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JANUARY 19, 2018

From the press release : “ Knewton Launches Alta, Fully Integrated Adaptive Learning Courseware for Higher Education, Putting Achievement in Reach for Everyone.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Geek Dad : “Little Robot Friends Teach Kids to Code With Empathy.” ” Empathy?! .”

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APRIL 14, 2017

” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ AI Learns Gender and Racial Biases from Language” says Jeremy Hsu in IEEE Spectrum. The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “The Cost That Holds Back Ed-Tech Innovation.”

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Via Tony Bates : “Responses to the Canadian survey of online and distance learning.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Parla.ai – “No need to spend money on teachers – I’ll help you learn English effectively and for free!” The University of Naples Federico II has joined edX.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

I’ve got all the “learn-to-code” news in the job training section, because let’s be honest… Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The “ invisible ” “adaptive learning” company has raised $38.7 .” Silicon Valley parents are not raising their kids tech-free.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

“Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” “Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” asks eSchool News.

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JULY 21, 2017

Edsurge on “Bridging the School-to-Business Gap: What Public Schools Can Learn From Industry.” Via NPR : “Students Compete In First-Ever International High School Robotics Competition.” ” The New York Times reports that “ Burundi Robotics Team Vanishes After U.S. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.” ” Via Getting Smart : “ Virtual and Augmented Reality in Personalized Learning.” ” Tom Vander Ark lists “ 15 Dimensions of Personalized Learning.”

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APRIL 28, 2017

.” Gotta love a quote like this, from a story in Edsurge profiling McComb, Mississippi ’s Summit Elementary School: “We are learning how to mitigate between policy and trying to be as innovative as possible without breaking state laws.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Oh. No neoliberalism here. Move along.

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AUGUST 4, 2018

Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. DreamBox Learning has raised $130 million from The Rise Fund. The adaptive learning company has raised $175.6 ” Another one from Singer : “For Sale: Survey Data on Millions of High School Students.” ” Questionable survey data is questionable.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Via Campus Technology : “ Harvard Tailoring the MOOC Experience With Adaptive Learning.” ” Via AIR : “Getting Back on Track: What Math Content Is Taught and Learned in Online and Face-to-Face Algebra Credit Recovery Courses ?” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. " No s**t.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

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. Chatbot Instructors.

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MAY 13, 2016

“Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot ,” says The Wall Street Journal in a story about “Jill Watson” (of course it’s a female name), an automated teaching assistant at Georgia Tech. From the HR Department. Because ed-tech is not science. It's religion.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

Inside Higher Ed reports that “ National University is working to create a personalized education platform that combines three of the buzziest innovations in higher education – adaptive learning, competency-based learning and predictive analytics for student retention.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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