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  • Chokkyuu Hyoudai Robot Anime: Straight Title

    Chokkyuu Hyoudai Robot Anime: Straight Title

    The story of the anime is set in the year Mobile Century 8013. It has been over seven millennia since humanity was wiped out on Earth, but the surviving military robots continue to wage war with no end in sight. The war has embroiled the Rebellion Federation that controls Europe and the Principality of Shin centered in Asia. Three young robots stand up to put an end to this futile war. (Source: ANN)
  • Sabage-bu!

    Draw your weapons and take aim, because Sabagebu! is coming at you! Momoka Sonokawa was just minding her own business on the train one day when she encountered a pervert. Before she could do anything about it, a girl named Miou appears, brandishing two pistols and and scaring him off, only to be arrested herself a few minutes later for possessing firearms. Later Momoka sees this same girl at her school and follows her to a run down building. It turns out Miou is the president of the school's Survival Game Club, and it doesn't take long for Miou to capture Momoka and force her into joining them. Over the course of the series, Momoka and her new “friends” will take part in multiple battles against enemies from other schools, a rival from the same school who wants to see the club shut down and even each other (on multiple occasions). With friends and classmates like these, will Momoka even make it to graduation?
  • Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata

    Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata

    Tomoya Aki, an otaku, has been obsessed with collecting anime and light novels for years, attaching himself to various series with captivating stories and characters. Now, he wants to have a chance of providing the same experience for others by creating his own game, but unfortunately, Tomoya cannot do this task by himself. He successfully recruits childhood friend Eriri Spencer Sawamura to illustrate and literary elitist Utaha Kasumigaoka to write the script for his visual novel, while he directs. Super-group now in hand, Tomoya only needs an inspiration to base his project on, and luckily meets the beautiful, docile Megumi Katou, who he then models his main character after. Using what knowledge he has, Tomoya creates a new doujin circle with hopes to touch the hearts of those who play their game. What he does not realize, is that to invoke these emotions, the creators have had to experience the same feelings in their own lives. (Written by MAL Rewrite)
  • Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut

    Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut

    Lux, a former prince of an empire named Arcadia that was overthrown via a rebellion five years earlier, accidentally trespasses in a female dormitory's bathing area, sees the kingdom's new princess Lisesharte naked, incurring her wrath. Lisesharte then challenges Lux to a Drag-Ride duel. Drag-Rides are ancient armored mechanical weapons that have been excavated from ruins all around the world. Lux used to be called the strongest Drag-Knight, but now he's known as the "undefeated weakest" Drag-Knight because he will absolutely not attack in battle. After his duel with Lisesharte, Lux ends up attending the female-only academy that trains royals to be Drag-Knights. (Source: ANN)
  • Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan

    Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan

    To the average person, psychic abilities might seem a blessing; for Kusuo Saiki, however, this couldn't be further from the truth. Gifted with a wide assortment of supernatural abilities ranging from telepathy to x-ray vision, he finds this so-called blessing to be nothing but a curse. As all the inconveniences his powers cause constantly pile up, all Kusuo aims for is an ordinary, hassle-free life—a life where ignorance is bliss. Unfortunately, the life of a psychic is far from quiet. Though Kusuo tries to stay out of the spotlight by keeping his powers a secret from his classmates, he ends up inadvertently attracting the attention of many odd characters, such as the empty-headed Riki Nendou and the delusional Shun Kaidou. Forced to deal with the craziness of the people around him, Kusuo comes to learn that the ordinary life he has been striving for is a lot more difficult to achieve than expected. (Written by MAL Rewrite)
  • Sailor Moon Crystal

    Sailor Moon Crystal

    Though a little clumsy and easily brought to tears, Usagi Tsukino is a typical 14-year-old girl in her second year of junior high. However, all of that changes when an encounter with Luna, a mysterious talking black cat, whose head bears the mark of a crescent moon, results in the animal bestowing a magical brooch upon her. Now Usagi can transform into Sailor Moon, a magical girl in a sailor uniform who protects love and peace! Usagi is appointed as a guardian of justice and is tasked with the search for the legendary Silver Crystal, a magical artifact that holds immense power, as well as finding the other Sailor Guardians and the lost princess of Luna's home, the Moon Kingdom. Her mission isn't without opposition, however; Queen Beryl, ruler of the Dark Kingdom, wants to claim the Silver Crystal and take its power for her own. Though she still has to worry about her school, family, and love life, it is up to Sailor Moon and the other Sailor Guardians to save the day! (Written by MAL Rewrite)
  • Saint Seiya

    Saint Seiya

    In ancient times, a group of young men devoted their lives to protecting Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom and War. These men were capable of fighting without weapons—a swing of their fist alone was powerful enough to rip the very sky apart and shatter the earth beneath them. These brave heroes became known as Saints, as they could summon up the power of the Cosmos from within themselves. Now, in present day, a new generation of Saints is about to come forth. The young and spirited Seiya is fighting a tough battle for the Sacred Armor of Pegasus, and he isn't about to let anyone get in the way of him and his prize. Six years of hard work and training pay off with his victory and new title as one of Athena's Saints. But Seiya's endeavor doesn't end there. In fact, plenty of perils and dangerous enemies face him and the rest of the Saints throughout the series. What new quests await the heroes of the epic Saint Seiya saga?
  • Saint Seiya Omega

    Saint Seiya Omega

    The god of war and guardian of his namesake planet, Mars, was once sealed away by Seiya, but time has passed and his revival is at hand. Meanwhile, Saori Kido (Athena) is raising the boy Kouga, whose life Seiya saved, and he's been training every day to become a Saint in order to prepare for the coming crisis... Unaware of his destiny, when Kouga awakens to the power of his Cosmo hidden inside him, the curtain will rise upon the legend of a new Saint. (Source: ANN)
  • Saint Seiya: Saintia Shou

    Saint Seiya: Saintia Shou

    The whole Sanctuary was misled into danger due to the civil war instigated by the Gemini Gold Saint, Saga. Our story begins right after the end of those events... This is a story of the girls protecting Athena. These are the records of love and fierce fights they meet while opposing destiny on their way to maturity... (Source: MangaSeven)
  • Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold

    Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold

    In the Underworld, during the fight against Hades, the 12 Gold Saints gave up their lives to destroy the Wailing Wall and allow Seiya and his friends to keep moving forward. Aioria and the Gold Saints, who should have disappeared, come back to life in this beautiful Earth full of light. How have they resurrected if they were supposed to be dead? While the big mystery remains, Aioria gets involved in a new battle and when his Cosmo exceeds its limits.. a change happens to the Leo Cloth! (Source: AniChart/AniList)
  • Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa

    Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa

    A Holy War, from ancient mythology, where the Goddess Athena and Hades have fought against each other while defending the earth repeatedly over the span of 200 years. The story takes place in 18th century Europe, 243 years prior to the original "Saint Seiya" Three small children, Tenma, Alone, and Sasha have all shared a very happy childhood together. Tenma who is quite aggressive but upstanding has moved to Sanctuary to become a saint. It is there that he is reunited with Sasha who is the sister of Alone and learns that she is the reincarnation of Goddess Athena. Alone, who is kind, gentle and loves painting was chosen for the body of enemy King Hades. Tenma eventually becomes a saint of Pegasus and engages in a fierce battle with his best friend Alone, the King of Hades. Pegasus Tenma, King Hades, and the Goddess Athena and through the twist of their 3 fates merge together which unfolds a prologue to the original Saint Seiya. (Source: TMS Entertaiment)
  • Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa 2

    Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa 2

    The sequel to Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa.
  • Sakura Quest

    Sakura Quest

    Tired of her rural home, recent college graduate Yoshino Koharu is desperate to lead a more exciting life in Tokyo. After a fruitless job hunt, she finally receives a part-time offer as queen of the bizarre "Kingdom of Chupakabura," a rundown mini-attraction in the small agricultural town of Manoyama. However, Yoshino discovers upon her arrival in Manoyama that she was mistaken for a celebrity and the job offer was a mistake. Left with no other options, Yoshino reluctantly agrees to take on the role and aid the Board of Tourism in their efforts to revitalize Manoyama. Determined to bring excitement to the dying town with the help of local residents, the queen enacts a series of projects to highlight the beauty and charm of Manoyama's culture. Sakura Quest delves into the story of a tight-knit community that is struggling to balance change while also maintaining the rich traditions and bonds which define their identity. (Written by MAL Rewrite)
  • Sakurada Reset

    Sakurada Reset

    Kei Asai lives in the oceanside city of Sakurada—a town where the inhabitants are born with strange abilities. On the school rooftop one day, he meets Misora Haruki, an apathetic girl with the power to reset anything around her up to three days prior. While no one knows when she has reset, not even Haruki, Kei can retain everything before the reset thanks to his own ability: photographic memory. After they successfully help someone by combining their powers, they join the Service Club to aid others in their town. However, their club becomes involved with and begins completing missions for the mysterious Administration Bureau—an organization that focuses on managing the abilities in Sakurada and manipulating the town's events for their own ends. They may find out that there are more things at work in Sakurada than the machinations of the uncanny organization. (Written by MAL Rewrite)
  • Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru

    Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru

    When Shoutarou Tatewaki first meets Sakurako Kujou, he knows his life will never be the same. Initially believing her to be responsible for a disappearance in the neighborhood, he later learns of her true talent: analyzing bone specimens. Sakurako has quite the collection of reconstructed animal bones, but she wishes she had more of the human variety, much to the chagrin of those around her. Soon, Shoutarou begins accompanying the eccentric osteologist on the many different unsolved cases she comes across—usually in the form of decomposing bodies. But with so many incidents happening around them, could there be a larger mystery at work in their lives? Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru is a story of two unlikely partners, each showing in their own way that bones can tell how one died, but only people can tell how they lived. (Written by MAL Rewrite)
  • Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo

    Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo

    When abandoned kittens and his good conscience force second year Sorata Kanda to move into Suimei High School’s infamous Sakura Hall, the satellite dorm and its eccentric, misfit residents turn his life upside down. The decidedly average Sorata finds it difficult to fit in with the bizarre collection of dorm residents like Misaki, an energetic animator; Jin, a playwright playboy; Ryuunosuke, a reclusive programmer; and Chihiro, the dorm manager, art teacher, and party girl. Sorata's friend Nanami, a second year student and aspiring voice actress, pushes him to find new owners for the many cats so that he can quickly move back into the regular dorms. However, his desire to escape Sakura Hall wavers when the pet-like and infantile second year Mashiro Shiina, a world-class artistic savant looking to become a mangaka, transfers in during the spring trimester and quickly latches onto him. Supported by each other's quirks, Sorata and Mashiro come out of their shells and trigger change in the lives of those around them. Based on the light novel series of the same name, Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo explores the fine threads connecting talent, hard work, romance, and friendship with its ensemble cast. (Written by MAL Rewrite)
  • Samurai Flamenco

    Samurai Flamenco

    "A hero will never give up, never hide, never be defeated and never accept evil!" Firmly believing these words, Masayoshi Hazama has been obsessed with superhero shows since childhood. By day, he earns his living as a famous model, and by night, he becomes the gallant hero Samurai Flamenco. Armed with only his superhero costume, he seeks to bring justice to the city and faces anybody who tries to break the law—even rebellious juveniles and people who litter on the street. Masayoshi's heroic antics later catch the attention of the public, leading to the fateful discovery of his identity by policeman Hidenori Gotou. Although initially telling Masayoshi to leave the crime-busting activities to the police, Gotou ends up joining him in his antics. However, things soon escalate from preventing littering and petty thefts to bizarre adventures that involve even the fate of the world. Together with their newfound comrades, Masayoshi and Gotou embark on a battle with the world and themselves in order to find the true meaning of being a hero—with or without superpowers. (Written by MAL Rewrite)
  • Sanrio Danshi

    Sanrio Danshi

    The project's premise follows Kouta Hasegawa, a high school boy that loves the yellow Pom Pom Purin dog. By mere coincidence, he ends up attending the same school as Yuu Mizuno, a boy who likes the bunny My Melody. Yuu tells Kouta that there's nothing to be ashamed of for liking Sanrio's cute characters. Together, Kouta, Yuu, Shunsuke Yoshino, Ryou Nishimiya, and Seiichirou Minamoto learn to accept their love of the characters instead of feeling embarrassed. (Source: ANN)
  • Sansha Sanyou

    Sansha Sanyou

    Having gone from pampered to poor after the bankruptcy of her father's company, Youko Nishikawa struggles to drop her princess-like persona and make friends at her all-girls high school. One day, while eating alone in a nearby forest, she has a chance encounter with Futaba Odagiri, the super-energetic transfer student, and Teru Hayama, an innocent-looking girl with a surprisingly direct and sometimes mean personality. Despite their differing personalities, the three girls who all have the kanji for "leaf" in their name begin an unlikely friendship as they try to navigate through an amusing and spontaneous adventure known as high school life. Sansha Sanyou is a cheerful, cute series revolving around three close but very different friends as they try to balance the everyday challenges that school and adolescence have to offer. (Written by MAL Rewrite)
  • Sarazanmai

    Kazuki Yasaka, an 8th grader living in Asakusa, is turned into a Kappa along with his classmates Toi and Enta by a mysterious creature named Keppi, after they break inadvertently a statue of a Kappa, the guardian god of the city. They are then ordered by Keppi, who claims to be the first heir to the throne of Kappa Kingdom, to fight against the Kapa-zombies, bioarms created by his enemies, if they want to return to their human form. In order to kill them, they have to make a specific sound called "Sarazanmai" which is produced only when the three of them are united, but the three boys cannot connect at first. In addition, one of their secrets is revealed to each other every time they emit the sound! They finally accept to take risks to collect the "Plates of Hope," given by Keppi when they defeat the Kapa-zombies, and which can make their wishes come true. However, some trouble occurs over the plates...! Along the course of the fights against the Kapa-zombies, their fierce past and inner conflicts keep getting revealed. This is the sarcastic fantasy of three boys who don't feel connected to their important ones, getting to realize the real meaning of bonds. (Source: Fuji Creative)
  • Sarazanmai - (Dub)

    Sarazanmai - (Dub)

    Kazuki Yasaka, an 8th grader living in Asakusa, is turned into a Kappa along with his classmates Toi and Enta by a mysterious creature named Keppi, after they break inadvertently a statue of a Kappa, the guardian god of the city. They are then ordered by Keppi, who claims to be the first heir to the throne of Kappa Kingdom, to fight against the Kapa-zombies, bioarms created by his enemies, if they want to return to their human form. In order to kill them, they have to make a specific sound called "Sarazanmai" which is produced only when the three of them are united, but the three boys cannot connect at first. In addition, one of their secrets is revealed to each other every time they emit the sound! They finally accept to take risks to collect the "Plates of Hope," given by Keppi when they defeat the Kapa-zombies, and which can make their wishes come true. However, some trouble occurs over the plates...! Along the course of the fights against the Kapa-zombies, their fierce past and inner conflicts keep getting revealed. This is the sarcastic fantasy of three boys who don't feel connected to their important ones, getting to realize the real meaning of bonds. (Source: Fuji Creative)
  • Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryuu to Odoru

    Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryuu to Odoru

    It is a world replete with dragons and Jushiki sorcerers. Jushiki is a devastatingly powerful formula that can alter the laws of physics, capable of creating enormous TNT explosives or poisonous gas through plasma and nuclear fusion. A down-on-his-luck sorcerer named Gayus joins forces with the beautiful but cruel Jushiki practitioner, Gigina, as bounty hunters pursuing dragons. Then one day, they are presented with an odd request: to serve as security guards for a grand festival put on by Mouldeen, the ruler of their kingdom. It is then that a mysterious serial killing of Jushiki sorcerers begins. (Source: TBS Global Business)
  • Satsuriku no Tenshi

    Satsuriku no Tenshi

    13-year-old Rachel awakens to find herself trapped in the basement of an abandoned building. Without any memories, or even a clue as to where she could be, she wanders the building, lost and dizzy. In her search, she comes across a man covered in bandages. He introduces himself as Zack, and he wields a grim-reaper like sickle. A strange bond is struck between them, strengthened by strange, crazy promises... These two, trapped in this strange building, don't know why fate has placed them there. But they will work together desperately to find a way out... (Source: MU, edited)
  • Satsuriku no Tenshi ONA

    Satsuriku no Tenshi ONA

    Just as their success seemed imminent, an old foe armed with secrets returns to wreak havoc, threatening Rachel Gardner and Zach Foster’s escape. Rachel’s memories of her sordid past are revealed to both Zach and herself. As their tenuous partnership faces its biggest challenge yet, they will have to choose where—and with whom—their loyalties lie. Will their wishes be fulfilled? As they navigate the labyrinthine basement abound with horrors, just what awaits them outside? (Written by MAL Rewrite)
  • Sayonara Ginga Tetsudou 999: Andromeda Shuuchakueki - (Dub)

    Sayonara Ginga Tetsudou 999: Andromeda Shuuchakueki - (Dub)

    Despite the destruction of the mechanization home world Andromeda, the machine empire is still swept across the galaxy and Earth has become a battleground. Having returned from his journey aboard the train Galaxy Express 999, Tetsurou Hoshino joins the resistance and fights alongside others who have retained their humanity. When the 999 returns to Earth, Tetsurou receives an enigmatic recorded message from his former traveling companion Maetel, telling him to board the train once more. Fighting his way to Megalopolis station, he makes it onto the train just as it departs. This time, however, Tetsurou is met with several mysteries: Maetel is nowhere to be seen, an ominous "Ghost Train" has appeared, and the ultimate destination of the 999 is unknown. Amid all this, Tetsurou finds himself confronted by the mysterious black knight Faust and soon discovers the machine empire's darkest secret. (Written by MAL Rewrite)
  • Scared Rider Xechs

    Scared Rider Xechs

    The Blue World, which symbolizes reason, is under constant attack by the creatures called the Nightfly O'Note originating from the Red World, symbolizing instinct. Akira Asagi, the 17-year-old protagonist who is a researcher at Blue World, is nominated to lead the war at Ryuukyuu LAG, a proud defense facility on the islands of Ishigaki and Iriomote. She meets the sixth combat unit "IS," which was formed four years after a fierce battle that annihilated the fifth unit. Akari must lead these six riders, also called the Scared Rider Xechs, to fight against the other world while at the same time deepening the relationship among them. (Source: MAL News)
  • Schwarzesmarken

    The year is 1983. The Cold War is in full effect, and humanity is under attack. Strange aliens, given the name "BETA," have descended to Earth with the goal of destroying all life. Soldiers have been tasked with piloting large combat suits called Tactical Surface Fighters (TSF) to repel the alien invaders, but the front line is slowly being pushed back towards the surviving cities. Schwarzesmarken follows the story of Second Lieutenant Theodor Eberbach and the other members of the 666th TSF squadron, a ruthless unit that values a mission's completion over human life. Stationed in East Germany and led by war hero Captain Irisdina Bernhard, the unit specializes in counterassault attacks on laser-class BETA. But the 666th squadron finds itself with more enemies than just the alien forces when optimistic rookie Katia Waldheim joins the squadron, drawing the attention of East Germany's secret police, the Stasi. (Written by MAL Rewrite)
  • Seihou Tenshi Angel Links

    Seihou Tenshi Angel Links

    Li Meifon is the head of a free, no expenses paid protection/security agency for escorting ships across outer space. Though only 16, she posesses great skill and leadership qualities while commanding her crew aboard their ship, the "Angel Links." However, some unpleasant memories begin to trouble her and she starts questioning her own past and reason for existence. Join Li Meifon and the rest of the Angel Links crew on their adventures through the Oracion star system as they battle pirates, government organizations, and a Tao master, all while finally uncovering Meifon's dark and mysterious past.
  • Seikaisuru Kado

    Seikaisuru Kado

    Cool-headed and rational, Kojirou Shindou is a government official and master negotiator with a well-earned reputation. While departing on a business trip, a giant cube materializes and his plane is taken undamaged into the mysterious, indestructible structure. As Japanese authorities attempt to identify the cube's properties and origins, Shindou encounters an otherworldly entity known as Yaha-kui zaShunina, who materializes in the form of a human man. He assures Shindou that the passengers are not in any danger and requests help in negotiations with the human world. Hailing from a higher dimensional universe known as Novo, Yaha-kui zaShunina is able to transfer information between Novo and Shindou's universe through a cube called Kado. Despite having these unfathomable abilities, he does not appear hostile. Instead, he announces that he has come to this world with only one intention: to "advance" humanity—starting with Japan. (Written by MAL Rewrite)
  • Seiken Tsukai no World Break

    Seiken Tsukai no World Break

    Seiken Tsukai no World Break takes place at Akane Private Academy where students who possess memories of their previous lives are being trained to use Ancestral Arts so that they can serve as defenders against monsters, called Metaphysicals, who randomly attack. Known as saviors, the students are broken up into two categories: the kurogane who are able to use their prana to summon offensive weapons and the kuroma who are able to use magic. The story begins six months prior to the major climax of the series during the opening ceremonies on the first day of the school year. After the ceremony is over, the main character, Moroha Haimura, meets a girl named Satsuki Ranjou who reveals that she was Moroha's little sister in a past life where Moroha was a heroic prince capable of slaying entire armies with his sword skills. Soon afterwards he meets another girl, Shizuno Urushibara, who eventually reveals that she also knew Moroha in an entirely different past life where he was a dark lord capable of using destructive magic but saved her from a life of slavery. Can those whose minds live in both the present and the past truly reach a bright future? Delve into the complex world of Seiken Tsukai no World Break to find out!


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Workshops will run on Thursday 7 December. There are three workshops available.

Please note: workshops are not included in the conference registration price and separate registration is required.

Workshop 1: It’s Pedagogy GO with location-based mobile learning games

Facilitator: Roger Edmonds

What can bonsai tells us about authentic learning with educational technology?

In this interactive workshop we will take you through all the steps of designing and developing a location-based mobile learning game using an online platform which is made for anyone to use to create and explore stories at locations of their choosing.

We’ll begin indoors by sharing our recent experiences in designing, developing and delivering location-based mobile learning games into courses across multiple disciplines in a University setting. Next, it’s outdoors into the adjacent Japanese Gardens to play a prototype location-based mobile learning game with your smart mobile devices. We then return inside to deconstruct how it was designed and developed.

Then it’s your turn.

In small groups (or individually) you’ll begin to create your own prototype location-based mobile learning game. We will start with the scope, consider narratives, show how to add media to locations and implement means of interactivity and simple gamification techniques. You will digitize the games in an online gamemaker, and spend the last 30 minutes of the workshop playing your games on your own mobile phones. This way, we’ll study location-based mobile learning games in a very practical way. At the end, you’ll understand what the underlying principles of location-based mobile learning games are and what challenges have to be dealt with in their design and development. Having created your own prototype mobile game, you’ll be ready to start doing so in your University or institution.

Before the workshop please download and install the free Mobile Learning Academy app on your iOS or Android phone from either the Apple App Store or Google Play. Delegates will also need to bring a wifi enabled laptop computer to the workshop. Plus, don’t forget to bring a long hat and sunglasses!

About the facilitator

Roger Edmonds

Roger is an online educational designer at the University of South Australia and has presented both internationally and nationally on location-based mobile learning. He is co-managing a project to inform the development of a framework that will guide contextually based mobile learning in the University. The project won a UniSA citation for its outstanding contribution to digital learning, a teaching excellence award for student experience within the UniSA Business School and was shortlisted in the global Wharton QS Stars Reimagine Education Award, all in 2016. Roger’s past projects have won finalist status in the 2011 Computerworld Honours Program and a Brandon Hall Silver Award for excellence in eLearning in 2003. He was also awarded the Centenary Medal of Australia in recognition for his lead role developing Australia’s Centenary of Federation’s Connecting-the-Kids online project.

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Thursday 7 December
10am – 1pm
Venue: Z125
Capacity: 20
Registration fee: $100 (includes light lunch)

Workshop 2: Transforming exams – hands on with the technology

Facilitators: Mathew Hillier, Andrew Fluck, Martin Coleman

This is a free workshops sponsored by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training funded project Transforming Exams (Grant ID 15-4747). For more details, visit the project website.

This workshop will explore the rationale behind the OLT e-Exam system for high stakes exams, however, the majority of the session will be spent getting hands-on with the technology!

Participants will explore different features or modes of the e-Exam system. Starting with paper-equivalent exams centred on word documents, through to post-paper exams that can use spreadsheets, multimedia, third party software tools and potentially an off-line Moodle.

From a pedagogical viewpoint, the e-Exam system aims to promote authentic assessment using realistic ‘e-tools of the trade’ to enable constructed activity types in the exam room (Hillier & Fluck 2013, Fluck & Hillier 2014). However, we face a number of challenges in implementing such a dramatic shift. One of these is the need to re-think how high stakes assessments can be designed and deployed. This session will provide some inspiration by way of hands-on examples.

The running of an e-exam needs to be doable within the resources and environment of contemporary universities. The project team have recently developed guides and graphical user tools to help with the transfer of data and set-up of e-Exam USBs. Workshop participants will have an opportunity to test drive the GUI Admin tool and other approaches to administering e-Exam USBs.

The Transforming Exams Across Australia project has evolved to include 10 Australian universities, a national accreditation agency and several ‘birds of a feather’ international institutions. The project is running 2016 to 2018. Visit the project website for further information.

Participants will need to bring a compatible laptop. For further information, see requirements [PDF].

About the facilitators

Mathew Hillier

Mathew specialises in e-assessment and e-exams and teaches into the academic staff development program at Monash University leading the ‘technology and space’ theme. Mathew is one of two co-leaders of the ASCILITE SIG for ‘e-Assessment’ and in this capacity is a co-host of the Transforming Assessment webinar series along with Prof Geoffrey Crisp. Mathew is currently the leader of a half million dollar ‘Transforming Exams’ project developing a tool set for authentic, computerised, high-stakes assessment (e-Exams) covering 10 university partners. More about Mathew.

Andrew Fluck

Andrew is a teacher educator at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He has an interest in curriculum transformation through the use of computers; and is Chair of Working Group 3.3 (research into educational applications of information technologies) for IFIP/UNESCO. Andrew is the originator of the idea of using Bootable storage devices (first CD-Roms and then USBs sticks) for examinations. He has over a decade of experience in the design of post-paper examinations and the technology tools and logistics required to run successful exams both on campus and at distant exam centers. More about Andrew.

Martin Coleman

Martin is currently the lead technology developer on the ‘Transforming Exams’ national project. He has many years experience in developing Linux based technologies and in troubleshooting software and equipment. He has developed the most recent version of the e-Exam student component and a brand new Administrative tool designed to support the deployment of computerised exams.

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Workshop 3: Mobile virtual reality

Facilitators: Thomas Cochrane and David Sinfield

The workshop will explore user generated mobile 360 video production and integration into interactive virtual reality environments for education. Participants will experience using a low-cost, BYOD, rapid prototyping framework to create and share their own immersive mobile VR scenarios. Participants will need to bring their own mobile devices, including a smartphone and wifi enabled laptop. The workshop will explore the unique affordances of mobile devices for enabling participant-generated content and experiences using mobile VR.

Mobile Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are anticipated to become multi-billion dollar industries in the near future, but how will this impact higher education? This workshop will introduce the basics of mobile Virtual Reality to explore and discuss the potential and issues surrounding the rapidly developing field of mobile Virtual Reality. Building upon the development of simple ecosystems for user-generated mobile VR, such as Google Cardboard, and the Samsung Gear VR, there is now widespread interest in these technologies, but still little expertise in integrating these within authentic educational experiences beyond another form of interactive content delivery. We will discuss the potential of mobile VR for user generated content and contexts, and share recent practice-based research, and invite interaction from the wider ASCILITE conference attendees.

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Thomas Cochrane

Dr Thomas Cochrane is an academic advisor and senior lecturer in educational technology, the Centre for Learning And Teaching, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Thomas is the coordinator of the Ascilite mobile learning special interest group, and a mobile learning researcher/practitioner. More about Thomas.

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David is a senior lecturer and programme director at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. He has created a new undergraduate programme that captured the aspects of Graphic Design, Moving Image and new technologies, such as mobile devices, AR and VR integrated within the undergraduate programme. In 2015 he was awarded the Vice Chancellor’s teaching excellence awards at AUT. He has worked in the field of Graphic Design and Visual Communications (specialising in typographic design and moving image) for over thirty years both nationally and internationally.

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Shortly before the election, it was learned that Barack Obama's aunt - Auntie Zeituni - had been living in the U.S. as an illegal alien for years. He quickly threw her under the bus and returned the small donations she'd illegally made to his campaign. Few but me were interested in using the incident to show he was heartless and calculating. She later got an immigration lawyer, something that Obama could have done but did not do. And, shortly before the news came out, the Department of Homeland Security reportedly required all deportations to be approved by high-level officials; the...

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December 31, 2012: The day I nearly lost my life to a pair of German-speaking rhinoceros. (Rhinoceroses? Rhino? Rhinoceri? Thoughts welcome.)

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Gretel, the German lady rhinoceros.

Okay, the statement above could be a slight exaggeration. I’m not sure though. I’ll tell the story and let you decide.

Michelle and I spent our last two days in Namibia at the Waterberg Wilderness Nature Reserve. We stayed in the Waterberg Wilderness Lodge and had a lovely time overall. (I’ll tell you more about the Waterberg in the next post. I’m recounting my Namibia adventures in reverse chronological order.)

We debated about whether or not to go on the evening game drive offered by the lodge. The cost of the game drive was not included in our booking and we had already done a lot of game-viewing in Etosha National Park. (I’ll tell you about Etosha in a future post.) But the Waterberg has a special rhino conservation programme and we hadn’t seen a rhino in Etosha. We were told that we would almost definitely see rhino on the Waterberg game drive. What the heck, we decided. After all, it was New Year’s Eve.

As I walked to the safari vehicle, a staff member stopped me. “You should change into safety shoes,” he sad. “Safety shoes?” I looked down at my sandals. “Oh. Okay.” I changed into hiking boots.

The game drive began uneventfully. Our driver’s name was Hingire, and he was accompanied by an unnamed assistant. Passengers included Michelle, me, and a German husband-wife duo, Andries and Anja. There was another Jeep behind us, occupied by a Belgian family and a couple more Germans. We took off down the muddy track.

We saw several interesting animals at the beginning of the drive, but Hingire was not interested. “Warthog!” Michelle cried. (Michelle loves warthogs.) Hingire barely stopped and continued chatting to the unnamed assistant. We came upon a beautiful antelope in a clearing. “Oryx,” said Hingire disconsolately, but kept driving. “Wait! There is a huge bird on that tree,” I yelled. Hingire didn’t seem to hear. After insistent urging, he stopped and backed up. The bird was flying away. “That was a snake eagle,” Hingire announced. I pouted.

Brief glimpse of a warthog family.

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Hingire realized we were hacked off about the snake eagle thing, so he stopped to show us this baby tortoise. Cute, but too little too late. He also showed us a termite mound and an irrigation canal that runs from Tsumeb to Windhoek. Snore.

We eventually accepted that this game drive was for rhino(ceri)-viewing only. Other interesting sights were to be admired briefly, usually from a distance and with minimal explanation.

We drove around for an hour or so. Hingire’s two-way radio blared, theoretically with updates on where the rhino were. Michelle commented that any reasonable animal would run like hell from that radio.

We stopped in a clearing. “We’ll take a short break,” said Hingire. We disembarked and had a drink, making small talk with the Germans. “How many rhinos live in the reserve?” I asked Hingire. “Two,” he said. Oh. I had envisioned a herd.

We finished our drinks and looked at Hingire expectantly. “Okay, we’ll go now,” he said.

We drove on. It was feeling less and less likely that we would see a rhino. “Oh well,” I said “Rhinos don’t really do much anyway…”

We rounded a bend and there they were.

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A wave of excitement washed over the Jeep. Not one rhino, but both! A boy-girl pair of white rhino(ceri).

The rhino(ceri) approached the vehicle. They were quite frisky compared to other rhinos I’ve seen. “Nashorn!” called Hingire. We later learned from Andries and Anja that nashorn is the German word for rhinoceros.

The male rhino walked up to the Jeep and brushed his big snout against it. “Nein!” Hingire commanded when the rhino got too close. Apparently the rhino(ceri) speak German, which I think is awesome. Michelle and I named them Hansel and Gretel.

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Hansel approaches.

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He’s still coming.

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The greatest iPad-gramming photo of all time. Courtesy of Michelle Stern.

The Instagram I was shooting above. Nein, Hansel. Nein!

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I turned to Michelle. “You know, they could roll this truck right over if they wanted to.” We laughed nervously and kept shooting.

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Well hello there, Mr. Rhinoceros. (Nervous laughter.)

Hansel and Gretel grew bored and wandered off into the bush.

“We will go for a short walk while we wait for the other car,” said Hingire. The four of us looked at each other and shrugged. We were all on a rhinoceri-high. We got out and followed Hingire, vaguely in the direction the rhinos had gone. Hingire carried a small stick.

We were about 50 meters from the Jeep when Hansel and Gretel turned around.

Hingire faced us, back to the rhino(ceri), and happily spouted rhino facts. A rhino weighs about three and a half tons, he told us. They can run up to 40 kilometers an hour. Michelle, Andries, Anja and I digested this information as the three-ton animals slowly approached. Hingire said something to the unnamed assistant, who walked away and stood several meters between us and the Jeep. A diversion?

“Uh, are you sure this is safe?” I asked.

“Oh yes,” said Hingire. “It’s fine. The other Jeep is coming soon and then we will go.”

I looked around. No sign of the other Jeep. And besides, when our Jeep arrived Hansel and Gretel walked right up and rubbed against it.

I eyed the distance between the rhino(ceri) and us, which was steadily diminishing, and the distance between us and the Jeep. The odds were not favorable. I was suddenly glad for my “safety shoes”, although not even the best pair of Merrells can outrun a rhino.

Hansel and Gretel grew closer. Hansel was in the lead.

Michelle turned to me. “It’s been wonderful being your friend,” she said.

“Don’t worry,” Hingire assured us. “They will get me first!”

Right about then, Gretel turned and walked the other way. Hansel followed her. “We’re safe now,” said Hingire. “He will follow his wife.” We all scowled at Hingire, still afraid to move.

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This is a very unflattering photo. But I’m using it anyway, for the sake of the blog. I hope you all appreciate it. Thank you, Michelle, for capturing the moment so accurately. (Photo: Michelle Stern)

The other Jeep arrived, Belgian and German passengers peering at Hansel and Gretel from behind their camera lenses. I thought about flinging myself aboard but all the seats were full. The four of us crept back to our own vehicle, with Hingire and the unnamed friend behind us. We made it.

We were back at the lodge in time for a New Year’s Eve dinner of oryx fillet, stuffed peppers and rice.

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Oryx meat is popular in Namibia. Very tasty although this particular serving was dry.

Michelle, Andries, Anja and I recounted our experience over dinner. Michelle decided that Hansel and Gretel are completely tame, that they do this on every game drive, and Hingire knew all along that we were in no danger. I maintain that we survived a brush with death. Thoughts?

We were asleep long before midnight, dreaming of rhinoceri.

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The Unlikely Possibilities Of AI Autonomous Automotive Makers Sharing Their WaresLearn Coder

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If automakers pursuing self-driving automobiles have been ready to share their discoveries, it is going to velocity up the drive to true autonomy, or wouldn’t it? (GETTY IMAGES)

By Lance Eliot, the AI Developments Insider

Some suggest that the makers of AI autonomous automobiles ought to share overtly with each other and freely reveal their proprietary wares, doing so to permit heightened progress in reaching true self-driving automobiles and presumably subsequently obviating the 40,000 automotive crash related deaths yearly within the US alone and an estimated 1.Three million or further fatalities that occur worldwide yearly by automotive accidents.

The sooner autonomous automobiles are put onto our roads, the sooner it’s acknowledged that we’re going to start saving treasured lives and lowering automotive crash induced accidents.

In a type of presumed kumbaya second, akin to at wartime having all people all the sudden lay down their arms, wouldn’t it’s incredible if the automakers and self-driving tech companies would reveal each factor that they know and are arduously doing in direction of making a self-driving automotive, after which the following synergy of this massive “open provide” technique might speed-up the strategy?

The aim being that proper now there could also be an existent winner-beats-all mindset, of which each automaker is striving on their very personal to craft an actual autonomous automotive, nevertheless wouldn’t all of us be winners as a society if the automakers merely opened-up the kimono and bared all for everyone else to see their self-driving automotive efforts.

Presumably, they need to showcase the proprietary algorithms that they’ve devised for self-driving capabilities and put up their voluminous AI code in a public dialogue board for all to peruse.

They need to launch the data that they’ve collected from their roadway trials, providing a treasure trove of knowledge that will allow others to utilize Machine Learning and Deep Learning to ferret out strategies to biggest drive a automotive.

For these using simulations to do testing of their AI driving packages, they ought to allow others to log into the simulation and see what types of parameters and settings are getting used, along with allowing anyone else to benefit from the simulation for the furtherance of their driverless automotive tech.

Furthermore, one in all many biggest hurdles in devising self-driving automobiles consists of figuring out so-called edge situations, involving seemingly unusual or oddball driving circumstances and being able to place collectively the AI driving system to take care of these situations.

Pretty than each automaker having to find out edge situations on their very personal, perhaps it will likely be biggest if a large-scale database of acknowledged edge situations was formulated and provided entry to anyone . Think about how such a collective set would assist others that hadn’t however discovered quite a few edge situations and thus they’d not have to reinvent the wheel, so to speak, and can merely consult with the open database in its place.

Briefly, the concept being that proper now’s comparatively fragmented and disjointed technique involving singular corporations attempting to each develop AI-based self-driving automobiles could very properly be turned on its head, allowing a grand collective of all such makers which may open their doorways and share their proprietary secrets and techniques and methods.

Sure, there are some automakers which have already carried out one factor like this on a smaller scale, forming partnerships or turning into a member of small consortiums of fellow companies, nevertheless the notion right here’s a wholescale and unmitigated sharing and openness by all people throughout the commerce.

In idea, this may also embody the oldsters involved too, notably that the AI builders, engineers, scientists, and others would toss aside their agency badges and develop to be a member of a nationwide or presumably world collective trying to find to provide true self-driving automobiles.

Many have likened attempting to appreciate self-driving automobiles to be like a moonshot, and thus you might suggest that this have to get all people to share is akin to asserting that the mission to the moon or comparable is so important to humanity that each one should reveal their efforts.

Take into consideration a science fiction movie whereby the earth is beneath siege and our solely hope is to colonize and dwell on the moon. As a species, we’d want to collectively work collectively to find a method to raise all individuals to the moon and organize moon-based cities for us to dwell there.

If we don’t all pitch in in direction of the moon mission, it is going to suggest that some individuals or perhaps all individuals could possibly be worn out as quickly because the menace to earth actually happens.

I’m not suggesting that the dearth of reaching self-driving automobiles is on par with such a cataclysmic saga, and solely attempting to provide that it’s roughly the an identical type of logic being employed.

Briefly, the propositional argument is that the automakers ought to make completely publicly acknowledged their self-driving wares since doing so would presumably save lives by sooner reaching driverless automobiles, based totally on the concept completely different such companies may all leverage the heretofore secreted and isolated efforts.

We’d all use each other’s work as stepping stones, climbing up the steep ladder in direction of driverless automobiles, collectively.

As we communicate’s question then is: Wouldn’t it not be viable for all automakers and self-driving automotive tech companies to share each factor they’ve obtained with a objective to presumably speed-up the tempo of arriving at true self-driving automobiles?

For fairly a couple of causes, as I’ll argue herein, it isn’t a viable proposition.

Let’s unpack the matter and see why.

For my framework about AI autonomous automobiles, see the hyperlink proper right here:

Why it’s a moonshot effort, see my rationalization proper right here:

For further regarding the ranges as a kind of Richter scale, see my dialogue proper right here:

For the argument about bifurcating the levels, see my rationalization proper right here:

The Ranges Of Self-Driving Automobiles

It is vitally essential clarify what I suggest when referring to true self-driving automobiles.

True self-driving automobiles are ones the place the AI drives the automotive totally by itself and there isn’t any human assist in the middle of the driving job.

These driverless vehicles are thought-about a Stage 4 and Stage 5, whereas a automotive that requires a human driver to co-share the driving effort is generally thought-about at a Stage 2 or Stage 3. The automobiles that co-share the driving job are described as being semi-autonomous, and generally embrace numerous automated add-on’s which might be referred to as ADAS (Superior Driver-Assist Strategies).

There could also be not however an actual self-driving automotive at Stage 5, and we don’t however even know if it will most likely be potential to appreciate, and nor how prolonged it might take to get there.

Within the meantime, the Stage 4 efforts are steadily attempting to get some traction by current course of very slender and selective public roadway trials, though there could also be controversy over whether or not or not this testing must be allowed per se (we’re all life-or-death guinea pigs in an experiment happening on our highways and byways, some degree out).

Since semi-autonomous automobiles require a human driver, the adoption of those types of automobiles obtained’t be markedly fully completely different than driving typical vehicles, so there’s not so much new per se to cowl about them on this topic (though, as you’ll see in a second, the components subsequent made are sometimes related).

For semi-autonomous automobiles, it’s essential that most people be forewarned a couple of disturbing side that’s been arising lately, notably that no matter these human drivers that keep posting films of themselves falling asleep on the wheel of a Stage 2 or Stage Three automotive, all of us need to avoid being misled into believing that the driving pressure can take away their consideration from the driving job whereas driving a semi-autonomous automotive.

You’re the accountable celebration for the driving actions of the automobile, irrespective of how so much automation is probably tossed proper right into a Stage 2 or Stage 3.

Self-Driving Automobiles And Tempo Of Enchancment

For Stage 4 and Stage 5 true self-driving vehicles, there obtained’t be a human driver involved throughout the driving job.

All occupants will most likely be passengers.

The AI is doing the driving.

As is probably apparent by finding out the headlines of the data, ensures of being able to acquire Stage 4 and Stage 5 have been made after which broken, repeatedly, and some are beginning to marvel if the any-day-now predictions keep any water.

As such, those that proffer the question about whether or not or to not open the kimono are sincerely grasping for a technique to get points further prodded alongside.

Take into consideration the reverse side of the question.

Why would automakers want to overtly share all of their hard-fought-for and expensively devised proprietary tech about driverless automobiles?

Think about it this style.

Shareholders of automakers and self-driving automotive tech companies have bought these shares beneath the concept it’s a clever funding. Whenever you invested in automaker X, and automaker X is able to get hold of driverless automobiles, the stock that you just keep would presumably rise in valuation as a type of reward for the automaker having arrived at such a objective.

And, the automakers themselves have potential already invested tons of of hundreds upon tons of of hundreds of {{dollars}}, in some situations billions, in direction of their self-driving automotive enchancment efforts.

Within the occasion that they laid bare all their proprietary efforts, it primarily would suggest that they’ve tossed away their investments, and it signifies that completely different companies that didn’t make such investments are literally richer for it.

Certain, maybe this can be for the collective good, nevertheless it is going to nearly undermine and even wipe out the companies that prolonged fought to try to make driverless automobiles.

The shareholders would potential lose their shirts, the automakers would see a precipitous drop of their valuations, and in addition you’d be rewarding others that hadn’t devoted time and cash within the an identical technique.

In fact, a strong case could very properly be manufactured from malfeasance in direction of the administration teams and dealing officers, and boards of directors, on account of merely giving for free their helpful belongings.

So, the first argument in opposition to the open kimono notion is that there’s truly little or no financial incentive for the automakers to take motion, and certain a humongous financial penalty within the occasion that they did so.

Subsequent, let’s ponder whether or not or not the collective technique is admittedly going to get you what you want.

In numerous phrases, the underside assumption is that by collectively sharing each factor acknowledged about AI self-driving automobiles, we may be larger off and sooner able to get hold of driverless automobiles.

That’s not basically the case.

Correct now, there are Darwinian juices spurring each of the automakers in direction of the aim of reaching true self-driving automobiles.

There are billions of {{dollars}} to be made, perhaps trillions of {{dollars}}, and the pot of gold is enabling automakers to spend their treasured time and cash accordingly.

If all automakers have been going to all the time bare all on their driverless automotive efforts, what’s the motivation for them to proceed to try mightily in that path?

Suggesting that they need to want to save lives is a pleasing idea, and positively they’d all agree that’s actually crucial, however when it implies that none of them will make money to remain in enterprise or they could make smaller money on account of a splintering of the driverless pie, you may be knocking out a key motivation that retains the engines engaged on reaching self-driving automobiles.

And, proper right here’s a significant degree, having each factor on the desk about self-driving automobiles won’t be basically going to speed-up enchancment.

It might need the opposite impression.

There may be maybe so much to pick from, and the myriad of approaches so quite a few, you presumably can end up with a breadth technique comparatively than a centered technique, and decelerate enchancment accordingly.

An extreme quantity of of issue, one might say.

Assume too of the complexities involved in someway coordinating all through your entire commerce.

Who decides that these set of sensors are the “biggest” technique for reaching self-driving automobiles, or that algorithms N and M are the simplest choices?

You may presumably say that merely let whoever do irrespective of they want, nevertheless this may occasionally look like a muddled answer to proceed, and it will likely be a lot much less vulnerable to go as fast as would the prevailing centered efforts.

Some might counter-argue {{that a}} explicit conglomerate could very properly be established and develop to be the centralized overseer of the targets to appreciate self-driving automobiles.

Presumably each automaker would get a share of the conglomerate as based totally on the price of the driverless tech that they contribute to the collective.

Correctly, I’ll merely say that this may occasionally develop to be an unlimited drain of time and a highlight, whereas all people fights for his or her relative apportionment, and the odds are it is going to distract from the efforts underway to succeed in at true self-driving automobiles.

One would even need to marvel if this explicit conglomerate might get slowed down and by its private weight develop to be a barrier to advancing self-driving automobiles.

For why distant piloting or working of self-driving automobiles is generally eschewed, see my rationalization proper right here:

To be cautious of faux details about self-driving automobiles, see my recommendations proper right here:

The ethical implications of AI driving packages are essential, see my indication proper right here:

Think about the pitfalls of normalization of deviance within the case of self-driving automobiles, proper right here’s my identify to arms:

Further Issues

Let’s ponder some further the reason why the grand sharing technique won’t be notably viable.

If sharing is so compelling and it has to do with saving lives, one ought to ask why the an identical question doesn’t get pressed in several domains.

As an illustration, there are about 635,000 deaths yearly within the US on account of coronary coronary heart sickness. That’s readily over ten situations the car-related deaths of 40,000 yearly throughout the U.S.

Why not go after the medical and healthcare self-discipline and assert that if all of them overtly shared their proprietary efforts it is going to save lives?

Whenever you ponder that question, you’ll see that after as soon as extra the rebuttal arguments talked about herein about doing so for self-driving automobiles are equally related.

Shifting gears, one different side to ponder is that the efforts in direction of typical automobiles turning into safer will presumably proceed to chop again the annual number of deaths and accidents of automotive accidents.

Step-by-step, by together with further safety-related choices to conventional automobiles, the have an effect on of automotive crashes might be lessened.

This has the potential of closing the opening in direction of the advantages that true self-driving automobiles might current.

In essence, suppose that typical automobiles develop to be “safer” and that the number of deaths and accidents is lowered by some share Y. If the premise for wanting to open-up self-driving automotive tech is that it’s meant to avoid wasting numerous lives, the usual technique may want already lessened to some extent the quantity involved (observe that each one lives are treasured and so it’s awkward and hard to argue about internet lives monetary financial savings, though it’s a harsh actuality when considering these types of points).

For further particulars about ODDs, see my indication at this hyperlink proper right here:

With reference to off-road self-driving automobiles, proper right here’s my particulars elicitation:

I’ve urged that there need to be a Chief Safety Officer at self-driving automotive makers, proper right here’s the information:

Rely on that lawsuits are going to steadily develop to be a significant part of the self-driving automotive commerce, see my explanatory particulars proper right here:

Don’t misinterpret this analysis to someway suggest that automakers ought to work solely in isolation of each other.

That’s not the aim.

In fact, as earlier talked about, there’s a steady effort occurring of various automakers forming into teams with completely different automakers, though as might be seen by the tensions sometimes involved that it’s much more sturdy to do than it’d sound on paper.

Plus, there could also be quite a lot of hiring of AI self-driving automotive builders that go all through the street from one automaker to the alternative, thus in a further delicate means perhaps bringing about sharing (albeit one which all the time generates lawsuits involving claims of getting “stolen” proprietary points).

There are lots of conferences and events about self-driving automobiles that ship collectively disparate automakers, allowing for a slender type of sharing. In addition to, there would be the tutorial world and its efforts on self-driving automotive advances that steadily are comparatively overtly being shared.

And, for these of you which of them have saved up with the movement in direction of open-source, there have been some efforts throughout the self-driving automotive realm in direction of leveraging open-source approaches (examples embody openpilot, apollo, carla, and lots of others.). This though is generally of a restricted nature and scope, and by no means on par with the starry-eyed overarching notion being floated.

All instructed the wishful contemplating that each one automakers and self-driving automotive tech companies ought to make on the market irrespective of they’ve is a bit fantastical and completely unrealistic.

For individuals who harbor this not potential dream, I would like you correctly nevertheless gently urge that your energies is probably larger spent in several strategies.

In any case, if we’d create AI that’s super-intelligent, maybe we’d ask it to plot AI self-driving automobiles for us. Thus, comparatively us individuals correct now myopically specializing in reaching AI-based self-driving automobiles, let’s in its place purpose at rising super-intelligent AI that will get the job carried out for us.

Solved that disadvantage.

Copyright 2020 Dr. Lance Eliot

This content material materials is initially posted on AI Developments.

[Ed. Note: For reader’s interested in Dr. Eliot’s ongoing business analyses about the advent of self-driving cars, see his online Forbes column:]

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