The Intersection Between Human Learning and Machine Learning
Richard Tong is the Chief Architect of Squirrel AI Learning by Yixue Education Group. He is an experienced ed-tech technologist, executive and entrepreneur. He was the Head of Implementation, Greater China Region for Knewton, and Director of Solution Architecture for Amplify Education. He also served as CTO of Phoenix New Media (NYSE:FENG). He has been heavily […]
mediaX Faculty Director Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Professor Roy Pea is one of 6 Stanford faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which honors exceptional scholars, leaders, artists and innovators engaged in advancing the public good.
mediaX Thought Leader Awarded 2019 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
Margaret Levi, director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences for “having laid the foundations of our understanding of why citizens accept state coercion, by combining theoretical acumen and historical knowledge.”
Registration is Open for #mediaX2019 Conference
Join us April 25th from 9a-4p as we address the topic of Digital Communities and the Augmented Human Experience and look at questions like What is “community” and How will information technologies enhance the human experience of community?
#mediaX2019 Conference: Digital Communities and the Augmented Human Experience
April 25, 2019
The #mediaX2019 Conference: Digital Communities and the Augmented Human Experience will bring together Stanford scholars and industry partners to dive into what builds community in 2019 and beyond.
VR Can be a Powerful Tool for Environmental Education
mediaX Thought Leaders Roy Pea, Jeremy Bailenson and Fiorenza Micheli have gone into a variety of educational settings, including high school classrooms, to test the impact on awareness and understanding of ocean acidification.
Learning English via Robust Conversation
From The Theme LEARNING AND TRAINING WHAT IF What if language learners could practice conversation with a computerized system capable of offering feedback and evaluation? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We set out to develop a natural language processing engine to help language learners practice conversation. The engine needed to be robust when interpreting […]
A Teachable Agent for Strategy Learning in Management Training
From The Theme LEARNING AND TRAINING WHAT IF What if students could use interactive technologies to learn strategies by teaching them to a “teachable agent”? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO With teachable agents, learners gain a deeper understanding of the subject matter through the process of teaching. We set out to examine the use […]
New Training Models for the Digital Workforce: Coding Bootcamps
From The Theme POTENTIAL, PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY WHAT IF What if we could better understand the benefits and implications of vocational education programs for the high skilled labor force, such as coding bootcamps? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We set out to explore the processes, outcomes and benefits of a new model for training […]