Exploring the future of AI in the education sector EdExec

Despite detailed analysis being conducted around the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) in various industries, its effect on education has been relatively unexplored. Global innovation foundation Nesta has begun a research project to explore the future of AI in education and found a relatively modest – but fast-growing – bank of academic literature focusing on the topic. As the literature on AI in education grows, however, they also expect to see its scope widening. Early academic literature was, typically, focused on how AI could be used to solve'Bloom's 2-Sigma Problem' and replicate the'gold standard' of education: one-to-one tutoring. However, academics, researchers and technologists are now describing experiments where AI is focused on whole range of different elements – from enabling collaboration between peers to assessing complicated skills, like creativity.