Education

Forget robot teachers, adaptive intelligent tutors and smart essay marking software — these are not the future of artificial intelligence in education but merely a step along the way. The real power that AI brings to education is connecting our learning intelligently to make us smarter in the way we understand ourselves, the world and how we teach and learn. For the first time we will be able to extend, develop and measure the complexity of human intelligence — an intellect that is more sophisticated than any AI. This will…

In an era of digital eavesdropping where hackers employ a variety of means to take over built-in video cameras, peruse personal digital data and snoop on cellular conversations, researchers have finally seen the light. Israeli researchers report that they successfully tapped into speech & music inside an apartment simply by focusing on a light bulb.In a paper published over the weekend, the researchers said all they needed were a telescope and a $400 optical sensor, which they used to measure barely perceptible light bulb vibrations triggered by either voices or…

Artificial Intelligence  (AI) technologies such as computer vision and Machine Learning (ML) are providing new ways to revolutionize learning and skills training at universities. From doctorate degrees in Machine Learning (ML) to bots that aid the work of teachers, there’s accelerating intrerest at the college level in A.I. and ML. Research firm TechNavio projects that the AI, market in education will grow by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of close to 48% from 2018 to 2022 (the study also noted the role of chatbots in enhancing learning—hopefully that technology pans…

It’s not hot news that India has an intense lack of teachers at elementary, secondary and even at the more elevated levels of schools. As indicated by the numbers given by the Human Resource and Development (HRD) Ministry of India in 2016, there is a lack of 1 million educators across the nation. In Universities & Colleges, there is an endless deficiency of personnel and the issue of finding qualified individuals to fill this gap has turned out to be much more entangled. In such a situation, in what manner…

In a move that will skill and re-skill millions of Indian youth to cater to new age technology and job roles, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said government will now focus on new age skills like Artificial Intelligence (AL) , Internet of Things (IoT) , Machine Learning (ML) to help them get jobs overseas. FM Sitharaman tabled the first union budget of Narendra Modi government. In her speech, the FM said focus under Skill India mission will be to train youth in different languages to prepare them for global jobs. Skills development…

For years schooling has been typified by its aspect of the physical grind on the part of both students and their teachers: teachers cull and prepare educational materials, manually grade students’ homework, and provide feedback to the students (and the students’ parents) on their learning progress. They may be burdened with an unmanageable number of students, or a wide gulf of varying student learning levels and capabilities in one classroom. Students, on the other hand, have generally been pushed through a “one-size-fits-all” gauntlet of learning, not personalized to their abilities,…