In December of 2013, IBM predicted that cloud-based cognitive technology would personalize education for students within five years. IBM is already testing out the idea in a Georgia public school district serving 170,000 students. Known as Personalized Education Through Analytics on Learning Systems (PETALS), the project will use machine learning, predictive modeling, deep content analytics, and advanced case management to analyze students’ strengths and weaknesses, and come up with a personal plan for each. The Big Data project will track students' activities — including attendance, test scores, how they interact with electronic content, and what they are being taught in the classroom — and suggest improvements to tailor their educations.

 

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