The Future of AI: How it will shape learning in the educational systems

In the recent years artificial intelligence has dominated the media. Generative AI services, like Chat GPT, have given the mass populous the ability to perform human tasks with a computer. From the outside looking in many could feel that this could affect the learning possibilities in the education system. But there are many benefits of Generative AI services that educators could utilize to help engage students and improve learning in the classroom. Let’s review what artificial intelligence is and discuss more about some use cases that educators could utilize to benefit our younger generations.

What is Generative Artificial Intelligence?

Generative AI, simply put, is an application that can create new content based on the information given to it. These AI models are trained on mass amounts of datasets to understand the prompts that are given to them, then analyze the input to build a natural response for the user. Here are some examples of applications that generative AI is strong at producing:

·      Text Generation: Creating stories, answering emails, responding to inputs based on your natural language.

·      Image Generation: Designing realistic photos based upon your input.

·      Audio Generation: Building music and realistic speech based upon prompts.

These are just a few services that generative artificial intelligence can be used to produce. Let’s jump into how educators could utilize these services to engage students in the classroom.

Artificial Intelligence in Lower Education

In the lower education, students primarily begin learning a variety of subjects. At the core, this is where our younger generation begins learning to read, write, and to use basic math skills. Necessities that all humans need to engage with society. We rely on our educators to ensure that all students are building these core strengths to fit their way into society. There are scenarios, in our education system, that students fall behind and do not build these skills. Here is where Generative AI could come into place and help our youth find success:

Use Cases

·      Building Adaptive learning agendas – When students are falling behind, adaptive agendas could be built to properly challenge and support. Programs could be designed to learn the student’s current skill level and provide personal content for them.

·      Real-Time Text Translation – Students who are struggling may need support reading and understanding the content in front of them. Artificial intelligence could be utilized to support the child when they are verbally reading to support and correct the child.

·      Support for Students with Disabilities – Some students need to work at their own pace, AI could be utilized as a personal assistant to support the student who is falling behind. If a student has disabilities and needs to slow down, AI could talk and work with this student to provide guidance at their pace.

·      Performance Analysis – Educators could utilize Generative services to review the student’s strengths and react when one may be falling behind. Models could be given the students results and produce personalized feedback to challenge the student.

Artificial Intelligence is pioneering us into new territories that educators may be hesitant to utilize in the classroom. We should not be scared to embrace technologies in our lives. Our youth can benefit from these services and utilize them to find success in the classroom.

Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education

In higher education there is a thought that Generative AI will reduce the necessity to learn. The thought is that students will utilize these services to write all their papers and guide the students through all the challenging topics that they will face. This shouldn’t be an issue. Institutions need to lean on their professors to ensure that content is fruitful and that assignments cannot be generated from a generative application. Our educators can focus their efforts on other places to integrate AI into a productive manner. Here are some ways that this could be done:

Use Cases

·      Lectures and Course Material – Utilizing AI as an assistant can be a great resource in the classroom. Intelligence could be used to build lecture materials, designing projects that are new with topics that are new to combat plagiarism.

·      Student Feedback – Professors could use a generative tool to read through assignments and form assessments of the content. This could be a beneficial resource to save the time of the professor to allow for more work on content directly in the classroom.

·      Projects – Modeling tools could be utilized to build a view for projects and classroom objectives. If a prototype needs to be built for a class project, AI could generate a mock of what the device would look like.

·      Student Analytics – A professor could utilize a model to help understand the knowledge of the students. Generative AI could build predictions based upon assignments on how the students are doing. This would give the professor the ability to know whether the content being shown is helping the students learn.

Leaders need to get on board with the advancements of technology specifically in the artificial intelligence space. Our youth could greatly benefit with these technologies to help them learn and better understand the content that is required of them. Educators need to get on board with these emerging technologies to ensure that all students are receiving the opportunities to help them be successful!