LOS ANGELES, May 7, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The British Council has nominated Alelo Inc. as one of the five finalists for the prestigious 2019 ELTons Award for Digital Innovation. ELTons awards celebrate the best innovations for English language teaching and learning worldwide. The winner will be announced at a ceremony in London on June 10.
Alelo's award entry teaches spoken English communication in immersive conversations with artificially intelligent animated characters. It is essentially an automated teacher's aide that allows learners to practice critical skills and gain self-confidence while helping instructors teach more effectively. It was developed and deployed on the Alelo Enskill Digital Learning Platform, which incorporates evidence-based artificial intelligence (AI) methods.
Dr. Lewis Johnson, CEO of Alelo, explains, "Learning systems that truly teach complex skills such as speaking English, as opposed to vocabulary memorization or grammar drills, require a multidimensional AI framework that goes far beyond simple chatbots or personalized lesson sequencing. We have been perfecting our seven-principle AI framework since 2005 when we first released immersive gamified courses for military personnel to learn foreign languages and cultures. The courses received many awards and recognitions, but none higher than the lives they helped save among our service members in Iraq and Afghanistan."
A recent webinar on the Future of AI in Education Training by Dr. Johnson explains Alelo's seven-principle framework for the effective use of AI by learners, teachers, and course developers. The core of Alelo's AI framework is a data-driven development approach that continually collects and evaluates learner data to inform system improvement. It promotes true mastery learning and avoids rejections by students and parents such as those recently reported in the news.
Perhaps the best testimonials for the courses are given by English teachers in Latin America who say:
- "It helps me to improve my classes and also it makes my classes very very short and very very communicative."
- "If you want your students to have more self-confidence, Alelo is going to be your best option."
- "When I was a kid I wish I had this kind of platform because it helps in confidence."
ABOUT ALELO INC.
Alelo creates learning solutions that help people acquire new skills and apply them when it counts, changing the way people communicate. The company led by Dr Lewis Johnson has been pioneering the effective use of artificial intelligence in training and education since the company was founded in 2003 after spinning out from the University of Southern California as a DARPA-funded research project. One example of Dr. Johnson's innovative thinking for over 25 years is his winning of the IFAAMAS's Influential Paper Award in 2017. alelo.com
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