Tag: Cognitive Stuff
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Gaming not clinically addicting, helps fluid intelligence
No, I don’t think that gaming makes you more able to discern between “adult beverages”, pop or teas… but at the end of a news story that is about a couple of months old now, there is a snippet of interest: However, Peterson said video games can actually be beneficial to a child’s development and…
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txt 2 lrn 4 evr stp n g.o.
One of the stories that I heard a few years back when I was just finishing up my MEd was that students in England were doing their final exams using SMS. I tried many times to try to find that article, but I never could. Now several years later, I have a North American example…
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Engagement and Motivation
Mark over at edtechlife is working on his dissertation and he’s made part of his lit review available. I think he’s certainly on the right track with what he’s saying (I’ve linked to pt2) in terms of engagement and motivation.
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Reinforcement Learning – Behaviouralism for the Machine?
I was at a day long seminar/conference on campus yesterday showcasing a variety of technology projects that are running on campus. One of the sessions that I went to that was somewhat interesting (if poorly presented) was on reinforcement learning (RL). Basically they have the machine/program hunt for a maximal reward signal and from there…