How Is Machine Learning Changing The World Of Education?

How is machine learning changing the world of education? This is a big question. I believe that the application of new technologies from the fields of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have the capability of transforming education but that there will be more hype than results in the short run--much like the case of other transformative educational technologies in the past (I am old enough to remember when the filmstrip and, then, the VHS cassette were supposedly going to revolutionize the delivery of instruction in our classrooms). Perhaps the area of promise that has garnered the most attention is "personalized learning." This can be a slippery concept to define (for example, some observers consider Individualized Education Plans as a form of personalized learning--one that requires no particular technology) but I am using it here to mean the use of educational technology to permit students in the same classroom to learn different curricular content, tailored to their own pace and level of mastery (e.g. the Summit Learning platform).