Hi everyone! In my A1, I took a look at adaptive learning systems, an example of how AI can be used in education. The development of artificial intelligence and data analytics is creating change in many places, including education. Adaptive learning is one of the more common applications of AI in education and has great potential in providing personalized training. Hope you find this interesting! Feel free to ask questions or leave comments below.
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Hi Linda,
Your website is beautifully done and your presentation on adaptive learning is excellent. I did this topic myself previously and I know the references too. So I can say you did an amazing job presenting the material in a clear, easily understood and very attractive manner.
Thank you Ram for the encouraging comments! I learned a lot from working on this topic as well. Feel free to share your findings or other resources you found useful! I’d love to hear more about your perspectives.
Hi Linda,
Thank you for introducing the adaptive learning systems. When I read the definition of the adaptive learning systems, I thought about the Confucian’s famous saying, “teach students in accordance with their aptitude.” Now, the idea of the educators can actually achieve that goal with the help with AI, and ALS excites me. However, my concern about using tools like that is, when the students have not been adequately educated or supervised, some of them might cheat with these technologies. Our math teacher really likes to ask the students to practice math on IXL, but many students just use “Photomath” to get the answers and typed them in.
Hi Jane, the problem of cheating with technologies that are meant to assist learning is definitely one of the issues educators face. Tools like Wolfram Alpha and Photomath have helped provide us with quick solutions for math problems, but it’s so hard to prevent students from using them to cheat. I agree with you that some supervision or education is required to make sure students don’t just use them to find answers, but instead, try to learn from the solutions. I also had similar concerns but I was glad to learn about the calculus tutor app called Aida, which gives students hints and point out steps they made mistakes in rather than just giving the final answer or solution right away. I hope that there will be more apps that take a more pedagogical approach in the future.