AI moves into the spotlight of a new World Economic Forum report, which predicts how this technology might transform education systems, making the work of teachers and students more efficient and effective. The new study deals with many areas where AI is in use – from individualized learning to optimizing organizational procedures, bringing AI into school curriculums, and seeing a responsible application of emerging technologies among several global effects in the educational field.
AI’s educational transformation
The new report, Shaping the Future of Learning: AI Education 4.0, predicts the role of new technology to lead the education systems to encounter an overwhelming increase in demand for digital literacy and the creation of personalized learning environments. It does that by providing a bunch of case studies that demonstrate how AI innovations are already changing education: They help to enhance academic outcomes, engage teachers, and build the abilities and skills of future students.
“AI, the fast-revolutionizing element of education settings worldwide, can be harnessed in a considered way to enhance education when it’s used strategically to assess the needs of each learner, permitting a safe and adaptive experience that is important not just for student assessment but also for the effectiveness of the educators,” said Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director, World Economic Forum.
The report aims to examine AI’s myriad possibilities for education, suggesting modifying how student assessments are carried out with more timely and rich evaluations and metrics on student performance. It includes the outline of how AI can improve the function of educators by taking over and incorporating clerk tasks that are up to 20% percent of all functional duties of educators, thus increasing the benefits of teachers and allowing them to spend more time doing their tasks on a personal level which include improving pedagogy and supporting the emotional needs of students. AI will help transform the education system by working it into various subject areas that develop students’ advanced learning skills and knowledge. Using personalized content and approaches for individual learners will give different students specific pathways to suit their individual needs.
Responsible AI implementation
Several innovative examples of how AI is already revolutionizing education systems are outlined in the report: Several innovative examples of how AI is already revolutionizing education systems are outlined in the report:
The Accessible Digital Textbooks by UNICEF is embracing AI to invent digital tools that students with different learning needs can use. This project is good for students with disabilities, as they can have customized, inclusive, and educational materials.
In Brazil, the Letters initiative implemented a system with artificial intelligence feedback to raise reading skills among the highest number of schools in each status.
In West Africa, using AI to assist virtual mentors in providing tailored lessons and mentorship with Kabakoo Business Academies encourages young people to explore self-employment in informal economies.
The Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea is dedicated to designing AI-powered digital textbooks appropriate for students at different proficiency levels. This is part of efforts to promote personalized learning and reduce reliance on private education.
The UAE Ministry of Education, in cooperation with other educational institutions, elaborates on an AI virtual tutor aimed at bettering individual learning and reducing the gaps related to learning from one student to the other.
Unlike in the past, when humans could not improve the quality of the outcomes in the educational sector, AI can kindly change the outcomes but view the challenges they have raised. The availability of such technologies should be equal for all, and communicating these issues, such as personal data privacy, bias, and replacing traditional roles, should be, as well, a community of concern.
The report requests the implementation of appropriate privacy and security rules and regulations for data that will go through these protocols before it is shared with students or other stakeholders (such as teachers). Also, the article requests deep collaboration between AI developers and educators to guarantee that new AI tools are responsible for better student outcomes. The World Economic Forum’s Special Meeting, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with the theme of Global Collaboration, Sustainable Growth, and a Global Energy Transition for Sustainable Development, aims to facilitate a more comprehensive discussion between the major global players.
This article originally appeared in the World Economic Forum.
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