Lesson 21

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of this lesson, students are expected to:
a. understand Artificial Intelligence;
b. appreciate the other Digital systems related to AI and The Roles of AI in Education; and
c. utilize AI generated applications proficiency..

I. ENGAGE

II. EXPLORE
Questions: What do you think is the advantage of AI nowadays? Do you think AI has a great
impact on our education?
III. EXPLAIN
Introduction
The most utilized digital platforms in the world today were unimaginable many years ago.
These sites connect information and people all over the world. They have a tremendous
influence in world economies, political systems, social structures, and development of
nations. Information and communication technology captivates the lives of the youth. The
usage of online learning materials is part of the reality of their education. Schools, in turn,
have little choice but to accommodate this situation. The challenge is how to effectively
integrate these modern technologies to foster digital literacy among their students. This
lesson is designed to help you appreciate how artificial makes its to shape the conduct of
schools and learning.

In the years to come, we cannot turn a blind eye to the future of learning and teaching. One of
the new avenues that made its way to education is artificial intelligence (AI). As a branch of
computer science, it refers to the manner by which machines think, react, and work like the
human brain.
Like human intelligence, AI allows machines to “process data, patterns, and models in order
to perceive, reason, plan, solve problems, make predictions, and manipulate objects”
(Karsenti, 2019, p. 106). These complicated tasks are automated by AI, thereby saving time
in doing them.

There are other digital systems related to AI. Some of these are listed as follows:
• Algorithms – Algorithms are sets of instructions for handling data by computers.
Think of these as shortcut commands for computers.
• Big data – These are digital ecosystems that capture, manage, process, and transfer
extremely large data sets. Through Al’s algorithms, the enormous amount of data,
which cannot be processed by ordinary computer techniques, can be handled. With
this, the Al is used to study patterns and make predictions.
• Machine learning – This is an approach where algorithms are tested so they can
make data automatically generate results. In other words, it is the mechanism to
achieve AI.
• Deep learning – Drawing inspiration from the brain’s neural network structure, deep
learning interprets data through “interconnections, layers of meaning, and propagation
directions” (Karsenti, 2019, p. 107). This approach sorts through large data to predict
what is being searched by the user.
• Data mining – This is the process of looking for useful patterns and relationships in
big data.
• Learning analytics – This pertains to the critical evaluation of raw data and the
generation of patterns of learner habits, predicting their response and providing
feedback.
 The Roles of AI in Education
That we have an idea of what AI is, let us take a look at its role on education. According to
Borge (2016), there are different ways AI shape the future of educational experience for
teachers and students:

1. Automation of basic activities in education – This means the use of any computer
in managing the data. Through AI tools, teachers can save time grading, scheduling,
testing, and checking all kinds of tests.
2. Supporting students through additional AI tutors – AI programs can aid students
to have a fundamental knowledge of subjects in basic mathematics, writing, and many
other subjects.
3. Source of feedback via Al-driven programs – AI helps the educators and the
students to respond to the constant shifts in the curriculum. It can give feedback
which can inform the teachers in designing relevant effective teaching. It can also
monitor performance to assist them in the success of the course.
4. Making trial and error less intimidating – AI offers a mechanism for
experimentation and learning in a judgment-free context. Intelligent computer systems
have trial-and-error methods where learners can go back from the start and correct
their mistakes.
5. Transforming the teacher, the learner, and the process – The growing use of AI
takes over some of the basic tasks of the teacher. AI systems and software allow the
student to study anytime and anywhere. Learning basic skills is now possible through
AI. trends are happening now and can be expected to further develop in the future.

Digital Competencies and Computational Thinking in an AI-owered World

The changing learning landscape demands educational institutions to develop among its
teachers and students certain knowledge and skills geared toward a future powered by Al and
digital technologies. Digital literacy, therefore, becomes an imperative. It refers to the “ability
to access, manage, understand, integrate, communicate, evaluate and create information
safely and appropriately through digital devices and networked technologies for participation
in economic and social life. It includes competencies that are variously referred to as
computer literacy, ICT literacy, information literacy, and media literacy” (Antoninis &
Montoya, 2018).
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
proposed digital literacy competency areas and competencies as part of their Global
Framework to Measure Digital Literacy. Some competency areas include fundamentals of
hardware and software, information and data literacy, communication and collaboration, and
digital content creation. The objective is to “reveal the power of digital competencies that can
analyze, use and decode Artificial Intelligence as a powerful technology, to which we must
necessarily think in a context to understand its scope, limitations, potential and challenges”
(UNESCO, 2019, p. 18).

According to the USA’s International Society for Technology in Education and Computer
Science Teachers Association (2011), computational thinking is a problem-solving process
that has the following characteristics:
• Formulating and solving problems with the use of computer and other tools;
• Logically organizing and analyzing data;
• Representing data through abstractions (e.g., models, simulations);
• Automating solutions through algorithmic thinking;
• Identifying, analyzing, and implementing possible solutions with the aim of
determining the most efficient and effective combination of steps and resources; and
• Generalizing and transferring this problem-solving process to a wide variety of
problems.

Computational thinking and AI may belong to the realm of computer science, but the
digitization of education and other fields should not prevent us from learning the emerging
competencies. Since AI is occupying its space in many areas of our learning and living now
and in the years to come, digital literacy is a helpful resort that must be enhanced by schools,
teachers, and students to cope with the challenges and opportunities in an AI-powered
society.

IV. ELABORATE
Directions: Group yourself into five and create a slogan about the roles of AI in our
education. You may utilize a short bond paper. Note: Make it creative and clean as possible.

Criteria:
 Uniqueness 10 pts
Content 10 pts
Creativity 5 pts
Total points 25 pts

V. EVALUATE
Part A
Direction: Identify the correct answer and write it before the number. You may write
it on a one whole sheet of yellow paper. Copy and answer.
________1.With this, the Al is used to study patterns and make predictions.
________2.This is an approach where algorithms are tested so they can make data
automatically generate results.
________3.This pertains to the critical evaluation of raw data and the generation of
patterns of learner habits, predicting their response and providing feedback.
________4.This approach sorts through large data to predict what is being searched
by the user are sets of instructions for handling data by computers..
________5. This is the process of looking for useful patterns and relationships in big
data.
Part B
Direction: Write T if the statement is True, and write F if the statement is False.
Write it at the back of your paper.
________1. Software helps the educator and the students to respond to the constant
shifts in the curriculum.
________2. AI systems and software allow the student to not study.
________3. AI programs can aid students to have a fundamental knowledge of
subjects in basic mathematics, writing, and many other subjects.
_______4. AI offers a mechanism for experimentation and learning in a judgment-
free context.
_______5. AI allows machines to “process data, patterns, and models in order to
perceive, reason, plan, solve problems, make predictions, and manipulate objects”
(Farneza, 2004)
Prepared by
Sittie Ferdauza A. Raguia