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Yes, this could be a good opportunity to revisit how education is done. I have a 6 and 8 year old and we had about 8 weeks of home schooling here in Australia.
by jay_kyburz 6y ago
Yes, this could be a good opportunity to revisit how education is done.
I have a 6 and 8 year old and we had about 8 weeks of home schooling here in Australia. We took the time to check out a wide variety of online learning resources.
Khan academy is great, but a little dry. Some other things have a little to much flair and not enough substance. I think there is a lot of great work to be done here.
Professionally made resources with tests and assessment built in could make a big impact. Student's can learn at their own pace, and I think most of it could be made just as "fun" as any video game.
The hardest problems will be "social". Determining when a student is lacking motivation, or when they are confused. How does and AI encourage them or clarify things in a way that's not more demotivating.
Actually, I'm sure the hardest problem is political, but putting that aside, building an online platform for years 1-6 would be really interesting. Years 7-12 would actually be a lot easier I think.