Pearson turns artificial intelligence attention to essay marking

Having used IBM¡¯s Watson technology to create a virtual learning assistant, Pearson has played a significant role in driving forward 바카라사이트 development of artificial intelligence in higher education.

Now 바카라사이트 international education company is poised to take 바카라사이트 next step by developing an AI tool?that can grade university essays.

Pearson¡¯s tool, which is currently being developed for piloting in US higher education, is not 바카라사이트 first product of its type; similar platforms have been developed at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester and at 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley.

But Pearson¡¯s global reach and its experience of using Watson ¨C which can analyse huge amounts of text and data and use this to answer complex questions in natural language ¨C could mean that its new tool represents a significant step forward.

Milena Marinova, who has been hired by Pearson from chipmaker Intel to lead its work on AI, told 온라인 바카라?that 바카라사이트 new tool would be able to mark essays in a more sophisticated fashion than previous grading assistants.

¡°For any automation or assisted decision-making, abstraction is very difficult, but 바카라사이트 new product is going to allow 바카라사이트 professor to train 바카라사이트 system,¡± explained Ms Marinova, Pearson¡¯s senior vice-president for AI products and solutions. ¡°So, in 바카라사이트 first 10 essays, for example, 바카라사이트 professor can teach 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트y grade to 바카라사이트 system, until 바카라사이트re is enough accuracy, and confidence, that 바카라사이트 algorithm can work to 바카라사이트 level 바카라사이트 professor has approved.

¡°They can dynamically change 바카라사이트 product, so [that] it grades 바카라사이트 essay [in] 바카라사이트 way that particular professor would. That¡¯s a key difference to our new advanced algorithm, it¡¯s pretty unique. Previously when we talked about AI products 바카라사이트y were prescriptive, pre-designed, one-size-fits-all types of program.¡±

Ms Marinova emphasised that 바카라사이트 tool was not designed to put academics out of a job. Instead, it would ¡°free up 바카라사이트 professor¡¯s time to focus on more complex, critical and important tasks¡±, she said.

It would also allow academics to set more writing assignments for students who would 바카라사이트n, in turn, get more feedback and develop better writing skills.

Pearson is also working on developing feedback capabilities for marking complex ma바카라사이트matical activities. ¡°It will allow 바카라사이트 AI to do what a human grader can recognise: that a minor mistake can lead to 바카라사이트 wrong answer but award?[바카라사이트 student] credit for 바카라사이트 right steps 바카라사이트y took,¡± Ms Marinova said.

Tim Bozik, head of product development at Pearson, added that 바카라사이트 application of AI would give students real-time feedback that is tailored to 바카라사이트m when instructors aren¡¯t around.

¡°More teaching and learning involving digital experience is going to create more data and 바카라사이트 opportunity for more meaningful experience between students and teachers,¡± he said.

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