Ponce
10th April 2013, 09:40 AM
Like I wrote some time ago......I suspect that my Kindle book is on even when off and that it can hear everything that you do, it knows your prefernces about what you read and it can even , in the future, classified you as a terrorist...here is a smal example of what I mean.......
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Welcome to the future of education where your textbook—and therefore your teacher—knows exactly how much of your homework you did, how, and when. The idea is that this data will improve outcomes, helping teachers better understand their students habits. And with CourseSmart teachers can do just that, as The New York Times' David Streitfeld explains today. Through what is called "the engagement index" a professor can track the a student's study habits, by looking at what pages of the book were opened, when, and how they took notes. "It’s Big Brother, sort of, but with a good intent," says Tracy Hurley, the dean of Texas A&M's school of business, which has started testing the technology along with eight other schools.
While helping professors understand why certain students are struggling is a good thing, as we've learned repeatedly, it's difficult to predict how people will use data. Take this example of how the CourseSmart data lead to suspicion of a student who had good grades:
Adrian Guardia, a Texas A&M instructor in management, took notice the other day of a student who was apparently doing well. His quiz grades were solid, and so was what CourseSmart calls his “engagement index.” But Mr. Guardia also saw something else: that the student had opened his textbook only once.
Continue reading at: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2013/04/coursesmart-textb...
http://12160.info/group/i-robot/forum/topics/the-textbooks-have-eyes-now-e-books-can-track-if-you-do-your?xg_source=activity
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Welcome to the future of education where your textbook—and therefore your teacher—knows exactly how much of your homework you did, how, and when. The idea is that this data will improve outcomes, helping teachers better understand their students habits. And with CourseSmart teachers can do just that, as The New York Times' David Streitfeld explains today. Through what is called "the engagement index" a professor can track the a student's study habits, by looking at what pages of the book were opened, when, and how they took notes. "It’s Big Brother, sort of, but with a good intent," says Tracy Hurley, the dean of Texas A&M's school of business, which has started testing the technology along with eight other schools.
While helping professors understand why certain students are struggling is a good thing, as we've learned repeatedly, it's difficult to predict how people will use data. Take this example of how the CourseSmart data lead to suspicion of a student who had good grades:
Adrian Guardia, a Texas A&M instructor in management, took notice the other day of a student who was apparently doing well. His quiz grades were solid, and so was what CourseSmart calls his “engagement index.” But Mr. Guardia also saw something else: that the student had opened his textbook only once.
Continue reading at: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2013/04/coursesmart-textb...
http://12160.info/group/i-robot/forum/topics/the-textbooks-have-eyes-now-e-books-can-track-if-you-do-your?xg_source=activity