Month: June 2018
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My teacher will be an AI (maybe)
An important distinction in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is between weak (or narrow) AI and strong (or general) AI, the later referring to artificial general intelligence, or AGI. The former consists of a[…]
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Next Generation Student Success Symposium chronicle
By Marta Bernabeu and Desirée Gómez From 19 to 21 June, the Next Generation Student Success meeting was held in Barcelona, jointly organized by DXtera Institute, Strada Education Network and German Alliance for Education (Bündnis für[…]
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“Machines can see or perceive things that humans cannot, and they have an increasingly greater ability to understand and interpret”
One of the principal motivations behind research into affective computing is the idea of simulating empathy in a machine. Expert in the subject, Àgata Lapedriza spoke of the research being conducted in this field at[…]
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SWOT Analysis of innovative technologies applied to educational sector (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats)
Some voices are talking about the so-called “4rth Industrial Revolution” as we have seen in several articles, books and keynotes. In 2017 some of the latest digital technologies kept on revolutionizing the education landscape and[…]