Google’s Vision of a Personal Tutor for Every Student: Dave Messer on Guided Learning
Edtech Insiders
Dave Messer is a Product Manager on Google's Learning & Education team, leads product for emerging learning initiatives, including Learning Labs and Gemini. A former teacher with masters degrees in software engineering and education, he works with experts and the education community to build products that target real-world challenges for educators and students.
💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode:
- Google’s vision for AI in education
- How multimodal learning makes concepts stick
- Why student feedback shaped Guided Learning’s design
- The role of learning science in AI models
- How Google balances personalization, privacy, and classroom impact
✨ Episode Highlights:
[00:01:24] Dave Messer’s journey from classroom teacher to Google PM
[00:02:31] Google’s vision: a personal tutor for every student, a TA for every teacher
[00:05:27] Multimodal learning in Guided Learning—diagrams, visuals, and YouTube videos
[00:14:16] Inside LearnLM, Google’s AI model infused with pedagogy
[00:19:33] Psychological safety and student agency in AI-driven learning
[00:23:15] Student feedback that inspired Guided Learning’s design
[00:27:13] How learning science principles like active learning and metacognition guide product design
[00:35:18] Personalization, data privacy, and the classroom of the future
[00:38:32] Educator concerns, student creativity, and the responsible use of AI
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