Liked on YouTube: How China Is Using Artificial Intelligence in Classrooms | WSJ
Very worrying development. Children are facing so much pressure already these days.
Liked on YouTube: A vision for radically personalized learning | Katherine Prince | TEDxColumbus
Most videos on Youtube on personalised learning seem very positive. While it can offer huge benefits to learners, there’s not much being said about the disadvantages. Are students always at the centre of these technologies or are company interests playing a role too? What about disadvanted students who don’t have access to certain technologies?
YouTube’s recent algorithm change explains why your feed is full of children’s videos
Trying to better understand Youtube’s algorithm for my algorithm play.
YouTube quietly rolled out changes to its algorithm last month in an effort to surface more family-friendly content amid an investigation into the platform by the Federal Trade Commission, according to a new Bloomberg report.
from Pocket https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/1/20750054/youtube-algorithm-recommendation-kids-videos-cartoons-nursery-rhymes
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Liked on YouTube: Knowledge is power: how Big Data is transforming education – learning world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0twZnOlBqA&feature=youtu.be
How YouTube’s Algorithm Really Works
I have decided to use Youtube as my ‘algorithm play’ task, focussing on the ‘Recommended’ feature. I seem to watch a lot of random things so it will be interesting what I find out. Are recommendations purely based on viewing habits as people might assume? Are there things that Youtube really wants me to watch? We shall find out!
Of all the videos posted to YouTube, there is one that the platform recommends more than any other right now, according to a Pew Research study published Wednesday. That video is called “Bath Song | +More Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs – Cocomelon (ABCkidTV).
from Pocket https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/11/how-youtubes-algorithm-really-works/575212/
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Liked on YouTube: How to keep human bias out of AI | Kriti Sharma
Liked on YouTube: Communities of Practice
When thinking about communities within education it’s important keep communities of practice in mind.
Liked on YouTube: Online communities as sites for engagement: Rosianna Halse Rojas at TEDxBrighton
Liked on YouTube: Ethnography: Ellen Isaacs at TEDxBroadway
Great talk explaining ethnography!