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How AI Can Support Rapid Reskilling Under COVID-19
Posted by Lewis Johnson | July 28, 2020

The skills gap – the mismatch between the skills that employers need and the skills that employees have – costs companies nearly $1 million annually. In 2018, Deloitte projected that the skills gap...

Panel on COVID-19 and the Future of AI in Education and Training at AIED 2020
Posted by Lewis Johnson | July 21, 2020

On July 8, 2020, a panel of experts in artificial intelligence in education discussed the challenges that educators and learners are facing due to COVID-19, and how artificial intelligence (AI)...

Using AI to Develop Communication Skills in Business Leaders
Posted by Alelo | January 20, 2020

Communication skills are critical for leaders and the organizations they lead. According to a study of large corporations by David Grossman, companies that have highly effective communicators as leaders had...

Case Study: UVM Program Using Alelo Enskill Increases Students’ Spoken English Proficiency
Posted by Alelo | January 13, 2020

Of the four language skills, speaking, listening, reading, and writing, speaking is by far the most important and the most difficult to develop. Many English language learners (ELLs) are reluctant...

How AI Simulations Close the Communication Skills Gap
Posted by Lewis Johnson | November 21, 2019

Enskill EPC was created by Alelo, which started developing AI simulations to help military members quickly learn foreign languages and cultures before deploying overseas. The communications skills learned have helped...

Using AI to Help English Learners Get Past Learning Plateaus
Posted by Lewis Johnson | November 18, 2019

Although 1.5 billion people around the world are studying English, many will never get proficient enough to use English on the job. Instead, they get stuck at learning plateaus. They...

The Baker Learning Analytics Prizes
Posted by Alelo | October 10, 2019

A field only moves forward if it chooses the right problems: big goals that make a difference. Many–perhaps most–of the adaptive learning systems out there are based on the same...

Case Study: Alelo’s AI-driven Enskill English product improves student fluency and self-confidence
Posted by Alelo | July 29, 2019

A recent evaluation at UVM (Universidad del Valle de México) Toluca of Alelo Enskill® English, an AI-driven learning product, found that students improved their spoken English skills, and also became...

The Magnificent Seven: Seven Roles That AI Can Play to Transform Learning
Posted by Alelo | April 26, 2019

At the start of Alelo’s webinar series on the Future of AI in Education and Training, we asked what role AI should play in promoting learning. Some see the benefit...

Why Online Mastery Learning Platforms Aren’t All They’re Cracked Up to Be
Posted by Alelo | April 26, 2019

In Educational Technology communities, there is a debate about the best way to structure online learning programs. Should platforms focus on the individual student or the classroom? Should teachers act...