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With Flip of a Giant Ceremonial Switch, CMU Starts Effort to Energize ‘Learning Engineering’

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The software list includes more than a dozen packages, including the university’s pioneering adaptive-learning project, the Open Learning Initiative , as well as a learning analytics platform LearnSphere.

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Why ‘Black Box’ Software Isn’t Ready to Teach College

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Algorithms will one day play a pivotal role in teaching and learning, so colleges need to pay close attention to how they work and who builds them. EdSurge: You were doing adaptive learning before it was cool. That’s the argument of Candace Thille, who has a love-distrust relationship with adaptive software.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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The rule—and that number—has many detractors , but the underlying principle is that it requires deep and focused work to achieve mastery. He co-founded the company in 1999 with Maria Machado, who also got her start in the semiconductor industry before turning her attention to education.

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