At the recent Google I/O annual developer conference, Google focused heavily on artificial intelligence (AI), including how they plan to use the power of AI to improve education and learning.
"What if everyone, anywhere could have a personal AI tutor for any topic?" James Manyika, SVP of Google, asked the conference's keynote audience. "Or what if every educator could have their own AI assistant in the classroom?"
The answer is LearnLM, a family of language models that are based on educational research and built specifically for educators. Here are three ways these models can provide a "more personalized learning experience" for students and teachers:
New 'Learning Coach' Assistant
Earlier in the day at the conference, Google announced that users could create their own custom AI assistant called "gem." With the introduction of LearnLM, Google added that pre-built "gems" specifically designed for learning would be launched in the future. One of these is a "Learning Coach" that will provide "step-by-step learning guidance" and "practice techniques designed to build understanding, not just provide answers." For example, the presentation showed how a "Learning Coach" could generate a mnemonic to help students better memorize the photosynthesis formula.
Interactive Learning on YouTube
On YouTube, LearnLM assistants will be able to answer viewer questions below educational videos or create quizzes for viewers based on the information in the video. This feature is already available to some Android users. Google is currently partnering with Columbia Teachers College, Arizona State University, and Khan Academy to test and improve its performance. There is no word yet on when this YouTube-specific learning assistant will be available to the more than 2 billion YouTube users worldwide.
AI Tools for Educators
Google is also working directly with educators to implement LearnLM's efficiencies into Google Classroom. In the future, teachers will be able to simplify and improve lesson planning, or tailor lessons to the individual needs of their students. Google is also collaborating with MIT's Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education Initiative (RAISE) to develop online courses for educators that will help them better understand and utilize generative AI in the classroom.
Overall, Google's plans to use AI in education are ambitious and have the potential to significantly improve the learning experience for both students and teachers. However, it is important to note that these are still early days for AI in education, and there are many challenges that need to be addressed before AI can reach its full potential in the classroom.
Here are some additional details about the announcement:
- LearnLM is based on Meena, a conversational neural network chatbot developed by Google Research.
- LearnLM has been trained on a massive dataset of text and code, including books, articles, code repositories, and educational materials.
- Google is committed to developing AI in a responsible way and is working with experts in education and AI ethics to ensure that its AI tools are used in a way that benefits students and teachers.
- I hope this information is helpful. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
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