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EDCI 339 Blog Post #5

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On November 14, 2024

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Predictive Technologies and AI in Education

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive technologies is reshaping education, offering both exciting opportunities and complex challenges. Today, predictive technologies are changing how students learn and educators teach, from AI-powered learning platforms to intelligent tutoring systems. Examples of AI in education include the adaptive learning platform DreamBox and the intelligent tutoring system Carnegie Learning. These tools adapt content by data to meet the needs of a particular student, making learning more personalized and interactive. Another example is AI-powered grading systems that make assessment and feedback quicker, freeing the teacher to work on higher-order aspects of teaching.

Benefits of AI in Education

Potential benefits of AI in education are enormous. AI personalizes teaching, such that instruction is tailored to the individual pace and preference of a particular student. For example, AI in Adaptive Learning Environments pinpoints a student’s specific knowledge gaps, developing customized content to fill those gaps. At this level of personalization, engagement increases, assuring that no child lags behind. AI also supports the automation of tasks from administrative to repetitive, such as grading assignments or taking attendance, enabling teachers to spend more time with students. AI can also contribute to building an inclusive learning environment by constructing adapted materials for students with diverse needs, allowing every level of ability to access learning.

Challenges of AI in Education

Despite its benefits, AI integration in education comes with challenges. One of the major obstacles is the high cost of implementation-a factor that may make this option unreachable for too many schools and universities, especially those with low resources. Furthermore, the inability of teachers to learn how to use AI tools effectively in their work may further depress the potential benefits. Such problems should be tackled by infrastructural investments and professional training for educators. Equitable use of AI-driven tools by all students also calls for equal access to technology resources, especially in under-resourced communities.

Ethical Considerations of AI in Education

Ethical implications of AI in education pinpoint a very important discussion. Key concerns involve data privacy, transparency, and bias. AI includes massive volumes of data, and questions will always be raised with regard to student privacy and consent. To that effect, educators and administrators have to make certain that data are collected, stored, and used responsibly. AI algorithms must also be transparent; educators must know how AI systems make decisions so that biases are not unconsciously created. It is very important to set up a set of guidelines on how ethics in AI can be used in education; besides this, awareness has to be built among teachers and students about the responsible use of technology.

Future Directions in EdTech

With an eye to the future, technologies other than AI such as augmented reality, virtual reality, and blockchain promise to further revolutionize education. AR and VR are positioned to enable deep, experiential learning opportunities in science, history, art, and subjects elsewhere that most students may be denied. Blockchain, in turn, may revolutionize credentialing and recordkeeping with security-enhanced means to verify academic achievement. This could mean that these technologies are likely to create, in the next 5-10 years, a more interactive, personalized education landscape where students are able to learn at their own comfort and pace, and in ways that link with their strengths and interests.

In brief, AI and other emerging technologies hold tremendous promise for teaching, learning, and administrative simplification. Yet challenges and ethical issues must be considered in relation to equitable use and access. In embracing such developments, the focus should be on student enablement and a supportive, innovative learning environment with inclusion of all students.

Blog 4

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On July 29, 2024

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Diverse PLN Benefits

Honestly, having a diverse PLN has changed the way I learn and make progress both personally and professionally. Learning from people with different backgrounds and industries has not only enhanced my learning experience but has also provided me with new ideas and solutions that I would never have thought of on my own. For instance, while creating a themed portfolio for a class, I needed to write a Python script. I learned more about Python on Khan Academy’s official website and practiced there. For questions that I didn’t quite understand, I searched for assistance on YouTube. Videos by software developers explained my concerns very efficiently, deepening my understanding of Python and sparking my interest in data science.

Creating an Inclusive PLN

To ensure my PLN’s inclusiveness, first, I will bring people with different perspectives and knowledge backgrounds together from various places around the world. For example, digital marketing networking should include multiple regions and industries to foster communication in the community. Second, we will hold meetings regularly to discuss industry hot topics and encourage people to share stories and opinions with honesty. We have policies to ensure that all members are respectful, thus creating a constructive environment. Third, I will organize a class within my network for inclusive education, invited speakers who specialize in equity and inclusion to promote the concept.

Social Media Dynamics

The unique features of different social media influence how I interact with others in my PLN. On LinkedIn, I will only keep professional content, such as posting articles related to my major and other interesting disciplines. The videos or articles could be long. On Twitter, I will focus more on interesting short knowledge videos and readings with hashtags. The platform-specific strategy is important to make connections with others efficiently.

Challenges of Inclusivity in Digital Spaces

Building an inclusive digital space could be challenging. Everyone has different perceptions about digital literacy because they are from different regions and hold diverse values. The cultural barriers might cause conflict even when they are not meant to make others uncomfortable. I need to develop strategies to handle this hidden problem. I will recommend technology tools and platforms that are designed with inclusivity and can be easily used by everyone, such as software and websites that support various disabilities. I will also try to share posts and content in multiple languages that can be understood across different cultural backgrounds. I will always check on my own perception to see if I’m aligned with my PLN’s values, which are to be open to different perspectives and prevent biases’ effects on our communication.

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Welcome and Introduction

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On May 2, 2020

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Before proceeding with this first blog post, we expect you to consider your privacy preferences carefully and that you have considered the following options:

  1. Do you want to be online vs. offline?
  2. Do you want to use your name (or part thereof) vs. a pseudonym (e.g., West Coast Teacher)?
  3. Do you want to have your blog public vs. private? (Note, you can set individual blog posts private or password protected or have an entire blog set to private)
  4. Have you considered whether you are posting within or outside of Canada? This blog on opened.ca is hosted within Canada. That said, any public blog posts can have its content aggregated/curated onto social networks outside of Canada.

First tasks you might explore with your new blog:

  • Go into its admin panel found by adding /wp-admin at the end of your blog’s URL
  • Add new category or tags to organize your blog posts – found under “Posts” (but do not remove the pre-existing “edci338” category).
  • See if your blog posts are appearing on the course website (you must have the the edci338 category assigned to a post first and have provided your instructor with your blog URL)
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  • Delete this starter post (or switch it to draft status if you want to keep it for reference)

Do consider creating categories for each course that you take should you wish to document your learning (or from professional learning activities outside of formal courses). Keep note, however, that you may wish to rename the label of the course category in menus (e.g., as we did where it shows “Social Media & PL” as the label for the “edci338” category menu.  This will enable readers not familiar with university course numbers to understand what to expect in the contents.

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Please also review the resources from our course website for getting started with blogging:

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Test Social Media Post

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On May 2, 2020

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This post  will appear in a few places:

  1. in the blog feed on the front of your website
  2. in the Learning Design menu on your website. This is because we have applied the “edci338” category to this post and the menu item “Social Media & Personalized Learning” has been created from the category “edci338.” For every post you make for this course, please assign the “edci338” category to it. You are welcome to use this blog for your personal hobbies or for other courses, in which case, you could create additional menu items and categories for them.
  3. if you give permission, your posts categorized “edci338” will be aggregated onto the Blog Feed on the EDCI 338 Course Website.

Feel free to delete this post once you understand this. If you have any questions, please reach out to your instructor.

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