Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Abu Dhabi startup is using AI to transform
how kids learn
In most classrooms around the world, even
though some students learn faster than the others, they are taught and tasked under
the same curriculum and pace. They may be praised by scoring 100% in tests, but
that also could mean they are missing opportunities to learn more. The reverse
is also true. Slow learners are left behind the class and losing interest to
learn. It has long been the common practice among most schools to simply put a
set number of students in one place and teach them the same things at the same
pace.
Now, there are tools that offer personalized
learning curriculum that is tailored for individual students by using
artificial intelligence. You might think such a high-tech teaching style is being
practiced in Silicon Valley or Shenzhen, China’s tech hub, but it is happening
in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. There are no books, no
whiteboards, no markers or pens in the classrooms. Instead, students use their
own-created avatars to work with computers that offer tailor-made curriculum to
study subjects like math, science, and English. The curriculum is made and
adjusted by AI that utilizes millions of data points on a daily basis from
classrooms. In these classrooms, the teacher’s role is not to teach students
but to assist them to learn through the program and offer help when needed.
Ideally, everyone in the classroom can learn most effectively at their
capacity. Well, as business practices have been and will be changing with AI,
why not for teaching and learning in classrooms?
Enjoy reading the article and watching the
video and think which way you would prefer if you were a middle school student,
a textbook and pencil, or a display and keyboard to work in 2030 and beyond.
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