Artificial Intelligence in Education

शक्षा में कृ त्रिम बुद् धमत्ता

Dr. Rejaul Karim Barbhuiya
Assistant Professor, CIET-NCERT
 NEP 2020 highlights (Learn, Unlearn, Relearn)
● With scientific and technological advances, such as the rise of big data,
machine learning, and artificial intelligence, many unskilled jobs may be
taken over by machines,
● the need for a skilled workforce, with multidisciplinary abilities across the
sciences, social sciences, and humanities, will be increasingly in greater
demand.
● with the quickly changing employment landscape and global ecosystem, it is
becoming increasingly critical that children not only learn, but more
importantly learn how to learn.
What is Intelligence
Intelligence - ability to learn and perform suitable techniques
to solve problems and achieve goals (Stanford Univ)

A modern factory robot is flexible, accurate, and consistent but

not intelligent.
What is AI?
The branch of science and technology that is devoted to
the creation of machines (Computer System, Robots, etc.)
that learn and think as intelligently as human beings is
known as Artificial Intelligence or AI.
What is AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Simulation of human intelligence processes by computer systems.
Characteristics of human behaviour:
● Understanding
● Reasoning
● Learning
● Solving Problems
● Effective communication
The Science and Engineering of making intelligent machines, especially
intelligent computer programs - McCarthy
SIRI and Alexa are powered by AI
Applications of AI in Daily Life
How AI systems work? 1
● by analyzing data and learning from patterns.
● use algorithms, or step-by-step instructions, to learn from
data and make decisions
● The more data they are given and the more patterns they
learn, the better they become at making decisions and
performing tasks.
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Why sudden boom in AI Systems?
● significant improvements in computing power and data storage
capabilities
● The growth of the internet, social media, and other digital
technologies has led to the accumulation of vast amounts of data,
which can be analyzed and used to train AI models.
● Advances in the AI research (Deep Learning)
● Advancements in Natural Language Processing (NLP): The ability of
AI to understand and interpret human language
Technical Applications Areas of AI
Major areas/fields of AI
Machine Learning - how computer agents can improve their
perception, knowledge, thinking, or actions based on experience or
data
Robotics - puts artificial intelligence into practice using machines that perceive
and interact with the physical world
Computer vision - can understand images and video
Natural language processing - understand written and spoken language;
automatic translation of text from one language to another, or understanding
text to produce knowledge about the world.
Expert Systems - learns and imitates a human being’s decision-making ability.
Generative AI
It is a type of artificial intelligence that focuses on creating/generating
new content.
It's a subset of machine learning, drawing from techniques like deep
learning and reinforcement learning to generate output that con
include text, images, music, video, and more.
Gen AI Use cases
Major Use Area of Generative AI
Conversational AI
a type of AI that can simulate human conversation.

Happens through natural language processing (NLP), a field of AI that allows

computers to understand and process human languages.

“synthetic brain power that makes machines capable of understanding,

processing and responding to human language.”
AI in Education
Use of Computers in Education are primarily aimed towards:
● increasing accessibility - Learning resources can be accessed from
anywhere, at any time
● facilitating personalized learning inside and outside the classroom.
Learning can be tailored and adapted to each student’s goals and
abilities through personalized programs,
● Time-consuming, tedious tasks such as record keeping or grading
multiple-choice tests can be completed through AI automation, and
● exploring fundamental questions about how people learn
Personalized Learning
● tailor learning experiences to the unique needs, preferences, pace
and abilities of each learner.
● analyzing data about individual learners, AI can provide insights
into areas of strengths and weaknesses, identify learning styles,
and provide customized recommendations for content, resources,
and activities.
● Leads to more engaging, relevant, and effective learning
experience
● bridge the skills gap that exists between different learners
Adaptive Learning
● AI algorithms observe you to detect how you prefer to learn as
an individual or as a chort
● Goal is creating entire learning journeys or flows that adjust to
each learner based on their interests, learning preferences,
needs, skills, and what they wish to learn
Universal Access
● Real time text to speech, Speech to text conversion
● text to text, speech to speech conversion from one language to
another
● Will make the classroom accessible to people who speak different
languages or those having visual or hearing impairments
From a policymaker’s perspective
Potential application categories of AI in Edu:
(i) education management and delivery;
(ii) learning and assessment;
(iii) empowering teachers and enhancing teaching; and
(iv) lifelong learning.
Education management and delivery
AI systems are designed to automate aspects of school administration,
including admissions, timetabling, attendance and homework
monitoring, and school inspections.
a data-mining approach ‘learning analytics’ is used to analyse the big
data generated in learning management systems to provide
information for teachers and administrators, and sometimes guidance
for students.
some learning analytics predict which students are at risk of failure.
Education management and delivery
visual dashboards are used to inform data-driven decision making
Many AI based applications collect huge amounts of student
interaction data, use machine-learning techniques to ‘search for
patterns’. The aim is to teach the software to identify when children
are confused or bored, in order to help them become engaged.
Learning and assessment
Broad aim to provide every learner, wherever they are in the world,
with access to high-quality, personalized, and ubiquitous lifelong
learning.
Learning and assessment
Other categories of AI based systems for learning and assessment are:

Dialogue-based tutoring systems (NLP)

Exploratory learning environments

Automated writing evaluation

AI-supported reading and language learning (Babbel, Duolingo)

Smart robots

Educational virtual and augmented reality

Intelligent Tutoring System
Works is by providing step-by-step tutorials, individualized for each
student, through topics in structured subjects such as mathematics or
physics.
It determines an optimal pathway through the learning materials and
activities by drawing on expert knowledge about the subject and cognitive
sciences,
Respond to individual students’ misconceptions and successes
As the student engages with the learning activities, the system uses
knowledge tracing and machine learning to automatically adjust the level of
difficulty and provide hints or guidance according to the individual
student’s strengths and weaknesses
Empowering teachers and enhancing teaching
AI applications aim to help teachers reduce workloads by
automating tasks such as assessment, plagiarism detection,
administration and feedback.
AI-driven discussion forum monitoring (AI Assistant)
AI-powered teaching assistants
Empowering role of teachers
it is widely agreed that as AI tools become more available in
classroom, it is likely that teacher roles will change.
What is not yet clear is how this will happen.
Teachers will need to build new competencies to enable them to
work effectively with AI, and undertake appropriate professional
development to foster their human and social capabilities.
Lifelong learning
AI-driven lifelong learning companions

AI-enabled continuous assessment

AI-enabled record of lifelong learning achievements - AI-driven e-portfolio

Ethical Concerns Related to AI systems
1. Fairness: should be designed to avoid bias and discrimination and ensure equal
treatment for all individuals, regardless of their race, gender, age, or other personal
characteristics.

2. Transparency: should be transparent and explainable, with clear documentation of

how they make decisions and recommendations.

3. Privacy: respect the privacy of individuals and protect their personal data from
unauthorized access or misuse.

4. Accountability: Those who develop and deploy AI systems should be accountable

5. Safety: to ensure the safety and well-being of users and others who may be
affected by their use.
Way Forward
● Educators need to develop a better understanding of AI’s impact,
including on education and training.
● educators and students should have a basic understanding of AI and
data usage to be able to engage positively, critically and ethically with
this technology and to exploit its full potential.
● European Commission published Ethical Guidelines
(https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_6338)
on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data in teaching and
learning for teachers
Thank You