Techno-News Blog. According to the survey Freelancing in America 2018, released Wednesday, 93 percent of college-educated freelancers say their skill training is more useful in the work they are doing now than their college training. More...
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Make sure you’re not investing in zombie AI
Techno-News Blog. Among the throngs of zombie AI systems, though, exist a few quality AI systems. These systems are highly intelligent, and though they have some minor human dependencies, they produce incredibly reliable results. More...
Artificial Intelligence Is Not A Technology
Techno-News Blog. Artificial intelligence is not a technology. Asking the question whether or not some particular technology is or isn’t AI is missing the point. Artificial intelligence is the journey. It’s the quest for the intelligent machine. More...
Robots Won’t Replace Instructors, 2 Penn State Educators Argue. Instead, They’ll Help Them Be ‘More Human.’
Techno-News Blog. One way professors can use artificial intelligence is to help find new materials to add to their lessons, said Bowen. An instructor can type in a concept or idea, such as “industrial design,” into the tool his team built, called Eureka!, which acts like a recommendation engine. More...
7 Ways to Reduce the Cost of an Online Degree
Techno-News Blog. An online degree program can be a big investment. Luckily for 37-year-old northern Virginia resident Grant Clough, his employer offers workers $8,000 per year toward tuition reimbursement for those who choose to continue their education. More...
Life Is Complicated: Distance Learning Helps
Techno-News Blog. Many of these students are traditional age. But for adult students (generally defined as those 25 and over, working full-time jobs or with parenting responsibilities) online education is a particularly attractive option. More...
Why Today’s Professionals Are Taking The Career Road Less Traveled
Techno-News Blog. edX research found that 29% of Americans ages 25 to 44 have completely changed fields since starting their first job post-college. More...
MIT-developed AI learns language like a child does
Techno-News Blog. When you teach language to AI systems, you typically use annotations that describe how words work. But that’s not practical in many cases — even if everybody agrees on those annotations, they often take a lot of time to produce and can still seem unnatural. More...
The future of work won’t be about college degrees, it will be about job skills
Khan Academy Takes on Civics and U.S. History
Techno-News Blog. The Khan Academy has launched a new series of videos focused on civics for students in K-12 and higher education — and anybody else interested in learning how government works in the United States. More...
APLU Develops 6-Step Guide for Implementing Adaptive Courseware
Techno-News Blog. Drawing on the experience of eight public universities involved in a multi-year adaptive learning pilot program, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) has created a six-step guide for implementing adaptive courseware. More...
