Category: AI

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Watson: How AI could benefit education

WFYI’s Lee Gaines interviewed Prof. Bill Watson about how artificial intelligence could benefit teachers and students, the challenges it poses, and how it could transform the educational landscape.

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250+ Educators attend 1st-time Purdue AI in P-12 Education conference

Over 250 educators attended the first annual Purdue AI in P-12 Education Conference on Nov. 11, 2024, at Purdue University.

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Inaugural Purdue AI in P-12 Education conference “Convergence” coming Nov. 11

The first annual Purdue AI in P-12 Education Conference, “Convergence,” will take place on Nov. 11, 2024, at Purdue University.

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Students design “a game about AI using AI”

A fictitious Purdue professor has disappeared – and you must use artificial intelligence (AI) in order to rescue her! So goes the storyline behind an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) designed by a team of Purdue graduate students.

Transforming Education: College leads Purdue’s 1st online course for new master’s in AI

William R. Watson is the co-designer and lead instructor for the first year of a new AI course supporting the Purdue Computes initiative.

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“The way of the future”: Gifted students explore AI’s potential for education

This year, students who had completed 7th or 8th grades explored artificial intelligence (AI) and the future of learning.