How ChatGPT Is Changing Education – Guidance From UNESCO And OpenAI – Forbes
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Educators just started recovering from the profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some studies assess that the learning loss may never be recovered. However, a new challenge has crashed on the shores of education – AI – which could be even more impactful. In this post, we look at the challenges that AI brings to education, some ideas, and steps being taken.
A look at the newly announced Generative AI guidance from UNESCO, and others. An explanation of what they mean for application.
The Generative AI Guidance From UNESCO
Earlier this month – UNESCO, The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization, released their first Guidance on Generative AI for Education. This document covers several areas
Other Guidances
There are many guidances for Generative AI being issued these days. Another notable guidance is that issued by OpenAI for ChatGPT. This document, targeted at educators, covers ideas for how to use ChatGPT in teaching. Examples include exercises that teachers can do with students, example teaching strategies, etc. It does note that ChatGPT can generate incorrect information.
Making Sense of All the Guidance – My Takeaways
Even these two examples illustrate just how vast the scope of impact for education is from these technologies.
I expect that the next few years will be even more challenging for education than even the COVID-19 pandemic was. AI will infuse every aspect of education. All teachers and students will need to learn AI, and their communities and countries will need to help them understand how to shape the next generation of human minds to thrive in its presence.
