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TNW | February 28, 2020

Researchers have developed a new personalized learning robot for autistic children that uses machine learning to adapt its lessons to each kid’s changing needs. The University of Southern California team put a “socially assistive robot” called Kiwi in the homes of 17 autistic children and set the two-foot-tall, green-feathered robot to give each child personalized classes. Over the course of a month, the children played space-themed math games on a tablet device while Kiwi prov...

Edmodo | May 21, 2020

Recently, Mount Carmel School’s faculty and staff members Ms. Claire Cabrera, Dr. Galvin Deleon Guerrero, and Ms. Leeani Villagomez advanced in their capacity as educators through graduate degrees and professional certification. Through Northern Marianas College’s partnership with Framingham State University or FSU, fourth-grade teacher Ms. Claire Cabrera earned her master’s degree in international teaching. “I pursued my graduate degree because I wanted to learn m...

edsurge | March 05, 2020

When the Sloan Foundation had the bright idea to stimulate digital education at the nation’s colleges and universities a quarter of a century ago, it christened online learning as “asynchronous learning networks,” an eccentric name for what is now known simply as online learning. Since it was in its very early days, Sloan had no idea what to call it. But it surely bet on a winning horse. Eventually, the foundation invested nearly $75 million in institutions willing to test elec...

EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

NetDragon's | June 14, 2022

NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited ("NetDragon" or "the Company", Hong Kong Stock Code: 777), a global leader in building internet communities, is pleased to announce that Promethean continues to be a global leader for Interactive Flat Panel Displays ("IFPD") technology, according to Futuresource Consulting's Q1 2022 report on the World IFPD market. As schools embraced and learned to harness the power of edtech in and out of the classroom, the IFPD market contin...