Hack Education
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
For a long time, arguably the best known anti-cheating technology was the plagiarism detection software TurnItIn. So they turned some of their research on pattern-matching of brainwaves to create a piece of software that would identify patterns in texts. Anti-cheating software isn't just about plagiarism, of course.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
The next big move came when instructional designers, as part of their skillset, turned to digital authoring systems, software introduced to stimulate engagement, encouraging virtual students to interface actively with digital materials, often by tapping at a keyboard or touching the screen as in a video game.
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Learning with 'e's
APRIL 6, 2013
A short article appearing in the Independent newspaper on April 6th highlights the tensions brewing because of the use of marking software. What he doesn''t say is that it''s an essential part of the management of MOOC s, especially if they are regularly enrolling upwards of 100,000 students for each course. What do you think?
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
Udacity already offers a self-driving car nanodegree but, as its founder and former CEO Sebastian Thrun writes , it “has many prerequisites [and] is built for seasoned software engineers.” Students who complete this introductory course will be eligible to enroll in the more advanced Self-Driving Car or Robotics nanodegree programs.
Edsurge
JUNE 9, 2020
If few students answer the question correctly, the software can flag the professor, or the textbook author, to consider revising the content to make it clearer. That kind of feedback would be perfect if you had a robot learner on the other end,” he says. There’s nothing glitzy about the software itself.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
OCTOBER 22, 2019
His research into technology-enhanced learning has led to many software development projects within library settings and provides unique insights into new student’s expectations and needs and helps inform the work that he does as the Orientation Services and Environments Librarian for undergraduate students at the University of Illinois.
Edsurge
AUGUST 11, 2016
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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