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 Online maths company has partnered with scientists to identify what makes lessons successful - and to see if AI can be used to improve teaching Ambar (foreground) and Ruwaan during an online maths session at Pakeman primary school.
 Pakeman primary school.
 Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian Artificial intelligence (AI) Could online tutors and artificial intelligence be the future of teaching?
 Online maths company has partnered with scientists to identify what makes lessons successful - and to see if AI can be used to improve teaching Hannah Devlin Science corespondent @hannahdev Mon 26 Dec ‘16 07.
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 Together with scientists at University College London (UCL), the company has analysed around 100,000 hours of audio and written data from its tutorials, with the goal of identifying what makes a good teacher and a successful lesson.
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 As the technology evolves, the interventions could become more sophisticated and the software might play a more active role in teaching, raising questions about the extent to which intelligent software could replace human teachers.
 Rose Luckin, a professor of learner centred design at University College London, who is collaborating with Third Space Learning on the project, said: “What we are very interested in is the right blend of human and artificial intelligence in the classroom – identifying that sweet spot.
” According to Luckin, AI provides a unique opportunity to assess which teaching strategies are working and to individualise teaching.