I sense many of us build similar profiles right now, stored in Notion (or equiv), then pasted into [tool.ai]. I think the question becomes, in what Use Case / context is such profile being ported?
E.g., by the learner for the learner in tools subscribed to by the learner?
OR, by an institution for the learner across variety of enterprise-provided tools (i.e., at scale)?
OR, ....similar thinking.
And then layering on regulatory compliance layer on such portability.
Each such vector has its own +/-. E.g., while "by the learner for the learner" breathes fresh of empowerment, it requires users not to be lazy FLOBT about maintenance. When blockchain-rooted IDs first came out, startups realized that users still trusted big-tech to do the hard work of preserving their credentials (and do the trust-signaling).
On the other hand, speaking of blockchain, if a By/For Learner profile could exist, it could be authenticated in a privacy-preserving manner by *any tool being used by *whatever institution such learner eventually attended. That might solve for two use cases in one: personal and at scale portability.
I can imagine a learner being offered the option to use their portable model as part of a login for non-school sanctioned tools, and having control over whether to do so… and it being on by default for school sanctioned tools (with the option for learners or families to opt out)… basically a switch in default behavior, but with learner/family control available in both cases.
And yes, regulation is vital- I didn’t mention PII in this article, but there would have to be careful thinking about how to not remember PII, IEPs or other protected data and even how to ensure that the data in a learner model doesn’t become traceable back to a single learner (and become its own PII). It’s not a cakewalk.
Would love to know more about how you’re using the Notion to Tool workflow now- specifically- what are you choosing to ‘remember’? To me that’s a big open question for the whole AI industry (both in and outside of educational contexts)
Brilliant, Alex. A great analysis and clarification on what many of us are working toward.
Love it. A few thoughts:
I sense many of us build similar profiles right now, stored in Notion (or equiv), then pasted into [tool.ai]. I think the question becomes, in what Use Case / context is such profile being ported?
E.g., by the learner for the learner in tools subscribed to by the learner?
OR, by an institution for the learner across variety of enterprise-provided tools (i.e., at scale)?
OR, ....similar thinking.
And then layering on regulatory compliance layer on such portability.
Each such vector has its own +/-. E.g., while "by the learner for the learner" breathes fresh of empowerment, it requires users not to be lazy FLOBT about maintenance. When blockchain-rooted IDs first came out, startups realized that users still trusted big-tech to do the hard work of preserving their credentials (and do the trust-signaling).
On the other hand, speaking of blockchain, if a By/For Learner profile could exist, it could be authenticated in a privacy-preserving manner by *any tool being used by *whatever institution such learner eventually attended. That might solve for two use cases in one: personal and at scale portability.
Fascinating topic, Alex.
Great nuanced questions of implementation!
I can imagine a learner being offered the option to use their portable model as part of a login for non-school sanctioned tools, and having control over whether to do so… and it being on by default for school sanctioned tools (with the option for learners or families to opt out)… basically a switch in default behavior, but with learner/family control available in both cases.
And yes, regulation is vital- I didn’t mention PII in this article, but there would have to be careful thinking about how to not remember PII, IEPs or other protected data and even how to ensure that the data in a learner model doesn’t become traceable back to a single learner (and become its own PII). It’s not a cakewalk.
Would love to know more about how you’re using the Notion to Tool workflow now- specifically- what are you choosing to ‘remember’? To me that’s a big open question for the whole AI industry (both in and outside of educational contexts)