by The advancement and innovation of technology is changing the world around us as we knew it. In current times, technology has been implemented in just about every aspect of our lives. An innovative technology that has quickly come to the mainstream among our society is artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence has played an integral role in the contribution to a further developed, educated, and efficient society. Artificial intelligence has reached a wide range of fields and aspects of society, however one aspect of the society that may be overlooked in its affect by artificial intelligence is education. While education systems are not well-known currently for its application of artificial intelligence, there is plenty of opportunity in the future to enhance the quality of learning and teaching in the classroom using artificial intelligence as the general dispersion of it in classrooms expands.
Despite little publicity on the topic, the concept of artificial intelligence in learning environments is quickly becoming more and more mainstream. According to US Education Sector report, artificial intelligence will have expanded by 47.5% by the end of next year (2021) since 2017 (get smarter.com). Using artificial intelligence can be extremely helpful to both students and teachers in a multitude of ways. For teachers, the applications of artificial intelligence can be helpful as an teacher’s assistant, allowing for the teacher to focus on the most important aspects of their job. Furthermore, artificial intelligence systems can perform organization, grading, communication, and other logistical tasks that usually are very time consuming for teachers. Additionally, AI is a great and efficiency tool for attendance and enrollment features. This allows teachers to enrich their knowledge and better their teaching abilities to the personal learning styles of their students. In the case that teachers are struggling with personalizing the material to their students, artificial intelligence has the capability to organize and design learning for specific students in order to provide them with the best possible learning style. Students can benefit from getting familiar with artificial intelligence, as they will likely to deal with it later in life in their work life. Overall, the use of artificial intelligence in education plays an important role in making the environment in the classroom optimal, as it allows for students to receive a personalized style of learning and for teachers to avoid lengthy logistical processes that are not of the upmost importance. Therefore, allowing for teachers to be at optimal efficiency for their jobs. The application of AI in the classroom already well on its way, and it provides hope for the future betterment of education.
As with all discussions involving artificial intelligence, concerns are prevalent and well taken. There are valid questions being asked about how the integration of artificial intelligence in the classroom will affect the role of a human teacher in the future. Similar to most other jobs, artificial intelligence provides a threat to teachers, as they have the possibility to be more efficient and better quality teacher figures in the near future. Nevertheless, in the near future, we should be excited as a society for the opportunities that artificial intelligence will offer us in the fields of education and learning.
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https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2020/07/06/ai-in-education-what-the-future-holds/33811/
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in the Future of Education