In my talk to Rotary-Club Fürstenland (St. Gallen, Switzerland) on October 7th 2015, I told in a first step my personal story about how I experienced education in a broad sense. In the 2nd part, I gave some insights how the cognitive computing era will influence the future of education with two concrete examples (Chef Watson and Personalized Education). As lasting memory, the restaurant owner served a cocktail and a risotto created by IBM's Chef Watson.

2. Education
History
New Era of
Education
Example 1
ChefWatson
Example 2
Personalized
Education &
CogniToys

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7. Add Learning
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Social Network Analysis Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
University: University of Michigan Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Lada Adamic
Platform: Coursera founded by Stanford University
Link: SNA Class - Sept 24th 2012 - 8 weeks long
Some Statistics:
Duration: 8 weeks (new 9 weeks);
Avg. invested time per week for the regular certificate: 5 to 6 hours
Number of reg. students: 61,285;
Watched at least one video: 25,151;
Tried at least one in-video quiz: 15,391;
Submitted at least one assignment: 6,919;
Took the final exam: 2,417;
Earned the regular certificate:1303;
Submitted a final project: 145;
Earned the ‘with distinction’ version of the certificate: 107
MOOCs Platform Provider
• Coursera (Stanford)
• edX (MIT)
• Udacity
• Udemy
• Khan Academy
• OpenEducation Europe

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10. Periods IBM’s eLearning timeline
1916: Watson launches the IBM Education Program
1943: IBM computers @ the Manhattan Project simulated the implosion of a plutonium
bomb
1981: Announcement of PROFS (email, system & support functions until the mid-90s)
1999: Launch of Basic Blue for Managers. Basic Blue is IBMs first blended learning initiative
2003: 1st Value Jam launched - 72 hour brainstorming session on the company's internal
network
2010: IBM had its own Systems EduCenter Island and Marshall School's island within
Second Life
2011: Deep Learning: Watson triumphed over all-time Jeopardy!
2012: IBM buys Kenexa, a leading provider of recruiting and talent management solutions
2013: Personalized Education is a major topic in the Global Technology Outlook (GTO)
2013: Think40 Initiative launched (including external Massive Open Online Courses
(MOOCs))
2014: IBM Research & the AoT run the 1st Digital Learning Workshop in New Delhi
2015: Launch of CogniToys, the 1st Watson based A.I. personal educator for kids
“e”Learning with
and for a
dedicated
computer
Network based
eLearning
Flipped classroom
/ blended
eLearning
The dawn of
personalized
mass education
using Artificial
Intelligence 2.0
(A.I.)
Virtual
collaborative
eLearning
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Kathleen Kenyon’s
excavation of this
City mentioned in
Joshua showed the
walls had been
repaired 17 times
Correct answer:
Jericho

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Understands
natural language
and human
communication
Adapts and learns
from user
selections and
responses
Generates and
evaluates
evidence-based
hypothesis
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1 Exabyte = 1 million Terrabyte

14. Tabulating
Systems Era
Programmable
Systems Era
Cognitive
Systems Era
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• Healthcare
• Criminal Investigation
• Accident Prevention
• IT Call Centers
• Tourism
• Gastronomy
• Education

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ibmchefwatson.com
Fennel-Saffron Risotto
Plum Pancetta Cider

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Personalized
Education
Through
Analytics on
Learning
Systems
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19. Historical changes are like an avalanche.
The starting point is a snowed mountain side
which looks very solid.
But all changes are taking place under the
surface and most of them are invisible.
But something is coming.
What and when – is impossible to say.
The education system still looks rock solid,
but something is happening under the
surface.
Amit Bansal from Pearson inspired by Norman Davies
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