When I hear the words artificial intelligence I think of robots and computers and machines doing what humans used to do. Robots, computers, and machines thinking for humans, replacing humans and human intelligence. I think to myself, oh that doesn't really apply to me, I don't use artificial intelligence in my life. Well, wait a minute, when you stop and think about it most humans nowadays use some form of artificial intelligence. Siri makes our phone calls, manages our calendars, and checks our messages. Alexa and Google Homes play our music, shop for us, keep us up to date on the weather, and answer our trivia questions. I can ask them to turn on my lights or adjust the temperature in my house and they do. Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram suggest friends for us. Cars can park themselves and my own cell phone tracks not only my location but that of my friends and family as well. When I want to change the channel on my television all I have to do is speak into the remote and the channel changes to my choice. So when I stop and think about it, not only do I use artificial intelligence I do indeed use it several times a day.
Individuals are not the only ones who use artificial intelligence (or AI as it is often referred to), several careers and occupations use artificial intelligences in their everyday workplace. Businesses, stock markets, banking, retail, travel, military, public safety, engineering, law enforcement and medical professions just to name a few.
Kumar also mentions that artificial intelligence could: "change the role of the teacher, change how schools find, teach and support students, and where students learn, who teaches them, and how they acquire basic skills." You can read the full article here, 10 Roles for Artificial Intelligence in Education. As an educator, these sound like game changers to me. Will there even be a need for a teacher in the classroom? Will I be replaced by some kind of robot? Will there even be classrooms? Or even a school? Really students could just learn at any time, from any place. Brick and mortar school buildings could be a thing of the past.
Many researchers have concluded that artificial intelligence in education is the way of the future but getting there is somewhat of a daunting task. Pearson, the world's learning company, wrote an informative piece outlining the steps, hurdles, and costs that need to be overcome before artificial intelligence is commonplace in the education field. This link will take you to the insightful and informative article. Intelligence Unleashed: An Argument for AI in Education.
As it stands now, robots are not ready to replace classroom teachers. They may rival a human's intelligence or even surpass it but at this time they can't replicate the human emotions and connections that make the teacher-student bond. This bond is vital to student success and at the current time cannot be replaced by a robot or computer no matter how intelligent they are.
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References:
- Https://www.pearson.com/content/dam/corporate/global/pearson-dot-com/files/innovation/Intelligence-Unleashed-Publication.pdf[Pamphlet]. (n.d.).
- Kumar, A. (2017, September 04). 10 Roles For Artificial Intelligence In Education. Retrieved February 17, 2018, from https://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/10-roles-for-artificial-intelligence-in-education/
- Freeman, A., Adams Becker, S., Cummins, M., Davis, A., and Hall Giesinger, C. (2017). NMC/CoSN Horizon Report: 2017 K-12 Edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.
Cami,
ReplyDeleteIt is so interesting to realize all the many ways we use Artificial Intelligence in our daily lives. It was also a great point that you made- robots cannot use emotions and empathy to understand and build relationships with students. Teachers are necessary and will continue to be as long as we grow and adapt to the new technology. Do you think parents will be excited about the possibility of robots within the classroom or nervous?
It is really amazing in all of the ways we already use Artificial Intelligence and not even realize it. I know as a learner I would not enjoy learning from a robot with no emotions or empathy. It would be so hard to be in a classroom without that student/teacher dynamic to foster the learning process. I think parents would be mixed about the possibility of a robot in the classroom. I think overall most parents would want the teacher and the robot, you know the best of both worlds. I do believe that some parents would be strongly against only a robot because their child wouldn't gain the knowledge and experiences that a human can bring to their educational careers. On the other hand I think that some parents may prefer only a robot, it takes away the chance of bias against their child, additionally it would eliminate any awkwardness between parents and teachers.
DeleteGreat blog! I think AI will be amazing for college students and their path to success, but in grades K - 12 I think it could be daunting. I think you bring up valid point on robots not being bias, which I never considered. However, do you think young children will be receptive to robots in the classroom?
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DeleteI agree with you that in grades K-12 AI could be daunting to implement. I see it working from the college level backwards through high school, middle school and elementary. I think that young children would love the robots, they are exposed and use technology at such a young age, babies really, that robots in the classroom would be normal, expected even. With that being said though, I think that the student's educational careers would be lacking without the human interactions and the student-teacher relationships.
I never realized all the of the A.I I use on a daily basis until now. I guess when I think of Artificial Intelligence, like you, I automatically think about robots. When it comes to education, I could see the perks of certain types of A.I, however, I can not see robots replacing teachers. I think a robot in the room could be an all together distraction. Maybe if we could incorporate and "Alexa" type of intelligence in the classroom, it could be beneficial. Imagine if Alexa could read or pick up on a students mistakes and talk them through a problem.
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