Artificial Intelligence in the Education System: Opportunities and Challenges

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool for transforming the education sector and opens up great prospects for improving the quality and accessibility of education. The article aims to analyse how using of Artificial Intelligence changes the educational process, and what prospects and challenges are associated with AI implementation.

The paper considers the influence of Artificial Intelligence on the transformation of the learning process and distinguishes two directions of AI's application in the education system such as (1) Automation of the learning process (ALP) which includes Personalisation of the learning process, Adaption learning materials and teaching methods to student's individual needs and preferences, Creating of adaptive educational technologies, Reducing barriers to access to quality education, Improving curricula based on the performance-related big data analyses, Creating AI-tutors' systems, Development new learning systems and formats, Supporting microlearning system, and (2) Automation of the administration process (AAP) that contains  Increasing operational efficiency of study process management, Improving interaction with students,  Optimisation of resource usage,  Analysis of student performance.

It is expected that further deepening of Artificial Intelligence integration into the educational process, especially in adaptive learning and big data analytics, will proceed at a more accelerated pace. The integration of virtual and augmented reality with AI has the potential to markedly enhance the learning process, rendering it more interactive and immersive. AI has the potential to facilitate the integration of formal and informal learning, thereby creating flexible and dynamic learning environments.

Despite the wide benefits of Artificial Intelligence applications, their integration into the educational system faces many challenges among which the article has mentioned ethical norms and data privacy, a necessity for teachers to undergo training to gain new skills for the utilisation of AI technology, the technical complexity and high costs associated with the implementation of AI systems, de-prioritisation of face-to-face interactions between students and teachers, exacerbation of the existing problems of digital inequality and disparities in educational opportunities across different social groups..