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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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Teaching at colleges is often done without any formal training. If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” That kind of feedback would be perfect if you had a robot learner on the other end,” he says. Simon argued that you would describe the process as “outrageous.” “If

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COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Digital Blending of Working and Learning

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E-commerce purchases of all types have surged. Retailers such as The Gap are accelerating the adoption of robots in their warehouses. Major employers are embracing libraries of video and MOOC courses, tuition-assistance programs for online courses, and bootcamps focused on tech skills (which have themselves moved online).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Candidate VoiceThread for Digital Education - Kelli Stair- teacher/ writer An Example STEAM and Maker-Education Curriculum: From Puppets to Robots - Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. Torrey Trust, Ph.D.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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.” Via The New York Times : “ New Mexico Outlaws School ‘Lunch Shaming’ ” Via Buzzfeed : “ California Shows The Rest Of The Country How To Boost Kindergarten Vaccination Rates.” This Bootcamp Will Train Sales Chops (and Even Pay For It).” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Edsurge : “After Net Neutrality , Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via NPR : “Training For The Olympics Is Hard Enough. Weapons training and metal detectors are ed-tech. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018.” Anger has grown over news that officer involved in fatal shooting was never trained in responding to situations involving people with mental-health issues.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Education Week : “ E-Rate , Other Universal-Service Funds to Be Transferred to U.S. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” The Business of Job Training.