Don-- I am, like many, overwhelmed, but where did this come from:
Adaptive testing is another
example of an artificial intelligence that tries to move people into a
zone of maximum response.
"Adaptive testing" is restricted to computer based testing??
mike
On 12/20/06, David Preiss <davidpreiss@uc.cl> wrote:
>
> Don
> Could we reframe your thoughts as the question whether is it really
> relevant than the more competent partner in a ZOPED be a human person?
> David
>
> On Dec 20, 2006, at 10:31 PM, Cunningham, Donald James wrote:
>
> > No one picked up on this and I should probably just drop it but the
> > continued discussion on ZOPED prompts me to ask, could a computer
> > algorithm be a "more knowledgeable" partner? Adaptive testing is
> > another
> > example of an artificial intelligence that tries to move people into a
> > zone of maximum response. If the vision in EPIC 2015 were actualized,
> > might not the algorithm be a sensei, showing us the way forward? I
> > understand that the notion of _forward_ is problematic, but is that
> > not
> > also true of a human sensei......or any teacher? And why should the
> > goal
> > in a zoped be the ability to act independently? Most of the things
> > in my
> > life that have expanded my capabilities are things I have come to rely
> > on and are now a part of me. I can't imagine how I ever wrote anything
> > of value when I wrote in long hand, had a poor (now nearly blind
> > thanks
> > to me) secretary type it up, correct, edit, repeat, and so forth.
> > Here I
> > link with Donna's contribution where she mentions natural born
> > cyborgs.
> > Can anyone doubt that within my lifetime (and I'm OLD) that things
> > like
> > MP3's and cell phones will be available as surgical implants?
> >
> > Mind you, this all scares the beejeezes out of me..........djc
> >
> > Don Cunningham
> > Indiana University
> >
> > "Whatever you are, be a good one" - A. Lincoln
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
> > On Behalf Of Cunningham, Donald James
> > Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 10:05 PM
> > To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> > Subject: [xmca] Evolving personalized instructional construct?
> >
> > I sometimes wonder if the future of education is parallel to the
> > future
> > proposed for the news media in the flash movie EPIC 2005 (there is
> > also
> > an earlier version EPIC 2004). Available here:
> >
> >
> >
> > http://epic.makingithappen.co.uk/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Don Cunningham
> >
> > Indiana University
> >
> >
> >
> > "Whatever you are, be a good one" - A. Lincoln
> >
> >
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