The Potential of Educational Agents for Generating New Possibilities of Education

Abstract

In the educational world, the pursuit of innovations and transformation is ongoing to adapt education to ever-evolving societal needs and technological advances. Artificial intelligence (AI), a technology heavily adopted in many sectors, has been treated as a significant instrument for driving educational reform. AI can be applied to multiple areas in education, including personalized learning, intelligent tutoring, digital educational management, and virtual learning spaces. For example, adaptive learning systems, such as DreamBox Learning, can recommend personalized learning paths based on the student’s performance and progress, resulting in enhanced learning outcomes (Huang et al., 2021). Intelligent tools, powered by machine learning and deep learning algorithms, which have the capacity to analyze students’ learning behavior and performance data, can assist the teacher in predicting learning needs of their students and optimizing instructional content accordingly, thereby improving their teaching efficiency (Chen et al., 2020). AI technologies like facial recognition can be used in school administration, such as campus security monitoring and library management (Huang et al., 2021). Additionally, virtual reality and augmented reality technologies can be applied to create virtual classrooms and laboratories to provide immersive learning experiences, facilitating students’ understanding and mastery of complex concepts. Applications of AI technologies like these have markedly elevated the intelligent levels of schooling, creating new possibilities of education.