Like creativity, curiosity is something we tend to embrace and encourage in children — but it often falls off the radar when we reach adulthood. Of the two, creativity gets more credit. Some professions are totally based around it, and a much broader interest in it as...
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Interview with Russ Ruffino, CEO of Clients on Demand, on Customer Acquisition and Adopting a Growth Mindset
In this interview, we sit down with Russ Ruffino, world-renowned marketer, CEO, and Founder of Clients on Demand (COD). Russ and his team help entrepreneurs all over the world realize their true potential by teaching them the skills they need to find the perfect...
The type of information your business needs to thrive
Every business thrives on information. Without the best information available, your business won’t be able to make the best decisions. You need information on all sorts of things, from the smallest part of your company up to the big decisions going on in the world...
6 proven benefits that education games have on children’s mental abilities
It is not a rare sight these days to spot a toddler with a smartphone in hand. As a matter of fact, Generation Alpha shows great prospects of becoming the most tech-savvy generation of all time. Research shows that children spend about 7.5 hours in front of a screen...
How technology is bridging the gap between income and college studies
Technology has become a part of our daily lives for years now. What seemed to be impossible before can now be done in just a few button clicks. And for students, the availability of these new technological conveniences has made it easy to accomplish a number of goals,...
Top online courses to kick-start your career as a big data engineer
Modern society is rapidly turning data-centric. Moreover, digitalization has already gained much dominance in all aspects of professionalism. In such a condition, you can expect to get an outstanding professional career in being a big data engineer. Leading MNCs in...
New tech portal launched to promote robotics, AI and STEM education
Robotics is slowly becoming part of a common man’s life. It used to be a mere subject of science fiction novels, movies, and TV shows. But now, it is one of the booming technologies in the world, coexisting with us in many forms - from drones, smart bots, companion...
How streaming technology is educating every generation
Streaming technology is disrupting how we learn in the same way it’s changed how we consume entertainment. As an analogy, think of Netflix’s evolution from DVD to streaming service. The humble beginnings of the media giant started with mailing customer’s DVDs....
Ways budding professionals can prepare for the future of AI
The world seems to be fueling a dystopian view of what artificial intelligence (AI) can do. However, no machine can ever be imbued with the intelligence of a human; they slavishly follow indefinite program conditions which have already been laid down by a smart...
Education and technology: top apps digitizing the learning process
Let’s face it: school is hard. Whether you are a teacher or a student, there are a lot of things that you have to do for your classes. Prepare study material, take down coherent notes, set questions (or learn answers) and manage study timetables to name a few. There’s...
How to encourage your children to learn about big data and modern technologies
Modern technology is progressing at a faster rate than it ever has in the past. And this is a rate that’s only getting quicker as time goes on. New technologies are being announced seemingly every other day, and while as parents it might feel like you’re being left...
Is artificial intelligence (AI) the next step of smart learning?
Silicon on its way to transforming lives has affected almost every industry in one way or the other. One such industry where computers and the internet have started taking over is education. Since the year 2000, the growth of online education as an industry has been...
How apps for students are using AI for doing lessons better?
Education technology continues to evolve, thanks to cutting-edge inventions that are making learning more engaging and exciting. With gamification of classrooms and game-based learning now popular approaches in knowledge dispensation, including interactive digital...
How higher education can put data visualization to work
The practice of using information, or data, is nothing new, but technology has revolutionized how we collect, store and present that information. With the help of powerful data analytics and visualization tools. Some of these tools, such as IBM’s Many Eyes, are...
Machine teaching outperforms human teaching – AI to revolutionize education
China's AI and big data leader Squirrel AI Learning began to verify the feasibility of machine teaching outperforming human teaching from October 2017, and four human vs machine teaching competitions were organized. The results were surprisingly consistent. Machine...
How colleges can use data analytics to improve enrollment strategies
Enrollments at U.S. colleges and universities have been on a straight decline for the last six years. Specifically, Indiana University Northwest saw enrollment for degree-seeking students drop 3.7% this year. Two private colleges in San Francisco have also been...
Bots in learning – AI and personalized learning experience
Teaching is a challenge. Instructors often teach a class of 30 or more students, making it difficult to give proper help and attention to each student. Every student learns at a different pace and in their own way. Many instructors use computer programs to allow...
Do you know how universities and colleges use Big Data?
Education across the globe today has become a competition. Where institutions vie for the attention of prospective students in order to increase the number of successful admissions. Rapid innovation in technology has made it easier for schools and colleges to reach...
3 benefits of bringing big data analytics into education
Human behavior and interaction have always been a topic of discussion and research. It’s fascinating what data analysis can do. And how we can improve the way things work around us based on the data we collect. And with the big data industry projected to be worth...
Top 5 Artificial Intelligence tutors in education
What role does AI play in learning and education? In fact, great. First of all, systems with AI help to optimize the work from the inside. Sooner or later there will come a need to unite the work of people and smart devices. This becomes obvious, that technologies has...
9 ways to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education
The advancements in the development of artificial intelligence spread all over the world at a tremendous speed and create an incredible hype increasing our expectations. As a matter of fact, it is rather difficult to disappoint a user in an entertaining domain: an...
Top 10 prestigious universities to earn your big data certificate
Big data is the driving force behind more business decisions than ever before. As the amount of data being produced in real time continues to grow, so does the demand for people with the skill sets to help business analyze and manage all this data effectively. What...
How do algorithms influence teaching and bridge the students’ knowledge gap
The essence of education traditionally has involved the transition of accumulated knowledge to younger generations for most of its history. However, as the working routine changes from repetitive work to the knowledge-based activity, the requirements put to the...
8 ways machine learning will improve education in the future
CMO has recently reported the shocking news: “While 16% of U.S. jobs will be lost over the next decade as the result of artificial intelligence and technology, 13.6 million jobs will be created during that time due to the trend.” Artificial Intelligence is truly...
Top 12 interesting careers to explore in big data [Infographic]
Did you just lose out on the promotion you were expecting and are now thinking about how you can take your career ahead? You could wait for the next promotion, but that would take some time. If changing a job is your next step, then this is the right time to explore...
Despite Worries, Big Data Can Be Key For Student Success
The idea that a company is keeping tabs on a student's every computer click is a scary concept for parents. A recent article compared this monitoring to NSA spying and raised questions such as who gets access to the students' data and what will be its ultimate use....
Top 4 big data challenges that universities face
The rise of big data and big science have provided universities with an opportunity to work together on ways to technologically manage worldwide research projects. Misfolding proteins that cause Alzheimer's disease and the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy are...
What Will Happen to ‘Big Data’ In Education?
Yesterday, a $100 million startup lost its last customer. According to a Politico article, the state of New York, inBloom‘s last remaining client, will delete all student data on the repository due to privacy concerns. InBloom’s company spokesperson told Politico the...
How big data will haunt you forever: your high school transcript
Arizona State University, like many colleges across the United States, has a problem with students who enter their freshman year ill prepared in math. Though the school offers remedial classes, one-third of students earn less than a C, a key predictor that they will...
Big Data Goes To School
Public schools nationwide are taking a cue from business, harnessing big data to improve student outcomes, help school districts make better hiring decisions and help governments use their education dollars more effectively. The results may be more successful...
Why We’ve Learned So Little From Big Data
How do we make Pre-K teachers stakeholders in their students' college and career readiness 12 years into the future? The question, posed by Howard County School Supt. Renee Foose at this SxSWedu panel, perfectly describes the gap between practice and theory when it...
What’s So Bad About Big Data In Little Classrooms?
When I was a kid we used to have ‘book fairs’ at school. Once or twice a year a room in the school would be transformed into a bookstore. Folding tables were covered in paperbacks. I remember glossy biographies of celebrities, movie novelizations, and TV show themed...
Big Data in Education: Big Potential or Big Mistake?
When learners interact with content in your course, they leave behind ‘digital breadcrumbs,’ so to speak, which offer clues about the learning process. We’re now able to collect and track this data through learning management systems (LMSs), social networks, and other...
Monitoring behaviour and catching cheats: Improving education with big data
Big data has got a lot of attention in the business world, but why shouldn't it be applied to other sectors as well? The ability to integrate and analyse data sets can create useful insights in all areas of life, and several startups have taken that vision and applied...
How to Close the Big Data Skills Gap by Training Your IT Staff
It's difficult to talk about big data without also discussing the big data skills gap in nearly the same breath. But is it as bad as it seems? According to a recent CompTIA survey of 500 U.S. business and IT executives, 50 percent of firms that are ahead of the curve...
Key steps to big data security in higher education
Higher education is a sector that lends itself to big data analytics. Organisations can draw on multiple sources of education-related information – such as courses and research – and may use Web 2.0 and social media channels as part of this. At the same time, higher...