The Future of Education

How the rise of AI in online learning spaces is changing education.

The world of formal education has undergone a major transformation in the past decade. This was greatly emphasized during lockdowns enforced in 2020. Students were required to stay home and make use of online learning exclusively. While the suddenness of this change meant that it had its drawbacks, it did force us to question: What is the future of education for future generations?

Today, you’ll find students equipped with more digital resources for learning than ever before. Technology’s future trends have become fuzed with classroom environments around the globe. This allows freedom and time for teachers and more resources and help for students. Children no longer have to hand-write their assignments if they don’t want to. They can now arrange their ideas into neatly organized slideshows, files, web pages, or recordings. None of this blended learning could have been possible without the contributions of AI in learning spaces.

In this blog, we will explore the many ways that AI has impacted classrooms and the future of the education sector. We will also show how this can be a beneficial addition for teachers as well as students. As AI continues to evolve, resources for education will grow into a more dynamic and convenient environment. This approach to education will only become better with 21st-century cutting-edge technology. Keep reading to learn more about the many ways these education assistants are changing education systems forever!

What is AI?

Artificial intelligence is the opposite of natural intelligence. Humans and animals display their own forms of natural intelligence every day through their emotions and consciousness. Artificial intelligence is displayed by machines and seeks to emulate the more practical sides of human cognitive patterns. These technological advancements are more focused on problem-solving and learning. Scientists call these objectives of the AI machine “challenges”, which are as follows:

• Reasoning, Problem Solving
• Knowledge Representation
• Planning
• Learning
• Natural Language Processing
• Perception
• Motion and Manipulation
• Social Intelligence
• General Intelligence

Any AI can possess the above challenges, which are then further broken down into sub-problems. The beauty of this list is that it’s a drop in the ocean when you consider the possibilities of AI. This is an ever-expanding field of work with various advancements being made every day. AI machines are trying to emulate the capabilities of the human brain, so scientists clearly have their work cut out for them. In the next 20 years, we could see our time spent in classrooms significantly decrease, allowing more time for personal interests and loved ones!

Achievements are already being made, and we are beginning to see the trickle-down effect in our day-to-day lives and the level of education we enjoy. People can now walk into supermarkets, grab their items and leave immediately thanks to facial recognition! Another key example of this is the future of conventional education in the 21st century. Below you will find our list of some impacts that AI has had in the classroom and on our academic career.

How Has AI Benefited Education?

Studies suggest that repeated reading leads to better reading performance including fluency, speed, and confidence. The biggest payoffs tend to be with word reading, but it also has been found to improve reading comprehension – the most frequently reported area of improvement in your learning journey. Average students will be exposed to a better classroom experience with digital technologies. These developments in technologies such as classroom Ais, and in-demand skills learned in an active learning space, will create more blended learning activities and collaborative learning for all.

1. Automated Tasks

Most people with a smartphone are familiar with this version of AI. It’s the voice that gives you the weather report and tells you the time. Smartphones have AI assistants built into their software, allowing the user to schedule, automate, or request tasks. This has made it much easier for students to schedule and acquire information when they need it. This will have a profound impact on the future of education.

2. Learner Accessibility 

AI is making it easier for students with learning disabilities. Today, you can find programs that supply live speech, dynamic descriptions of content, as well as virtual assistance. This has made it much easier for students who need extra help outside of the classroom to learn with ease. Students with mobility limitations can also access AI learning tools, allowing them to forgo the classroom setting altogether.

3. Smart Content

This is targeted and optimized information that we commonly see in online advertising. But it can also benefit the student! Smart content tools can run in the background while students do their homework. They can pick out spelling errors and grammar mistakes. They can even send you emails updating you on your progress that week. Smart content in AI is designed to follow you as you learn.

4. Cheating Detection

Teachers have benefited from AI in more ways than one. The most important being that this technology can identify plagiarism. Before AI, teachers would have to depend on their own sleuthing skills to detect a case of cheating. Now, since AI is integrated with the internet, students who copied and pasted from Wikipedia have a greater chance of being caught.

5. Personalized Learning

Since the smart content of AI is able to gather information on the student, they can suggest relevant topics. If a student is using a reading app, they can detect the style of books you like and suggest sequels or similar types. When students have easier access to things that interest them, they feel motivated to learn more.

6. Assessment

For years now, students have been able to submit multiple-choice exams that are filed through a machine. This is especially common in government testing programs. These machines save time and are much more precise than a teacher with a red pen. However, this form of AI has expanded over the years and will soon include written work as well. Developments are currently being made for AI to recognize written work and assess it. This will save teachers countless hours of grading in the future of education.

7. Virtual Learning Environment

With the help of AI, platforms are able to supply digital work that would have been difficult to find outside of a classroom. This is especially useful when it’s combined with automated translation tools. With this technology, students around the world have access to the same content – equalizing the future of education. This might eventually mean we can say goodbye to heavy, bulky textbooks and digitize standard learning.

8. Automated Administration

The enrollment and admissions process is a time-consuming process. But what if we told you that we are getting closer to instant results? When students apply to schools, their grades are already filtered through an automated AI machine to select the best candidates. But college applications could soon be subject to AI’s reading through statements and essays. This could give students faster admissions and more time to plan their future.

9. 24/7 Tutoring

Chatbots on learning apps are becoming better at providing online assistance to students. With time, students may be able to rely on this type of AI for online tutoring and homework. This will save teachers having to give recaps during valuable classroom time. It will also save the student time they are currently spending with after-school tutors.

10. Facial Recognition

Facial recognition is becoming more popular in international schools. This saves time the teacher has to spend on attendance and identification. It also gives the school a better idea of where the students are and where they’re supposed to be. AI recognition is also revolutionizing safety and may be used to combat violence in schools in the future.

11. Secure Online Exams

This has become a more secure and effective form of examination for larger institutions. These exams have smart settings that prevent cheating, maintain a time limit, and automatic assessments. This will save teachers a lot of time and work, and prevent human error in the future.

12. Text Translation

AI is becoming more and more effective at giving language translations. They started out simply being able to translate words, but they can now derive meaning and sentiment with greater accuracy. This is due to the artificial neural networks implemented, allowing for deep learning. The uses for this in education are numerous, which has revolutionized the accessibility of language learning. International students are learning languages in greater numbers than ever before.

13. Natural Language Processing

This form of AI is focused on human linguistics. It allows AI to understand, interpret, and manipulate language. It also allows machines to process large amounts of data related to human speech. This is useful in learning environments because it negates the need to face to face education. Students can now converse with robots and receive a targeted, specialized response.

Explore the future of education With LillyPad!

For students working and learning from home, it’s important to have access to the right books. Most of these come in the form of cumbersome hardbacks in all shapes and sizes. Luckily, with the rise of eBooks, we can save ourselves back pain and still keep up with our education. This is where our App LillyPad comes in handy.

Frequently Asked Questions

The 4 Reading Modes on LillyPad:

“Read to Lilly”

This mode offers our members the opportunity to read aloud as Lilly follows behind, tracking proper pronunciation, word accuracy, and improvements in the learner’s fluency and speed. Reading aloud improves memory retention, fluency, expression, and speed. Research also suggests that reading aloud may have significant cognitive benefits – even for experienced readers.

“Alternate Reading with Lilly”

Lilly reads one sentence, and then our member is cued to read the next. Aside from the benefits of reading aloud, reading with Lilly supports and enhances our member’s literacy experience while continuing to build capability, knowledge, and confidence.

“Repeat Read”

Repeated reading improves reading ability across the board! Lilly reads a sentence, and then cues the member to repeat the same sentence. This exercise provides our members the opportunity to mimic the fluency attributes and enunciation.Studies suggest that repeated reading leads to better reading performance including fluency, speed, and confidence. The biggest payoffs tend to be with word reading, but it also has been found to improve reading comprehension – the most frequently reported area of improvement.

“Pad Cast”

Our “Pad Cast” technology turns “All” of our member’s reading material within their personal Library into a tracked audiobook. The innovative “Pad Cast” tracking digitized content allows our members to watch and listen to Lilly pronounce each word as it is highlighted and spoken. This exercise continues to support and enhance our member’s literacy experience while continuing to build upon capability, knowledge, fluency attributes, pronunciation, and enunciation..

Lilly’s Library! 

Lilly’s dynamic sourcing tools, and the catch-all personal Library, offer members the opportunity to enjoy the entire LillyPad experience with just about any material that they can get their mouse on. This includes digital books (free & purchased), articles, news, blogs, PDFs, TedTalks and more!

The Learning Pads: 

LillyPad incorporates four powerful Learning Pads which are all guided by Lilly. All problematic words or what we like to refer to as “opportunity words” which are experienced during a member’s reading session are collected, tracked, and delivered for practice across the Learning Pads via our spaced repetition algorithm. The unique ability to collect, track, and deliver each member’s personal “opportunity words” significantly enhances the individual’s opportunity to progress. The Learning Pads include Lilly’s Gold, Spelling, Pronunciation, and Vocabulary.

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