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Retailers such as The Gap are accelerating the adoption of robots in their warehouses. These trends present great risks in a job market that is already polarized and biased toward knowledge work and technology skills, with growing gaps based on educational attainment.
Regarding gender, there is a long history of robots being programmed with female-sounding voices. It’s a trend that some observers critique as reinforcing gender biases , especially considering the relative dearth of women involved in creating these kinds of tech tools.
If I took a class on robotics, I could put the actual robot [coursework] on the chain, not the grade. Into the Metaverse Blockchain fans see potential for another emerging tech trend to shape education: the metaverse. That includes higher education. Instead, what if we focused on the output and performance you’re able to gain?
That reality was highlighted during a live online discussion EdSurge held this week in partnership with Bryan Alexander’s Future Trends Forum. One thing I’ve been looking at is Google Trends and trying to see if there is any early evidence that people are searching for new sorts of things, like micro-credentials and online degrees.
To Mitchel Resnick, an MIT Media Lab professor and early pioneer of the maker movement for kids, this Hollywood’s portrayal is problematic, and part of a larger trend toward overly regimenting education these days. “I We started the online class for the first time a few years ago when MOOCs were becoming population.
Sometimes an artificial persona (call it AI, virtual assistant, robot like ASIMO, whatever) can, in its failed attempt to be human, be truly tragic. Kent Darr put it this way: “AI can quickly interpret qualitative data to show us large trends in classes, colleges, or entire student bodies. The result can be jarring.”
” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. Via The Verge : “US denies visas to Afghanistan ’s all-girl robotics team.” Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill follows up on the Edsurge article with his own analysis : “ MOOCs Now Focused on Paid Certificates and OPM Market.”
He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education. Rise of the robots Siemens has both an academic and an industry perspective on digital learning.
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Her research focuses on emerging technologies such as drones, robotics, driverless vehicles, artificial intelligence, augmented/virtual reality, and their use in libraries and education. In Fall 2014 she led a MOOC, The Emerging Future: Technology Issues and Trends, that attracted over 1700 global participants.
A quick round of introductions revealed some interesting trends: a growing number of liberal arts institutions are launched or growing online learning programs; many sought to find the distinct ways liberal arts institutions, and campuses pursuing liberal education, can use technology. Online learning is on the rise.
Robotics in the classroom. MOOCs, nanodegrees, etc. Social credibility of alternative school models (Walden, Montessori, Homeschooling, etc.). Relative crudeness of most school and district IT performance (Wi-Fi, bandwidth, district filters, repairs, regulations, workflow, etc.)
” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The company, which makes educational and entertainment robots, has raised $520 million total. ” (No surprise, my review of “2017 trends” will be very different.).
That kind of feedback would be perfect if you had a robot learner on the other end,” he says. The robot learner would be delighted to have you say, ‘Okay, you made three errors in problem number one,’ and being a robot learner, they’d be able to take out those bugs and do better the next time.
This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. Manufacturing Trends.
As I have done for the past six years, I will spend the rest of November and December publishing my review of what I deem the “Top Ed-Tech Trends” of the year. I pick ten trends and themes in order to closely at the recent past, the near-term history of education technology. (Of The quotation is from 2012.
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For the past decade, I've churned out a multi-part series on the dominant trends and narratives. 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. Udacity got a new CEO.
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 ”?!
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“The Year of the MOOC” – I was summoned to Palo Alto, California for a small gathering to discuss the future of teaching, learning, and technology. Perhaps with this data, the MOOC providers can build a map of professional if not cognitive pathways. “Robots are coming for your job.”
.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. .” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Geek Dad : “Little Robot Friends Teach Kids to Code With Empathy.” Doane University has joined edX.
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Do not tell the connectivists, but apparently – according to Edsurge at least – “Education’s Latest Secret Trend” is “ Networking.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. " But hey. PR gonna PR.
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below. Via Class Central : “Analysis of 450 MOOC -Based Microcredentials Reveals Many Options But Little Consistency.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Because of course.
” “Examining Trends in Graduate Student Debt by Race and Ethnicity” by Seton Hall University professor Robert Kelchen. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Techcrunch : "Starting a robotics company out of school?
” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via the Hechinger Report : “Can a wall-climbing robot teach your kid to code?” .” Via The Dallas Morning News : “As schools continue to get incorrect STAAR results, officials demand that vendor step up scrutiny.”
Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “ Coursera now offers free trials for most Specializations.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” “ Robots Are Changing The World,” says edX , which hopes to sell you on some classes on robots. .”
” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via The New York Times : “A Few Telling Freshman Trends.” .” Via Reuters : “Some U.S.
The test in question: The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study ( TIMSS ) which is administered to students around the world. ’” Online Education, Beyond “MOOCs” Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “The Remarkable Transformation at UF Online.” ” The Business of Ed-Tech.
.” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot. Only “1.86
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ TU Delft Students Can Earn Credit For MOOCs From Other Universities.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. And one for-profit story is in the Betteridge’s Law of Headlines section because of course.
Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” " It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.
Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” These headlines just kill me. ” More MOOC data in the “research” section below. ” According to Edsurge , Knewton is now a courseware company and not a “robot tutor in the sky.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Predictions!
” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The South China Morning Post : “ China ’s schools are quietly using AI to mark students’ essays … but do the robots make the grade?” ” “Where Has Teen Car Culture Gone?”
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s baaaaack: “Return of the MOOC ,” The City Journal tells us. There’s some (sorta) MOOC-related news in the venture funding section below. Because MOOCs on an airplane proved to be such an effective mode of instruction.
” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Why Haven’t MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors?” Via Campus Technology : “6 VR Trends to Watch in Education.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” asks IHE blogger Joshua Kim. ” Just like humans do.
Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Here’s a link to all the stories in Slate’s series on online credit recovery programs. “After the Hype, Do MOOC Ventures Like edX Still Matter?” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Venture Capital and the Business of Ed-Tech.
I’m also curious how this news – again, I’m not sure two closures are really a “trend” – will affect student loan startups. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. And more on MOOCs in the credentialing section below as well.
Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). The robot startup, formerly known as Play-i, has raised $35.9 From Berkery Noyes, the “ Mergers and Acquisitions Trend Report ” for the first half of 2016. .’ Now, the College Board is being criticized for its new AP European History framework.”
” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. for Robotics Contest.” Sensing a trend here? Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. .” Via The Atlantic : “The Schools Transforming Immigrant Education.” Education in the Courts. ” More legal cases in the testing section below.
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “What if Your Favorite Teacher was a Robot?” Via Techcrunch : “ Ibuki is the 10-year-old robot child that will haunt your dreams.” ” More via Inside Higher Ed. ” asks Larry Cuban.
Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Are You Getting a Pay Bump For Student Completion? ” “Whatever Happened To MOOCs ?” ” If you repeat these stories enough, it’s almost as if you can convince people to make it a trend. Virtual Schools Dish Out the Dough.”
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