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Use case -5: AI – Driven Virtual Instructor for 3D Virtual Electronics
Lab 4.7: Education
[Partner Organization - O-SKILLS PLC]
Country: Ethiopia
Organization: Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
Contact Person(s):
Afrah Hussein Seid (afrahhussein04@ gmail .com)
O-SKILLS PLC (info@ oskills .org, sumeya.hussein@ oskills .org)
1 Use Case Summary Table
Category Education
The problem to be Safety and cost limitations in physical electronics labs, gender/social bias in
addressed participation, unequal access to quality STEM education.
Key aspects of the Education (Education Technology / Equity in STEM / Virtual Labs)
solution Real-time AI tutoring, adaptive task complexity, error diagnostics via circuit
metadata, multilingual voice/text support, fairness-aware feedback.
Technology Virtual Labs, GNN, Transformer NLP, SPICE Simulation, Reinforcement
keywords Learning, Adaptive Learning, Multilingual ASR
Data availability [2], [3]
Metadata (type of Circuit diagrams (graph-based, .cir file), voice/text queries, student interac-
data) tion logs (timestamped), adaptive feedback and performance scores
Model training GNNs trained on SPICE-netlist circuits; BERT fine-tuned for electronics Q&A
and fine-tuning in Amharic; RL agents trained on synthetic student personas
Testbeds or pilot Planned 9-month pilot at OSKILL PLC with anonymized data logging and
deployments confidence/skill improvement tracking
2 Use Case Description
2�1 Description
The AI-Driven Virtual Instructor for 3D Virtual Electronics Lab is an innovative educational
technology solution designed to improve equitable access to practical STEM education,
particularly in resource-limited environments. This use case aims to replicate real-life electronics
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