Sparkd AI, WiseSalmon team up to build automatic grading app
Dublin-based, bespoke AI company Sparkd AI have teamed up with EdTech provider WiseSalmon to build an automatic grading app for leaving certificate students and teachers.
WiseSalmon’s algorithm uses machine learning to automatically evaluate students’ answers in practice Leaving Certificate Biology examinations. The new technology can also provide students with feedback on their work as well as numerical grades, helping students with self-assessment and empowering educators to simplify their workflow.
While the app is currently solely focused on biology exams, WiseSalmon aims to eventually automate exam grading for every subject.
Founder of WiseSalmon, Siobhan Ryan, said she is eager to get the app to market and begin collaborating with more schools to pilot the technology: “We’re hoping that the education community in Ireland will really get behind this. We want to add value to teachers’ lives by reducing labour-intensive grading of assessments and increasing the data they are capturing about their students. Students will benefit from enhanced feedback and improved learning outcomes.”
“ChatGPT is the talk of the staff room right now. Teachers are concerned about how AI will change the nature of teaching and learning. We want to reassure them that AI is a tool that will make teachers’ jobs easier and help students become more independent. My hope is that we can build a community of educators, empowered by tech, not afraid of it. Like all students, the AI needs to learn and sometimes gets it wrong, however, over time the accuracy will improve but it needs input and that is why we are making this call out to schools.”
Dr Luca Marchesotti, CEO of Sparkd AI said: “The accuracy of our algorithm will be improved the more it is adopted and used. For the technology to work effectively, it requires willing participants. Once WiseSalmon is exposed to a larger dataset, it can grow legs.”
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