Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Improving Education through Technology
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been progressing rapidly over the past decades and is transforming various fields, including education. Thanks to its ability to process large amounts of data, AI offers concrete applications that can significantly improve classroom teaching and learning experience. Let’s talk about these applications and the benefits and challenges of their implementation!
How can artificial intelligence be used?
1. Intelligent tutoring systems
Intelligent tutoring systems use AI algorithms to provide personalised support to students. These tools can assess each student’s performance, identify areas for improvement and give feedback tailored to the needs of each student. They also enable personalised learning, with specific resources and practices adapted to their knowledge level. This facilitates understanding and learning of new concepts. However, one of the challenges is to make sure that AI can adapt to all learning styles and individual needs of students.
2. Plagiarism checker software
AI is also used to detect plagiarism in student work. AI algorithms can compare the student’s text with an existing database. This helps teachers to maintain academic integrity and promote originality in student work. However, algorithms have limitations and may generate false positives or fail to detect more subtle forms of plagiarism. It is therefore important to analyse the results provided by AI carefully and to perform a more traditional assessment when necessary.
3. Analysis of educational data
AI allows large data sets to be analysed to identify certain trends. In this way, teachers can make better decisions to improve the methodology of their subjects. Thus, data on students’ performance, their participation in the classroom and their rate of learning can be analysed. Moreover, it also helps to predict students’ academic performance and thus to see which students may need extra support. However, it is very important to ensure the privacy and protection of student data, as well as to properly interpret the results to avoid bias. AI is therefore only a complementary tool to the teacher’s pedagogical knowledge and experience.
4. Virtual assistants and chatbots
Virtual assistants and chatbots powered by artificial intelligence are gaining popularity in education. These applications can answer students’ most frequently asked questions, guide them, and offer them resources. Moreover, these types of virtual assistants are usually available 24 hours a day, so students can ask questions whenever they want. In this way, as they respond to basic queries, the teachers’ workload is reduced. Obviously, these assistants and chatbots do not replace human interaction, but they can be useful tools.
There is no doubt that artificial intelligence is revolutionising education, but there is still a long way to go to adapt to the diversity of learners, ensure greater accuracy and use data ethically and responsibly. By harnessing the potential of AI and addressing these challenges, we can improve education and prepare students for a digital future.
Soroll Electrònic
Soroll Electrònic is a European manufacturer of language laboratories with more than 40 years of experience, together with Roycan Audiosistemas. Over the years, we have installed interpreting classrooms, language laboratories, and multimedia classrooms in more than 50 countries on four continents in many universities, educational centres, multinational companies, chambers of commerce, and all kinds of official civil and military organisations.