Artificial intelligence-enabled teaching technology that could help schools and colleges adapt lessons will be trialled in the North East.
E-spaces' platform was founded by former teacher Yvonne Buluma Samba and uses data to automatically assess, personalise and adapt lessons to enable immediate intervention and prediction of grades in the classroom. Thanks to a grant from Innovate UK EDGE, the firm has partnered with Digital Catapult North East Tees Valley to test the software in schools and colleges across the region, including Gateshead College.
The edtech firm has secured a Research and Technology Organisation grant designed for not-for-profit organisations that deal with the development of science and technology and can incorporate laboratories, factories and offices. As part of the funding, e-spaces will get support in testing new ideas and advice on regulatory processes.
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E-spaces will now run Beta testing programmes with several schools in the North East following pilot programmes with more than 100 teachers and 1,000 students so far.
Yvonne Buluma Samba, CEO of e-spaces, said: "We’re on a mission to reduce teacher burnout and attrition while increasing student engagement and performance across state, grammar, independent schools, and further education colleges. We’re developing cutting-edge technology for teachers by teachers that’s easy-to-use and makes a real difference to schools. This grant, and our subsequent partnership with Sunderland Software City, enables us work directly with schools to see how the latest version of our product works within classes on a larger scale than our pilot."
Digital Catapult North East Tees Valley was set up in 2015 and is delivered by Sunderland Software City. It focusses on supporting small businesses with adoption and application of immersive technologies, skills development and training opportunities. Its work extends to charities and social enterprises across Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland, and the programme also manages PROTO in Gateshead.
Ashmita Randhawa, head of innovation at Digital Catapult North East Tees Valley, added: "E-spaces aims to restore the joy of teaching and learning, helping to reduce teacher attrition and burnout while improving student engagement and performance. This mission is equally urgent and important. Digital Catapult NETV is therefore delighted to partner with e-spaces in working to address the needs of local educators through tech and innovation."
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