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AI is being touted as the “key” to personalized education that will drive down private education costs.
But some say it needs more time and preparation before it can have a real impact.
This is the final installment of our ‘Where is Public Education Going’ series, written by Seokjin Yoon.
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AI is making its way into the classroom.
AI is becoming a tool that can be used in many ways, including providing individualized learning and reducing administrative work for teachers.
This year, the government even earned the title of “world first” by incorporating AI into textbooks.
But critics say it’s just the first step.
[Chan-yong Park / CEO of iHateFlyingBugs: DKT (Knowledge Tracking Technology) requires a lot of data to be accumulated. Currently, AI textbooks are in the stage of accumulating a lot of data, and as this accumulates, customized learning is being carried out by level or by children’s knowledge status, so it would be good if you can understand it].
There is also a call for a clear direction for education policy.
In the United States, companies and universities are driving innovation in education, and the United Kingdom is also rapidly integrating private technology into public education. China has a state-led model where the state sets AI education policy and concentrates funding and infrastructure.
Our government is taking a middle ground model, with state leadership but limited use of private technology.
This ambiguous position has resulted in less mature technologies being implemented and a slower pace of change.
What’s clear is that, regardless of who leads, the core technology for personalized education will be developed privately.
This is why there needs to be a combination of deregulation and policy support to allow companies to develop and supply technologies freely.
[Lim Gul / Professor of Education, Konkuk University: “We need to invest in the education sector by actively researching, utilizing, and anticipating how (AI technology) should be applied, who it should be used for, and what the caveats are…”]
AI has emerged as the answer to reducing private education costs.
In order to connect technological advances to educational innovation, it seems that a clear direction from the government and technological capabilities from the private sector must be harmonized.
Seokjin Yoon, MTN Reporter
