Monthly Archives: October 2019


Will AI Make You Smarter?

This week’s post is inspired by a 2018 movie called Upgrade. Without giving too much of the movie away, an AI chip is implanted into a paralyzed man to enable him to walk again. Sounds good right? It turns out that this chip can do a lot more than just […]

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How Personal Do You Want to Get?

As we have discussed in previous posts, there are several different ways to personalize learning. Some AI applications generate personalized learning paths based on learner performance and background data such as job role. Other AI platforms make content suggestions based on the learner’s actions in a course. In both cases […]


Passive versus Active Learning

After reading a post favoring active learning over passive learning I began to think about how personalized learning fits in. At first glance it might be easy to assume that personalized learning is more active than a more traditional linear course. However, some non-adaptive linear courses can be very engaging, […]

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Learning Styles – Fact or Fiction?

I remember when the topic of learning styles was all the rage. Now I am hearing that the theory of learning styles has been pretty much debunked. Where do you stand? Are learning styles more fact or fiction? One reason why this may be difficult to answer is that the […]