Researchers at MIT’s Sloan School of Management have developed a new software platform for having private, on-the-spot conversations online. Called Minglr, the open source tool is designed to replicate the kinds of interactions people might have before and after meetings, in the lobby during breaks of conferences and around the office coffee machine, in aContinue reading “MIT Develops Open Source Tool to Support Spontaneous Online Conversations — Campus Technology”
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Global Study: Three out of Four Learners Believe the Pandemic Is Revolutionizing Education, Work
/PRNewswire/ — Pearson, the world’s learning company, today released the results of its second Global Learner Survey, an annual study capturing the voice of… — Read on http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-study-reveals-theres-no-unplugging-from-online-learning-for-most-learners-301108637.html
The First Wave of GPT-3 Enabled Applications Offer a Preview of Our AI Future
The first wave of GPT-3 enabled applications have stunned the “developer twitter”. They offer a glimpse of our AI future. — Read on http://www.infoq.com/articles/gpt3-enabled-applications/
Watch 3 Videos from Coursera’s New “Machine Learning for Everyone” – Machine Learning Times – machine learning & data science news
Watch 3 Videos from Coursera’s New “Machine Learning for Everyone” – Machine Learning Times – machine learning & data science news — Read on http://www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com/machinelearningtimes/watch-3-videos-from-courseras-new-machine-learning-for-everyone/11555/
In Machines We Trust: a new podcast about the automation of everything on Flipboard by MIT Technology Review
Some of the most important decisions in our lives are being made by artificial intelligence, determining things like who gets into college, lands a job, receives social services, or goes to jail—often without us having any clue. In season one of In Machines We Trust, host Jennifer Strong and the team at MIT Technology ReviewContinue reading “In Machines We Trust: a new podcast about the automation of everything on Flipboard by MIT Technology Review”
A college student used GPT-3 to write fake blog posts and ended up at the top of Hacker News – The Verge
He says he wanted to prove the AI could pass as a human writer — Read on http://www.theverge.com/2020/8/16/21371049/gpt3-hacker-news-ai-blog
Tired of Zoom calls? Company offers at-home hologram machines – Reuters
Looking for a new way to communicate during the pandemic? A Los Angeles company has created phone booth-sized machines to beam live holograms into your living room. — Read on http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tech-hologram-idUSKCN2531D5
Upskilling Instructional Design Talent: Preparing for Quality Online Learning | EDUCAUSE
A new initiative aims to provide the skills and expertise that instructional designers need to help higher education meet its growing demands for onli — Read on er.educause.edu/blogs/2020/8/upskilling-instructional-design-talent-preparing-for-quality-online-learning
The Fine Line in Game Based Learning — THE Journal
Games can be powerful learning experiences, as long as adaptive learning doesn’t put an algorithm, rather than the student, in the driver’s seat. — Read on thejournal.com/articles/2020/08/04/the-fine-line-in-game-based-learning.aspx
Machines + Society #12: Tools for our brains; Social sphere packing; Fox Hunts – Machines + Society
Let’s build better tools for our brains. — Read on deaexmachinus.substack.com/p/machines-society-11-tools-for-our
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