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Adaptive learning pioneer issues warning about big data in teaching The founder of the Open-Learning Initiative at Carnegie-Mellon University has begun to have darker thoughts about an industry she helped spark, writes the Chronicle of Higher Education. Candace M Thille is one of the pioneers of what is now called adaptive learning, where algorithms powered by big data select and deliver content to students based on what they are ready to learn next. Among her biggest c...ritiques is that postsecondary institutions, and not companies, should be the ones leading the development of adaptive learning software. Without more input and control from PSE institutions themselves, Thille argues, "we face a real danger of hurting our students," because we give companies control over how, when, and what individual students should learn. Chronicle of Higher Education (Subscription required)