Artificial Intelligence in the classroom Environment
Abstract
Technology is an essential part of human progress. Whether it be sticks, stones or smart phones, tech has allowed us to excel in our environments. With tech becoming more ubiquitous and classrooms being digitized, the experts and convicts of artificial intelligence have been the focus of many heated debates between education and tech experts.
After all, computers are getting smarter, and artificial intelligence is more science-fact than science-fiction. Educators could soon find themselves at the head of a “Digital Classroom” with AI at its heart.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality Learning, Machine Learning Evaluation.
ntroduction
“Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think like humans and mimic their actions. The term may also be applied to any machine that exhibits traits associated with a human mind such as learning and problem-solving.”
Artificial intelligence the ability of a computer program to perform human tasks such as thinking and learning, sometimes referred to as machine learning—is changing classrooms in higher education
Imagine a classroom in the future where teachers are working beside artificial intelligence, this is part of a larger vision of future classrooms where human instruction and AI technology interact to improve educational environments and the learning experience.
Technology is an essential part of human progress. Whether it be sticks, stones or smart phones, tech has allowed us to excel in our environments. With tech becoming more ubiquitous and classrooms being digitized, the pros and cons of artificial intelligence have been the focus of many heated debates between education and tech experts.
After all, computers are getting smarter, and artificial intelligence is more science-fact than science-fiction. Educators could soon find themselves at the head of a “Digital Classroom” with AI at its heart.
The research will play a critical role in helping ensure the AI agent is a natural partner in the classroom, with language and vision capabilities, allowing it to not only hear what the teacher and each student is saying, but also notice wave (pointing, shrugs, shaking a head), eye gaze, and facial expressions (student attitudes and emotions).
Right from e-commerce to healthcare to education, in each and every sector, the intervention of AI has increased by various. Many companies are now investing in developing their own version of AI and Machine learning. Artificial Intelligence is defined as the capability of a machine to imitate intelligent human behaviour. It makes our digital, automated processes smarter.
Let’s explore the possibilities and effects that such a step would have on our society and educational system.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality Learning, Machine Learning Evaluation.
Why it’s Work:
- Personalized Learning (Author by Ava Grey-NorthIndia): Much attention is usually given to what students learn, with a historical tendency to focus on curriculum. However, how a student learns is just as important. Advances in AI are giving teachers a better understanding of how their students learn and allowing them to customize the curriculum accordingly.
- ITS(Intelligent Tutoring Systems): some far-off vision of the future—they already exist in a practical capacity. While far from the norm, they are capable of functioning without a teacher having to be present and can effectively challenge and support the learner using different algorithms.
- Adaptive Group Formation:By analysing learner information, AI can generate groups particularly suited to a certain task, or groups that balance one learner’s weaknesses with another learner’s strengths.
- Facilitation by Example:Models of effective collaboration can be used to support learners and help them identify effective problem solving strategies
- Intelligent Moderation:Intelligent Moderation allows human tutors, moderators and teachers to analyse the data produced by large groups with the assistance of AI techniques like machine learning. In turn, educators can be more efficient in the classroom.
- Virtual Reality Learning:Taking a page from aviation education, VR-assisted learning allows for educational support in authentic environments and extends the boundaries of the classroom. Realistic immersion in virtual environments can provide learners with a richer understanding of the material. This will also act as a stepping stone to real-world experiences, with fully integrated AIs, humans will employ machines for space and ocean exploration, fraud detection, knowledge management, job training and precision surgeries.
- Essay Grading Software:Software that can instantly grade student essays is a significant benefit. Every graded essay adds to a central database to which future essays are compared.
- Real-time Problem Solving Assessment:This reduces the load on teachers by providing simultaneous instruction in a classroom setting. Performance over time when looking at computer performance versus human performance graph
- Improving Course Quality:AI can analyze patterns in which a large number of students submit wrong answers to the same questions. By alerting the educator to these patterns, AI can help make teachers more effective.
- Dynamic Scheduling and Predictive AnalysisBy using predictive computing, AI can learn students’ habits and propose the most efficient study schedule for them. This is a benefit for the customer service agent, medical intern, or anyone who does a repetitive or laborious tasks; a machine won’t get bored, tired or need a break and should the machine encounter a problem or question out of its programming a human will be contacted to step in.
- Custom Textbooks:Educators will be able to import a syllabus and AI will generate a textbook filled with the core content (CTI). This makes for an incredible amount of customization, not only from class to class or grade to grade, but within the school year itself.
- Virtual Humans:While seemingly something out of science fiction, virtual humans are already a reality. Intelligent interfaces like “the twins” at the Boston Museum of Science, for example, provide a much-needed social dynamic to artificial intelligence. Virtual humans like avatars, digital assistants or Chatbots are cost efficient and can work 24 hours, seven days a week in those repetitive and time-consuming tasks no human enjoys doing.
- Intelligent Game Based Learning Environments:Using gamification to motivate learners can help improve retention while making the learning experience fun.
- Machine Translation:While today’s translation apps are not as accurate as human translation, machine translation can be faster and more efficient. Machine translation has the potential to bridge thelanguage gap for many second language students.
- Empowering the Disabled (Differently-Abled): AI programs that augment the educational experience for the disabled are already in development by companies likeFacebook. These advancements can grant learners with special needs a greater sense of autonomy.
Streamlining Education System (Author by Swapnil Dharmadhikari)
These are voice recognition systems that can imitate human intelligence. These systems are not only helping us to gain knowledge but also to enhance our decision-making ability.This technology is also known as machine learning which has been used in certain areas to track important issues related to education.
AI working as a catalyst in streamlining the education system and helping institutions make better decisions. Implementing AI at such a large scale would definitely help us to fix the defects in the current system.
Personalized Education
The standard of curriculum and teaching has not improved at a faster rate. Many articles in the mainstream media have repeatedly highlighted that our students are denied of good quality education. AI can be a solution to this problem.
The most important reason is that AI systems can adapt to Individual student learning and greedy abilities. It can also find out his or her strengths and weaknesses. How much ever we try a single teacher per classroom is not enough to fulfil the needs of all 60 students. In this scenario, enabling students with AI systems in schools and classrooms or at their homes might be the solution to solve the problem of low quality and inaccessibility at one stroke.
Assistance to Teachers
Teachers have to handle multiple responsibilities such as evaluation, grading, paper setting, creating mark sheets and tracking the performance of every student. If these tasks are made easy for them, then they would focus more on course development, teaching quality and skill development.
AI systems can help teachers in all these tasks, making these tasks not only automated but also intelligent. With AI systems in place, it will be easier for teachers to focus on students rather than worldly administrative tasks.
Accessible and Inclusive Education
India has always promoted the policy of Education for all. As of now, India has over 600 million young people. All of them deserve a good education, skills, and jobs.
AI education can become more accessible and inclusive at the same time. Various tutoring programs, learning applications with skill-based curriculum are being developed across the globe. These AI-enabled systems will bring global classrooms at your fingertips. It will not only empower students but also teachers in upgrading themselves with current trends. Such systems could be a boon for rural education. Students living in the most remote parts of India would be able to learn the way it is learned in an urban setting.
Proctored Online Assessments
In this technology that can help to simplify the exam invigilation process. Students can appear for exam from any location classroom/home. System is able to invigilate such exam remotely using remote Proctoring.
It uses a web camera attached to the computer system to authorize remote students. Many education institutes, corporates, universities have started using this technology to simplify the examination process with the artificial intelligence of Remote Proctoring.
Answer sheet Evaluation
Physical Answer sheet evaluation is one of the pain areas for university or education institutions. Many entities are moving towards an onscreen evaluation system as it is intelligent and auto-calculates the score.
It also ensures that examiner has truly verified all pages of the answer sheet. It also saves logistical cost of handling physical answer sheets. It can help you to automate result processing.
Conclusion
AI in education is a complete change. According to a report issued by Centre for Integrative Research in Computer and Learning Sciences states that the next level uses of AI in Education is not yet invented. So the people working on AI applications should let the educators and education policy makers know about this in depth. Although there are several concepts of using AI in educational sector, our future is AI.