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NextTutor
Solution details
Assuming proper learning conditions, our solution is a web app, which heavily relies on a pre-configured open-source AI, that assists and guides students in their learning process, no matter the subject, making learning easier and saving time. It can quiz the student or it can teach a new topic in a personalised way. It acts as a tutor (hence the name) outside of school and it uses official textbooks which it has been fed to provide a Socratic mentoring experience for the student, by asking questions instead of giving the answers right away, and build upon what the student already knows. Implementing it goes as follows: we feed an LLM with local textbooks and curated research papers to use as an informational basis for its answers, while providing it with internet access to be able to double-check the info.
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Learn to learn, today!
Context
Concentration, is an essential problem for youngsters, that’s why we aim in our project to personalise lessons and focus on quizzing and teaching based on what the student actually remembered from the lesson.
Assuming proper learning conditions, our solution is a web app, which heavily relies on a pre-configured open-source AI, that assists and guides students in their learning process, no matter the subject, making learning easier and saving time. It can quiz the student or it can teach a new topic in a personalised way. It acts as a tutor (hence the name) outside of school and it uses official textbooks which it has been fed.
Who Benefits?
With our project we provide an splendid innovation in the educational field that can make a change in the next(minimum) 5 years to come…
There is an LLM with local textbooks and curated research papers to use as an informational basis for its answers, while providing it with internet access to be able to double-check the info. This way we provide a Socratic mentoring experience for the student, by asking questions instead of giving the answers right away, and build upon what the student already knows.
Impact
Our project can be used by all learners and its influence will be extremely visible when the percentage of students that actually learn the material not just memorise it. Leveraging our coding skills and understanding of machine learning, we developed a prototype web app to tutor students in subject like math, biology, history and more. We believe AI can effectively address the educational crisis by shifting its social perception from a shortcut to a valuable learning tool!
Team work
Our team is represented by young students, passionate in hacking and developing education ,,For All”: Alex Calancea, Petra Belous, Ionuț Botnaru, Alex Balan, Călin Chetrușca. We are very well versed in the digital education field, having work and volunteering experience at Future Classroom Lab, therefore our goal is to change the world together.
Innovativeness
There are an amount of different platforms that offer the same help, but our specialty is personalised learning. Based on what u remember, AI teaches/corrects the information, gives you a quiz and makes also many references with the textbook used in your class.
Transferability
Our project is usable in any subject you can think of, ranging from humanitarian sciences to applied mathematics and physics. That’s what makes it special! Since it’s not limited to a certain area of expertise, learning any subject is easier than ever.
Sustainability
In order to globalise our project we would need a bigger team of developers to help with LLM training, app deployment and outreach. The objective is to have this app on the devices of any student who is excited to have a more productive learning experience.