| | May - 202019CXO INSIGHTSTransforming the Student ExperienceBy Doug McCollum, Senior Vice President, Product Development, K12, Inc.Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform learning for K-12 students nationwide. Rather than receiving the same instruction and content as classmates with differing interests, ability levels, and capabilities, students can experience learning that is truly personalized and work at their own pace with needed instructional supports, engaging content in areas that pique their curiosity, automated scoring and instant feedback, messages of encouragement, and opportunities to take a break provided for them at just the right time. As the leading provider of virtual education for K-12 students, our company--K12--is executing on a multi-year roadmap to deliver this type of experience for our students. Individualized InstructionThe first, and I believe most important, role that AI can serve is to match students to instruction at their individual learner level, focused on the right skills, delivered in the right progression, and in the mode of instruction--video, interactive examples, guided practice, etc.--that is most effective for each student. Students learn differently, have distinct strengths and weaknesses, and progress at their own pace. Through AI, an instructional system can target a student's needs more and more precisely as it gathers data on what works best for that student. We have introduced these capabilities into our system--providing adaptive, levelled instruction and practice, matching students to texts and their reading level, and providing on-demand AI-powered instructional help. And in the next few years, we will build on these capabilities to make our delivery of AI-powered instruction more pervasive and precise. We even plan to recommend different types of instructional delivery--independent, paired learning with one other student, small-Doug McCollum
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