Personalized Learning Meets AI With Watson Classroom Getting Smart

A teacher's role on any given day is a combination of content expert, engineer, detective, psychologist, diagnostician, and researcher. Teachers are expected to have students master a set of concepts and information in a defined period of time. They must adapt these plans to the unique characteristics of each student. When a student struggles, a teacher must understand the exact nature of the issue–is it a gap in prerequisite knowledge, a learning challenge of the student, and/or a failure of the presentation to engage the student? Then, the teacher needs to modify their instruction based on their hypothesis of the cause of the issue, all while keeping the student positive about their effort, informed about their progress, and passionate about staying engaged.