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Machine Learning Detects Diabetic Retinopathy with High Accuracy: By Joe Elia Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and

Machine Learning Detects Diabetic Retinopathy with High Accuracy: By Joe Elia Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM A computer algorithm, based on "deep machine learning," evaluated retinal fundus photographs for … NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org

Python is the Growing Platform for Applied Machine Learning - Machine Learning Mastery: You should pick the right tool for

Python is the Growing Platform for Applied Machine Learning - Machine Learning Mastery: You should pick the right tool for the job. The specific predictive modeling problem that you are working on should dictate the specific programming language, libraries and even machine learning algorithms to use....
Source: machinelearningmastery.com

Learning Objects Debuts Competency-Based Education Platform -- Campus Technology: The new Competency-Based Learning Platform

Learning Objects Debuts Competency-Based Education Platform -- Campus Technology: The new Competency-Based Learning Platform from Learning Objects supports flipped, fully online, blended and face-to-face instruction.
Source: campustechnology.com

E-learning predictions for 2017. Joining the folly of futurists and pollsters here are my e-learning predictions for 2017.

blog post image E-learning predictions for 2017. Joining the folly of futurists and pollsters here are my e-learning predictions for 2017. I'm looking forward to engaging with as many of them as I can. Conversational technology. Why not have immediate access and personal learning support on platforms through messaging...
Source: agnate.co.uk

AI Pioneer Yoshua Bengio Is Launching Element.AI, a Deep-Learning Incubator: One of the founding fathers of the deep learning

AI Pioneer Yoshua Bengio Is Launching Element.AI, a Deep-Learning Incubator: One of the founding fathers of the deep learning movement is building a Silicon Valley-style tech incubator for AI.
Source: wired.com

Evidence of possible 'probing' attacks on Internet infrastructure? Someone is learning how to take down the Internet.

Evidence of possible 'probing' attacks on Internet infrastructure? Someone is learning how to take down the Internet.
Source: kurzweilai.net

Donald Clark Plan B: 10 ways Pokemon Go portends AR in learning

Donald Clark Plan B: 10 ways Pokemon Go portends AR in learning
Source: blogspot.com

How to Record High Quality Audio for E-Learning: We all recognize the sound of poor quality audio when we hear it. Whether

How to Record High Quality Audio for E-Learning: We all recognize the sound of poor quality audio when we hear it. Whether it’s unwanted static, an echo, or ambient room noise, bad audio can distract your learners from the content in your e-learning course and prevent them from clearly receiving your...
Source: elearninguncovered.com

For better recall, try a work out four hours after learning something: Working up a sweat may release molecules that help

For better recall, try a work out four hours after learning something: Working up a sweat may release molecules that help with memory banking.
Source: arstechnica.com


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AI helps answer thousands of health queries in Zambia via SMS: UNICEF is testing a machine learning system to boost the

AI helps answer thousands of health queries in Zambia via SMS: UNICEF is testing a machine learning system to boost the quantity and quality of health advice provided via a popular text-based service in Zambia and Uganda
Source: newscientist.com

Great read! We can eat almost anything, but we are uncertain what we should eat. This omnivore's dilemma has not only vexed

Great read! We can eat almost anything, but we are uncertain what we should eat. This omnivore's dilemma has not only vexed our ancestors trying to avoid poisonous foods it continues to occupy much of our time. We seem incapable of deciding what to have for lunch without consulting to dietary guidelines,...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Helge Scherlund's eLearning News: How to teach quantum mechanics to kids

Helge Scherlund's eLearning News: How to teach quantum mechanics to kids
Source: blogspot.com

Next Generation Learning Analytics: Or, How Learning Analytics is Passé: "'Learning Analytics,' as so many know it, is

Next Generation Learning Analytics: Or, How Learning Analytics is Passé: "'Learning Analytics,' as so many know it, is already passé. There is almost always a disconnect between research innovation and the popular imagination. By the time a new concept or approach achieves widespread acceptance, its...
Source: timothyharfield.com

Evolution seems to have occurred a million times faster than natural selection alone could explain. Could nature be using

Evolution seems to have occurred a million times faster than natural selection alone could explain. Could nature be using some hidden process? Just read Probably Approximately Correct by Leslie Valiant (a computational theorist). It explores a special class of algorithms which he calls 'ecorthims' that...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Donald Clark Plan B: 10 powerful results from Adaptive (AI) learning trial at ASU

Donald Clark Plan B: 10 powerful results from Adaptive (AI) learning trial at ASU
Source: blogspot.co.uk

eLearning Modules will Die… and 702010 will hold the Smoking Gun: "When talking about technology and learning it’s hard

eLearning Modules will Die… and 702010 will hold the Smoking Gun: "When talking about technology and learning it’s hard not to think about elearning modules. They’ve been the bread and butter of digital learning solutions for decades and the industry behind them has helped many, including myself,...
Source: learnnovators.com

10 ways MOOCs have forced Universities into a rethink. "MOOCs have made us think. As one of the most fascinating developments

10 ways MOOCs have forced Universities into a rethink. "MOOCs have made us think. As one of the most fascinating developments in higher education in my lifetime, they are,in many ways, a pioneer of a more ‘open’ spirit in learning. I’d contend that MOOCs, for all their promises and faults,...
Source: blogspot.co.uk

Unified theory of ‘learning’ emerges – and it’s mind blowing. "You’ve probably never heard of James Mark Baldwin,

Unified theory of ‘learning’ emerges – and it’s mind blowing. "You’ve probably never heard of James Mark Baldwin, yet he turned out be one of the greats in learning theory. A 19th century psychologist, he introduced what is called the ‘Baldwin Effect’ into evolutionary theory."
Source: blogspot.co.uk

Machine-learning technique uncovers unknown features of multi-drug-resistant pathogen | KurzweilAI

Machine-learning technique uncovers unknown features of multi-drug-resistant pathogen | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net