Receiving feedback is a big deal for a student. It can be a vulnerable moment when one’s lack of competence is revealed and self-image is crushed during a sensitive youthful phase, or it can exacerbate low self-esteem. Most often, it’s somewhere in between.

Since lecturers and teachers don’t have sufficient time resources to provide feedback, the focus should be on technologies that allow the student to independently detect the difference between their own answer and a so-called model answer, and understand which topics need to be reviewed. This might be too demanding for students in the modern age when all services are readily available and automated. The fact is that teachers simply don’t have enough time for personalized feedback, going through demanding assignments, or correcting exams. Teachers are more often advisors and facilitators, meaning they create opportunities and present different ways to achieve learning.

Artificial intelligence, neural networks, and machine learning are already present. The organization of learning, courses, and teaching will become easier as technology develops. The teacher’s work will change, but technology will come to the rescue. AI will be harnessed to check and evaluate assignments. The machine outperforms humans and performs the checking work semi-free of charge; the teacher organizes, gives the final approval, and signs the certificate. The teaching and learning process is emphasized, and students will complete part of their schoolwork at home or elsewhere using learning platforms and software.

New Learning AI Enhances the Learning of Finnish Upper Secondary School Students

Eximia has created an AI-powered technology for upper secondary schools (Virtual Upper Secondary School, or AI-lukio) that can automatically grade and score essay assignments. Other assignment types are also solved automatically. The feedback received from practice assignments guides the student to review the areas they know less well and tells them what improvements will lead to a better grade. Ultimately, reviewing unclear topics and increasing routine—that is, doing practice assignments—increases confidence and competence. Consequently, after completing the exam, the student’s skill level has risen, and they also achieve a good result in the course exam due to their increased, routinized competence.

Learn more about the AI Upper Secondary School and its benefits at aicheq.com 

This article has been originally published on 2021