Preface to the IJAIED 25th Anniversary Issue

2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a field of computer science that involves the development of intelligent machines that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and language translation. AI has the potential to address some of the biggest issues facing education today, innovate teaching and learning methods, and hasten the achievement of SDG 4 (quality education). With continued investment in research and responsible implementation of AI, we can create a more equitable and inclusive education system that empowers students to succeed. In this paper, we discuss the history, roles, benefits, drawbacks and examples of AI in education and its future implications.

Imagine having a personal tutor that could answer any question, about any assignment, on any topic, which is available 24 hours, and 7 days a week. Imagine that tutor also being free of charge and accessible from home, or on campus, or even at the local café. Now, imagine there are lots of them, all hovering around each and every student, just waiting to help. That is exactly what exists with Generative Artificial Intelligence tools. However, like any tools, they have to be used correctly, and users need to be trained in how to use them. I am a lecturer in the University of Adelaide's preparatory program, delivering units on academic literacy and research design. I am also a post-doctoral researcher at the university's Unit for Digital Learning and Society. I have actively encouraged my preparatory student cohort to engage with AI tools ethically, responsibly and transparently as though they were a virtual personal tutor. The students have access to Studiosity Writing Feedback Plus (WF+) through the university's digital learning platform Canvas. They are also encouraged to engage with Grammarly. In my classes I have also given instructions on how to engage with GenAI, including ChatGPT, ChatPDF, Copilot and others. This autoethnographic study discusses how I have actively encouraged the students to engage with these tools, my reflections on this process, and responses from the students. AI as a personal tutor holds promise for enhancing student learning experiences. However, students expressed a sense of stigma connected to engaging with AI tools. As we continue to explore its potential, understanding the effects on academic performance, self-beliefs, and socialization is essential for effective educational AI design.

arXiv (Cornell University), 2022

Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have sparked renewed interest in its potential to improve education. However, AI is a loose umbrella term that refers to a collection of methods, capabilities, and limitations-many of which are often not explicitly articulated by researchers, education technology companies, or other AI developers. In this paper, we seek to clarify what "AI" is and the potential it holds to both advance and hamper educational opportunities that may improve the human condition. We offer a basic introduction to different methods and philosophies underpinning AI, discuss recent advances, explore applications to education, and highlight key limitations and risks. We conclude with a set of questions that educationalists may ask as they encounter AI in their research and practice. Our hope is to make often jargon-laden terms and concepts accessible, so that all are equipped to understand, interrogate, and ultimately shape the development of humancentered AI in education.

Qwerty - Open and Interdisciplinary Journal of Technology, Culture and Education, 2020

AI Magazine, 2013

This article focuses on contributions that AI can make to address long-term educational goals. It describes five challenges that would support: (1) mentors for every learner; (2) learning twenty-first century skills; (3) interaction data to support learning; (4) universal access to global classrooms; and (5) lifelong and life-wide learning. A vision and brief research agenda are described for each challenge along with goals that lead to access to global educational resources and the reuse and sharing of digital educational resources. Instructional systems with AI technology are described that currently support richer experiences for learners and supply researchers with new opportunities to analyze vast data sets of instructional behavior from big databases, containing elements of learning, affect, motivation, and social interaction. Personalized learning is described using computational tools that enhance student and group experience, reflection, and analysis, and supply data for de...

SingTeach Virtual Staff Lounge, 2022

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education Chapter is a new student organization at NIE whose vision is to build an AI-literate student-teacher community. The Chapter was formally launched on 8 September 2021, where founding members Mr Wang Enzhao and Mr Tan Jing Long from the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PDGE) programme, and Mr Koh Shao Wei from the Bachelor of Science (Education) programme, took the stage at the Teachers as Thinkers (TaT) series, speaking on the topic AI x Education: How AI is Creeping Up in our Curriculum Subjects.

Sustainability, 2022

The application of Artificial Intelligence or AI in education has been the subject of academic research for more than 30 years. The field examines learning wherever it occurs, in traditional classrooms or at workplaces so to support formal education and lifelong learning. It combines interdisciplinary AI and learning sciences (such as education, psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, sociology and anthropology) in order to facilitate the development of effective adaptive learning environments and various flexible, inclusive tools. Nowadays, there are several new challenges in the field of education technology in the era of smart phones, tablets, cloud computing, Big Data, etc., whose current research questions focus on concepts such as ICT-enabled personalized learning, mobile learning, educational games, collaborative learning on social media, MOOCs, augmented reality application in education and so on. Therefore, to meet these new challenges in education, several fields of researc...

AMITESH PUBLISHER & COMPANY, 2025

Progress cannot merely be defined by restructuring or redeveloping conventional/existing methods, alone. When the first automobile was invented, it was done with hopes to revolutionize the way we travel. We didn't focus on making horses go faster, but rather developed machines that could take us to farther distances, with comfort and reliability. Similar hopes surround the idea of innovation, and with that being said, every innovator in our current technological and industrial landscape has been occupied with development and innovation, through the creation of new designs, gadgets and technologies. Amongst such inventions, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm, revolutionizing every sector it entered. Here, in this brief exploration, we shall look into the contributions of AI in education and how it reshaped teaching/learning processes, with a special emphasis on the nature and technical features of AI, it's relevance and an outlook on the future of education.

AI has offered a total shift in the educational world. From spotting different learning styles, to multiple intelligences, reaching mental and physical disabilities, AI has helped in soothing the learning and teaching experience. It is offering learners opportunities to learn better and peruse their objectives (Schmelzer, 2019). Some advancements that AI added to the educational field can be summed as follows.

AIFCE (UNN) SEMINAR , 2019

A seminar approach to understandig the underlying principles of AI and its relavance to Education, in the 21 st Century.