We have already discussed AI, how it works and how it can be implemented in our lives. As mentioned before, AI is created to make human life more practical and easier. The potential that AI has can be beneficial to human life in every field, especially in education.
Education in the 21st century seems to be digitalised, that is, all learning can be in the form of digital, which makes everything flexible. The existence of AI even helps to improve learning, assist teachers and create more effective and exciting learning. However, the application of AI in education is creating a robust debate about what the future of education will look like with AI.
UNESCO emphasises that the deployment and use of AI will require system-wide policy adjustments and deep reflection and engagement with practitioners and researchers worldwide. It must be perfectly guided to include inclusion and equity for all people, without exception, to access and use AI. To achieve this, Stefania Glannini, Assistant Director-General for Education at UNESCO, argued that planning effective AI and education policies requires collaboration with stakeholders across disciplines and sectors.
In the book K-12 AI Curricula: A Mapping of Government-endorsed AI Curricula by UNESCO, AI curriculum frameworks for grades K-12 consist of AI Literacy: Competencies and Design Considerations, the AI4K12: K-12 AI Guidelines, and the Machine Learning Education Framework. These curricula are actually created as a response to the use of AI in every sector of life. The curriculum is designed to prepare students to be familiar with and capable of using AI.
What are the potential benefits of AI in education?
Lynch writes in The EdAdvocate that rather than diminishing classroom teaching, AI can enhance it in a number of ways. There are at least five intriguing possibilities of integrating AI into education, including
Personalization— AI can help teachers identify students’ individual learning needs and target instruction based on their strengths and weaknesses.
Tutoring— AI can measure students’ prior knowledge and therefore provide the appropriate support and instruction.
Grading— AI can help grade exams using an answer key and collect data on student performance.
Feedback on Course Quality— AI can detect if students are not understanding some material, so the teacher can easily improve the material and method.
Meaningful and Immediate Feedback to Students— AI helps students feel more comfortable while receiving the feedback they need to improve.
The list below contains some products of AI-infused specific technologies used in education:
- Thinkster Math—it is a maths tutoring program that can create a personalised learning program.
- Jill Watson—an AI-powered virtual teaching assistant
- Brainly—a social media site for classroom questions
- Nuance—it is a speech recognition software that can transcribe 160 words per minute.
- Cognii—it is a virtual learning assistant for K-12, higher education and corporate training organisations.
- KidSense—it is designed for children and includes a voice-to-text tool with algorithms to recognise the hard-to-translate speech of young learners.
Content Technologies—an instructional design and content application solution powered by artificial intelligence research engines
