The Cyberlearning Technologies Transforming Education

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday April 7, 2015 @02:11PM from the learning-to-learn-gooder dept.

aarondubrow writes: The National Science Foundation funds basic cyberlearning research and since 2011 has awarded roughly 170 grants, totaling more than $120 million, to EdTech research projects around the country. However, NSF's approach to cyber-learning has been different from other public, private and philanthropic efforts. NSF funds compelling ideas, helps rigorously test them and then assists in transitioning the best ideas from research to practice. This article describes several examples of leading cyberlearning projects, from artificial intelligence to augmented reality, that are transforming education.

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Re:Women's lib partially responsible for bad schoo by Anonymous Coward · 2015-04-07 15:52 · Score: 3, Insightful

Hard to believe that teaching isn't an attractive option for a lot of people. What with the mediocre pay, constant and draining self-policing, self-righteous parents who always know better, and general contempt from large sections of society.
"This child is the most precious thing in the world to me. I want you to not only educate, but babysit, exercise, discipline, and ensure a dietary regime. There are about 25 of us who feel the same way. And we all believe our child is the chosen one the legends speak of, incapable of wrongdoing. But we don't really think you deserve to be paid all that well, because it's not like you're doing something important, like developing a photo sharing app."