QS Quacquarelli Symonds in partnership with the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania runs the global competition designed to identify the most innovative, novel approaches to higher education with the Reimagine Education Awards. In their words:
"The Learning Assessment Award is given to the project that aims to explore and improve the deficiencies in the way we currently assess how much our students have learned, and how deeply they have understood what they have learned. How can you and your team create a project that reimagines the way we assess a student’s grasp of course content/key skills?"
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Cognii CEO was invited to give a lightning talk at the Open edX Conference at Wellesley College, MA on October 12, 2015. During the talk, he introduced the Cognii's AI based assessment technology and integration with edX Learning Management System.
Cognii CEO Dee Kanejiya was invited to participate in the panel discussion on the topic of Personalized Learning at the SIIA Education Industry Summit in San Francisco during May 3-5, 2015. He spoke about the role of Artificial Intelligence in improving the quality of assessment and personalization in educationa and shared a few success stories of Cognii's Virtual Learning Assistant in K-12 and Higher Education. The other participants included Terry Nealon, CEO of FishTree, Todd Brekhus, President of myON, and Frank Freeman, CEO of Propagate, Inc.
Session: Personalized Learning, Adaptive Instruction & the Role of Assessment
Buzzword bingo! Now with more adaptivity!
March 05, 2014, Boston, MA.
MindEdge, an innovative, educational content provider of online courses to colleges and universities, recently announced its collaboration with Cognii of Boston. Cognii provides leading-edge assessment technology to evaluate essay-type answers for online learning platforms.
This collaboration allows MindEdge to expand its adaptive learning to include Cognii's multi-concept assessment solution in selected online college courses. In MindEdge's writing courses, Cognii will present students with a series of formative exercises around thesis writing, where their responses will be compared to expected answers. Students will be provided with interactive feedback
At Cognii, our mission is to improve the quality and affordability of education with the help of advanced technologies.