Virtual+Assistants+(Higher+Ed)

By Hongxi Liu, Sisi Jiang, and Yurun Jin on Oct 14, 2014
 * Virtual Assistants in Higher Education (2014 Fall Semester) **

Here's the link to our presentation: http://app.emaze.com/1221243/1#1 Prepare to be "emazed"!

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 * Reference:**

Here is our presentation on Virtual Assistants: http://bit.ly/1lsR6nd You will need to download the **SlideIdea app** in order to view it: http://slideidea.com
 * Virtual Assistants in Higher Education (2014 Summer Semester) **

Here is the PDF version of our presentation: 

The links to the videos from our presentation don't work in the PDF so we have added them here: [|MindMeld Video], [|"Her" Trailer], [|Are you Siri-ous Video]

If you are interested, you can also check out: [|BlabDroid Teaser]

References:

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Hersh, Dr. D. E. (July 24, 2012). Pedagogy 2.0: Conversations with Siri. Retrieved from []

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Hutchings, E. (March 20, 2013). Virtual assistant avatar delivers message with human emotions. Retrieved from [|http://www.psfk.com/2013/03/virtual-assistant-avatar.html#!buMpUY]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">New Media Consortium. (2014). NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Preview. Retrieved from []

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ong, J. (December 11, 2013). Expect Labs releases its highly-anticipated MindMeld virtual assistant iPad app. Retrieved from []

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