AI In Education: How Is It Transforming the Industry?

Microsoft solutions like Microsoft 365 have Teams. This helps to communicate between teachers, students, and administrators.

Let us see how education has started to change according to technological advancements. It has helped students to learn from the safety of their homes. Thanks to technology, education has become more accessible.

The use of online learning platforms is through virtual classes. Teachers can teach students in real-time and it does not matter physically how far or near they are located. Teachers use many online meeting software. Examples of these are Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet. This forms a virtual classroom-like setting.

There are also many systems. These systems are Blackboard, Canvas, and Moodle. These provide an online platform. It is used for course materials and assignments. It also helps in formal communication between the faculty and the student body. Through these platforms, students can learn. Educational content can be delivered.

Textbooks have also gone from physical to virtual. Digital books have interactive features and multimedia content. Kindle and ePub are examples of devices and platforms that provide learning information. Other resources that also offer learning resources are Open Educational Resources. It has textbooks, videos, and other educational content.

Examples of these are Coursera, Khan Academy, etc. These can be either free or paid. These platforms can also monitor students’ performances.

How Artificial Intelligence Helps to Enhance Online Education

Because of artificial intelligence, educational technologies are changing according to the students’ needs and pace. There are virtual labs where students can learn different subjects. Because of this, there is no need for physical resources. But at the same time, it does not compromise the learning experience. Virtual reality technologies help to give virtual lessons.

It also has exams, quizzes and exams and quickly gives feedback and grades to students. There are online softwares like Google Forms, Microsoft Forms, Quizzes and Kahoot enable teachers to prepare and assess students.

There are also learning analytics that give students feedback about their performance and behaviour. Through this, students can know about the areas where they can improve.

Other tools that help to teach are Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and Slack. These tools help to create group projects, and students can work in teamwork. Apart from that, common platforms like email, chat and video calls also provide a medium of communication. These are not necessarily used for online education, but they are nevertheless used.

There are cloud-based softwares that gives access to educational resources. Examples of these are Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. It helps to do collaborative work and data storage.

The advantage of online education is that students have accessible content. This makes education more inclusive for certain students. These students have diverse learning needs. There are screen readers, captioning, and speech-to-text. This improves accessibility.

Another advantage is for teachers. They have also learnt about new technologies to improve their teaching methods. They can also be updated on the current educational trends.

Thus, we can see how digital transformation in education can help to improve the teaching and learning process.

Impact of Microsoft Solutions on Education

Microsoft provides many aids in the education sector. It helps to teach, learn, and collaborate.

Microsoft solutions like Microsoft 365 have Teams. This helps to communicate between teachers, students, and administrators.  It has features of video conferencing and file/document sharing. It also has applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Teachers and students can create and edit documents, spread sheets, and presentations. Students can become productive thanks to these applications.

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams form virtual classrooms. Teachers can conduct online classes and attach learning resources. It allows video meetings, chat, and document sharing.

Teachers can also create and grade assignments digitally. The assignment submission and grading process become easy thanks to it being digitalised.

There are many education applications by Microsoft. Examples are OneNote, Sway and Forms, and Azure. These help to create digital notebooks that help students to take notes. Students can also create engaging presentations. Teachers can also create quizzes and polls for their students.

Microsoft Azure helps to enable cloud computing. Through these, educational institutions can manage, analyse, and store data. Microsoft Power BI allows teachers to analyse student performance and attendance. Windows 10 give students accessible, diverse, and inclusive learning resources. Learning Tools in Microsoft Edge helps in this.

Visual Studio Code and MakeCode are coding applications that help students learn many programming languages. Students can learn coding through these application software’s.

Therefore, we can see how Microsoft solutions offer a modern solution to modern educational needs and requirements.

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