EF Roundtable Forum | 'Technology Betters Education' | Held in Shanghai

(Shanghai, March 20, 2018) Keeping pace with the times is a thing that EF Education has been adhering to for more than 50 years of educational experience. With the rapid progress of society and rapid changes in science and technology, science and technology are important for learning English. Tools. In response to the 'Technology' section, a round table forum on the topic of 'Technology Better Education' was held recently at EF English First Asia Pacific Headquarters.

Richard Weibull, vice president of marketing at EF English First Education Global R&D Center, introduced TED's R&D design philosophy.

Technology helps immersive learning

At the conference, Richard Weibull, Vice President of EF English First Education Global R&D Center Marketing, explained in detail how the EF Global R&D Center is using technology to promote and help students learn English. At EF Global Research Center, EF employs multiple technologies to promote English. Learning - desktop computers, online learning, school teaching, iPod, iPad, mobile phone, video, audio, graphics, speech recognition, speech synthesis, etc. 'This not only guarantees a diverse learning environment, but also caters to the diversity of different students. Demand', Richard said.

Advanced Speech Recognition technology is very important for language learning. On the EF learning platform, this technology has undergone several updates and upgrades over the past decade. In the EF24/7 APP launched last year, ASR technology was also used. , Simulate practical dialogues and expressions in the use of real situations, truly immersive learning anywhere.

In addition, EF English First Education Global Research Center also makes improvements and innovations for students' feedback, analyzes common mistakes of students, and helps teachers to be more targeted in course guidance.

Richard said that with the mission of “Education, Make the World Unrestricted”, EF clearly puts forward the TED (Technology Technology + Education Education + Design Design) trinity core design concept as a corporate guide. While pursuing advancement with the times, it is human-oriented. Technology makes education more beautiful.

Maximize education with the help of technology

Deputy Director and Secretary-General of the China Federation of Internet Applications Working Committee, Senior Expert Zhou Appraisal of the National Senior Manager, and Yu Yanjun, Senior Scientist, Now CEO of Yunjia Technology, and Yu Yanjun, General Manager of Shanghai Yunjia Technology Co., Ltd. as guests In this activity, more than a dozen media were also invited to the scene to discuss and share the status quo and trends of the use of science and technology in different fields. For some of the technical hot words in the market, the industry members also published their View.

Zhou Fang, deputy director and secretary-general of the China Federation of Commerce Internet Applications Committee, attended the Roundtable Forum.

Senior technologist Yu Yanjun attended the EF Roundtable Forum.

Guest Yu Yanjun said, 'From education classes, Internet distance education, to mobile phone smart terminals, the change brought about by the AI ​​era is that any terminal can go to the courses we are interested in, including English'. He said, 'AI The basic functions of image processing and video processing are mature and can be grafted into any industry. We can also learn user behavior by analyzing these user behaviors, whether it is daily English communication or workplace English communication, so that we can personalize. '

Guest Zhou Fang said: 'Today's theme is science and technology to make education better, nothing more than two points, one is to improve efficiency, the other is to improve the effect. Through technology, so that learners can have more fragmented time, have a better experience to Simulation. '

Richard emphasizes: 'The EF always focuses on education, we hope to use the power of science and technology to maximize education.' EF R & D Center was involved in artificial intelligence, virtual reality and other technologies research very early, researchers are also paying close attention And continue to invest in related R & D.

As the world's largest private education group, EF is committed to spur a learning revolution driven by science and technology. EF Global R & D Center is composed of more than 200 scientists, educators and linguists, 90 of whom are in Asia Pacific in Shanghai. The district headquarters, this arrangement, on the one hand, EF's attention to the Chinese market, on the other hand, is also because of China's leading position in the field of mobility.