Artificial intelligence (AI) is making headlines in newsrooms across the world. One of the latest trends we’ve seen is in the education system, and it’s made many people wary of the ramifications that using Artificial Intelligence in the classroom will have. While AI can never replace human teachers, it can play a great role in the classroom. Read on to learn more.

1. Impact of Artificial Intelligence
in African Classrooms
Mac-Jordan Degadjor - Founder & Managing Partner
Africa New Media (ANM) Digital.

2. What is Artificial Intelligence and
why African Classrooms?

3. The question as to the possibility of
using AI in the classroom has been put
to rest by the introduction of a series of
AI tools in schools.

4. While the optimists support the idea
that the technology will bring about
growth and vital improvements to
humanity in generally, the pessimists
defer.

5. Application of Artificial
Intelligence in the
Classroom Today

6. TUTORING WITH AI

7. Using AI Students Grading

8. Trial & Error Elimination in Tutoring

9. Virtual Reality Learning

10. Examples of Artificial
Intelligence Applications in
the Classroom Today

11. Milka: Milka, an app from Carnegie Learning,
higher education students can get tutoring and
real-time feedback in their course of study. It
also offers student needing personalized or
one-on-one attention an opportunity to do so.

12. Brainly: A social media site for where students
collaborate while answering and asking
classroom questions. It creates that classroom
like a community for a personalized teaching
experience.

13. Thinkster Math: Thinkster Math represents a
math tutoring app combining perfectly real
math curriculum and one-on-one teaching style.
The app takes students on a step-by-step
process of solving math problems. The app
helps develop math skills by providing video
help to aid students’ learning while giving
prompt responses.

14. Artificial Intelligence & the
Future of Education

15. Technology will play a vital role in the development
of education in the nearest future.
With the continual research and improvement of
machine learning and intelligence, educational
systems will experience a tremendous
improvement.

16. Students will be able to learn new things in a
much better way with advanced tutor apps.
When fully developed, such apps can become
education mentors for students and provide
engaging learning aid and opportunities.

17. As AI grows, having a global classroom becomes
easy and possible.
Although some schools run online
programs/courses, they never offer an engaging
and personalized learning approach; The
advancement would fill that gap as tomorrow
dawns.

18. Drawbacks of AI in Education

19. It does not teach social skills and
human connections; hence it cannot
replace human teachers.

20. The tech requires internet connectivity
which always comes with a cost and
could be a problem in sub-Saharan
African countries with no/slow
connectivity.

21. Artificial Intelligence comes with a huge
cost implication; however, as the
technology spreads the price would be
forced down

22. Intelligent machines could suffer error
peculiar to computer systems, e.g.
crashing, upgrade issues, virus attacks,
etc.

23. Wrapping up
Based on the many benefits of artificial intelligence in the
classroom, the technology will not be able to substitute
teachers, since the latter provides human connection and
enhance social skills development in students.
However, AI will make teachers’ jobs easier and more
efficient. It will help students and parents alike to become
better!