by Donald | Aug 2, 2017 | Blog
To what degree does contemporary online learning reflect contemporary learning theory? The old paradigm of graphic-text-MCQ is way out of line with recent (and past) learning theory, so that, no matter how much glitz, animation and graphics you produce, the...
by Donald | Aug 2, 2017 | Blog
An ever-present problem in teaching, especially online, is the very many queries and questions from students. In the Georgia Tech online course this was up to 10,000 per semester from a class of 350 students (300 online, 50 on campus). It’s hard to get your head round...
by Donald | Aug 2, 2017 | Blog
Tutorbots are teaching chatbots. They realise the promise of a more Socratic approach to online learning, as they enable dialogue between teacher and learner. We have developed a tutorbot at WildFire that delivers on this promise. Frictionless learning We have seen...
by Donald | Aug 2, 2017 | Blog
Two readable government reports have been published, one from the US, the other from the UK. In one of Obama’s last acts in October, the Whitehouse published an excellent overview of AI ‘Preparting for the Future of Artificial Intelligence‘, pointing to...
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