Koan Learn provides an AI‑wise learning management system that captures and analyzes the entire student thinking process, including revisions and pauses, rather than only final submissions. Its platform uses the Aidan coach and WorkHub tools to guide reasoning in real time and generate evidence of learning for educators.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional learning management systems record only final student submissions, leaving the actual thinking process—revisions, pauses, and reasoning—invisible. As AI tools become widespread, educators cannot tell whether students have truly engaged with the material or simply produced polished outputs, making assessment of critical thinking unreliable.
Solution
Koan Learn offers an AI‑wise LMS that captures the full student thinking workflow in real time. Its Socratic AI coach, Aidan, prompts and records reasoning as students work, while the WorkHub logs every draft, edit, and pause to create a detailed evidence trail. The platform aggregates this process data into actionable insights, allowing teachers to assess genuine learning, detect gaps, and tailor instruction. By making the learning process visible rather than inferring it from final artifacts, Koan enables schools to measure and support critical thinking in the AI era.
Target Audience
Primary customers are K‑12 schools, districts, and higher‑education institutions seeking to assess and improve student critical thinking, as well as administrators and teachers who need transparent evidence of learning in an AI‑augmented environment.
Features
- Real‑time Socratic AI guidance (Aidan) that prompts students and logs their reasoning step‑by‑step
- WorkHub workflow recorder that captures every draft, revision, and pause as concrete evidence of learning
- Process‑level analytics dashboard that visualizes student thinking trajectories and highlights areas needing intervention
- Integration hooks for existing LMS and classroom tools, allowing seamless adoption without replacing current infrastructure
- Secure, privacy‑focused data handling that stores process logs encrypted and accessible only to authorized educators