Personalized Learning
Pearson Intros Calculus Tutoring App
Pearson has announced the debut of Aida Calculus, an app using artificial intelligence to create a customized learning experience for students.
The app can help students solve problems by allowing them to type in an equation or take a photo of their homework into the app. Aida analyzes the student's work and provides feedback on each line of their problem.
Based on the level of student engagement with Aida, the app will provide suggestions for practice problems, related examples or videos that explain how specific concepts work in the real world. Aida has more than 30 original explainer videos and 150 short instructional videos to help students master concepts and skills.
"Aida is a groundbreaking use of AI to enable learning. It's the first step we're making in redesigning education for the talent economy by addressing a major, and often unseen, barrier to STEM careers," said Pearson CEO John Fallon. "With millions of TEM jobs going unfilled, we can't afford to leave talented students behind and the world can't afford to lose much needed engineers, economists and computer scientists."
Aida Calculus is the first offering under Pearson's Aida brand. The app is available for download in the Apple App Store for free in November and December. Pearson expects to introduce a subscription model in 2020.
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