{"id":91772,"date":"2024-05-23T15:57:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=91772"},"modified":"2024-05-23T17:08:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T21:08:30","slug":"khan-academy-microsoft-partner-to-expand-access-to-ai-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2024\/05\/23\/khan-academy-microsoft-partner-to-expand-access-to-ai-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Khan Academy &#038; Microsoft partner to expand access to AI tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/source\/features\/ai\/khan-academy-and-microsoft-partner-to-expand-access-to-ai-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Khan Academy and Microsoft partner to expand access to AI tools that personalize teaching and help make learning fun <\/strong><\/a>&#8212; from news.microsoft.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">[On 5\/21\/24] at Microsoft Build, Microsoft and Khan Academy <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/KhanAcademyBlog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced a new partnership<\/a>\u00a0that aims to bring these time-saving and lesson-enhancing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.khanacademy.org\/khanmigo-for-teachers-is-free-for-all-us-teachers-thanks-to-support-from-microsoft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI tools to millions of educators<\/a>. By donating access to Azure AI-optimized infrastructure, Microsoft is enabling Khan Academy to offer all K-12 educators in the U.S. free access to the pilot of Khanmigo for Teachers, which will now be powered by Azure OpenAI Service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The two companies will also collaborate to explore opportunities to improve AI tools for math tutoring in an affordable, scalable and adaptable way with a new version of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/source\/features\/ai\/the-phi-3-small-language-models-with-big-potential\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Phi-3, a family of small language models<\/a>\u00a0(SLMs) developed by Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Also see\/referenced:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m09KpwyGAN4?si=rGFmCVph4SvEOn3F\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khanmigo.ai\/teachers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91775\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Khanmigo-May2024.jpg\" alt=\"Khanmigo -- a free, AI-powered teaching assistant\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Khanmigo-May2024.jpg 974w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Khanmigo-May2024-150x73.jpg 150w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Khanmigo-May2024-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Also relevant\/see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91128703\/khan-academy-and-microsoft-are-teaming-up-to-give-teachers-a-free-ai-assistant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Khan Academy and Microsoft are teaming up to give teachers a free AI assistant<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from fastcompany.com by Steven Melendez<br \/>\n<em>AI assistant Khanmigo can help time-strapped teachers come up with lesson ideas and test questions, the companies say.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-chunk\" data-testid=\"content-chunk\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Khan Academy\u2019s AI assistant,\u00a0Khanmigo, has\u00a0earned praise\u00a0for helping students to understand and practice everything from math to English, but it can also help teachers devise lesson plans, formulate questions about assigned readings, and even generate reading passages appropriate for students at different levels. More than just a chatbot, the software\u00a0offers specific AI-powered tools\u00a0for generating quizzes and assignment instructions, drafting lesson plans, and formulating letters of recommendation.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nHaving a virtual teaching assistant is especially valuable in light of\u00a0recent research from the RAND Corporation\u00a0that found teachers work longer hours than most working adults, which includes administrative and prep work outside the classroom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khan Academy and Microsoft partner to expand access to AI tools that personalize teaching and help make learning fun &#8212; from news.microsoft.com [On 5\/21\/24] at Microsoft Build, Microsoft and Khan Academy announced a new partnership\u00a0that aims to bring these time-saving and lesson-enhancing\u00a0AI tools to millions of educators. 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