Empowering education through artificial intelligence - SHINE News

Experts from China and abroad shared their ideas on how artificial intelligence can empower education at an online forum during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference on Friday. It attracted some 1 million viewers. Wang Ping, director of the Shanghai Education Commission, shared Shanghai's experience in organizing the largest-ever online education program during the COVID-19 pandemic at the forum venue, the Shanghai Education TV Station. He said Shanghai has been building infrastructure and developing teachers' capability in using modern technology. "More than 3 million teachers and students from Shanghai schools have taught or learnt at home," he said. "It was a test of Shanghai's information development and a precursor to the future online education featuring AI technology."