MOOC Robotics Trends 
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
As sophisticated digital skills—capabilities ironically found more commonly among students—became decisive, two new trends emerged. The term MOOC was coined by others in 2008.) Now in its seventh year, MOOCs crossed the 100 million learner mark, recently hitting 101 million. Forums often support peer-to-peer interaction.
Edsurge
JUNE 19, 2020
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.
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Edsurge
APRIL 27, 2023
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.
Edsurge
JANUARY 24, 2022
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?
Edsurge
MARCH 27, 2020
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.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
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.
Edsurge
MARCH 29, 2018
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.”
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