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Meanwhile, the public was amazed at technological advances like Boston Dynamic’s Atlas robot doing parkour , while simultaneously being outraged at the thought of our data no longer being ours and Alexa listening in on all our conversations. I see four AI use and ethics trends set to disrupt classrooms and conference rooms.
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” (For what it’s worth, Kleiner Perkins made just one major investment in education in 2017, participating in Coursera’s $64 million round this summer. ” He has backed these initiatives financially; and he has backed the publications and conferences that promote these sorts of efforts. Is this really a trend?
There have been some calls recently that education technology needs to become a discipline – which I guess implies that the field is not one already, despite all the journals and departments and degrees and jobs and conferences and gatherings (like this one). ” Robots are coming for our jobs. Or so we’re told.
Even if these publications fade away , the breathless stories about the possibilities of brainwave-reading mindfulness headbands and " mind-reading robot tutors in the sky " continue to be told. David Wiley announced that this year’s OpenEd Conference would be the last. Dangerous practices and products are normalized.
More on University College London and its eugenics conferences via DC’s Improbable Science. Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Geek Dad : “Little Robot Friends Teach Kids to Code With Empathy.”
“Robots are coming for your job.” “Robots are coming for your job.” Robots don’t do anything they’re not programmed to do. Robots don’t just roll into the human resources department on their own accord, ready to outperform others. Robots don’t apply for jobs.
Headline changed from “ Coursera ’s Update Will Eliminate Hundreds of Courses” to “Coursera’s Update Will Migrate Hundreds of Courses to a New Platform.” ” Coursera, initially only emailing former students about their old course work, decided finally to blog about its platform change. .”
” “ The Most Popular Courses of 2016 ” on Coursera. Edsurge rewrites Coursera’s infographic – because journalism – about which classes are popular in “red states” and which ones are popular in “blue states.” ” Contests and Conferences. ” asks the BBC.
” From the Coursera blog : “ Coursera for Business Is Now Available to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “The ethical dilemma of the robot teacher ” by Neil Selwyn. ” Via The Evolllution : “ Bootcamps Go To College.”
More MOOC job changes: Techcrunch reports that “ Coursera ’s chief product officer just left to become a VC.” Once upon a time, Coursera updates went in the MOOC section. ” From the Coursera blog : “New on Coursera: start-to-finish learning paths for starting a new career.”
Coursera announces on its blog that it’s expanding to Brazil. Here’s Coursera arguing “Why Everyone Should Learn Sales.” Via Boing Boing : “Dupes gather at sold-out Flat Earth International Conference.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. .” “Whatever Happened To MOOCs ?”
Edsurge profiles Dr. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. ( From the Coursera blog : “Building India ’s Workforce for 2020.” ’” – “Dean Dad” Matt Reed on the #RealCollege conference on food insecurity on college campuses. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.
” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.” ” Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing Coursera for Governments & Nonprofits.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.
Here is venture capital well spent: “ Coursera Promotes Its ‘Affordable Online Courses’ With New TV Ad Spots ,” says Class Central. Via The Intercept : “Tech Money Lurks Behind Government Privacy Conference.” ” Time to buy more TV ads, Khan Academy and Coursera! Tests the Limits.”
” Via Campus Technology : “ Coursera ’s CEO on the Evolving Meaning of ‘MOOC’ ” There’s more ECOT news – there’s always more ECOT news – in the “state and local politics” section above. .” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.
There’s lots more from Betsy DeVos’s talk at SXSWedu in the conferences section below. In Move Towards More Online Degrees, Coursera Introduces Its First Bachelor ’s.” “ Coursera More than Doubles Number of Degrees on Its Platform,” says Campus Technology. ” Conferences and Events.
“ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” ” That’s the headline describing a conversation between Recode and Coursera ’s Daphne Koller. Conference of Mayors Resolves to Support Digital Badging ,” says Edsurge. ” Try learning styles, maybe.
Via Recode : “ Coursera has ousted several senior executives along with many rank-and-file staffers.” Educause is holding its annual conference this week. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” The $1700 robot dog also requires a subscription plan. The robotics company, formerly known as play-i, has raised $78.34
“ Coursera ’s 2018 Revenue Estimated to be $140 million,” Class Central estimates. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Futurism.com : “Here Are the States Where a Robot Is Most Likely to Steal Your Job.” Indiana University has joined edX.
” That’s Jeff Sessions , Trump’s pick for Attorney General who tried in 1996 to prevent the Southeastern Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual College Conference from holding its conference at the University of Alabama. .” Via Inside Higher Ed : “How Sessions Tried to Block Gay University Event.”
I missed this news earlier in April, via Class Central : financial aid applications for Coursera take at least 15 days. ” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Not sure why this is called a MOOC.
Indeed, according to one story in The Atlantic , a school district in Colorado opted to do away with parent-teacher conferences entirely, encouraging parents instead to simply check online to see what their children were up to. Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones. But the “spying” has continued. Peter Thiel.
“ Conservative High Schoolers Want to ‘Own the Libs’,” The Atlantic’s Adam Harris reports from the Turning Point USA ’s conference. Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s First Ivy League Degree: An Online Master’s From the University of Pennsylvania.” ” S.c.r.e.a.m.i.n.g.
” According to this Techcrunch article , MOOCs like Udacity and Coursera weren’t working out for AirBnB so now it is “running its own internal university to teach data science.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via Edsurge : “Would You Like Higher Ed With That? .”
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