Icons for new tech
While designing my A3 pitches, I was having trouble finding the specific kinds of icons I was looking for to represent the newest learning technologies, and then I discovered The Noun Project! A fair amount of icons are available in the public domain for free, and there are icons representative of ed tech, online learning, AI, women, […]
AI and Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning are poised to make evolutionary and revolutionary changes in the education market. Computers as we know them are really good at storing, organizing, fetching, and processing information. AI takes computing a massive step further by having computer programs that are able to learn from data, make decisions, and even […]
The Difficult Path to AI’s Promise
Pertinent to this week’s focus, I just came across the following article in the MIT Technology Review: The Messy Reality of OpenAI From an ETEC522 perspective it is a very worthwhile read. It is simultaneously an analysis of a single well-funded venture and of the entire frontier of AI: is it possible for AI’s general […]
Week 10 – AI in Education: Forecast 2020
What does A.I. ACTUALLY mean? (we won’t judge you if you don’t really know). Computers are really good at storing, organizing, fetching, and processing information. This has obvious applications for calculations, models, archives, records, etc. Artificial Intelligence takes computing a massive step further by having computer programs that are able to learn from data, make […]
Business Horizons: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
There are some pretty interesting articles in here that make Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning a little easier to understand in real world contexts. No need to be a data scientist or AI wunderkind to glean some useful insights on these emerging sectors. “The articles in this special issue will serve as a guide for […]
Game-based Learning
Game-Based Learning is an umbrella term that encompasses the use of serious games often also called educational games, commercially available games as well as constructionist gaming in education. It seeks to take full advantage of the high levels of engagement offered by digital games to facilitate active learning. Students are able to learn through trial and […]
AI for Education: A Critical Analysis for Leaders
I learned a lot from doing this assignment. I chose this topic since my vice principal had recently asked me to assess an AI-based product called TeachFX. She usually doesn’t give me this kind of task, but I’m glad she trusts me to do so. I knew my knowledge of AI was spotty, and that […]
The WaterColorBot
A robot that creates watercolor paintings and in the process inspires children to learn about and pursue STEM activities? Check out the video below and decide for yourself whether or not it’s worth investing in (the Kickstarter community seemed to like it, as it was fully funded a few years ago): Please note: the previously […]
Whympr, Social learning on Mountain safety!
Whympr is an online App for mountain activities and safety. It is a social platform where people can learn and engage on diverse mountain activities. The Funding pitch contains all the elements a good investment pitch needs. The problem is clear and their solution too. As well as what they need from investors and what […]
Zumi – Self-Driving Car Kit for Learning AI
Whether you use Amazon Alexa, own a Tesla, play mobile games, or use Google Maps, artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. Like coding, learning how AI works will soon become an integral skill in tomorrow’s workforce. Zümi is here to help make something that’s normally complicated into something approachable. Zümi is the first educational self-driving car […]
AI & Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (aka “Deep Learning”) are actually quite different technologies, but they address roughly the same opportunity in learning. AI is the vision of creating a stand-alone processing capacity with dimensions of human intelligence, in science fiction approaching a “singularity” when a machine becomes more intelligent than any person. By contrast, Machine Learning refers to […]
Chatbots
Conversational systems can range from simple informal, bidirectional text or voice conversations such as an answer to “What time is it?” to more complex interactions such as collecting oral testimony from crime witnesses to generate a sketch of a suspect. All forms of virtual assistants, including Siri, Alexa and all of their siblings also fit […]
Self-Guided Learning
Most people prefer to tackle the majority of their continuing learning objectives independently or informally in professional groups, as Self-Guided Learning. Additionally, the availability and affordability of qualified teachers and accessible learning environments can’t nearly meet the global demand for higher and better educational opportunities. Opportunity Statement: Venture opportunities exist in a vibrant global marketplace to […]
Intelligent Things
Self-driving cars, drones, robots, intelligent toys, and the entire Internet of Things (IoT) fit into the broad emerging frontier of Intelligent Things. It isn’t so much the intelligence that drives them (likely AI or Machine Learning) as it is the transformation of our engagement with the real world into a realm where learners can expect constructive interaction and […]
OCR Technology – Photomath
Hello everyone, I hope that you all are enjoying your summer thus far. My education venture focuses on OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology and its success thus far in the education technology market. As technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, my focus is on technological opportunities to save time, effort, and energy for […]
A1: Competitive Analysis Report- Liulishuo
In education, AI has the capability of delivering a personalized learning experience at lower costs through large-scale data processing, deep analysis of user behaviours, speech recognition, and automatic assessment, and algorithms that recommend the most suitable content. As a pioneer in the AIEd market, Liulishuo has already proven itself in China. As of June 2018, […]
A1 Analyst Report – FutureFit AI
FutureFit AI is a venture that wants to reimagine education to address the global skills gaps and prepare people for the future of work. Please view my analyst report. Thanks! Marc
Week 7 – AI Tutors & Chatbots OER
Welcome to Week 7 everyone, we are already halfway done! This week our team will take you through the exciting world of Artificial Intelligence, in particular AI Tutors and Chatbots. Hope you find it interesting! Head over to our Google Site: https://sites.google.com/view/ai-innovations/
Larry Page & Sergey Brin – Google
When people ask questions that either we don’t know or can’t answer, we often say ‘Just google it’. We use google so often that google became a word instead of just calling as a name of the company. When we search online for anything, we always start from Google, at least that’s what I do to […]
Paul Greenberg, Co-founder of Creatubbles
Paul Greenberg is the co-founder and CEO of Creatubbles. Creatubbles is a social platform used in schools, homes, makerspaces and workshops in over 50 countries. What makes it different from other social media is that it is a platform for sharing creations of all kinds, and it is a […]
PwC projections on AI
This resource consists of three analyses prepared by PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) focusing on the current and future developments in the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its application in various business areas. The 3 sources are: Perceptions of AI report titled Me: A revolutionary partnership: http://pwcartificialintelligence.com/ AI Predictions 2018: https://www.pwc.com/us/en/services/consulting/library/artificial-intelligence-predictions.html PwC’s Global Artificial Intelligence Study titled […]
Humans Wanted Report: The Coming Skills Revolution
The Humans Wanted Report published by RBC is the result of a year-long research project that predicts the future of work in Canada and describes the state of Canada’s skills gap. A few of the key findings from the research conducted is that the Canadian education system is not properly preparing youth for a new […]
Artificial Intelligence In Education
How to Proceed Access our OER here https://blogs.ubc.ca/etec522ai This OER has been divided into three different parts to guide your inquiry into AI. There are focus questions throughout the module. These are meant to provoke thought and inspire your responses in the activities Part 1 – Core Knowledge Read through the “Introduction” and “Startups and […]
Education for Bias Machines
Greetings All. I’ve taken an unconventional approach to this venture analyst report. Rather than analyze a specific company, platform or tool, I have chosen a subset of the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning market; Ethics, fairness, transparency and representational equality in AI and Machine Learning. Perhaps you already have questions. Is that actually a market? […]
Liulishuo-Your Personal AI English Tutor
Hello EVAs, My name is Winter Wang, an Education Venture Analyst (EVA). This OER was created to complete Assignment #1 of ETEC 522 (Ventures in Educational Technology) in University of British Columbia. Recent years, there is an increasing number of Chinese Internet companies went public in the U.S stock market […]
Opportunity Horizon – “Intelligent Things”
After selecting Gartner Report’s “Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018” (https://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/gartner-top-10-strategic-technology-trends-for-2018/), I chose to select Trend #3: “Intelligent Things” to focus on with respect to its training and educational implications. First off, let’s start with a basic definition. “Intelligent things” can be defined as a machine’s ability to use data analytics or AI […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Corporate Learning Environments
“First coined in 1956 by John McCarthy, artificial intelligence (AI) was described as machines that can perform tasks that are characteristic of human intelligence” (Roby, 2018). In today’s society; however, AI has seeped into numerous components of our lives, including retail, sharing apps such as Uber, government departments, and most important in the context of this discussion, […]
Sebastian Thrun, Udacity
Sebastian Thrun, FOUNDER, PRESIDENT of Udacity About Udacity: Udacity is where lifelong learners come to learn the skills they need, to land the jobs they want, to build the lives they deserve. Udacity’s mission is to democratize education through the offering of world-class higher education opportunities that are accessible, flexible, and economical. Virtually anyone on […]
Week 12 Telepresence Robots Summary
A big thank you to all of you who participated in our learning experience on Telepresence Robots. You were asked to comment on the uses of robots in difference scenarios like office, medicine, and education. You were also asked to choose a field that you felt held the most promise. Below is a summary of […]
Week 12: Telepresence Robots
Welcome everyone to Week 12: Telepresence Robots! Click on the link below to access our learning environment on Telepresence Robots. You will be exploring what telepresence robots are and how they are used. You will then be asked for your opinions on the future of telepresence robots. http://telepresencerobots.weebly.com/ Thank you! Cris and Vibhu
Google Classroom
Google Classroom is making inroads in many districts. In this assignment, I am presenting Google Classroom to school trustees as an ed tech initiative. Watching the launch and implementation of Google Classroom as a teacher, I was interested in putting myself in the shoes of a superintendent responsible for choosing initiatives and navigating the early […]
Akwire: A Revolutionary Way to Learn Languages
Akwire (pronounced acquire) is a language learning system that combines virtual reality, artificial intelligence and gamification to facilitate language learning in the most natural way possible: through natural speech interactions. Here is the elevator pitch: Direct YouTube link The full venture pitch is contained in this PDF document: Akwire Venture Pitch I hope you like […]
Analyst Report – Leap Motion
Hello everyone, for A1 I have chosen the Leap Motion controller as the focus for my venture analyst report. In today’s digitized world there is strong emphasis on developing new technologies and approaches to bridge the human-computer barrier, and make human interactions with systems more natural. Gesture recognition is an interactive technique with the potential […]
Disruptive Trends in The Education Industry
Disruptive Trends in The Education Industry Overview by Jon Cropper, Futurlogic. I reviewed this rich source and I found it worthy. I liked the titles they gave to each category and I found it creative. They called MOOC’s teachers “Rock star teachers. They covered in the review eight topics: The rise of Rockstar teachers: […]
A3: JIBO Venture Pitch
Hi Everyone: I have decided to take a real life product and extend the investment pitch forward with my presentation on JIBO. Enjoy! Please go to this site: www.jiboventurepitch.com This is a site that I created and it is an actually domain and hosting space that I purchased to ensure that this can live on […]
13 Mar
1) Hummm… OpenAI’s “primary fiduciary duty is to humanity.” The company wants humans continue to live meaningful live and it plans on “distributing the benefits” of AGI to “all of humanity,” Who is saying that? Who wrote OpenAI’s charter? Greg Brockman, who had run technology for the payments company Stripe. What strikes me is that the leadership of the organization does not match my expectation of who should be leading a social enterprise with such a noble vision. I just know that Brockman grew up on a hobby farm, went to Harvard and MIT. But were are the artefacts from his life showing a deep commitment to social justice? I remember reading the biography of Leila Jana, CEO of Samasource, another social enterprise. She explained that she grew up poor, saw her parents constantly struggle, had a transformative experience while teaching blind students in Uganda, she studied African development etc…overall there was a clear sense that this person was genuinely committed to work for social justice. But with OpenAi, I think some kind of credible leadership might be missing. 2) From my perspective, their mission is flawed from the outset: “Researchers will be strongly encouraged to publish their work, whether as papers, blog posts, or code, and our patents (if any) will be shared with the world.” The thing is, if they share everything, the “bad guys” (those with somber motives) can build upon OpenAi work to accelerate their own dark agenda.
