When machines are learning, what kind of education do we get?
As educational developer/instructional designer, I‘ve been consulting and coaching university teachers on didactics for many years now. Change is near. (Winter is coming?)
I have always had an interest in edtech (potentials and risks). AI is arriving in education and it is scary and smart. For example:
I‘m not a fan of instructors actually outsourcing giving feedback to learners and grading to an AI. But it is coming.
I‘m concerned of learners cutting corners and submitting AI-generated texts as assignment submissions to teachers. But it’s happening.
It is a matter of time until educators and learners outsource their work, with the weird effect of an AI grading an AI-generated submission. What kind of education will that be?
At the same time, I’m sure there are useful cases of using AI assistance for both teaching and learning.
What are your most pressing, exciting, or feared scenarios?