In this article firstly talked about the current education: fixed classroom, lectures and static printed textbooks has been unable to service to the society or the flexibility to adapt to the future. Classrooms and textbooks are particularly unsuitable for people who use mobile and digital technology every day. This article focuses on five aspects in which ai can contribute to achieving long-term educational goals.
Firstly, artificial intelligence can be mentors for every learner. As far as I understand, artificial intelligence can build customized learning plans for each learner. Because AI can explain students’ strengths, weaknesses, challenges and motivations through calculation, and can interact with students like human mentors. AI can also support group learning, and web tools can facilitate individual learning within communities, community building knowledge, and community learning from each other.
The second area is 21st-century skills. Workers in the 21st century need both “hard” skills and “Soft” skills (teamwork, reasoning, disciplined thinking, creativity, social skills, metacognitive skills, computer literacy, and the ability to evaluate and analyze information) are also required. AI can help students create seamless social drama. With the support of artificial intelligence, social learning is developing and continuing outside of school, where students can learn at any time.
Third, explore and leverage the unique data types available in the educational environment and use these data to better understand students, communities, and the environment in which they learn. American school reform relies on data management and mining, recording and tracking student achievement and classroom productivity, and analyzing data to prepare students for success in college and in the workplace.
The fourth aspect is the classroom. AI can provide students with universal, inclusive, anytime, anywhere learning. Global classroom is what AI can do. Global classroom, like ted, open courses in famous universities, provides the best education for learners around the world. Even if you don’t get admitted to an elite school, you can enjoy the resources of elite schools. This also explains educational fairness to a large extent.
Fifth, lifelong learning. One feature of mobile technology and social networks is that they provide seamless and ubiquitous learning across established boundaries. For instance, The distinction between formal and informal (in the classroom) (outside of the classroom) education may disappear as learners gain knowledge equally well outside and inside the classroom.
An additional aspect of lifelong learning is to develop teacher professional training so teachers might keep up with the next generation of education standards and pedagogical approaches. Knowledge and practice have a direct correlation with student achievement.
After reading this article, I believe that AI will really help the development of education. Among them, I has the great impression about the fairness of education. In addition to the inequality of educational resources, some people cannot go to school due to the problem of money even if their scores meet the requirements of the school. AI and network have greatly reduced the cost of education and provided many people with access to the resources of famous universities, especially the open courses of famous universities. It was a great experience for me to look the happiness course of Harvard on Youtube.
Woolf, B. P., Lane, H. C., Chaudhri, V. K., & Kolodner, J. L. (2013). AI Grand Challenges for Education. AI Magazine, 34(4), 66. doi:10.1609/aimag.v34i4.2490
