AI Grand Challenges for Education

Authors

  • Beverly Park Woolf University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • H. Chad Lane University of Southern California
  • Vinay K. Chaudhri SRI International
  • Janet L. Kolodner Georgia Institute of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v34i4.2490

Abstract

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 development of novel theory development.

Author Biography

H. Chad Lane, University of Southern California

Institute for Creative Technologies

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Published

2013-12-15

How to Cite

Woolf, B. P., Lane, H. C., Chaudhri, V. K., & Kolodner, J. L. (2013). AI Grand Challenges for Education. AI Magazine, 34(4), 66-84. https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v34i4.2490

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