Automate basic activities in education with AI
In the education system, there are various activities which take lots of time of teachers such as grading tests and home-works. These tasks require lots of time and effort, while this time could be used in interacting with students, letting them know their errors, teaching new things, and many more.
To save this time, Artificial Intelligence can be used. With AI tools, it is possible to automate the grading system for nearly all types of MCQ(Multiple choice questions) and fill-in-the-blank, and they are very close to being able to grade written responses. However, AI is still not possible to truly replace human grading, but it’s getting improving day by day. By using AI, teachers will get more time to fill the gap in their classroom rather than investing their time in these tedious tasks.
Finding Improvement Required In Course With AI
In the education system, it is very hard to find out the gaps in learning. Teachers have limited time to teach in the classroom, and they may not always know where the students are lacking and what concepts have confused the student. To solve this problem, AI-driven programs can help the education system.
Coursera and some other learning platforms are already using AI-driven programs in practice. For example, when a large number of students are found to submit the wrong answer to a homework assignment, the system alerts the teacher and gives future students a customized message that offers hints to the correct answer. Such type of programs helps in filling the gaps while learning that can occur in courses, and also ensures that each student understands the concepts successfully. With AI, instead of waiting for feedback from the professor, students get an immediate system generated response, which helps them to understand a concept and remember their mistakes, and also how to do it correctly the next time around.
AI Could Change The Role Of The Teacher
Teachers always have a critical role in the education system, but this role and its requirement may change with the new technologies. As in the above points, we have already discussed that Artificial Intelligence can automate different tasks such as grading, reports, help students while learning, and may also be an option of real-world tutor in some cases. AI can be included in different aspects of teaching. AI systems can be programmed for providing expertise to students, a place where students can ask their doubts and could take the place of teacher for teaching basis course materials. In such cases, AI could change the role of the teacher as a facilitator.
Personalize Education With AI
The main aim of Artificial Intelligence in education is not to completely replace teachers. Instead, it aims to act as helping hands for teachers as well as students. AI systems can be programmed to provide personalized learning to students. With personalized learning, each student can have their own way of learning as per their level of understanding and need. By understanding the needs of every student, teachers can come up with a tailor-made study plan for every student. As AI is developing day-by-day, it is possible that machines can identify the facial expressions of students while learning the concepts can understand if they are finding any difficulty in learning, and according to that make changes in the way of teaching. However, currently, such things are not possible, but they might be possible in the near future with AI-Powered machines and software.
Generating Smart Content With AI
With AI, it is possible to generate smart content in three ways:
Digital Lessons
Nowadays, everything is becoming digital, and so the education. Digital learning is being preferred in colleges with customization options, e-books, study guides, bite-sized lessons, and many other things with the help of AI.
Information Visualization
Visualizing things rather than listening is much more efficient to understand in a better way and keep in mind for a long time. With Artificial Intelligence, the study information can be perceived in new ways of visualization, simulation, web-based study environment.
Learning Content Updates
Moreover, AI also helps in preparing the content of lessons, keeping information up to date, and make it adaptable as per different learning curves.
Ensure Access to Education for Students with Special Needs
Life is full of challenges for those students who have some learning disabilities such as deaf or hard of hearing, visually impaired, etc. Such students may face various difficulties while learning and studying. Moreover, they also need extra care & time. With the adoption of innovative AI technology, there will be new ways of interacting with such students. AI-enabled tools can be successfully trained to help a group of students with special needs.
Universal Access
One of the great uses of Artificial Intelligence of digital learning in education is universal access to study material. Each student has his own grasping capability, and with the use of universal access, they can learn anywhere and anytime. Students can explore things whenever they want to learn without waiting for the tutor. Moreover, students get the facility of high-quality courses and material from all over the world at their place only without travelling away from their home.
