Isabelle Biase, Tyler Spagnolo and Shane Hepner are part of Aspire, a team of Penn State students using artificial intelligence as part of the Penn State EdTech Network Nittany AI Challenge, to develop a tool to help students map out their potential career path.
A Penn State team is exploring how using artificial intelligence to evaluate students' information literacy skills can improve the University Libraries' digital badge program. Their prototype was recently selected for Phase One of the $100,000 Nittany AI Challenge.
Penn State students, faculty and staff are invited to compete for $100,000 in funding during the Nittany AI Challenge. The challenge, sponsored by the Penn State EdTech Network, will give participating teams the opportunity to explore artificial intelligence in higher education to improve the student experience at Penn State, solve real-world problems at the University, and generate startup ideas. The deadline for idea submissions is Jan. 29.
During the recent 24-hour HackPSU competition, Information Sciences and Technology graduate students Shaurya Rohatgi and Mukund Srinath developed FindViser, a site that helps prospective graduate students find potential faculty advisers.
Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) Penn State is set to bring entrepreneurs from campus and community together the week of Nov. 12–16. GEW Penn State events will take place on 15 Commonwealth Campuses, including University Park, and aim to connect entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, policy makers and start-up champions around the world.
More than 600 college students from around the country will participate in HackPSU on Nov. 4-5 at the Westgate/IST Building on the Penn State University Park campus. The 24-hour educational hackathon encourages “hackers” to apply their skills, passion and drive to help solve real-world problems that universities and companies face on a daily basis.
The Penn State EdTech Network will host Penn State faculty and researchers alongside IBM, Google, IPSoft and 14 other industry partners during EdTech Engage, Oct. 5–6, at several locations on the Penn State University Park campus. The symposium will create an environment where participants can examine how artificial intelligence and machine learning can improve the student experience and address operational challenges in a university setting.
A Penn State team is working with artificial intelligence technology to find a solution to the cumbersome task of approving transfer credits for students wishing to enroll at the University from another institution. The team is part of the Nittany Watson Challenge, a Penn State EdTech Network initiative with IBM that began in January.
The Penn State EdTech Network and the Center for Online Innovation in Learning will welcome nearly 600 student hackers to University Park for HackPSU. The 24-hour hackathon and kick-off event for Global Entrepreneurship Week at Penn State will be held Nov. 12-13 in the Business Building. The event is free and open to all undergraduate students from all universities.
If you have a great idea about how to use technology, media, or new teaching theories to create a positive learning environment for students of any age, then the Penn State EdTech Network wants to hear from you.
The Penn State Parents Program, an office in Student Affairs, is piloting a new communication portal to engage parents and family members and connect them with the University. The portal, CampusESP, has been available to parents and family members of incoming first-year students since May 2016.
A team of three Penn State students successfully competed in HackPSU with more than 480 innovative students, makers and hackers to win notable opportunities from the Penn State EdTech Network and the Center for Online Innovation in Learning.
Penn State is partnering with Dreamit — named one of the top 10 accelerators in the world by Forbes — to create an accelerator focused on educational technology. Launching March 2016, Dreamit EdTech will assist startups seeking to solve challenges faced by educators at all levels of learning, including higher education, adult skills acquisition, primary and secondary education. Entrepreneurs will be selected based on an application process. Upon acceptance, they will spend four months developing and de-risking their companies using Dreamit’s curriculum and access to its global network.
Three students from Penn State Berks won an educational-technology challenge at HackPSU for their application that helps students find tutors for certain classes and subjects.
Educational technology entrepreneurs from across the country collaborated at the Penn State EdTech Network Summit, Nov. 2-4, to talk about solutions — not just the problems — facing today’s students, the future generation of thought leaders.
