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Used in 1,500 districts nationwide, the Cognitive Tutor programs are the best-known of a small but expanding contingent of “intelligent tutors” that are making their way from the laboratory into college and K-12 classrooms. Such AI-based programs now are on the market or in development for teaching chemistry, physics, foreign languages, reading, computer science, & for grading essays. -
1voteThe movement toward open course materials for education has created a problem. Although a vast number of repositories have been set up to allow users to download sharable content, many of these sites contain materials that use different licensing agreements. A new initiative from the nonprofit Creative Commons aims to solve this problem by creating a single, standard licencing framework.
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1voteThe use of certain educational software programs to help teach reading and math did not lead to higher test scores after a year of implementation, according to a major federal report released April 5.
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OER Commons is a teaching and learning network of shared materials, from K-12 through college, from algebra to zoology, open to all to use. -
1voteOpen Educational Resources (OER) gives teachers & students free access to more than 8,000 digital learning materials. Educators & students can add tags, ratings, reviews, and comments to help others quickly find what they're looking for. The site's mission is to provide a single point of access through which educators & students can search for, browse, evaluate, and discuss the learning materials.
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2voteResearchers at Harvard (Dede), MIT, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison have developed a project that uses "augmented reality" to teach students math and literacy skills. The project involves teams of students gathering data on handheld computers to explain why aliens have landed, and in the process students "interview" virtual characters they encounter at certain GPS hot spots.
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