Kristýna Coufalová, founder of Learniva, has been selected for the Aspen Institute Central Europe program. The program connects young leaders from a range of fields and creates a space for discussing social, economic, and technological issues.
For Learniva, this experience matters above all because education is not merely a technological problem. It is also a question of accessibility, inequality, trust, and the role new technologies should play in society.
Education as a question of accessibility
Quality individual tutoring is financially demanding for many families today. At the same time, the gaps between students in the classroom are widening, and teachers often lack the time and the tools to give each pupil individual attention.
Learniva grew out of exactly this need: to make personalized math instruction accessible to a wider circle of students. Not as a replacement for the teacher, but as a tool that helps to catch gaps in understanding and offer targeted feedback.
Less content, more attention
Educational platforms today often offer vast amounts of content: videos, tests, exercises, explanations, and practice. But sheer quantity of material does not mean that a student truly understands the subject.
What matters more is knowing exactly where the student got lost and why. Did they make a mistake out of carelessness? Do they not understand a basic concept? Did they use the wrong approach? Or do they simply fail to connect several steps together?
Technology that follows the solution process
Learniva is built on the idea that a math platform should not evaluate only the final answer. It should be able to follow the entire solution process – from the individual steps in geometry to the gradual transformations in algebra.
In geometry, this means capturing how a student constructs a figure. In the future, Learniva wants to extend the same principle to other areas of mathematics, such as equations, word problems, or analytic geometry.
Why Aspen matters
Taking part in the Aspen Institute CE program gives Kristýna Coufalová the opportunity to discuss the broader impacts of technology in education. After all, Learniva does not want to focus solely on the product, but also on the question of how personalized learning can reduce inequalities in education and help students who would otherwise have no access to quality individual support.
— Kristýna Coufalová
What lies ahead
Learniva will continue developing its platform for mathematics, beginning with interactive geometry and adaptive practice. The long-term ambition is to create a technology that helps students, schools, and educational partners better understand how mathematics is actually learned.