Project Lumina

Project Lumina from EtonHouse International Education Group

Project Lumina is an innovative, generative AI-powered tool developed by EtonHouse to transform how educators design, document, and evaluate learning in early childhood education. Purpose-built to support inquiry-based, Reggio Emilia-inspired pedagogy, Lumina leverages advanced AI models—including GPT-4o and OpenAI Whisper API—to deliver intelligent, personalised, context-aware support from planning to documentation and reporting, and supporting teachers in making teaching and learning visible.

The platform comprises three integrated modules:

Activity Module: Generates weekly lesson plans tailored to educator inputs, curriculum standards, and accreditation guidelines. Educators enter parameters such as topic, learning goals, class profile, and materials. The AI produces developmentally appropriate, pedagogically sound learning experiences aligned to the EtonHouse curriculum framework. Educators then review and adapt these plans to suit their class dynamics — ensuring learning experiences remain responsive to children’s evolving interests and developmental goals.

Feedback Module: Captures educators’ documentation of each child’s progress, post-lesson reflections and leader feedback, enabling the AI to iteratively refine and deliver ever more personalised suggestions over time. This ongoing feedback loop supports professional growth while promoting consistency in pedagogical practices across campuses.

Content Module (Phase 2.0): Addresses another time-intensive aspect of teaching—documentation and evaluation. The module processes raw observations, images, audio, and video recordings collected during the learning process, transforming them into comprehensive narrative learning stories and progress reports. These outputs are crafted in an appropriate tone and vocabulary for family communication and curriculum reporting, reducing documentation time from hours to minutes.

Unlike general-purpose tools, Lumina is deeply embedded in the EtonHouse educational philosophy. Set within structured templates, the tool guides educators in both planning and evaluating learning experiences, reducing cognitive load while preserving educational integrity.

Educators retain agency—reviewing, customising, and refining AI-generated suggestions to ensure they reflect the unique priorities and contexts of their classrooms. This partnership between automation and educator expertise ensures that emergent learning remains both personalised and pedagogically sound.

Beyond experience planning, Lumina serves as a collaborative knowledge‑building platform, steadily expanding a centralised repository of learning experiences unique to EtonHouse. This shared knowledge base democratises access to top‑tier resources, ensures consistency across campuses and supports targeted professional development. It also accelerates new educators’ onboarding by deepening their understanding of Eton House pedagogy. All of this enhances learning experiences and outcomes, ultimately delivering long‑term value for both staff and families.

Cloud-based and hosted on Microsoft Azure, Lumina is secure, scalable, and accessible across regions. Its intuitive interface is modelled after familiar physical planners, encouraging adoption and seamless integration into educators’ daily routines.