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Despite a decade of effort and a billion dollars spent, technological determinism solutions such as one-to-one computer gadgets have failed to alleviate the learning challenge. But should we abandon technology to enable a generation of young learners in emerging economies attain literacy? While adaptive systems have proven to be highly effective in enhancing learning gains, the majority of their design and evaluation have been limited to WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) countries. These technologies have huge potential for influence if they can reach the next billion learners in the Global South.
However, there are still impediments to utilizing the power of innovative instructional technology for all learners. More than just identifying the appropriate technology platforms, how can we address the implicit attitudes and behaviors encoded in these systems that vary between contexts? My talk will discuss numerous projects that have helped to reimagine how these technologies might respond to diversity in cultural and socioeconomic situations by using three critical factors: context-sensitive design, physical infrastructure, and human infrastructure.
Syllabus:
- Personalization
- Virtual Agents
- Social Robots
- Distribution of Ed/EdTech Research
- Costa Rica
- Model Evaluation
- Help-seeking behaviors differ
- On-task collaborative behavior
- An exchange.
- Context-Sensitive Design
- Flexible power options
- Data Transport
- Physical Infrastructure: "last mile"
- Peer leaders did not naturally emerge
- Teachers provide
- Persistence
- Exploration
- Adaptive child literacy IVR
- Parental support
- Human Infrastructure
