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AI technologies have been revolutionizing educational practices, which have become more personalised, accessible and efficient (Cruz-Benito, J, 2022). AI has been applied in education in various areas, for example, fostering personalisation in learning in terms of learning content, pace, experience, etc., assisting in administrative tasks such as planning lessons, making progress report of students, and grading assignments, visualising information such as lesson attendance, learning progress and assessment results for better learning experiences, and facilitating the provision of 24/7 educational assistance to students such as one-on-one feedback on students' learning tasks and instant question-and-answering to students' inquiries (Papadopoulos et al., 2020).
Relevant online video
Artificial Intelligence in Education Panel (2023)
With recent advancements in technology, AI tools can generate surprisingly high-quality and natural-sounding text and visuals. It has aroused much attention and AI is poised to transform a large number of industries and disciplines, including higher education. The use of ChatGPT and other AI tools in higher education has the potential to significantly impact both practices as well as policies on teaching and learning, which include those related to academic integrity and assessment.
This video features an informal panel discussion by staff from the Northern Illinois University (NIU) with diverse perspectives on the issue, including discussion over the risk and opportunity to the way educators teach, the skills that students will need upon graduation, and how educators can assess learners’ progress towards outcomes desired by employers in this new era of AI.
References
Cruz-Benito, J. (Ed.) (2022). AI in Education. Switzerland: MDPI – Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.
Papadopoulos, I., Lazzarino, R., Miah, S.,Weaver, T., Thomas, B, Koulouglioti, C. (2020). A systematic review of the literature regarding socially assistive robots in pre-tertiary education. Computers & Education, 155, 103924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2020.103924
