Vasant Ramachandran discusses the role of artificial intelligence in education in this in-depth presentation. Fore more information, please visit VasantRamachandran.com!

1. THE ROLE OF
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
IN EDUCATION
Vasant Ramachandran

2. INTRODUCTION
Science fiction films no longer dominate the artificial
intelligence realm. It is a part of our everyday lives and in
our classrooms. We are all too familiar with tools such as
Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, but this is just the beginning for
AI in education. We should expect to see more in the
distant future. The Artificial Intelligence Market in the US
Education Sector 2017-2021 report suggests that experts
expect AI in education to grow by 47.50% during the
period 2017-2021. Below is a glimpse into some of the
roles it will play in the classroom.

3. AUTOMATE
GRADING
Teachers will finally be able to focus more on teaching then grading. With AI,
the role of grader can be passed along. There is already AI technology that
exists and is able to automate grading of multiple choice materials. As AI
develops and becomes more intelligent, it is expected that the technology
will one day be able to grade more than standardized assessments.
.

4. Support
Teachers
AI will play a large part in helping teachers
besides grading. AI will support teachers in many
other ways such as communication with
students. For example, a college professor
successfully used an AI chatbot to communicate
with students as a teaching assistant all semester
without students knowing they were not talking
to a human being.

5. In the future, students will most likely have a
lifelong AI learning companion. The next
generation of children will have a companion that
knows their personal history and school history. It
will then in turn, know each individual students
strengths and weaknesses.
SUPPORTING
STUDENTS

6. ALLOW TEACHERS TO
ACT AS LEARNING
MOTIVATORS
AI will eventually take on a teaching role by providing students
with basic information. It will change the role of teachers in the
classroom. Teachers will move into the role of classroom
facilitator or learning motivator.

7. MEET STUDENT
NEEDS
Students with special needs will also
be assisted with a AI personalized
learning companion by adapting
materials to lead them to success.
Studies are already showing positive
results for AI teaching students social
skills.

8. THANK
YOU!
Vasant Ramachandran