China has started a grand experiment in AI education. It could reshape how the world learns. Zhou Yi was terrible at math. He risked never getting into college. Then a company called Squirrel AI came to his middle school in Hangzhou, China, promising personalized tutoring. He had tried tutoring services before, but this one was different: instead of a human teacher, an AI algorithm would curate his lessons. Online participation » Annual Conference 2014 Social media Share your photos, videos, links, blog posts using the #altc tag Remote viewing of streamed sessions A number of the sessions at this years conference will be streamed live. These are marked on the Programme as ‘Live Streamed’.
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The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Design Thinking You’ve probably heard of design thinking – the go-to term for ‘forward-thinking’ businesses since the ’80s. Maybe your colleagues have taken an online course on it, or maybe you’ve just heard the term thrown around so ubiquitously that it feels like a phenomenon you’ll never really understand in a tangible sense. Design thinking, put very simply, is a human-centered approach to creative problem-solving, and has made a looot of noise all over the internet and beyond in the latest years. #ALTC Blog “What makes a Learning Technologist?” – Part 4 of 4: Best-part challenges Background to the series Inspired by topical discussions on the diversity, complexity and uniqueness of Learning Technologist roles, myself (Daniel… View Article Becoming President when everything is online ‘President’ is a loaded term, but my Tweets are of a higher standard than that American one, so I think… View Article 6 papers on education to read this summer to prepare for blended teaching and learning: Ideas for a journal club
Learn Videos for Instructors These videos and playlists are available in English only. Need help with Blackboard Learn? Want to learn something new? UCA Creative Education Network Before you teach Creating your teaching materials consider pre-recording short, weekly introductions as video or audio podcasts so students can access them when convenient (if you have at GTA, get them to help you create, edit and upload these)include international case studiesuse diverse images on your slidesuse relevant images to reinforce the key message of each slidereview your references and try to make them less white, western and maleprovide a glossary of any specific termskeep text on slides to a minimumalways use a light coloured background on your slides and handouts (green, pink, orange) to reduce glare and aid comprehension (this helps all students, not just those with dyslexia)where possible, try and make learning materials (e.g. readings, videos, activities) available 2 days before a taught session. This benefits all students by giving them time to look at the materials and tackle any potentially problems before the session. Planning your session
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