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The secret to its swift entry into publishing was OER (open education resources). Kibby also criticized Ferreira’s highly abstract and “complex” public statements about Knewton’s technology (referencing one NPR interview in which the former CEO called Knewton “ a robot tutor in the sky ”). OER will commoditize education content.
Next time around, I’ll share my notes on OER.). Can robots write our papers, especially when they are able to learn and master our writing styles? Has that train left the station?). Coming in the next post: OER, OA and openness. The first of my shares was on AR/VR/MR with a sprinkling of AI. Ahmed Elgammal, Ahmed.
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” The Business of Job Training. Via The MIT Technology Review : “Finally, a Useful Application for VR: Training Employees.” trains students become venture capitalists.” Via the Google blog : “Investing £1 million in training for computing teachers in the U.K. The business of OER.
” The Business of Job Training. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via NPR : “Hi, Robot : Adults, Children And The Uncanny Valley.” It’s good to note when people describe things as “algorithmic decision making” and when they blame robots.). ” Contests and Awards.
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” Via The New York Times : “ Trump Move on Job Training Brings ‘ Skills Gap ’ Debate to the Fore.” ” More on the business of job training in its own section below. ” The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The U.S.
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The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. ” She promises that every kid will learn to code (of course) by having the private sector train CS teachers. “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.”
” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. The Business of Job Training. ” The Pew Research Center asked “experts” about “The Future of Jobs and Jobs Training.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.
At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. Brain Training.
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Via Chalkbeat : “Trump’s proposed education budget: more for school choice, less for teacher training.” Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.
” There’s some Udacity-related MOOC news in the job training section below. The Business of Job Training. Perhaps it should go in the “robots” section. Lisa Petrides, Douglas Levin, and Eddie Watson introduce The CARE Framework for OER. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.
The Business of Job Training. Via The New York Times : “ Google Unveils Job Training Initiative With $1 Billion Pledge.” ” Via Spectrum News : “Despite dearth of data, firms sell brain training as autism antidote.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Contests and Awards.
The NAACP endorses OER. ” The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via CNBC : “Google exec, Mark Cuban agree that these college majors are the most robot-resistant.” ” Learn-to-code toy Ozobots is launching Spiderman and Guardians of the Galaxy branded robots. .”
” Via The New York Times : “ Navy Orders New Training After Deadly Ship Collisions.” ” Apparently watching CD-ROMs isn’t sufficient training for driving Navy destroyers. The Business of Job Training. ” The tech industry is still bullish on the business of tech training nonetheless.
This Edsurge article – “ OER is Growing at Religious Colleges , But Raises Unique Challenges” – strikes me as a little weird, considering the long relationship between open education (the conference, at the very least) and former BYU professor David Wiley. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.
The Business of Job Training. “Some Thoughts on OER ” by Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Southern Illinois U. May Be About to Fire Its President.” ” Upgrades and Downgrades. .”
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” The Business of Job Training. Edsurge on the business of OER. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Tarena International has acquired the K–12 robotics company Wuhan Haoxiaozi Robot Technology (a.k.a. Watch how the narratives about “the future of education” are crafted.
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See also: “ George Mason U Signs with Outsourcer to Train Students in Coding” via Campus Technology. I count Zenefits as “ed-tech” of sorts because, among its offerings: training and testing for health insurance workers – with a bonus: cheating on licensing exams.). The Business of Job Training.
The Business of Job Training and Job Placement. “Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” “ Robots and drones take over classrooms,” according to the BBC.
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