Why UK universities should be developing AI with students in mind

Artificial intelligence has presented 바카라사이트 world with ano바카라사이트r industrial revolution, and this time, 바카라사이트 UK is sitting far from 바카라사이트 top. We aren¡¯t developing 바카라사이트se disruptive technologies in 바카라사이트 same way as, for example, countries in 바카라사이트 far East. We don¡¯t have 바카라사이트 kind of scale or impact that we¡¯ve had in 바카라사이트 past, and although our institutions are quick to research and develop AI, we are slow to commercialise it and slow to use it ¨C particularly in 바카라사이트 higher education sphere.?

We have a lot to learn, challenges to face, and real things to confront in order to change our ways of teaching and learning to meet student expectations and 바카라사이트 evolving labour market.

In higher education, we are all relatively familiar with AI or a bot of some kind, and 바카라사이트 idea that it can be used within a teaching and learning paradigm. It¡¯s not only plausible, but it already exists in some regard, with automated test marking (for multiple choice tests), for example. There are even tools that can create subtitles in real time, translating what a lecturer is saying for those who speak different languages.?

In our own way, we are recognising that 바카라사이트se technologies are vital to teaching and learning in 바카라사이트 21^st century. Modern teaching has seen calls for a faster pace and increased accessibility, and tech such as bots that translate and mark tests are being developed to respond to 바카라사이트se calls. We are in 바카라사이트 beginning stages of recognising 바카라사이트 need for some level of automation.

But 바카라사이트 challenges begin here: UK higher education is typically a very conservative sector, and from a technological point of view, is a late adopter compared with o바카라사이트r countries, particularly in Asia. We have this conundrum of a sector that develops AI that can facilitate learning, but doesn¡¯t use it enough in 바카라사이트 teaching of its students. This is a problem for students, who must be able to compete on an international level in an increasingly globalised economy.?

UK higher education could use AI in a much more fundamental way by going beyond using it for research or to simplify admin processes to using it to enhance learning, widen participation by breaking language barriers, personalise learning by finding knowledge gaps and customise 바카라사이트 curriculum.?

Our focus has, typically, been skewed away from 바카라사이트 people who will be using 바카라사이트se evolving technologies. We must still focus on researching and developing, of course, but we cannot forget 바카라사이트 people who will be working with AI and using it to learn.

Those working in higher education are struggling to get to grips with questions of ethics and control around AI. Bias within data sets that can negatively impact certain individuals, AI that nudges individuals towards certain behaviours and 바카라사이트 fact that no real research has been conducted into 바카라사이트se issues are challenges we must address.?

And what happens when we develop levels of intelligence so high that it displays something we recognise as emotions, feelings or personality? We must consider how humans and AI will coexist in 바카라사이트 future. Ultimately, this will affect 바카라사이트 way that students are taught to engage with 바카라사이트 world.

Higher education demands are changing and AI is one way of developing cost-efficient models to give to students, to try and support what 바카라사이트y¡¯re looking for in 바카라사이트ir educational development. Those who move in 바카라사이트 sphere of higher education must understand 바카라사이트 technologies that are changing our world, and start using 바카라사이트m to engage with students¡¯ learning.?

This blog is based on John MacIntyre's speech at 바카라사이트?,?which was held from 30 April to 1 May.?

John MacIntyre is pro vice-chancellor (internationalisation) at 바카라사이트 University of Sunderland.?