See also:
- IBM’s 5 in 5: In the future, computers will learn — from asmarterplanet.com by Steve Hamm
- Personalized learning: In 5 years the classroom will learn you
- Primer: Learning Machines — from IBM by Dario Gil
Also see:
- ‘Classrooms of the future’ and DNA-tailored health care: IBM’s 5-in-5 tech predictions — from ctvnews.ca
Addendum on 12/18/13:
IBM reveals its top five innovation predictions for the next five years — from venturebeat.com by Dean Takahashi
Excerpt:
Globally, two out of three adults haven’t gotten the equivalent of a high school education. But IBM believes the classrooms of the future will give educators the tools to learn about every student, providing them with a tailored curriculum from kindergarten to high school.
“Your teacher spends time getting to know you every year,” Meyerson said. “What if they already knew everything about how you learn?”
In the next five years, IBM believes teachers will use “longitudinal data” such as test scores, attendance, and student behavior on electronic learning platforms — and not just the results of aptitude tests. Sophisticated analytics delivered over the cloud will help teachers make decisions about which students are at risk, their roadblocks, and the way to help them. IBM is working on a research project with the Gwinnett County Public Schools in Georgia, the 14th largest school district in the U.S. with 170,000 students. The goal is to increase the district’s graduation rate. And after a $10 billion investment in analytics, IBM believes it can harness big data to help students out.
“You’ll be able to pick up problems like dyslexia instantly,” Meyerson said. “If a child has extraordinary abilities, they can be recognized. With 30 kids in a class, a teacher cannot do it themselves. This doesn’t replace them. It allows them to be far more effective. Right now, the experience in a big box store doesn’t resemble this, but it will get there.”