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Our machines and systems are increasingly smart and capable. They can work alongside humans as professional partners, augmenting human expertise and helping us find and develop talent. How will higher education respond as our professions change? EDUCAUSE Review
Social Robotics Robotics is the current trend. Maybe there is too much emphasis on it. Moreover, the meanings associated with it are different, as shown by the meeting promoted by both Italian Society for Research on Media Education (SIREM) and Elearning, Media, Education and Moodlemot (EMEM) Italia 2016, as well as the more recent conference “Giocare a pensare. […]
It’s no secret that Amazon loves to invest in and acquire small startups with promise. The Alexa Fund, Amazon’s corporate venture fund focused on AI, may be new but so far, it has been behaving just like the rest of the “Amazon family.” A recent CB Insights study on Amazon reports that the Alexa Fund, […]
Stanford engineers have developed a 4D camera with an extra-wide field of view. They believe this camera can be better than current options for close-up robotic vision and augmented reality. Stanford University
The Future of Jobs and Jobs Training As robots, automation and artificial intelligence perform more tasks and there is massive disruption of jobs, experts say a wider array of education and skills-building programs will be created to meet new demands. There are two uncertainties: Will well-prepared workers be able to keep up in the race […]
A majority of Americans predict that within 50 years, robots and computers will do much of the work currently done by humans – but few workers expect their own jobs or professions to experience substantial impacts Pew Research Center
A growing number of colleges and universities have been experimenting with emerging virtual reality technologies, such as the Oculus Rift, and the virtual campus tour is emerging as a potential use case. But for the Information Technology Department at Oral Roberts University, the promise of the virtual tour pales in comparison with the potential of […]
