Tag: learning
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Take These Steps To Boost Hybrid Learning at Your College
(Aleutie / Getty Images) Hybrid learning has the potential to make higher education more flexible, accessible and efficient — but not without concerted effort, a new Educause report says. The 2022 Educause Horizon Action Plan: Hybrid Learning, published Monday, includes exercises for institutional leaders looking to maximize the potential of hybrid learning on and off campus.…
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How Does The Brain Interpret Computer Languages?
Barcroft Media / Getty Images In the US, a 2016 Gallup poll found that the majority of schools want to start teaching code, with 66 percent of K-12 school principals thinking that computer science learning should be incorporated into other subjects. Most countries in Europe have added coding classes and computer science to their school curricula, with France and…
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What Do We Understand About Dyslexia?
© Shutterstock Dyslexia is a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person’s ability to read. It is a common condition that also causes problems with writing and spelling. According to figures published by the Reading Well, around 30 million adults in the United States are dyslexic. A further six million in the United Kingdom…
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Microsoft’s OpenAI Investment Was Triggered By Google Fears
Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019 because it was “very worried” that Google was years ahead in scaling up its AI efforts. An internal email, titled “Thoughts on OpenAI,” between Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, CEO Satya Nadella, and co-founder Bill Gates reveals some of the high-level discussions around an investment…
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Train Your Brain To Remember Anything You Learn With This Simple, 20-Minute Habit
Getty Images Recently, a colleague and I were lamenting the process of growing older and the inevitable increasing difficulty of remembering things we want to remember. That becomes particularly annoying when you attend a conference or a learning seminar and find yourself forgetting the entire session just days later. But then my colleague told me about the Ebbinghaus…
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AI Has Taken Over eEducation Technology What Will Come Next?
Between the pandemic and the rise of generative AI, the education sector has been in a permanent state of flux over the past few years. For a time, online learning platforms were ascendant, meeting the moment when workplaces and schools alike went remote (and later, hybrid). With the public debut of ChatGPT in 2022, edtech…
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Decolonising Learning Development: Doing The Work
Getty Decolonization is, to use the current phrase, about ‘doing the work’, and it’s difficult, uncomfortable work which for many of us will feel threatening, as it’s a de-centring of dominant cultural values, discourses and practices, a dismantling of a system created for the benefit of those ‘like us’ in which we have much invested,…
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Creating A Best Futuristic AI eLearning eCourse Is Not A Hard Task
Credit to: arminhamidian Designing a structured curriculum with clear learning objectives and a coherent flow can be complex. It requires thoughtful planning to ensure that the course is well-paced and covers the all the hot spots people are looking to consume when buying a video course. Creating a good experience is a must with video courses, imagine yourself…
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How Satellites And Machine Learning Are Being Used To Detect Plastic In The Ocean
Getty While we know plastic is terrible for marine life, detecting plastic pollution in the ocean is notoriously challenging. Plastics come in many colors, break down to microscopic sizes, and are made of a variety of chemicals. Adding to the problem is the vast size of the ocean, to which millions of tons of plastic…