Last weekend I traveled all the way to Ilmenau, Germany. I must say that it was not the easiest city to get to (physically – I think the virtual participants have no complaints here ) , BUT it hosted the best learning event I have recently been to.
It was not just the fact […]
You now can, even if you are miles away from the event’s venue. The educamp team has put together quite a few interesting virtual sessions, and you are all welcome to join and interact with us. Below please find more information about our virtual guest speakers and links to the online channels. See you there! 😉
The Edu-BarCamp: After arrival, participants will briefly present their suggestions regarding the sessions they want to host as part of the event. This will result in the final version of the event’s schedule.
Participants will then be able to offer their sessions and/or take active part in the discussions hosted during the event.
From 9am – Registrations
09.30 bis 10.30 CEST – Welcoming and negotiating the event’s schedule
10.30 bis 11.15 CEST – Session #1
–> including session with Helen Barrett (virtual participation).
11.15 bis 12.00 CEST – Session #2
12.00 bis 13.00 CEST – Lunch
with the live radio show sounds of the bazaar with Graham Attwell and Helen Keegan (LINK)
13.00 bis 13.45 CEST – Session #3
–> including session with Steve Wheeler (virtual participation)
13.45 bis 14.30 CEST – Session #4
14.30 bis 15.15 CEST – Session #5
–> including session with Stephen Downes (virtual participation)
15.15 bis 15.45 CEST – Coffee Break
15.45 bis 16.30 CEST – Session #6
To join the virtual sessions, please link here: http://educamp.mixxt.de/networks/wiki/index.educamptv
The session schedule with the associated Mogulus-Channel for Saturday you find here.
Cyborg patented?
Forbes reports that Microsoft has obtained a patent for a “conversational chatbot of a specific person” created from images, recordings, participation in social networks, emails, letters, etc., coupled with the possible generation of a 2D or 3D model of the person.
Racial bias in algorithms
From the UK Open Data Institute’s Week in Data newsletter
This week, Twitter apologised for racial bias within its image-cropping algorithm. The feature is designed to automatically crop images to highlight focal points – including faces. But, Twitter users discovered that, in practice, white faces were focused on, and black faces were cropped out. And, Twitter isn’t the only platform struggling with its algorithm – YouTube has also announced plans to bring back higher levels of human moderation for removing content, after its AI-centred approach resulted in over-censorship, with videos being removed at far higher rates than with human moderators.
Gap between rich and poor university students widest for 12 years
Via The Canary.
The gap between poor students and their more affluent peers attending university has widened to its largest point for 12 years, according to data published by the Department for Education (DfE).
Better-off pupils are significantly more likely to go to university than their more disadvantaged peers. And the gap between the two groups – 18.8 percentage points – is the widest it’s been since 2006/07.
The latest statistics show that 26.3% of pupils eligible for FSMs went on to university in 2018/19, compared with 45.1% of those who did not receive free meals. Only 12.7% of white British males who were eligible for FSMs went to university by the age of 19. The progression rate has fallen slightly for the first time since 2011/12, according to the DfE analysis.
Quality Training
From Raconteur. A recent report by global learning consultancy Kineo examined the learning intentions of 8,000 employees across 13 different industries. It found a huge gap between the quality of training offered and the needs of employees. Of those surveyed, 85 per cent said they , with only 16 per cent of employees finding the learning programmes offered by their employers effective.
Our Wikispace for teaching and learning
Join our Sounds of the Bazaar Facebook goup. Just click on the logo above.
We will be at Online Educa Berlin 2015. See the info above. The stream URL to play in your application is Stream URL or go to our new stream webpage here SoB Stream Page.