The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Deep Learning in Language Learning
As language learning makes a sea change to online, users will come to expect personalized learning experiences. China’s AI-powered online education market alone reached $568 million in 2017 and is expected to surpass $26 billion in 2022. At Sana Labs, we build AI technologies to power these learning experiences through easy to integrate APIs. This means that […]
Educating to Fight Climate Change
Climate change is here. It is no longer looming on the horizon, it is no longer imminent, it is already happening. The inertia of the climate system implies that climate change will continue for a period after mitigation actions are implemented. In 1980, the United Nations established the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) to […]
Youth are Africa’s Untapped Resource for Change
If you’ve ever passed through downtown Kampala, you’ll know the scene: a crowded street, honking cars dodging potholes, street vendors dodging cars, goats, chickens, and above all – lots and lots of people. Lately, whenever I find myself here or in another major African city, I’ve tried to make a conscious effort to pause and […]
Environmental Education for a Changing World
When Sanchirmaa Altankhuyag and I first met during the WISE Learners’ Voice Program in 2014, little did we know that four years later we would be driving across Mongolia in a Land Cruiser, on a mission to teach students about climate change. In the intervening years, Sanchirmaa taught in schools in Ulaanbaatar and started a […]
Cities as a Powerful Resource for Knowledge
As the populations in urban centers rise, so too does their influence on the world stage. At the same time, cities across the globe are recognizing their power and potential as nodes in global networks of social, economic, and cultural influence, looking to each other to collaborate and learn, sometimes even bypassing national government […]
How Neuroscience and Emotions Impact Learning
Over the past twenty years, tremendous progress has been made by neuroscientists in understanding how our brains work thanks to cutting-edge technology like Magnetic Resonance Imagery (MRI) and Electroencephalography (EEG). The brain is a complex organ: it is made of 100 billion neurons that fire on average 200 times per second, thereby sending trillions […]
Why Computational Thinking Should be a Core Educational Subject
Computational thinking is crucial in today’s society, yet it is largely absent from school curricula. What is it, how should it be incorporated and is it important for education’s overall purpose? What’s unique about computational thinking is the immense power of modern computation. It’s a highly definitive set of methodologies – a system for getting […]
Using Data to Drive Outcomes in Education: Getting the Right ‘Recipe’
Data has become a bit of a dirty word given the recent exposé of how social media platforms vacuum up your interactions and the ‘less then beneficial’ ways these insights can be used! Big data has never had an easy ride in the education world especially given education’s often slow adoption of technology driven […]
How the Blockchain Can Help Us Trust Each Other (Again)
He who does not trust enough, will not be trusted. – Lao Tzu Trust is important. Especially in business. Think about it. A lot of great companies would not have been around today if their founders did not have trust. First they needed to have the trust in themselves to take the entrepreneurial leap. […]
Reinvent Learning With Technology, Curriculum of Curiosity – Sugata Mitra
In this exclusive interview with WISE, Prof. Sugata Mitra shares his experience on the use of educational technology, especially tablets, to improve learners engagement and outcomes in the classroom. To reinvent learning, Prof. Mitra says education should be driven by a curriculum of curiosity and not by a curriculum of becoming somebody.