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Classrooms Navigate High-Tech Disruptions
Struggles over the role of artificial intelligence recall bygone conflicts
Artificial intelligence integrated into education is transforming how students learn and educators teach, which has revolutionary and disruptive potential.
Classrooms can become more efficient and accessible with lurking challenges: concerns about data privacy, possible over-reliance on technology and the need for human-centered teaching.
Dr. Iris Thiele Isip Tan, data analyst Dominic Ligot and Jarvin Tan, a pharmacist, looked at artificial intelligence in the classroom from a healthcare perspective.
Iris Tan, a consultant at the Philippine General Hospital Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and a visiting consultant at Manila Doctors Hospital, had a notable interaction at the University of the Philippines Manila New Faculty Orientation Workshop.
Artificial Intelligence Really is Not a Big Know-It-All
“The faculty were divided about students’ use of AI,” she said. “One said that yes, we should allow the students to use it because AI is inevitable.
“Another said she didn’t know enough about AI to decide,” Tan said. “Apparently, many shared this…
