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What Could Web3 Mean for Education?

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If I took a class on robotics, I could put the actual robot [coursework] on the chain, not the grade. That’s definitely a barrier.” Folks in the crypto space are questioning whether industries can be reimagined to operate in ways that are “less extractive, and more community-owned,” Allen says. That includes higher education.

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#DLNchat: How Could Artificial Intelligence Shape the Future of Higher Education?

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Sometimes an artificial persona (call it AI, virtual assistant, robot like ASIMO, whatever) can, in its failed attempt to be human, be truly tragic. As Dr. Straight put it, to “instill a deep love for and definition of "humanity" and the difference between people and constructs.”. The result can be jarring.”

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Our digital future 10: Cognitive courseware

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Examples of cognitive technologies include computer vision , deep learning, natural language processing , speech recognition, and humanised robotics. It then asks you a series of further questions to refine its response, before providing you with what - you hope - is the definitive solution to your problem. Unported License.

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30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom

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To push it further, one definition of disruption might be a bottom-up cause that substantially effects the ecology it is a part of (e.g., Robotics in the classroom. MOOCs, nanodegrees, etc. First, some quick clarification so that we have a common language. perception, market advantages, resource needs, usage patterns, etc.),

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful. ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

There’s really no agreed-upon definition of “personalized learning” after all , and as such no real way to measure how many or how well schools are actually implementing it. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding. Whatever “it” is.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Analysis of Georgia Tech ’s MOOC-inspired online master’s in computer science suggests that institutions can successfully deliver high-quality, low-cost degrees to students at scale.” ” “ Robot abuse ”?!