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Thought Leaders in Online Education: Amesite CEO Ann Marie Sastry (Part 6)
Sramana Mitra: As I’m listening to you, there is something that is going on in my head that I want to brainstorm with you. It’s not part of our usual discussion, but just because you’re talking about an area that I have huge interest in. It stirs something in my mind that may be very
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Amesite CEO Ann Marie Sastry (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: Can you answer the question from the point of view of artificial intelligence in online education? Ann Marie Sastry: In terms of AI in education, there’s a tension right now. It’s palpable. There is one camp that believes that AI can teach a human being effectively. There’s another camp that decries the lack
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Amesite CEO Ann Marie Sastry (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: Tell me about adoption trends you’re seeing in terms of colleges and universities working with you as well as alumni or those institutions adopting these kinds of courses. Ann Marie Sastry: It’s been fast. I banned any design folks looking at existing online platforms for EdTech. My feeling was that they were woefully
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Amesite CEO Ann Marie Sastry (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: Now that I understand a bit better of what your technology is capable of doing, can you go back and explain to me what is the usage model of your customers? Let’s say a university buys your product. You started off by saying that universities don’t always have enough faculty to build an
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Amesite CEO Ann Marie Sastry (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: Double-click down one more level for me and tell me how. Ann Marie Sastry: So, we do this by selecting articles, ranking, and then training algorithms to select articles that are closely related either by hand selection or by other means. Sramana Mitra: What are the sources of content that you’re applying algorithms
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Amesite CEO Ann Marie Sastry (Part 1)
Artificial intelligence is applied to EdTech in creative ways. Ann Marie discusses her company’s work in this field. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself and Amesite. Ann Marie Sastry: I’m the CEO and Founder of Amesite. We are an artificial-intelligence-driven designer and platform provider for online learning. We deliver courses, programs,
