A few hours ago, Google published a white paper laying out their vision for the Future of Learning. Here's the TLDR:
The Headline:
๐ Global learning is at a crossroads: learner outcomes have dropped sharply worldwide, and UNESCO projects a shortage of 44 million teachers by 2030.
๐ AI is positioned as *the* tool to save us from an impending education crisis BUT...
๐ The real "secret weapon" for improving education isn't the tech: it's the learning science we build into it.
According to Google, the four biggest opportunities offered by AI in education are:
๐ฅ Learning Science at Scale โ Embed evidence-based methods (retrieval practice, spaced repetition, active feedback) directly into everyday tools.
๐ฅ Making Anything Learnable โ Adjust explanations, examples and complexity to meet each learner where they are.
๐ฅ Universal Access โ Break down language, literacy and disability barriers through AI-powered translation and transformation.
๐ฅ Empowering Educators โ Free up teacher time through AI-assisted lesson planning, resource creation and differentiation.
Overall, Google's latest white paper signals an evolving ed-tech culture which centres on a more substantive partnership between ed & tech:
๐ Co-Creation: Google commits to investing in evidence-based approaches to learning design and development and to rigorous evaluation, pilot studies and educator-led research to test and demo impact.
๐ Collaborative Development: Google commits to working with schools, NGOs, researchers and learning scientists to co-design tools for learning.
You can read the white paper in full using the link in comments.
Happy innovating!
Phil ๐ | 26 comments on LinkedIn
