A brief use of ChatGTP (and its derivatives such as Dali) evokes bewilderment and wonder. A system that really understands what I’m asking and gives answers to the point (most of the time). There is no doubt that over time new applications will be developed around the basic capability. An example of improvements that may be added: a possibility to speak (and maybe even think) to the system and receive a verbal answer; a possibility to give tasks to the system, starting from a simple task like ‘Book me tickets to a show I like’, to complex tasks such as ‘Help the student understand how to solve a quadratic equation’; historical memory of the user’s desires, abilities and preferences.
Assuming that there will be such capabilities available, I tried to think (and even consulted with ChatGPT) what could be done with it in the future in the field of education. And here are some ideas:
>> Helping the teacher to build creative lesson plan for learning a certain material.
>> Help in identifying the student’s abilities and preferences (for example, a student who studies better in the evening, or who prefers visual material, understands better through examples, etc.).
>> Adapting assignments to the student – according to his abilities and preferences.
>> Self-study – the system directs the student in the field that interests him according to his level and progress rate.
>> Error correction – the system follows the solution proposed by the student and helps him understand where he went wrong or recommends possible directions to continue when he gets stuck.
>> Teaching assistant – following identification of a student having difficulty in a certain area a teacher directs the student to work with a dedicated teaching assistant focusing on the requested subject.
>> Online bullying – detection and filtering of online bullying directed at a male or female student.
Some of the above ideas already exist today (such as help in building lesson plans – I tried, it works!), some already have buds and will develop in the future (such as self-study), and some do not yet exist (such as identifying the student’s abilities and preferences).