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Deep Learning Trends: top 20 best uses of GPT-3 by OpenAI I wrote a post about the uses of GPT-3 a few days ago to be specific just 10 days ago but the number of interesting developments using the GPT-3 API are so much that I could not stop myself from writing another post showing some awesome developments using the GPT-3 API. A lot has been discussed about the pros and cons of GPT-3. What happens when the AI itself turns into a philosopher and answers the questions about the effects of GPT on humanity. Here is an example where the GPT-3 writes an essay explaining itself to humanity and how it will affect humankind. By The Numbers: MOOCs in 2019 Now in its eighth year, the modern MOOC movement has reached 110 million learners, excluding China1. In 2019, providers launched over 2,500 courses, 11 online degrees, and 170 microcredentials. Here’s how the top-5 MOOC providers look like in terms of users and offerings: For Class Central‘s complete analysis keep reading.

Coursera's 2019: Year in Review The total number of registered learners on the platform grew from 37 million to 45 million, allowing Coursera to remain the world’s largest MOOC provider by a significant margin. As usual, Coursera launched more degrees, courses, and microcredentials. They also tweaked their scheduling policy and acquired their first company. For Class Central‘s complete analysis of Coursera’s 2019, keep reading. For our previous years’ analyses, follow the links: Guest post: Biggest eLearning content trends of 2020 and beyond If we go by Training Magazine’s prediction about the eLearning industry, it will be safe to say that Online learning is not a small industry anymore. In fact, expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 5% between 2019 and 2024 and expected to cross the $200 billion mark by 2024. Learning through a virtual medium has become highly popular over the last decade.

How to Create an eLearning Course in 12 Steps Looking at all the things that are involved in creating an eLearning course could make you feel like your first step should be to “Give Up.” However, with these 12 steps, we break down the process into manageable chunks, which is a big part of what makes for good eLearning course design. Not so bad, right? Read through these steps, and soon you’ll have a good handle on what is needed and where to start to create your first eLearning courses. Contrary to popular belief, deciding “we need eLearning because everyone else is doing it” is not really the first step to start. What Are Some of the Biggest Challenges eLearning Professionals Face? All over the world, eLearning professionals are tossing and turning in their beds. They’re waking up in cold sweats, muttering things about ‘compatibility’ and ‘M-Learning’. The constant winds of change are taking their toll on our psyches.

Free PowerPoint Template: Conversation Interaction Here’s a free PowerPoint template I built for a recent workshop. I used it to show how to create interactive conversations in PowerPoint using hyperlinks. In this example it’s a simple back and forth conversation. “When It Comes to Paying Users, the Completion Rate Is Pretty High” Have MOOCs Become Something People Love to Hate? Class-Central’s Dhawal Shah in Conversation By Henry Kronk | IBL News In the fall semester of 2011, Stanford University Professors Sebastien Thrun and Peter Norvig launched one of the first of a new generation of massive open online courses (MOOCs) on artificial intelligence. Dhawal Shah signed up for his course. Within that fall semester, more and more MOOCs were launched.

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