Education Sciences | Free Full-Text | Student Participation in Online Content-Related Discussion and Its Relation to Students’ Background Knowledge

This paper presents two novel network methods developed for education research. These methods were used to investigate online discussions and the structure of students’ background knowledge in a blended university course for pre-service teachers (n = 11). Consequently, these measures were used for correlation analysis. The social network analysis of the online discussions was basedContinue reading “Education Sciences | Free Full-Text | Student Participation in Online Content-Related Discussion and Its Relation to Students’ Background Knowledge”

Seattle machine learning startup OctoML raises $15M from Amplify and Madrona – GeekWire

OctoML is charging ahead with its machine learning deployment software and on Friday announced a $15 million investment round to help support growth. The Seattle startup spun out of the University of Washington this past July, when it raised a $3.9 million seed round. Founded by a group of computer… — Read on http://www.geekwire.com/2020/seattle-machine-learning-startup-octoml-raises-15m-amplify-madrona/

Why Cognitive Technology May Be A Better Term Than Artificial Intelligence

In general, most people would agree that the fundamental goals of AI are to enable machines to have cognition, perception, and decision-making capabilities that previously only humans or other intelligent creatures have. But is AI the best term for some of the problems we’re trying to solve? — Read on http://www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2019/12/22/why-cognitive-technology-may-be-a-better-term-than-artificial-intelligence/