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In the lead-up to Teacher's Day, the Moscow Innovation Cluster (MIC) has compiled examples of pilot testing of educational innovations currently underway in Moscow schools. These innovations were developed by Moscow entrepreneurs. Their goal is to ease routine tasks for teachers and engage students.
Pilot testing This format allows innovations to be tested in real-world conditions and prepared for subsequent implementation. This format allows schools and colleges to safely test technologies, developers to showcase their innovations to new customers, and the city to make an informed decision about the scalability of projects and their economic feasibility.
An entire infrastructure has been built in the capital for this purpose: the MIC helps select a site, define testing goals and metrics, provide support, and, if necessary, obtain financial support—a grant of up to four million rubles—for participants.
VR physics laboratory
For example, the interactive physics laboratory, VR Physics Lab, is undergoing pilot testing at the Intellectual School. This virtual learning environment allows students to conduct real experiments, but in a digital space. This format allows teachers to safely incorporate complex experiments into the curriculum, and allows students to make mistakes and repeat the experiment if necessary.
A VR lab is augmented reality software. The simulator is based on a physics and mathematics model: the system accurately reads data and maintains quantitative experimental parameters. This transforms the lesson from a demonstration into a hands-on experience: students don't just observe the effect, but conduct experiments themselves and record the results.
The first participants were 50 students in grades 7–11. According to preliminary pilot testing data, more than half of the students independently completed practical assignments, with an average grade of at least 4.5. By using the virtual lab, the school plans to increase student interest in physics as a core subject and increase their engagement in additional educational programs.
AI platform for personalized learning
The L.B. Krasin Moscow College of Creative Industries recently completed pilot testing of a product from Innocifra (a developer of technologies for the digitalization of education). The piloted solution, "Filin," is an AI platform that automatically creates educational materials and generates assessments.
The project's goal is to demonstrate how artificial intelligence can personalize learning and save teachers' time without significant changes to their teaching methods. It is based on an algorithm that, based on the assigned topic, creates notes, suggests assignments, and generates midterm assessments. This reduces the teacher's manual workload and leaves more time for methodological work and interaction with students. A personalized learning path is created for students: the system analyzes progress, identifies gaps, and suggests targeted exercises. Insufficiently mastered material is replicated on the platform for each student individually in the form of generated assignments.
Before launching the platform, teachers prepared the teaching materials, divided them into modules, and adjusted the wording to ensure the algorithm worked effectively with carefully selected and structured content. The experiment involved 172 students in creative fields: 88 studied with the digital assistant, and 84 in the traditional format. The AI-assisted group's academic performance increased by more than 20 percent.
Teachers, in turn, noted the quality of the test generation and the ease of use of the Filina interface for both students and teachers. The program will be tested at other Moscow colleges to gather more detailed feedback. Based on the data collected, the platform and its integration plan into curricula will be further refined.
Digital English language complex
Testing of the new digital English language teaching and learning tool, "Native Class," is underway at School No. 2057 named after I.S. Barov. The tool creates personalized assignments for students and offers teachers various lesson plans. This allows for a personalized approach tailored to each student's needs.
"Native Class" is a digital system where AI technologies help create a personalized educational course. Personalization here means adapting assignments to each student's level and learning speed: the system selects exercises, tracks progress, and suggests areas for reinforcement. The teacher monitors the dynamics of the class and each student individually and can adjust the curriculum as needed.
Over 100 students in grades two through four are participating in the pilot testing. Specialists are customizing the system to match the current curriculum and the students' age characteristics. Students then receive assignments in a digital environment, and the teacher receives ready-made teaching scenarios and analytical data. This method allows for seamless implementation of the technology without overloading the existing process or traditional assessment methods.
The Moscow International School is pilot testing an engineering system from Inzhin, a developer of laser-based solutions. Students are beginning their introduction to the fundamentals of modern engineering in technology classes, using alternative desktop solutions adapted to the educational process.
A hardware and software system for grades 5–11 is being tested. It includes a desktop laser machine, educational modules and teaching materials for teachers, and basic engineering skills development courses. This format provides students with clear practical training: preparing a model for laser processing, adjusting the device's parameters, and evaluating the results upon completion.
Laser material processing technology allows for multiple processes to be performed on a single machine: cutting, engraving, and marking. The range of materials available for laser processing includes paper, cardboard, wood, plastic, fabric, leather, glass, stone, metal, and more. Both flat and three-dimensional objects can be created.
It is expected that upon completion of the testing, the level of knowledge about engineering and laser technologies among the students who participated in the pilot testing will increase.
With the participation of the Moscow Institute of Testing and Evaluation, over 700 tests are being conducted at 293 sites across the capital. This approach helps educational institutions improve the quality of education through the implementation of new methods and digitalization, and helps developers adapt their products to the real needs of their customers.
Moscow Innovation Cluster The cluster facilitates the creation of conditions for the implementation of priority areas of scientific and technological development in the capital, including the development and implementation of modern technologies, the promotion of scientific, technical, and industrial cooperation, and the effective interaction of all participants in the city's innovation ecosystem. The cluster includes organizations from 87 regions of Russia. Developers and high-tech businesses have access to over 50 city-based digital services. The project is overseen by Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development of the City of Moscow.
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