Harnessing the Psychological Power of Virtual Reality to Enhance Leadership in High Diversity Teams in STEM
From The Theme POTENTIAL, PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY WHAT IF What if We could use VR to enhance leadership training and capacity for a diverse workforce? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We set out to explore whether professional success in a virtual environment can have “spill over” effects in the real world, and to measure […]
Online Media Bookmark Manager
From The Theme ONLINE MEDIA CONTENT WHAT IF What if we could develop a video interface and digital bookmarking tool that would encourage and enable students to collaborate? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We set out to pilot a new user interface during a live Stanford University engineering course, offered by the Stanford Center […]
Supporting Self Regulation for Online Course Students
From The Theme KNOWLEDGE WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WHAT IF What if we could improve productivity and learning by using software tools as a coach to help users be effective in self-directed online settings? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO As an initial proof-of-concept research project, we set out to conduct the first ever large-scale experimental study […]
Making SENS: Science Education Networks of Sensors
From The Theme SENSING AND COMPUTING WHAT IF What if we could better understand how environmental sensor networks could be used for learning and education? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We set out to convene a workshop on how environmental sensor networks could be used for learning and educational purposes at the pre-college and […]
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Artificial Intelligence and Big Data for Education and Learning
October 26, 2018
Business input is strategically important, and mediaX is hosting a one-day international workshop bringing together business and academic thought leaders to identify business opportunities in an emerging agenda of research on artificial intelligence and big data for learning and education.
Learning in the Digital World: The Impact of Social Belief on the Neurophysiology of Memory
From The Theme ADVANCED HUMAN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES WHAT IF? What if we could examine how belief in the presence, nature and agency of a virtual teacher influences learning and memory? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We set out to explore how engagement with a virtual character modulates how information is learned. Specifically, this project […]
Contextual Future of Situated Schools
From The Theme CONTEXTUAL FUTURES FOR SMART PERSONAL DEVICES WHAT IF? What if we could design more effective and empowering digitally mediated learning environments? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO This research addressed the factors that drive engagement and encourage learning, as schools become more and more digitally mediated. We set out to collect important […]
Recasting the Textbook
From The Theme PUBLISH ON DEMAND WHAT IF What if active engagement in building stories of history helped students evaluate the sources of information and better understand the perspectives from which history is written? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We recast the history textbook as an edited on- demand, collaborative collection of historical narratives. […]