EtonHouse teachers now teach more and do less admin with AI
[SINGAPORE] Education provider EtonHouse is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to empower its teachers to teach more, as well as to do less administrative work.
Lumina, EtonHouse's AI planner for its educators, leverages generative AI via OpenAI's application programming interface for curriculum planning and creating new lessons.
The inspiration for Lumina came from interviews with educators, who expressed their struggles in balancing student engagement and meeting learning targets while they are overwhelmed by their workload.
Compounding the burden was the constant data entry into Microsoft Excel sheets with no central repository for lesson planning, often leading to multiple versions and confusion.
The AI planner was developed with feedback from key teachers and the pedagogy team at EtonHouse. This was to ensure that the prototype met the needs of teachers and was aligned with the education provider's teaching approach.
Privacy and data protection were also designed into Lumina, with no personally identifiable information stored on the system or submitted to the AI model.
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In prototyping Lumina, it was put through its paces through testing at selected EtonHouse centres, with feedback gathered through surveys and interviews. Tweaks were also made to the user interface to make it intuitive for teachers, including accessibility features and an analytical chatbot.
Lumina has gone through a number of iterations, and now has real-time tracking of learning objectives, and multi-language support. With this tool, teachers are empowered rather than replaced. It also eliminates inconsistencies from siloed systems, with standardised learning outcomes for the students.
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