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Open for a primer on AI, ChatGPT and more

Coursera blog

AI is often used to drive automation and perform tasks requiring minimal human input, like information sorting. For more complex tasks, we can teach computers to imitate human learning processes using algorithms and statistical models. This practice is called machine learning.

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A Multipronged Approach to Harnessing Virtual Reality to Advance the HBCU Mission

Faculty Focus

Kolb’s Experiential Learning Model (Kolb, 1984) defines learning as “the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience.” ” When students engage in the cycle of experiential learning involving experiencing, reflecting, thinking, and acting, deep learning occurs.

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A Multipronged Approach to Harnessing Virtual Reality to Advance the HBCU Mission

Faculty Focus

Kolb’s Experiential Learning Model (Kolb, 1984) defines learning as “the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience.” ” When students engage in the cycle of experiential learning involving experiencing, reflecting, thinking, and acting, deep learning occurs.

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Empowering learning and HR leaders with trusted content and AI innovations to drive organizational agility amid relentless disruption 

Coursera blog

We have launched several new short-form content, courses, and credentials from top industry brands, covering a range of in-demand areas, from generative AI, deep learning, augmented and virtual reality, and 5G to cybersecurity, software, and cloud.

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Pioneers discuss the challenges facing computer science

Inside Higher Ed

On the AI subtopic of deep learning alone, more than one preprint was submitted every hour—a 1,064-fold increase from the 1994 rate. “As data-hungry models become the dominant trend in deep learning, what we see is that that incentivizes a certain kind of social phenomenon,” Vallor said.

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Generative AI in Higher Education: A 360-Degree Approach

Helix Education

The following reflects these conversations, and I seek to align them with my thoughts envisioning how Gen AI, machine learning, and deep learning can tackle these hurdles. With Gen AI, we enter an entirely new era where machines can interact with humans to understand and process natural language.

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Is AI the New Homework Machine? Understanding AI and Its Impact on Higher EducationIs AI the New Homework Machine?

WCET Frontiers

Artificial Intelligence (AI): Stanford University’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence group defines artificial intelligence as “a term coined by emeritus Stanford Professor John McCarthy in 1955, was defined by him as ‘the science and engineering of making intelligent machines.’ Often times this now happens via neural networks.

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