Arbor
At Arbor, our mission is to transform the way schools work for the better. We’ve always taken a holistic approach to fulfilling this mission: we’re building a Management Information System (MIS) which doesn’t just help schools work better today, but which helps them prepare for the possibilities of tomorrow. We’re putting ourselves forward for the Innovation Award because we believe creating innovative features for schools is therefore at the heart of what we do.
Rather than focusing on just one feature release, our entry covers a number of new features, services and workstreams (including AI and live national benchmarking).
In 2022/3, we released 839 new features and made 2,050 improvements to our Management Information System (MIS). We also created a brand new R&D team: Team Innovation. This team is dedicated to:
Creating features that go beyond the market and schools’ expectations
Ensuring these features make a measurable difference to schools
Making sure our innovations are ethical and in the best interest of our users
By working closely with our customers in a continuous feedback loop, and giving our Product Team space and resource to experiment, this new R&D team has baked innovative thinking into our ways of working.
BOOKR Class
BOOKR Class is a multifaceted learning tool designed to enhance English language skills and reading comprehension, equipping users with essential capabilities for navigating today’s globalized world.
It utilizes storytelling to develop English as a Foreign or Second Language skills, featuring over 1000 animated books, songs, and nursery rhymes, 4000+ flashcards, and 5000+ educational games to fortify implicit grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension, allowing for rapid mastery of a new language.
The diverse range of content, including folk tales, fairy tales, classic and contemporary literature, aids in the cultivation of 21st-century and social-emotional skills. Children learn empathy and emotional understanding through relatable characters and narratives, made more comprehensible due to context, coherence, and familiar genres.
Special scaffolding features of BOOKR, such as illustration, animation, and narration, make narratives engaging, immersive, and easily understood, fostering a positive attitude to reading and enriching language experience.
BOOKR provides a unique, scalable solution catering to the growing global education and ESL/EFL market that is progressively embracing specialized platforms like ours. It boasts a proven track record and technology stack optimized for scaled operations and is currently utilized by schools and parents in over 32 countries.
EvidenceB
EvidenceB has developed a cutting-edge, evidence-based Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) that merges Artificial Intelligence (AI) research and Cognitive Science (CS). Our adaptive learning ITS is available in a Software as a Service (SaaS) mode, effectively addressing learning challenges in K12, Higher Education, and professional training. Rooted in CS and powered by award-winning AI, our curriculum-agnostic designs are tailored to specific educational programs. Evidence-based gameplays and data-driven AI engine foster deep understanding of core concepts, even among low-performing students. Teachers benefit from analytical dashboards that empower them to make pedagogical differentiation decisions in their classrooms.
Our top-tier R&D partnerships with renowned CS and AI labs and researchers, along with initial funding led by EduCapital, Europe’s largest EdTech VC, have enabled us to build expertise. EvidenceB ITS permanently introduces new features aimed at facilitating A/B testing and generating richer learning analytics and impact measurement,monitored through dashboards to enhance the learning experience and support research collaborations.
Our core belief is that ‘research in, research out’ leads to the most significant impact on learning. As a result, our tool facilitates the acceleration of research on learning in diverse contexts and aids in understanding the connection between adaptive technology utilization and diverse concept learning.
With the launch of ChatGPT, the global education community was pulled in many different directions and many unanswered questions arose – Are AI writing tools good? Are they bad? Should they be used in education?
Turnitin had been working on identifying indicators of AI writing tool use for nearly 2 years when ChatGPT launched, making AI writing accessible worldwide. However, the rapid adoption of ChatGPT led to the accelerated development of Turnitin’s AI writing detection feature.
Turnitin’s AI writing detection feature is integrated into existing product workflows to ensure ease of use and adoption. In addition to the indicator score, users received an AI writing report featuring additional information on where and how much AI writing tools are used.
More than 99.5 million submissions have been successfully processed through Turnitin’s AI writing detection feature. 10.1% of all submissions have a score indicating the presence of above 20% AI written text. More than 97% of eligible users have Turnitin’s AI writing indication feature turned on in at least one account.
In addition to the AI writing detection feature, we provide best practice guidance, content and resources to support responsible integration of AI writing and detection tools in classrooms and policies.
Mathpid
Mathpid: Revolutionizing Global Maths Education with AI
In the nexus of education and technology, Mathpid, a creation of Woongjin ThinkBig, stands as a beacon for transformative maths learning. Tailored for young learners across the globe, it seamlessly aligns with the curriculums of major educational hubs, including the UK, US, India, and South Korea. At its core, Mathpid employs an advanced AI system that, through a mere 10-problem set, crafts a unique learning pathway for each student in the ‘My Class’ curriculum. Moreover, with its AI Vision feature, it recognizes and provides solutions for scanned or handwritten maths problems, suggesting related challenges to ensure a comprehensive understanding. These tailored lessons, combined with real-time feedback, not only benefit students but also empower educators with data-driven insights. Recognized by a robust global user base and heartening testimonials, Mathpid promises a future where top-notch, personalized math education is accessible to every young scholar. In a dynamic educational landscape, Mathpid emerges as a game-changer, offering a blend of traditional pedagogy and state-of-the-art AI, ensuring a rich, adaptive, and global learning experience.
Redmenta
Redmenta is an AI-powered, time-saving content-creator tool for teachers.
Active Learning effectively engages students, but implementing this approach in a learning environment takes significant time. And time is a limited resource for teachers.
With Redmenta, teachers can save 2-4 hours of work by generating, e.g. a problem-based worksheet, e-learning material and even tests or quizzes. In Redmenta, students can conduct and document research, create concept boards and problem maps, process the information by discussing the topic with the AI Chat, and record their video presentations.
Join our community of teachers and take our free e-learning course to learn about active learning and get hands-on solutions and time-saving techniques!
Tassomai
Tassomai’s team has recognised AI’s potential to radically transform their products, starting with the addition of a virtual “AI-tutor” to their award-winning retrieval practice platform.
Their AI-tutor, “Mai” was developed over the summer of 2023 ready to beta test with selected schools and families at the start of the 23/24 academic year.
Mai represents a potential game changer for Tassomai, and for users of the platform, particularly those students who would not typically have access to private tuition. Thanks to the diligent efforts of Tassomai’s development team, Mai’s ability to help and guide students is simply remarkable.
“My wife and I already thought Tassomai was incredibly valuable in supporting our daughter’s education, but the introduction of Mai has lead to a new and even more engaging experience for her. She asks questions of Mai to aid her understanding in real time, meaning that not only is she testing her knowledge, she is reinforcing it and exploring the subjects more broadly. It’s been an excellent addition and I would highly recommend it to other users and parents (and indeed have done so already).”
Or in the words of this student: “THANKS You currently are the most helpful person in my life!”.
TeachMateAI
TeachMateAI is a suite of AI-powered tools capable of radically speeding up elements of a teacher’s job without compromising quality, and enables ‘super-personalisation’ of learning – want a model text illustrating fronted adverbials focused on becoming a YouTuber to engage pupils? TeachMateAI can create that, within seconds.
TeachMateAI.com launched at the end of March 2023 with a clear mission: to reduce teacher workload and improve learning experiences by harnessing generative AI for all in education.
At the time of writing, in 6 short months, TeachMateAI has amassed over 70,000 users worldwide, grown a suite of over 80+ AI tools, featured on BBC The One Show, and been inundated by teachers’ praise for the product – it’s been quite the journey and one rooted in innovation.
TeachMateAI harnesses and enhances the power of generative AI for educators through model-training, prompt design, software integrations and a few nifty tricks we’ve developed. The result is a tool which enables all teachers, not just the tech-savvy with the time and inclination to explore large language models, to benefit from the transformation power of generative AI in education. So far we’ve done this for 70,000 teachers and counting.
