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Your most recent episode was about learninganalytics , and listening to it reminded me that the focus of edtech folks these days is less about the tools being used and more about finding ways to improve student retention and learning. That means seeing analytics as a [supplement] to the human connection.
In fact, the experiment at the Michigan public college could be said to mark a new generation in an area known as “ learninganalytics.” Seth Brott, a sophomore at Ferris State University majoring in information security, plans to give his robot classmates a warm welcome. How can we make that experience better for students?”
The learning model is based on an architecture design studio, and is a far cry from the assessment and standards-based paradigm of most education systems around the world. They were mentored by a team of NuVu coaches to explore their creative instincts, while expanding their capacity to think and learnanalytically.
He just doesn’t think our current university systems and edtech solutions will get us there. While machine learning and automation are obviating the need for learners to memorize content and develop routine skills, current edtech solutions still focus on helping learners develop these capabilities, he says.
Integration of Edtech Tools: The increased use of educational technology tools and platforms to facilitate online learning, collaboration, and communication. This includes video conferencing, learning management systems, and interactive content creation tools. PBL studios foster critical thinking, creativity, and teamwork.
The movie Her with Joaquin Phoenix, where he dates and falls in love with an AI operating system is shocking. AI in Schools and Classrooms Edweek shared in a 2020 article , In education, AI can be found in learninganalytic platforms, online courseware, voice assistants, and support structures within other apps.
It may be the hardware or the operating system (OS), even a web browser or other underlying software, as long as the program code is executed in it. Arguably, one of the best candidates is the learning management system. The LMS has long positioned itself as an “operating system,” of sorts for higher education.
” I’ll save you a click: Arthur Graesser, a professor in the Department of Psychology and the Institute of Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis; Timothy Renick, a senior vice president for student success at Georgia State University; and Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code. ” “ Robot abuse ”?!
The topic names have been modified “for consistency,” the report’s authors say (although I’m a little unclear about some of these choices – how are “mobile learning,” “tablet computing,” and “bring your own device” separate technological developments? Were they adopted?
Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Entrepreneur.com repeats this old story : “ Personalised learning with the help of Artificial Intelligence will change the Education System.”
Here’s Edsurge : “Udacity VP of Learning: ‘We Never Start Anything Out of Academic Interest’ ” Here’s Techcrunch : “Udacity introduces real robots and virtual words to help students build skills.” “ Are K–12 data systems ready for AI? ” asks eSchool News.
” “The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is engaging in a strategic review that will include weighing mergers and closings among its 14 universities,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” PrecisionHawk is a drone surveillance company, which I’m sure has nothing in common with the learning management system.
This means that despite all the rhetoric about “disruption” and “innovation,” what we find in technology is a layering onto older ideas and practices and models and systems. “Technology is a system. You can’t opt out of the learning management system. Railroads followed the canals.
A ransomware attack at a school system in Maine. There were other high profile incidents as well: the refusal, for example, to give visas to the all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan. 77 million users accounts stolen from Edmodo. A file configuration error at Schoolzilla that exposed the data of some 1.3 million students.
Via Alternet : “ Gavin Grimm Wants To Fix The Education System That Failed Him.” ” When you hear someone invoke New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina as a model, do remember what happened to all the Black teachers … Via the AP : “ Philadelphia moves to retake control of city school system.”
” Via Inside Higher Ed : “An Education Department plan to begin cutting large debt collection firms out of the student loan system is on hold after Congress warned against move.” Via Wired : “How Silicon Valley Fuels an Informal Caste System.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.
Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. As we move forward with new technologies in learninganalytics, how and who will be evaluating the claims that people put forward?”. Course Signals. Chatbot Instructors.
Via The Atlantic : “Two radically different bills aim to overhaul [ Detroit ’s] beleaguered school system. Why Don’t All School Systems Do This?” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Nevada System Chancellor Resigns Over Email Flap.” ” [Insert Course Signals learninganalytics joke here.].
Department of Education Announces Requirements for New Federal Loan Servicing System.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.” ” “What You Need to Know About LearningAnalytics ,” according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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