Have you used a tool like Khan Academy that creates a learning path for you? Did you find it to be useful or a hindrance to your learning? Or both?
Khan Academy is a very powerful online learning resource that helps educate students in all sorts of subjects. As Khan Academy has become extremely well known, one of their biggest solutions was to incorporate artificial intelligence. By utilizing forms of artificial intelligence such as machine learning and deep learning, students in need are receiving extra education support that is tailored to their needs. For example, when a student partakes in a certain subject, the machine learning in the background will look through its algorithms and continue to understand what you’re looking for. It’ll look at the decisions you make and try to look for improvements where needed. Thus, Khan Academy is creating an environment where personalized learning is possible with the use of Artificial Intelligence. Which will allow all types of students to get better support and succeed in their learnings.
That went the same for me as well. With my experience with using Khan Academy, I felt that I was really able to learn things that I might’ve missed or didn’t understand to the fullest in class. Math was one of the main subjects I used Khan Academy for because there’s occasionally a few parts that I don’t understand. And I was able to use this online resource to review videos, practice on a number of questions, and overall just move at my own pace. It feels reassuring that I know there is a learning resource like such where I can fall back on and re-learn a thing or two. Recently, there has been the addition to gamify the learning process by making the learner collect points as you progress. This idea of gamifying the process really makes learning fun and interesting. I personally love the idea of combining games with education. Just like many, I’m not a top student, and what I think would help some students out there is to find a way for education to become fun. By gamifying the process, our brain releases natural dopamine, and learners become more attached to the learning process as there is a reward at the end.
Overall, I can’t really say anything bad about Khan Academy because it really has paved way to help me find success. It was really helpful to have an online resource that is free to use, online 24/7, and tailoring to my educational needs. I find that the application of artificial intelligence to learning is a major step in the educational standpoint, but also reflecting on how large of a growth technology has become. I would highly recommend Khan Academy to anyone looking to better their understanding on certain subjects.
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Hi Thomas, great post! I really like your style of communication, your reflections on personalized learning are very well done. I relate to your experience with Khan Academy – math was never my strong suit either, and I would turn to the platform to iron out any mental blocks I had from my teachers. In the latest versions of Khan Academy, the development team has gamified it a little bit – you earn points when you watch videos or succeed on quizzes. What do you think of this new system? Do you feel that it’s encouraged you to continue watching and learning or does it feel less personal?
Hi Justine,
personally I’ve always loved games and having the addition of games to subjects I don’t like as much really helps encourage me to do better. Ultimately becoming more competitive – like I need to get more points sort of idea.