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Data-Driven Development (D3): Instructional Design for the AI Age
Posted by Alelo | September 4, 2018

For artificial intelligence (AI) to enter the mainstream of education, instructional designers must have design methodologies that enable them to efficiently create AI-driven learning products. The most commonly used instructional...

Case Study: Evaluation of Enskill® English at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Posted by Alelo | August 16, 2018

Alelo, in collaboration with the Faculty of Technical Sciences of the University of Novi Sad, Serbia, conducted an evaluation of Alelo Enskill® English with students in the University’s English for...

Case Study: Alelo’s Learning Products Save Lives in Iraq and Afghanistan
Posted by Alelo | August 14, 2018

Dan Wilson used to be a US Army officer, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 2013. Back in 2005, when Alelo was just getting started, he was preparing for an...

Back to the Future of Pedagogical Agents
Posted by Alelo | July 10, 2018

The recent paper "Pedagogical Agents: Back to the Future" by Dr. Lewis Johnson of Alelo Inc. and Professor James Lester of North Carolina State University reviews the history and likely...

How AI Can Help You Create Competitive Advantage
Posted by Alelo | June 13, 2018

Artificial intelligence (AI) has arrived and is reshaping business. Your company ought to have a strategy for using AI, otherwise it risks being disrupted by companies that do. Yet many...

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How AI is Solving the #1 Skill Gap in the Global Economy
Posted by Lewis Johnson | May 22, 2018

Education and training is one industry where AI is starting to play important roles. What impact will AI have on education and training in the future? Will teachers be replaced...

Will Teachers be Replaced by Algorithms?
Posted by Lewis Johnson | May 7, 2018

As artificial intelligence (AI) develops, it is playing an increasing very important role in education. For example, AI-based solutions allow schools to embrace personalized learning, and publishers to roll out...

How AI Empowers English Teachers
Posted by Lewis Johnson | April 24, 2018

If you are a teacher of English to speakers of other languages, you know how important it is for your students to practice speaking. The more they practice in authentic...

To Learn a Language, Start with the End Goal in Mind
Posted by Alelo | March 27, 2018

What is it that learners want to be able to do with the language that they are learning? They want to communicate effectively with native speakers in common situations they...

Immersive Simulations: A Game Changer for Language Learning
Posted by Alelo | March 26, 2018

One of the best ways to learn a language is to practice with native speakers. Research shows that immersion is more effective than conventional classroom instruction for developing proficiency. Yet...