{"id":67262,"date":"2023-04-19T16:29:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T20:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=67262"},"modified":"2023-08-30T19:08:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T23:08:17","slug":"the-complex-relationship-between-ai-and-education","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2023\/the-complex-relationship-between-ai-and-education\/","title":{"rendered":"The Complex Relationship between AI and Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-default-alt has-media has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1080\" height=\"700\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/04\/AI-and-education-1-1.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"Hand holding AI graphics\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/04\/AI-and-education-1-1.png 1080w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/04\/AI-and-education-1-1-900x583.png 900w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/04\/AI-and-education-1-1-768x498.png 768w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/04\/AI-and-education-1-1-500x324.png 500w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/04\/AI-and-education-1-1-992x643.png 992w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/04\/AI-and-education-1-1-1000x648.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Research<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Complex Relationship between AI and Education\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">April 19, 2023<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/authors\/finn-gardiner\/\">Finn Gardiner<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>Alongside her colleagues across Boston University,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/naomi-caselli\/\"><strong>Naomi Caselli<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;is tackling some of the&nbsp;thorniest questions about the relationship between artificial intelligence and education. Caselli, an assistant professor of Deaf education at BU Wheelock, is co-director of the AI &amp; Education Initiative, a research initiative led by a coalition of faculty from across the University, including BU Wheelock, the College of Arts &amp; Sciences, the College of Engineering, and Metropolitan College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-63273 size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2016\/07\/Naomi-Caselli_28_Square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Naomi Caselli\" class=\"wp-image-63273\"\/><figcaption><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; float: none; display: inline !important;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>Naomi Caselli<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Housed at BU\u2019s Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science &amp; Engineering, the AI &amp; Education Initiative includes researchers like Caselli who are already working on studies using AI to evaluate career-readiness policies, develop sign language technology, assess reading, and study writing education. Together, their goal is to understand the complex relationships between AI and education\u2014and develop strategies for making use of these new technologies in the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Shifting Cultural Norms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The rise of interactive AI programs like ChatGPT has underscored the importance of the work of the AI &amp; Education Initiative. Though much of the attention surrounding ChatGPT and similar technologies has centered on risks, like the potential for cheating on written assignments, Caselli advocates a more nuanced approach to understanding the role of natural-language AI in education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This approach involves anticipating a shift in cultural norms\u2014and adapting pedagogy to match. When everyone has access to augmented writing, Caselli thinks debates about cheating, plagiarism, and academic honesty will change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFiguring out how to use text generation responsibly is fraught,\u201d says Caselli. \u201cAs with any new invention, it takes a while to come up with cultural guardrails.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recognizing new norms means teaching students new ways to approach media literacy, too. ChatGPT can be a useful tool, but its inability to judge the quality of data can also lead it to produce answers that sound convincing, but may ultimately be false. In addition, since natural-language AI is based on large data sets, common stereotypes and misconceptions\u2014or outright falsehoods\u2014may emerge from the program\u2019s responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHow do you fact-check ChatGPT when it\u2019s wrong?\u201d Caselli asks. \u201cAnd how do we tweak it so that it\u2019s right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>The Promise of AI for Learning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For Caselli, the possibilities that ChatGPT and other natural-language-processing AI present are wide and varied. For example, teachers can use an AI to become more effective in the classroom. They can also use natural-language technology to help with complex paperwork, putting the finishing touches on educational plans for students with disabilities, lesson plans, writing prompts, and test questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students, too, can benefit from augmented-learning tools like ChatGPT. Just as social science researchers use statistical software packages instead of pencil-and-paper calculations, students can use AI to support them in completing formulaic written assignments, such as book reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote news-block-bu-pullquote has-image-focus-center-middle\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote-inner\"><figure><\/figure><blockquote><div class=\"container-lockup\"><div class=\"container-icon-outer\"><div class=\"container-icon-inner\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container-text\"><hr\/><div class=\"quote-sizing\">\u201cIt will become normal to use AI. It\u2019ll be understood that most of our writing is augmented that way, in the same way that we use spell-check, calculators, and statistical software.\u201d<\/div><footer class=\"caption\">Naomi Caselli <\/footer><hr\/><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If they don&#8217;t understand a lesson, they can ask the AI to reframe the content using different words, or change the writing style to something more understandable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Natural-language AI can also help students take notes more effectively\u2014and they can be especially helpful for students who may need accommodations in the classroom, including some of Caselli\u2019s own students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDeaf students can\u2019t easily divide their attention to look at a teacher or interpreter signing, write notes, and look at a PowerPoint at the same time,\u201d she says. \u201cStudents could audio record the lecture or use AI to automatically transcribe the audio, and have ChatGPT summarize pages of transcripts into usable, brief notes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately, despite the complicated issues associated with ChatGPT and similar AI tools, Caselli is optimistic about the long-term educational benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt will become normal to use AI,\u201d she predicts. \u201cIt\u2019ll be understood that most of our writing is augmented that way, in the same way that we use spell-check, calculators, and statistical software.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alongside her colleagues across Boston University,&nbsp;Naomi Caselli&nbsp;is tackling some of the&nbsp;thorniest questions about the relationship between artificial intelligence and education. 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