AI in education
👨💻 AI tutoring twice as effective as active classroom learning
Students using AI tutors learn more than twice as much in less time compared to traditional active classroom teaching. AI tutoring resulted in higher engagement and motivation among students.
👩🏿💻 AI-based teaching delivered two years of learning in six weeks
In a pilot project in Nigeria, students got to use AI as a virtual teacher. They performed significantly better than other students in all tested areas.
👩🏫 AI teaching tool Khanmigo now free for all US teachers
Khanmigo, an AI tool for teachers, is now free for all teachers in the USA. The tool helps teachers with over 20 different tasks and can save more than 50% of their preparation time. Microsoft and Khan Academy are collaborating to improve math education with small language models.
🦾 Oslo buys ChatGPT for 110,000 students and teachers
The introduction of ChatGPT in schools can be compared to the introduction of the textbook, says Trond Ingebretsen, division director in the Education Agency.
👩🏫 Towards the centaur school - part 2
The journey to develop AI services for school and education continues. This time I visit a class, which gave me both déjà vu and an aha experience.
👩🏫 Towards the centaur school - part 1
I found myself sitting there again. In a teacher's room. Almost 20 years since last time. Back then as a student teacher, this time as an AI developer. Now begins a journey towards developing AI services for education.