Welcome to my personal test zone for chat bots A chatbot (also known as a talkbot, chatterbot, Bot, chatterbox, Artificial Conversational Entity) is a computer program which conducts a conversation via auditory or textual methods. Such programs are often designed to convincingly simulate how a human would behave as a conversational partner, thereby passing the Turing…
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Flipped Classroom Bridges the Gap To Gen Y
A research study from The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA [sociallocker id=3591]DOWNLOAD the Study: Using Flipped Classroom To Bridge The Gap to Generation Y [5 page PDF][/sociallocker] Background The flipped classroom is a student-centered approach to learning that increases active learning for the student compared to traditional classroom-based instruction….
Flipped Classroom for Undergraduate Learning
A randomized, controlled research study from the China Medical Board published this week found undergraduate medical students learned principles of electrocardiogram better with a flipped-learning instructional model. Background Interpreting an electrocardiogram (ECG) is not only one of the most important parts of clinical diagnostics but also one of the most difficult topics to teach and learn. In…
Internet Security and Antivirus Software
Internet Security If you haven’t seen the Norse Global Real-Time Attack Map, I highly recommend it as both visually fascinating and informative. The site provides a geographical display of live cyber attacks along with the origin, attack type, and target. What Is A DDOS A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is an attempt to…
3 Rules For Robots: I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That
“Robotics and AI have become one of the most prominent technological trends of our century. The fast increase of their use and development brings new and difficult challenges to our society”, writes Delvaux. Therefore, the reasoning goes, “robots and artificial intelligence (AI) would increase their interaction with humans”, raising “legal and ethical issues which…
Experts Predict Future of eLearning in 2017
Top Experts predict what will transform eLearning in 2017 A big THANK YOU to Joomla LMS for including me recently, in their very nice “flip book” of educational technology predictions. It’s a fantastic compilation of varied educational technology experts. Out of space concerns, they edited my rather lengthy response (if you’re interested, it’s included in full below)….