Students need to learn AI-based emerging technologies to speed up their learning process and understand the concepts to make it big in their career

The education sector is at a very interesting cusp of development. With technology penetrating the industry at various levels, it holds a lot of scope to revolutionize the sector by acing the entire learning process for students. But there seems to be a lot of scepticism about the actual usefulness of technology. Where students are finding solace in the introduction of various AI tools in the market, the teachers contemplate the entire situation more from a prismatic view.

Here, it is important to understand that, though AI comes with some breakthrough advantages, it has its own set of limitations as well. The only way to navigate this unpredictable terrain is to get a comprehensive insight into the technology.

This will help teachers harness the benefits of AI optimally and, in turn, provide proper guidance to students to use the technology to the best of its capacity.

AI for students 

Understanding that industries are scaling their operations with the integration of technology, it becomes imperative to infuse the necessary skills in students right from their formative years to make them future-ready. With the perennially evolving technology, there arises a need to constantly hone the digital expertise of the students. Keeping in mind the rapidly changing world, introducing AI to the classroom helps accustom students to the latest technology and makes them adept at exercising its myriad applications seamlessly.

AI to bolster teaching

Dwelling upon complex algorithms, AI technology comes with the proficiency to elevate the entire teaching and learning process for teachers as well as students. It can -

Save Time - AI comes in handy in automating repetitive tasks that relieve teachers from the unnecessary burden of doing manual work. It saves a lot of time, which can be dedicated to devising more ingenious strategies for elevating teaching processes. 

Personalization of education – Understanding that every student comes with their own pace of learning and capacity to retain knowledge, educators can harness the benefits of AI to customize the teaching process as per the individual needs of the students. By interpreting the data points of students’ performance, teachers can get an insight into a student’s learning habits.

Limitations of technology

 Induces a lack of critical thinking - At present, teachers are majorly concerned about the over-dependency of students on technology. Though it can provide students with easy access to knowledge and information, it can compromise their critical and creative thinking. Technology can impede the inculcation of valuable learning skills in students, such as research, writing, problem-solving approaches, and many more aspects. As a whole, there are chances that it can decline the learning capacity of students. 

Limited context understanding – Though AI opens the gateway to an entire storehouse of information, it cannot comprehend the content correctly. It might decipher the entire content in different contexts, which might be misleading for the students.  Understanding the diverse aspects of AI in education calls for the wise integration of technology into teaching pedagogy. For which, it is expected for the teaching community to be proficient at using the technology. This will help them provide better guidance to the students and, at the same time, assist them in being vigilant enough to identify any use of AI in the student's work. By gaining proper knowledge of AI, educators will be able to incorporate advanced tools into their teaching. It will help familiarize the students with the optimal use of technology and give them a clear picture of its limitations, which, if left unattended, could decline the learning capacity and intellect of children.

(The writer is Founder & CEO of Motion Education Pvt. Ltd)