It is possible to say that developing technology has a great impact on our lives and has taken up a great deal of space in every area of life. It is unrealistic to say that technology, which has a great impact on all areas of life, will not affect educational processes. Technology initially affected the educational process in the form of machine learning, and then another phase was reached with smart educational systems. It would not be an exaggeration to say that artificial intelligence technology will provide educational administrators, teachers, parents and students with much more opportunities than those provided in traditional education. It would be appropriate to say that these opportunities will change the roles of all these stakeholders in the relevant process, as they have changed (or will change) the educational process itself. Therefore, revealing how artificial intelligence can be used in education and what effects it has on education will provide important indicators for educational administrators, teachers and students to recognize these new roles they need to exhibit.
The elements that distinguish artificial intelligence from other educational technologies and make it special are as follows:
- Its ability to match the individual needs of education and the student,
- Its ability to communicate with the student and respond to the student,
- Its ability to model the student’s learning process,
- Its ability to decide which information to provide based on the student’s previous performance,
- Its ability to make decisions regarding the student’s level of understanding,
- Its ability to make decisions regarding the educational process.
Advantages of artificial intelligence in terms of school management
Artificial intelligence technologies can provide more effective management. Thanks to these technologies, very different information can be revealed about students and teachers. In this way, artificial intelligence provides education managers and teachers with the opportunity to see weaknesses. Thanks to smart systems that allow students to see the subjects they are deficient in, students can notify teachers about the subjects they need. Thus, teachers can spend more time on the subject the student needs and explain the subject more carefully.
Artificial intelligence can create awareness in school management and teachers by providing early warnings about undesirable student behaviors and performances.
Information such as news and student absences can be handled quickly and easily and various evaluations can be made. Artificial intelligence technologies can also provide early detection of students at risk of dropping out of school. School management can contact these students more quickly and make the necessary warnings, and appropriate support can be provided or necessary measures can be taken before the issues worsen.
Advantages of AI for Teachers
Artificial intelligence provides better interaction opportunities; modern technologies such as virtual reality and gamification make students more interactive by actively involving them in the educational process. In addition, some artificial intelligence technologies can enable teachers to manage the classroom more effectively, as they teach how to teach by gamifying them.
Algorithms supported by artificial intelligence can provide teachers with more personalized suggestions and educational programs by analyzing students’ knowledge and interests.Using artificial intelligence, teachers can analyze students in the classroom and understand which student is learning more slowly, if the student has weaknesses or is unable to understand some subjects, artificial intelligence can show this to the teacher and the teacher can offer appropriate solutions to support learning.
Artificial intelligence creates automatic curriculum, allowing teachers to spend less time searching for the necessary educational materials. In addition, teachers do not have to develop curriculum from scratch due to the opportunities provided by artificial intelligence.
Advantages of artificial intelligence for students
Thanks to artificial intelligence, it is easier to track students’ participation in the lesson or their attendance. In other words, there is no such thing as students falling behind in the lesson(s) or being absent. Because the student performs the learning process within the control of the artificial intelligence system.
Nowadays, young people spend a lot of time on the move. For this reason, they prefer to do daily tasks using their smartphones or tablets. Artificial intelligence-based applications allow students to evaluate their free time and offer the opportunity to work in ten-fifteen minutes.
In addition, students can receive feedback from teachers in real time through artificial intelligence Technologies.In other words, these technologies have the capacity to take learning beyond the concepts of time and space. In this way, education can become both more widespread and more effective.
Various options according to students’ needs; AI-based solutions can determine students’ knowledge levels. The system tends to help students in the subjects they need and to improve their weaknesses. For this, it can offer learning materials to improve students’ weaknesses. For example, before the student starts using the AI-based application, he/she solves the test given to him/her; the application analyzes the test result and provides new tasks according to the need, thus ensuring student development,or AI technologies can recommend various books according to students’ interests and needs.Virtual mentors; AI-based platforms can offer virtual consultants to monitor students’ progress. It is a known fact that human teachers will understand students’ needs better .However, the instant feedback provided by virtual teachers can produce positive results in terms of students’ development.
By supporting individual education with artificial intelligence technologies, it is possible to identify students with learning difficulties at an early stage and to produce special solutions for these students. Thus, effective teaching practices can be implemented for students with special needs. It provides the creation of global classrooms for students who speak different languages, have visual or hearing impairments, and creates various opportunities for students who cannot attend school due to illness to benefit from educational services. In addition, artificial intelligence technologies can also provide personalized assignments suitable for students’ academic levels and learning styles.
Advantages of artificial intelligence for parents
Artificial intelligence can be used by parents who work and have disabled children. Advanced artificial intelligence technologies can enable children to establish interactive interactions with their parents. Parents can have fun with these technologies as well as help young children develop their skills such as discovery, learning and foresight.There are also various artificial intelligence applications designed for parents looking for ways for preschool children to think numerically at home. Thanks to educational programs that can be customized according to needs through virtual teachers, the intelligence of gifted children can also be developed with artificial intelligence technologies. Artificial intelligence technologies allow for personalized education by shaping different paths and preferences according to skills, talents and interests for each age group. Parents, teachers, experts and psychological counselors can communicate with each other interactively through these artificial intelligence platforms.Thus, artificial intelligence provides various psychological benefits to parents of children with special needs.
Among the latest innovations and studies on digital transformation in Turkey is the Ministry of National Education’s addition of virtual assistants to the distance education process.After approximately 6 months of R&D and pilot studies, the Education Information Network (EBA) Assistant was offered to students and parents.
