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Stephen Downes

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This (36 page PDF) is one of those papers that describes in enormous technical detail a proposed solution to what appears to be an intractable social problem. Specifically, the authors describe "educational solution specifically designed for Afghan girls deprived of formal schooling." To be honest, I'm not sure how much of this paper would be original content and how much of it AI-assisted writing. It just seems to move from topic to topic without a unifying thread - but this might just as easily be an artifact of the way the three authors put it together. It promises that "to implement this project, a semi-centralized system will initially be designed and launched with ten schools (from grades 6 to 12) and three universities." I would love to see Afghan girls provided all the educational support possible. But I really wonder whether this is the right approach - it just feels like too much technology, not enough learning.

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