Learning Design and Technology

Bartholomew

Project by
Tianze Shao
Project year
2026
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Many students prepare for math exams by memorizing step-by-step solutions, until the exam presents a problem they've never seen, and the memorized steps fall apart. Bartholomew is an AI student that flips the script: instead of being taught, you do the teaching. As you explain a problem, Bartholomew asks follow-up questions that reveal gaps in your own understanding. Your explanations become an editable mind map, which you then adapt to teach variation problems. By teaching a bear, learners stop memorizing solutions, and start truly understanding them.

LDT Student(s)

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Tianze Shao
Class: 2026
Areas of interest: Educational Game, VR in Education, AI in Education, Learning Science, STEM Education, Knowledge Transfer, Motivation, Cognition and Development, Project-Based Learning, Self-learning
Master's Project