The U.S. Department of Education’s (USED) Office of Education Technology recently released a new policy report, Artifical intelligence and the Future of learning to help education and technology leaders navigate the quickly evolving landscape. The report recognizes two significant AI-driven shifts in technology use in schools–going from simply capturing data to recognizing patterns in data, and from facilitating access to learning resources to actually automating decision making about teaching and learning. It also calls out several areas of potential when it comes to AI, including opening up new avenues of interaction between teachers and students.
Everyone in the education community is working hard to apply AI in thoughtful, equitable ways that will help both students and teachers truly accelerate learning. As this report calls out, AI will not replace human-driven teaching and learning. Instead, it’s another tool, and as with any tool, to be successful in the education setting, teachers and students will need to be kept closely in the loop and education-specific guidelines and guardrails will need to be developed.
Have you reviewed this AI report from the USED? Share your thoughts and how you are leveraging this technology in your schools and classrooms in the comments.
