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When Bots Go to Class

Edsurge

In fact, the experiment at the Michigan public college could be said to mark a new generation in an area known as “ learning analytics.” 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?”

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Top 8 Advantages of an Interactive STEM Curriculum

Kitaboo on EdTech

Why is STEM Training Important? Related: 5 Ways to Use Learning Analytics in K-12 Education. An interactive STEM curriculum comprises of learning modules which test a student’s critical thinking skills. Engineering students can see and learn the functioning of a machine or robotics.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites. “Google Unveils Job Training Initiative With $1 Billion Pledge,” The New York Times reported in October. More on that in a subsequent article in this series.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The Business of Job Training. Via CNBC : “ Amazon ’s cloud is looking at building a corporate training service.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Techcrunch : “This tortoise shows kids that robot abuse is bad.” ” “ Robot abuse ”?! million total.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Billion Federal Block Grant Makes Ed-Tech Training Higher Priority Than Software, Devices.” ” The Business of Job Training. Apple event PR (and there’s much more in the “upgrade” section): Via The Verge : “ Apple is creating a center in Chicago where teachers can train to code.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“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. ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.]. From the HR Department.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Perhaps the district didn’t know what New York City learned when it audited its old data portal : it found that less than 3% of parents had ever logged in. There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. Course Signals. But the “spying” has continued.

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