AI expert Ross Paraskevas is reshaping education with his creation, TeachingBlox – a learning platform that personalises study experiences for each student based on their interests and learning style, according to dailytelegraph.com.au.
A father of two and board member at Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar in Melbourne’s northeast, Paraskevas developed TeachingBlox to make learning more intuitive, engaging, and relevant. The program uses artificial intelligence to assess what excites a student and then builds lessons, games, and challenges around those interests.
“TeachingBlox doesn’t just teach content—it learns the child first. Every lesson adapts to who they are, how they feel, and how they learn best,” Mr Paraskevas said.
By gamifying education, the platform encourages students to make progress while developing confidence through small achievements. “It gamifies the journey — as you’re levelling up, you’re earning points, you’re making mistakes and failing,” he explained. The program also identifies “knowledge gaps” and “skills gaps,” helping learners focus on what they need most.
Since its launch, TeachingBlox has been adopted by students across Australia, with parents reporting remarkable improvements in engagement and academic performance. Melbourne father Paul Richards described the tool as “life-changing” for his 12-year-old son Mason, who attends Yarra Valley Grammar. The platform turned Mason’s love of AFL and cricket into maths and science challenges, boosting his motivation and skills.
Another parent, Emily Segal, said her son’s maths results improved significantly once the program linked problems to his passion for cars. “His teachers told me three months later in his parent-teacher interview that he’s improved in his maths,” she said.
TeachingBlox’s impact is now spreading globally. The platform has attracted attention in India and the United Arab Emirates, where a study is being conducted across five schools to assess how personalisation and gamification affect motivation, engagement, and knowledge retention.
And it’s not just students benefiting from the technology. Adults are also using the system to enhance their own learning. Sydney engineer Alex El-Kazzi said the program helped him retain information more effectively and wished such a tool had existed when he was younger. “I feel like it would have saved a lot of time and money,” he said.
With growing international interest — including from major technology companies keen to collaborate — Paraskevas and his team are positioning TeachingBlox at the forefront of a new era in education, where artificial intelligence adapts to the learner rather than the other way around.
Source: dailytelegraph.com.au
