AI in education is an area in which exciting developments are happening, but there are also several major concerns, as teaching, learning and testing methods have remained unchanged, and are in dire need of a paradigm shift. In this article, we explore how AI tools are reshaping how students learn, the way we assess student knowledge and skills, and implications for the future of education.
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Across the Caribbean region, most countries are embarking on projects to implement a digital ID system. Although there are considerable national benefits to doing so, improving and increasing citizens’ access such as a broad range of services, digital IDs is a complex exercise. We revisit a 2022 interview with Trevor Forrest, of 876 Solutions on the subject, where we discuss: Why is it becoming increasingly important to have a digital ID? What are the benefits of having a digital ID? What can countries do to develop trust in digital ID? And what are the potential benefits and implications of heightened surveillance via digital IDs?
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A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 22 July and 28 July 2024.
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The recent CrowdStrike outage serves as a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities inherent in even the most sophisticated systems and the ripple effect to all connected systems. In this article, we outline three important lessons businesses can learn from the outage.
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In our July 2024 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Tessa Drayton, a Brand Communication and Reputation Management Specialist based in Trinidad and Tobago, and Rodney Browne, the Founder of eCaribbean Limited in Saint Kitts and Nevis, the panel discusses: With increasing tech-related regulation, how can organisations better manage risk? In an age of technology and AI is the Admin Assistant role becoming obsolete? And, the role of technology in disaster preparedness, mitigation and response.
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