Education 2.0 & 3.0

"Robots were once considered capable only of unimaginative, routine work. Today they write articles and create award-winning art ..."

Via Leona Ungerer

The robots follow action and sound so students at home can see more than just a static shot of the classroom.

Via Peter Mellow

How will artificial intelligence and machine learning change teaching? It’s a question that some higher education instructors have asked before, an

Via Peter Mellow

On March 2, a tech journalist posted a video he pulled from a Jibo Owners Facebook Group. It was heartbreaking to watch the little “social robot” announce that his servers were about to be shut down and he would not function any longer. He even thanked his human owners for having him around before he did a little goodbye dance. Many people responded to this tweet emotionally: Less than a month earlier, multiple articles that sounded more like obituaries described …

Via John Evans

According to an Oxford University analysis, close to half of all jobs will be taken over by robots in the next 25 years. No wonder the press is full of handwringing about how workers will adjust and the best way to prepare the next generation for this A.I.-filled future.

 

But not everyone is alarmed about the prospect of radical change in the labor market. After all, this has happened before (for instance, when mechanization replaced the vast majority of farmers) and it turned out OK. Plus, a lot of today's jobs are soul-crushingly boring and repetitive. Losing them just might be a blessing. 

 

Among these optimists are IT service company Cognizant. In a recent report (hat tip to Business Insider for the pointer), the consultancy notes that while creative destruction has always been with us, so has reinvention. Sure, robots will take jobs away, but they'll also create new ones.

 

What will these new gigs look like exactly? The report imagines detailed job ads for 21 future careers that Cognizant thinks may emerge in the next 10 years.

Via The Learning Factor

Over the past five years students in some parts of the world have been greeted in their classrooms by teachers who appear to have come off the set of a George Lucas movie.

Robots have been teaching classes in Japan, South Korea and Abu Dhabi.

Throughout the world humans in various jobs are being replaced by robots at an ever-accelerating pace. The question for many people is whether their work will disappear with the rise of the machines.

Most think not.

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In a conversation with Sugata Mitra several years ago, the novelist Arthur C. Clarke stated: 'Any teacher who can be replaced by a computer ... should be.'

Via Marta Torán

SAN FRANCISCO — What if part of your job became teaching a computer everything you know about doing someone’s job — perhaps your own?

Before the machines become smart enough to replace humans, as some people fear, the machines need teachers. Now, some companies are taking the first steps, deploying artificial intelligence in the workplace and asking their employees to train the A.I. to be more human.

We spoke with five people — a travel agent, a robotics expert, an engineer, a customer-service representative and a scriptwriter, of sorts — who have been put in this remarkable position. More than most, they understand the strengths (and weaknesses) of artificial intelligence and how the technology is changing the nature of work.

Here are their stories.

Via John Evans

Losing your job to robots is no longer a sci-fi fantasy. Here are eight skills that can keep your job from being handed off to a robot.

Via John Evans, Yves Carmeille "Libre passeur", Marta Torán

FIRST is a global robotics community preparing young people for the future and the world’s leading youth-serving nonprofit advancing STEM education.

Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)

This robot dog is patrolling Singapore's Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park as part of a pilot trial to promote safe distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Built by Boston Dynamics, the robodog is part of a two-week pilot trial that started on Friday (May 8) and will patrol the park during off-peak hours. Find out more: https://cna.asia/2ziikzM

#robotics #COVID19 #coronavirus

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Via John Evans

Robots will begin replacing teachers in the classroom within the next ten years as part of a revolution in one-to-one learning, a leading educationalist has predicted.

Via Marc Wachtfogel, Ph.D., Stephania Savva, Ph.D, Miloš Bajčetić

by Business Insider

Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)

Give your kids the best hands on learning experience with these robot kits for kids. Each kit allows your child to build their own robot from the ground up.

Via AvatarGeneration

For many students, math and science have always been boring subjects, too bogged down with technical details to ever be fun or exciting. Teachers have long tried a variety of strategies to get students excited about STEM. It turns out, one of the best ways to get kids pumped about STEM is through the use of robots.

Robots are naturally fun and exciting for kids. When they think of robotics, they might think of their favorite cartoons or superheroes. Learning how they can actually build and use robots is a great way to incorporate STEM into the curriculum without losing students’ interest.

The use of robotics is on the rise in today’s world, and allowing students to play with robots and learn how they work can have huge benefits for them. Not only does it give them a head start in subjects like computer programming, math, and science, it can also spark an interest in careers students may have never considered before.

Via John Evans