There's a New Wave of AI Research Coming to Transform Education - EdSurge News

Imagine a classroom where student teams are learning with a computer simulation, planning a scientific expedition to Mars. They might be challenged to think about the tools they need or the clothing and food they will bring. As the students make decisions about their voyage to the red planet, the simulation changes until each group is following a storyline all their own. That level of personalized learning is just one vision of researchers who are harnessing artificial intelligence to improve education. They're getting a boost through 11 grants of $20 million each that the National Science Foundation has awarded to establish new AI research programs for education and other fields.