GEN1001/Lecture/27 Writing Essay 2 : Distance learning is becoming an increasingly common mode of study. In what ways do you think that distance learning is a beneficial mode of study over traditional face-to-face education? Nowadays‚ the development of technology is advancing by strides. Distance learning becomes a familiar vocabulary for the general public. Because of its advantages‚ more and more students prefer to learn by distance learning instead of traditional face-to-face education
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No More Pesky Learning Rates Tom Schaul Sixin Zhang Yann LeCun Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences New York University 715 Broadway‚ New York‚ NY 10003‚ USA schaul@cims.nyu.edu zsx@cims.nyu.edu yann@cims.nyu.edu arXiv:1206.1106v2 [stat.ML] 18 Feb 2013 Abstract The performance of stochastic gradient descent (SGD) depends critically on how learning rates are tuned and decreased over time. We propose a method to automatically adjust multiple learning rates so as to minimize the expected
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The CVIF Dynamic Learning Program: Achieving Performance Targets with Strategic and Efficient Learning Christopher C. Bernido and M. Victoria Carpio-Bernido Research Center for Theoretical Physics Central Visayan Institute Foundation Jagna‚ Bohol 6308 Philippines Central Visayan Institute Foundation In Jagna‚ Bohol‚ Philippines The original CVIF strategic plan (circa 1999) • Focus on outcomes indexed by real numbers: UPCAT passers‚ national exams and‚ if possible‚ international behavioral standards
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Education and Learning As we all knew‚ Information Technology has been well-developed for years. Nowadays‚ lots of youngsters would study online via the Internet‚ such as finding academic materials for doing project‚ submitting assignments to the online learning environment of their schools and so forth; therefore‚ people started to think what features of information technology can facilitate with education and learning. In particular‚ people would call this kind of learning as “e-learning”. According
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Eight Distinctive Types of Learning To complete this assignment‚ you will need to fill in the following boxes: 1. In the first box you will identify one of Gagne’s Eight Distinctive Types of Learning. 2. In the next box you will provide a description of the Learning Type you identified. 3. In the last box you will discuss how this Learning Type does or does not apply to you and your learning. 4. Repeat steps until all Eight of Gagne’s Distinctive Types of Learning are identified‚ described
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Active Learning Research consistently has shown that traditional lecture methods‚ in which professors talk and students listen‚ dominate college and university classrooms. It is therefore important to know the nature of active learning‚ the empirical research on its use‚ the common obstacles and barriers that give rise to faculty members ’ resistance to interactive instructional techniques‚ and how faculty‚ faculty developers‚ administrators‚ and educational researchers can make real the promise
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Distance learning Distance learning has been around for a long time in the form of correspondence‚ in which assignments were completed without supervision and submitted to an instructor via mail. Most courses were quite basic and did not allow for much‚ if any‚ teacher-student or student-teacher interaction. The introduction of the Internet‚ however‚ changed this model for delivering and submitting educational content. Computers allow more complicated information‚ more engaging instructional materials
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Unit 2: Understanding inclusive learning and teaching in lifelong learning 1. Understand learning and teaching strategies in lifelong learning. 1.1 Summarise learning and teaching strategies used in own specialism. It is very important that i know and understand the various learning styles of my students before I start my lesson. This will enable my students to get maximum benefit from my lessons. I could do this through an initial assessment or interview or if i plan my lessons correctly‚
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Learning Theories – Module 5.1‚ 5.2‚ 5.3 Answer each of the following questions as completely and as extensively as possible. (Before completing this handout‚ please review these sections of Chapter 5: “Classical Conditioning‚” page 180; “Operant Conditioning‚” page 190; “Cognitive Learning Theory‚” page 205.) 1. Who is Ivan Pavlov and what was his contribution to psychology? Pavlov’s discovery that dogs would salivate to particular sounds in his laboratory led him to identify a process of
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Lifelong learning Lifelong learning is the continuous building of skills and knowledge throughout the life of an individual. The first characteristic of lifelong learning is that it encompasses both formal and non-formal/informal types of education and training. Formal learning includes the hierarchically structured school system that runs from primary school through the university and organized school-like programs created in business for technical and professional training. Whereas informal
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