AI is inevitably going to bleed into the education world (if it hasn’t already), and if teachers, students, and all those in the education sector don’t learn to make it our friend, it has the potential to become our enemy. In my professional life we have started the conversations around how we can use AI for our benefit and jump ahead of the inevitable. One way my company is looking at using AI is by making processes easier and more streamlined on the operations end. This would be our entry into the world of AI in work life before diving into how it could impact our product. Because AI is still so new, it will be a long time before our company places any product with AI influence in front of a teacher, let alone a student. Teachers may not have this kind of luxury though, and will have to adapt sooner rather than later to ensure students are educated on how to use this tool properly and ethically. One way to introduce AI to students could be modeling how to use AI as “Google” rather than a super smart classmate that students can steal homework from. Teachers can model this by asking AI for ideas on how to assess students on their most recent geometry unit which covers X, Y, and Z topics. Students can vote on whether they like the AI suggestion, or would like to search for another. The same process can be done, asking AI how the teacher should provide feedback, grade assessments, and even how students could use its assistance to complete the assignment. Monash University (n.d.) suggests that students provide the exact prompt that was entered into the system, and any and all changes that were made. Monash University’s Learning and Teaching: Teach HQ site also has a chart of student tasks and the ability of AI to complete them. Tasks like closed / short answer questions are quite easy for AI, whereas tasks such as interviews and recordings are much more difficult. While this list is a great reference point for the ability of AI, I would caution the reliance on it’s accuracy as AI continues to evolve and grow. Any way you sprint it, the most important factor when introducing AI to students like this is to make sure that the student maintains a critical eye while interacting with the technology and checks the validity of all AI outputs. This video shows what can happen when you leave your translation in the trust of Google Translate, which is a great (and funny) way to emphasize the importance of critical thinking with technology, and how vital human knowledge is. For now, teachers should start learning how to make AI their friend while administration and larger corporations tackle the long term impacts of AI on education. References:
Learning and Teaching: Teach HQ. (n.d.). Generative AI and assessment Monash Univeristy. “Let It Go” From Frozen According to Google Translate. (2014). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bVAoVlFYf0
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