An AI-powered learning support tool designed to enhance student engagement and support while empowering/elevating instructors
Overview
SmartPAL, a University of Minnesota-based invention, is an AI-powered learning support tool designed to enhance student engagement and support while empowering/elevating instructors. For students, SmartPAL offers 24/7 course support and AI tutoring through an AI chatbot, while providing personalized reminders, progress tracking, and weekly reflections that encourage self-regulated learning. For instructors, it offers unprecedented and timely insights into student challenges and engagement, reduces time spent on repetitive questions, and enables novel assignment formats that foster productive, responsible use of AI for learning while mitigating risks of AI-based cheating and misuse.
