Hi! 👋
I'm Ricky
AI-Native Education Architect · Chengdu · TEDx 2026

I draw on nine years of English teaching experience to build AI tools that ease the everyday struggles of teaching and learning. Btw, I also go by Kee.

9.0
IELTS Listening
8.5
IELTS Reading
8.5
IELTS Speaking
9yrs
Teaching

AI-powered tools. Real classroom results.

托朴教育

托朴教育 × rkrk.io

Adult English General English Built with DynamOS

Co-developed with 托朴教育. Full RUA-powered course structure — Listen & Notice, Zoom In, Controlled Practice, Free Flow, Theme Deep-Dive, and Cool-Down — delivered through custom demo classes.

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艺术文化英语 · Art & Culture

Syllabus

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Why British Food is Like That

Demo Class

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RUA - Recognise · Understand · Apply

A meta-cognitive operating system for learning in the AI era.

R

Recognise

Decompose the learning target into bite-sized chunks.

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🍖 BEEF - Goal Decomposition

  • Background - when, where, who
  • Evidence · CHOP - Caught eye? Highlight? Optimised? Purpose?
  • Explanation · SOOI - Subjective, Objective, Outlying, Intrinsic
  • Feedback - record the emotion as a signal
U

Understand

Deep comprehension before application.

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🧩 3C - Deep Comprehension

  • Collocation - what does this naturally pair with?
  • Contexts - in what situations does this appear?
  • Connotation - what's the unspoken meaning?
A

Apply

Systematic practice with feedback loops.

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🎯 GAP - Deliberate Practice

  • Gauge - where exactly is the gap?
  • Analyse - trace back to a Recognise chunk
  • Practice - drill, fail, correct, repeat

From live stage to classroom to code

2012

Backstreet Boys Tour Interpreter

20,000 people. Live mic. Zero margin. Where I learned language is resonance, not rules.

2014-20

EF Expert Teacher · Trainer of Trainers

Highest rank. Built the playbook for West China. Watched the same pattern everywhere: content without architecture.

2021-25

Independent Teacher & Researcher

Built the RUA learning framework. Developed MFP/CCC/GAP taxonomy. 200+ students. 7 institutions across Chengdu.

2026

DynamOS

Building the cognitive OS for AI-native education. Deployed DynaSaurus. Building at 4AM.

TEDx
TEDxWangjiangSt 2026
Bridge the Gap
From touring with the Backstreet Boys to building an education OS - read the talk that introduced R.U.A. and DynamOS

Work with Kee

Book a demo. Ask about IELTS coaching. Discuss AI-native education. Kee replies personally.