AI as a Co-Teacher: Enhancing Creative Thinking in Underserved Areas

Authors

  • Roberto ARAYA Institute of Education, CIAE, University of Chile Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58459/icce.2024.5048

Abstract

The rapid irruption of AI is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it poses a high existential risk to humanity, much higher than climate change. On the other hand, it provides an enormous opportunity to improve wellbeing. To handle this double-edged sword successfully, educators must prepare students for a future where citizens repeatedly interact with artificial agents (AAs). Unlike humans, AAs lack fear of death and social exclusion. They do not have family, attachment, or a sense of belonging. However, they have increasingly better abilities to read our minds. To counteract this negative side of AI, students need to understand the hidden psychology of AAs. They need to learn the core computational algorithms that drive the social behavior of AAs. To tackle this challenge, we have been developing creative coloring activities for elementary school students that teach them core AI algorithms. Contrary to multiplechoice questions, these are activities with millions of correct possible solutions. In addition, it is highly improbable that they will be solved by chance. Moreover, in these activities, students must explain their solutions in writing and pose similar problems to their peers. However, given the high complexity of these creative tasks, teachers need support to assess students' work. Thus, we developed an app to support teachers based on our experiences working with these coloring activities with teachers in underrepresented regions such as Chile and Peru and countries of the Southeast Asia Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO). The app helps them assess these rich multi-modal collaborative coloring activities by leveraging the power of large language models (LLMs). We present some key features of the app and discuss how it facilitates rapid and cost-effective implementation of these rich but demanding coloring activities.

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Published

2024-11-25

How to Cite

AI as a Co-Teacher: Enhancing Creative Thinking in Underserved Areas. (2024). International Conference on Computers in Education. https://doi.org/10.58459/icce.2024.5048