This is another update from Tony Bates to his online textbook. This one looks at the role and potential application of artificial intelligence in learning. "There are two somewhat different goals for the general use of artificial intelligence," he writes. "The first is to increase the efficiency of a system or organization, primarily by reducing the high costs of labour... that of teachers and instructors. The second is to increase the effectiveness of teaching and learning, in economic terms to increase outputs: better learning outcomes and greater benefits for the same or more cost. With this goal, AI would be used alongside or supporting teachers and instructors." I don't think I'd frame AI as for-or-against teachers, or as cost-versus-outputs. That presents AI (incorrectly, in my view) as contributing to a zero-sum outcome.
Today: 6 Total: 107 [Direct link] [Share]
