A new generation of AI-powered teaching tools is making its debut on HUB Scuola, the digital platform by Mondadori Education, Rizzoli Education, and Deascuola. The AI Tutor for Digital Textbooks and the AI Tutor for Teachers’ Areas are two innovative tools that enrich the platform used by the three educational publishers of the Mondadori Group, offering advanced methods for both study and teaching.

Artificial intelligence is becoming a valuable resource to make learning more effective, accessible and personalised, both in the classroom and at home, while enhancing the active role of teachers and students within a safe environment. All of this is in line with the guidelines of the Italian Ministry of Education and Merit for the introduction of AI in schools.

“Our commitment to educational and digital innovation is an everyday one, as is our presence in schools. We know that the world of AI is evolving rapidly but we also believe that it already represents an opportunity and a challenge for education. It is a challenge that, as publishers, we must be ready to take on by offering constructive, safe, ethical and sustainable initiatives,” said Paolo Reniero, Director of Digital and Strategic Marketing at Mondadori Education. “With HUB Scuola, we want to offer a model of AI that serves teaching and learning, with an approach that reinforces the central, active role of teachers and students, and digital tools that promote personalised learning paths without replacing individual effort,” Reniero added.

• THE AI TUTOR FOR DIGITAL TEXTBOOKS: A VALUABLE STUDY COMPANION

The AI Tutor for Digital Textbooks is a virtual study companion designed to guide students through their learning journey. It does not replace the textbook but enhances it, acting as an ally that offers clear explanations and targeted examples, reworking textual and visual information to make it more understandable and generating review exercises that help consolidate knowledge.

The AI Tutor’s responses are based exclusively on the textbook adopted in class and its digital resources, ensuring consistency, reliability and full alignment with the school level. This makes studying more personalised, stimulating curiosity and making learning more engaging. Teachers can also use the Tutor to create customised activities based on textbook topics.

With this project, HUB Scuola is taking its teaching approach to the next level, introducing safe and reliable tools built on solid educational principles. The aim is to help lower and upper secondary students make responsible and meaningful use of new technologies in their learning journey.

• THE AI TUTOR FOR TEACHER AREAS: AN ASSISTANT FOR LESSON PLANNING

HUB Scuola also provides a dedicated AI Tutor for teachers, designed to help them create lessons and teaching plans that are coherent with educational goals and tailored to the class profile. Using natural language, teachers can interact with the AI Tutor in the Teachers’ Areas to build complete lesson plans enriched with certified digital resources. The Tutor can handle a variety of teaching methods, including lectures, flipped classrooms, cooperative learning and guided debates, based on the teacher’s input. It can also help balance lesson stages, suggesting strategies for time management and student engagement according to different learning levels and styles.

HUB Scuola (www.hubscuola.it) is the digital learning platform from Mondadori Education, Rizzoli Education and Deascuola, providing teachers and students with digital textbooks, supplementary content and tools for teaching and learning. The three educational publishers of the Mondadori Group offer a complete range of materials for all school levels, from primary to secondary and university. The catalogue also includes cross-disciplinary learning paths focused on inclusion, orientation, STEM subjects, civic education, the environment and digital citizenship.