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There’s a New Wave of AI Research Coming to Transform Education

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That level of personalized learning is just one vision of researchers who are harnessing artificial intelligence to improve education. They’re getting a boost through 11 grants of $20 million each that the National Science Foundation has awarded to establish new AI research programs for education and other fields.

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That Class Where Stanford Profs Projected Hundreds of Zoom Students on a Video Wall

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It’s co-taught by a computer science professor, Mehran Sahami, and two political-science professors, Reich and Jeremy Weinstein. The course on Ethics, Public Policy and Technological Change, which has been running for a couple of years in-person, is intended to get students thinking about tough issues in the ethics of technology.

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Moving From 5% to 85% Completion Rates for Online Courses

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Unsurprisingly, some of the biggest drivers of these improved metrics include making people pay for online programs, increasing the selectivity of courses, and adding program managers and teaching assistants to follow up with learners. Online courses generally require a great deal of intrinsic motivation to complete.

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Fostering Upward Mobility through Low-Cost Certification: A Practical Guide for Higher Education

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The development of programs that not only meet the needs of working people but also guarantee their upward mobility through accessible, affordable routes is essential in the effort to improve the quality of education and assist different learners. “Online Learning and Educational Equity.” 5 (2021): 658-674.

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Fostering Upward Mobility through Low-Cost Certification: A Practical Guide for Higher Education

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The development of programs that not only meet the needs of working people but also guarantee their upward mobility through accessible, affordable routes is essential in the effort to improve the quality of education and assist different learners. “Online Learning and Educational Equity.” 5 (2021): 658-674.

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61 predictions about edtech, equity, and learning in 2022

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Here’s what they had to say: The demand for online learning will continue to grow in 2022 and possibly lead to the creation of virtual schools, which would introduce new AR and VR learning processes. –Lisa Cumming, Science Teacher, Olmsted Falls High School. — Ryan Graham, Chief Technology Officer, Texthelp.

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The Best of Both Worlds: Exploring the Benefits and Challenges of Hybrid Education 

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While not a panacea, hybrid education can be a middle option that addresses the complaints of both in-person-only and online-only education. Hybrid—or blended—modality education includes both in-person and online learning, which can be synchronous or asynchronous. What counts as hybrid education? References Means, B.

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