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Tag Archives: Carnegie Mellon University
The Need For Learning Engineers (and Learning Engineering)
Editor’s Note: I am pleased to announce that Bill has agreed to continue contributing blog posts from time to time. Therefore, he is now officially a “Featured Blogger” rather than a “Guest Blogger.” Last week, I had the privilege of speaking at a … Continue reading
Please Welcome Featured Blogger Elijah Mayfield
When the story first broke a while back about the Kaggle contest for robo-grading essays that could be “similar to” human graders, I got interested. So after doing a little reading, I ended up contacting a guy by the name … Continue reading
Posted in About This Site
Tagged Carnegie Mellon University, Elijah Mayfield, Kaggle, LightSIDE Labs
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Apollo Group’s Technology Investments
I had an unexpected opportunity to chat with the Apollo Group’s Rob Wrubel last week. Rob is their Chief Innovation Officers and Executive Vice President. It was a short conversation—only fifteen minutes—but boy, was it dense with information.
Where xMOOCs and Adaptive Analytics Both Fail (For Now)
No, this isn’t just an attempt to cram as many sexy keywords into one post title as possible. xMOOCs and adaptive analytics share an ambition: They both are at least partially motivated by a desire to teach at scale. With … Continue reading
Posted in Educational Pattern Languages, Higher Education
Tagged adaptive analytics, Baumol's cost disease, Carnegie Mellon University, Daphne Koller, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Khan Academy, Kurt VanLehn, Massive open online course, MOOC, Peter Norvig, Phil Hill, San Jose State University
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Open Secret: Pittsburgh’s Ed Tech Revolution
Generally when we talk about goals for educational technology, we talk about one of two things: improving access or improving effectiveness. Rarely do we get an opportunity to talk credibly about an innovation that can move both of those needles … Continue reading
