The Learning Agency

The Learning Engineering Virtual Institute seeks to contribute to K-12 education through public resources that include re-usable datasets like Khan Academy’s new "Conversation-Based Math Tutoring Accuracy" dataset and paper. These resources explore the performance and challenges of Large Language Models (LLMs) in math tutoring scenarios, providing a benchmark dataset for evaluating LLM accuracy in educational contexts.  https://lnkd.in/g92qJBRR #LEVImath

DEADLINE APPROACHING! The Institute of Education Sciences' Seedlings to Scale (S2S) grant program – as part of its Accelerate, Transform, and Scale Initiative – will invest in innovative products, policies, and processes to advance personalized education experiences for all learners. Letters of intent are due on tomorrow! https://lnkd.in/gR7aSvEF

Want to learn more about AI in professional learning? Mark your calendar for 7/16, from 1:00-2:00 EST for RPPL (Research Partnership for Professional Learning)’s next webinar. Join research project manager Brendon Krall, MPP for a discussion about research by the Annenberg Institute at Brown University on AI in professional learning. https://lnkd.in/gW2_tHuM

Building an educational app, tool, or platform to improve student learning? Check out this guide by Kent Fischer to help you develop educational apps aimed at helping students maximize their educational opportunities here: https://lnkd.in/gxrb9Fd7

With this toolkit from the Alliance for Learning Innovation (ALI), you can now help spread the word about Institute of Education Sciences' From Seedlings to Scale program. This program will invest in bringing the most effective innovations to scale. Letters of intent are due by 7/11! https://lnkd.in/g_BuV8Vv

The Learning Engineering Virtual Institute is advancing education with public good resources like reusable datasets and open models. For example, #LEVImath team |= Eedi is sharing their  dataset, which features student responses to math videos and data from 5,423 UK students attempting 516 quizzes in 15,022 sessions. Request access to the dataset here: https://lnkd.in/gnGekeNR

The Institute of Education Sciences will hold office hours on its new From Seedlings to Scale (S2S) program over the next few weeks. If you’re interested in applying or have any questions about this opportunity, make sure to join! More information can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gvdCKAWc #education #research

Arianna Prothero with Education Week reflects on the Impact Research survey commissioned by the Walton Family Foundation, which found that the majority of teachers are in favor of chatbots. Read Arianna’s take here: https://lnkd.in/gw3q86hW

For teachers to maximize AI in the classroom, Kumar Garg, founder of the  Learning Engineering Virtual Institute and President of Renaissance Philanthropy, suggests AI innovators, policymakers, and school leaders need to provide teachers with more support and guidance. Read his insights here: https://lnkd.in/gua9pwqD #LEVImath

In a special episode of the Ed-Technical podcast, Owen Henkel and Libby Hills share their quick takes on two developments in the #edtech world—  OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4o math capabilities and Google’s evaluation on a fine-tuned version of Gemini. Listen to their brief overview and insights here: https://lnkd.in/gin5DfPN