Adaptive Learning’s Potential and Pitfalls

“Adaptive learning.” Two words that have haunted headlines and press releases ever since I started this job in 2011—and likely even before then. Everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone says they’re doing it too.

But there are plenty of misconceptions and a lack of shared understanding between schools and companies about what “adaptive learning” actually means.

At our SF Edtech Meetup on Feb. 4, we asked six practitioners from the entrepreneur, educator and investor communities to share their joys, pains and lessons learned from building and working with these tools. Here’s what they had to say.