Aila vs MyLesson.AI

Aila is Oak’s free web-based AI lesson assistant for teachers. It creates editable, downloadable lesson packages containing one lesson plan, one slide deck, two quizzes, and one worksheet. Teachers can also request glossaries, tasks, and quizzes for Oak lessons or their own material. Lessons can be adapted by changing content, reading age, geographical context, tasks, and activities. Aila uses retrieval-augmented generation from Oak content written by teachers and checked by subject experts, with emphasis on the English national curriculum. Its FAQ says the system is built to use ChatGPT-4 while Oak evaluates other models. Usage is subject to request limits for lessons and resources, and fair-use limits may apply. Aila is in beta and under active development, so Oak advises checking generated material. It does not currently make images or diagrams, and results are weaker in some subjects, particularly STEM and modern foreign languages. Use requires a laptop or computer with internet access; mobile use is unsupported.

MyLesson.AI is a freemium web platform for teachers and educators creating and organizing instructional content. It generates standards-aligned lesson plans with objectives, stages, resources and glossaries. Teachers can build quizzes with multiple question types, customizable rubrics with scoring criteria and performance levels, exit tickets, homework, differentiation strategies and discussion questions. They can upload photos or scans of student work for rubric-based grades and editable feedback. Pro users export lesson plans and other content to PDF, Word or PowerPoint. The Free plan costs nothing and includes one lesson draft, five teacher note facts, template browsing and trials of AI grading on a few papers. Pro costs $9 a month and adds unlimited lesson plans and AI grading, full teacher notes, library saving, exports, assessments, teacher tools and premium support. Enterprise provides multi-seat licensing, dedicated support, custom integrations, training and onboarding. AI output may contain errors or inappropriate content and should be reviewed before educational use.