NLU = NLP + AI? Imagining the Future of Language and Culture Computing for Education

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The 2010s have been labeled the “decade of NLP” — important progress was made in computational approaches to language data and tasks such as thematic analysis, text classification, and clustering, as well as machine translation. But what does the next decade hold for researchers and practitioners with qualitative or “thick” data—and does it look more…

Natural Language Processing MOOC Launches Next Week

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The Natural Language Processing and Language Understanding in Educational Research MOOC is launching September 2, 2018. It is still not too late to sign up to learn about this important topic in the growing field of learning analytics. This course offers an overview of natural language processing (NLP) and natural language understanding (NLU) for educational practitioners, leaders, and…