AI in Education Technology (Keynote)

When Chat GPT hit the public consciousness just a couple of years ago, we immediately started to see effects in education, with students and teachers alike using Generative AI to support learning. With Gen AI and chatbots advancing at such a rapid pace, their role in education is increasing. At a recent event in Trinity College, called ‘Unlocking the Future of Learning’, we heard a fascinating keynote about how Gen AI is evolving and how it can assist teachers and students in enhancing learning and efficiency, but also the precautions we need to take to use it to our best benefit. Our expert Prof Vincent Wade has been involved in education technology for almost 25 years as a researcher and a user, and is Co-Founder of the ADAPT SFI Research Centre. THINGS WE SPOKE ABOUT ● An overview of generative AI is and how it works ● Embracing Gen AI possibilities to create efficient workplaces ● Using generative AI to enhance teaching and learning ● Risks and limitations including hallucination, biases, and ethical and privacy concerns ● Future potential uses in education technology GUEST DETAILS Professor Vincent Wade is co-founder of the ADAPT Centre for Digital Content Technology and holds the Professorial Chair of Computer Science (Est. 1990) in School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin as well as a Personal Chair in Artificial Intelligence. He is also co-director of the DREAL Centre for Research Training. His research focuses on intelligent systems, AI and Personalisation. He was awarded Fellowship of Trinity College for his contribution to research and has published over three hundred and fifty scientific papers in peer reviewed international journals and conferences. Other awards won by Professor Wade include the European Language Label Award for innovation in Language Learning Technology (2010). He also holds multiple patents and invention disclosures in the area of personalisation and digital content technologies. MORE INFORMATION Adapt Radio is produced by DustPod.io for the Adapt Centre For more information about ADAPT visit www.adaptcentre.ie/ QUOTES What differentiates us from a lot of other research centres is that what we try and do is be human centric, we're actually looking at the technology and how it empowers an individual, rather than us being automated by the technology, which is not just uncomfortable, but actually is not going to be successful in the future. - Vincent Wade It's the fastest adopted technology ever in history. To get to 100 million users, it only took two months. - Vincent Wade Gen AI may not take your job, but someone using Gen AI will, because they're going to be much more efficient and productive. Don't get scared, you can use it too. - Vincent Wade When you bring in a new technology, what happens is it creates new roles. The problem with Gen AI is it's come in so fast, that we haven't even identified what those roles are. We're only beginning now. - Vincent Wade KEYWORDS #ai #education #chatgpt #language #information #data