Saturday, August 24, 2013

ROLES FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION



In college, grading homework and tests for large lecture courses can be tedious work, even when TAs split it between them. Even in lower grades, teachers often find that grading takes up a significant amount of time, time that could be used to interact with students, prepare for class, or work on professional development. While AI may not ever be able to truly replace human grading, it’s getting pretty close. It’s now possible for teachers to automate grading for nearly all kinds of multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank testing and automated grading of student writing may not be far behind. Today, essay-grading software is still in its infancy and not quite up to par, yet it can  improve over the coming years, allowing teachers to focus more on in-class activities and student interaction than grading.

Educational software can be adapted to student needs.
From kindergarten to graduate school, one of the key ways artificial intelligence will impact education is through the application of greater levels of individualized learning. Some of this is already happening through growing numbers of adaptive learning programs, games, and software. These systems respond to the needs of the student, putting greater emphasis on certain topics, repeating things that students haven’t mastered, and generally helping students to work at their own pace, whatever that may be. This kind of custom tailored education could be a machine-assisted solution to helping students at different levels work together in one classroom, with teachers facilitating the learning and offering help and support when needed. Adaptive learning has already had a huge impact on education across the nation especially through programs like Khan Academy, and as AI advances in the coming decades adaptive programs like these will likely only improve and expand . from : (http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2012/10/10-ways-artificial-intelligence-can-reinvent-education/)

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