to education in the form of a new testing platform.