Author Archives: Michael Lance Whisenant, PhD

Why Has Education Been So Slow to Digitally Transform?

Why has education struggled to achieve the kind of digital transformation seen in other industries, and what would it take for K-12 education to move forward in a more unified and sustainable way? After more than a decade working in higher education, I came to believe there were several reasons education had not experienced theContinue reading “Why Has Education Been So Slow to Digitally Transform?”

What Made AlphaGo’s Victory Different from Watson’s?

What was different about DeepMind’s AlphaGo defeating a world-class Go player and IBM Watson defeating champions on Jeopardy!? Both systems represented major advances in artificial intelligence, but they demonstrated different kinds of machine intelligence. AlphaGo was designed to make strategic decisions within a highly complex game, while Watson was designed to interpret language, search largeContinue reading “What Made AlphaGo’s Victory Different from Watson’s?”

Designing Learning Technologies That Empower, Explain, and Earn Trust

Technology and the learning environments we create teach us to experience the world in new ways while sharing the resources that prepare us for future learning. Whether we are designing a game-based activity, developing an artificial intelligence system, or building an online learning environment, the choices we make influence how people think, behave, participate, andContinue reading “Designing Learning Technologies That Empower, Explain, and Earn Trust”