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The effect of online summary assessment and feedback system on the summary writing on 6th graders: The LSA-based technique

Yao-TingSung, Chia-NingLiao, Tao-HsingChang, Chia-LinChen, Kuo-EnChang

Studies on teaching of reading strategies have found that summarizing is of tremendous help to reading comprehension. However grading students’ summary writings is laborious, but given the importance of summarizing, an effective summarizing learning module is important. This study developed an automatic summary assessment and feedback system based on Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) to provide score, concept and semantic feedback, and then investigated the effects of concept and semantic feedback on the writing of summaries by students in the sixth grade. The design involved two between-subject factors: semantic feedback (with, without) and concept feedback (with, without). 120 sixth-grade students from an elementary school were recruited for the study, and then were randomly assigned to each group. The overall results demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed system in improving the summary writing skills of students. The effects of semantic feedback and concept feedback were also discussed.

Training predictive L2 processing with a digital game: Prototype promotes acquisition of anticipatory use of tone-suffix associations

AndreaSchremm, AnnaHed, MerleHorne, MikaelRoll

The present article introduces the concept of an educational game application aimed at providing training in predictive second language (L2) processing. The prototype of the game, focusing on Swedish tone-suffix associations, was tested during a two-week-period, with L2 learners whose native language lacked the targeted anticipatory linguistic cue. Results indicated that the game successfully promoted the learning of a novel L2 predictive strategy, as reflected in a general increase in accuracy throughout the test period and a gradually faster performance of the predictive task. More time spent on the highest level of the game was associated with greater accuracy gains. Furthermore, results suggest that perceptual training provided by the prototype even leads to improved production of the tonal cue. Implementation of the presented game concept in the form of a platform game is also discussed.

English Attack!: Learn English with Movie Clips and Games

English Attack! provides an entertainment-driven, immersive English language experience. Combining short-format video clips from blockbuster movies, hit TV series, and global news channels; music videos; games; and social networking functionalities - all within a videogame-like reward and motivation system - English Attack! is based on the latest cognitive neuroscience, the most recent English as a Foreign Language pedagogical concepts, and learning theory based on videogames reward-loop and incremental challenge principles.
Ponder: A Reading Tool
https://www.ponder.co/
Ponder is a digital “micro-reading response” tool that facilitates analysis of a text and collaboration with other students and teachers while reading. The product was created with the goal of encouraging students to think deeply about their reading assignments and research. Ponder’s engagement analytics tracks student activity day-to-day, allowing teachers to identify students who are not completing work and falling behind. The service is free to try and subscription based for teachers and schools.

The World Might Be Better Off Without College for Everyone

The author argues that students spend thousands of hours studying subjects irrelevant to the modern labor market. He believes that educational signaling accounts for at least half of college’s financial reward. Pushing larger numbers of students into ever higher levels of education causes a credentialist arms race. If everyone had a college degree, the result would be not great jobs for all, but runaway credential inflation. A transformative education should be embraced.

When the Robots Come for Our Jobs, They’ll Spare the Teachers

It seems that every day we read about newer and better applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). How can we prepare a generation of students to adapt and evolve, learn (and un-learn), in an era where technological advances are transforming the world of work, traditional educational pathways are under fire—and the half-life of skills hovers around five years?

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

Adam Grant

Using surprising studies and stories spanning business, politics, sports, and entertainment, Grant explores how to recognize a good idea, speak up without getting silenced, build a coalition of allies, choose the right time to act, and manage fear and doubt; how parents and teachers can nurture originality in children; and how leaders can build cultures that welcome dissent.

Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Joseph Aoun

Joseph Aoun

How can higher education prepare students for their professional lives when professions themselves are disappearing? In Robot-Proof, Northeastern University president Joseph Aoun proposes a way to educate the next generation of college students to invent, to create, and to discover -- to fill needs in society that even the most sophisticated artificial intelligence agent cannot.

Educational Data Mining 2018

July 15-18, Buffalo NY, USA

GLoCALL 2018 Conference & 15th ChinaCALL Conference 2018

August 16th- 18th, 2018 Suzhou, China

Jointly sponsored by China Computer-Assisted Language Learning Association (ChinaCALL), Asia-Pacific Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (APACALL) , Pacific Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning (PacCALL), and hosted by School of Online and Continuing Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University and the Language Centre, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, the conference aims to share knowledge, skills, and ideas on the integration of technologies and language learning in the forms of workshops, plenary sessions, paper presentations, symposia and colloquiums.