Impact of AI on the future of education

According to Innovation Origins, AI technologies like Chat GPT force universities and teachers to rethink traditional testing methods. Karin Axelsson - Vice Chancellor of Linköping University (Sweden) said that teachers and examination departments should learn about new ways of assessing students, replacing the current traditional method.

Professor Fredrik Heintz - Head of the Reasoning and Learning Laboratory in the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Integrated Systems (Linköping University) also compares the impact of Chat GPT with today's education to that of machines. calculation for previous period mathematics. He predicts more interesting tasks will emerge, and at the same time, new insights in education emerge from technological advances like these.

The AI revolution will change education. Illustration: EdtechTeacher

According to UNESCO, AI in education has many values such as helping to enhance human capacity, protect human rights or promote effective cooperation between humans and machines for sustainable development. Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education at UNESCO, emphasized that the AI revolution helps improve livelihoods and reduce inequality. This technology needs to be closely watched by educators to ensure they stay on track.

In fact, AI education technology creates many values, including personalized learning aids, intelligent tutoring systems, virtual mentors and chatbots. These technologies are helping to identify each student's strengths, weaknesses, and learning styles, thereby creating appropriate feedback and guidance. As a result, learners engage in deeper learning, resulting in improved outcomes.

At the same time, the skills focus in education is shifting from knowledge acquisition to critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, creativity, digital literacy, emotional intelligence, and cultural awareness. . "This promotes lifelong learning and prepares students for career transitions," she added.

Despite initial concerns about cheating, many educators are applying AI technology to their teaching. Ethan Mollick - Associate professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (USA) has included ChatGPT in curriculum development and asked his students to also use AI. He sees early positive results with students creating classroom projects using ChatGPT and critically evaluates suggestions from the chatbot.

Stanford University Assistant Professor Chris Piech uses artificial intelligence to "clone" two teachers into thousands of teachers. Piech's team develops an AI grading system to improve teacher training.

The ClassInSight project also uses artificial intelligence-based learning technologies to create higher-infrastructured learning environments that, in turn, help create better opportunities for learners with learning conditions. limit. Or, in Ivory Coast, the Allo Alphabet project implements a tele-illiteracy intervention for educational institutions with low infrastructure.

Projects like these are demonstrating the potential of AI in promoting global equity in education.

Students at FUNiX Online Education Organization (Vietnam) use ChatGPT provided by the school. Photo: FUNiX

Journalism professor Bart Brouwers - University of Groningen (Netherlands) calls ChatGPT a great opportunity for education. According to him, if adoption is done honestly and transparently, AI technology like ChatGPT will be more positive than negative.

Traditional technological approaches can become a drag on innovation. Thus, it is not a bad thing for students to intentionally "cross the line" when using technology. Instead, the training unit should leverage AI as a way to help improve the education system.

"A door has been opened. Let's do something to take advantage of scientific progress," he emphasized.

However, the issue of dealing with fraud or technology ethics is also a point of concern. AI technologies such as text generation, plagiarism raise concerns about fairness, privacy, transparency, accountability...

To address these issues, educators must ensure equal access to technology, bridge the digital divide, and consider socioeconomic disparities that may arise from AI adoption. . Data privacy and protection, censorship, and consent when exploiting technology need to be carefully considered when implementing AI tools in education.

The Wharton School has released an Open ChatGPT Policy, which highlights AI as an "emerging skill", advising students to check results against other sources when using. Learners also need to confirm whether or not to use ChatGPT in the assignment. In the event of an error or omission, the student will be held responsible. If you do not follow these rules, you will be in violation of the academic honesty policy.

In addition, schools can reach out by developing tools to detect fraud. Edward Tian - a Princeton University student (USA) has created the GPTZero application to detect machine-generated text fragments. Tools like GPTZero can help maintain transparency and accountability in AI-generated content.

Nguyen Chuong (Theo Innovation Origins)