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Call: 1st European Immersive Education Summit

1st European Immersive Education Summit

28th and 29th November 2011
Leganes (Madrid, Spain)

Important Dates

  • Paper submission: 30th September 2011
  • Notification of acceptance: 14th October 2011
  • Final paper submission: 28th October 2011
  • Summit: 28th-29th November 2011

There is a growing interest in the use of virtual and mixed-reality environments for online teaching and learning. Immersive Education gives participants a sense of “being there” even when attending a class or training session in person isn’t possible, practical, or desirable, which in turn provides educators and students with the ability to connect and communicate in a way that greatly enhances the learning experience. Originally available only to university students, the next generation of Immersive Education is focused on a broad spectrum of academic and non-academic users (higher education, K-12, and corporate training).

iED Summits are official Immersive Education Initiative conferences organized specifically for educators, researchers, and administrators.… read more. “Call: 1st European Immersive Education Summit”

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Chatbot-to-chatbot conversation evokes human reactions

[From Cornell Chronicle]

Chatty robots go viral on YouTube

By Bill Steele
Aug. 31, 2011

An online chat between two robots set up by Cornell students is entertaining the nation.

“It was just an afternoon hack,” said Hod Lipson, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. “It went viral in 24 hours and took us completely by surprise.”

Lipson asked Ph.D. students Igor Labutov and Jason Yosinski to set up the conversation as a demo for his class on artificial intelligence. They chose a Web-based chatbot (a computer program designed to simulate human conversation) called Cleverbot. Anyone can go to http://cleverbot.com and carry on a typed conversation with the robot. The students added text-to-speech capability and computer-generated faces, set two laptops side-by-side on a table and connected them to Cleverbot, seeding the conversation with a simple “Hi.” They videotaped part of the conversation and posted it on YouTube.… read more. “Chatbot-to-chatbot conversation evokes human reactions”

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