Personalising Learning

Did Youtube ever show you a video on a topic you might have spoken about to someone, or read something on a related topic but without having searched for it in Youtube? Yet, there it is, in the list of videos recommended for you.

Perhaps Youtube highlighted a previously unknown topic, one to which you are now hooked?

How is it that the video platform seems to know you better than some friends know you?

How does it select videos that will interest you, among the 800 million videos it hosts?

Is it possible to use the software’s skills of personalisation to help learners learn better?

What is the common thread behind Youtube and Netflix, Amazon product recommendations, Google News, Facebook-friend suggestion and your classroom?

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