How AI Tutors Are Helping Educational Institutions Scale Quality Teaching?

The education sector has been on a transformational shift for the past few years. As technology emerges as a disruptive component, the education sector has outshone, stressing on adopting latest techniques. Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) in education in the form of virtual mentors will streamline the process of imparting education in an efficient & productive manner. Students will gain practical & visual insights that will remain stuck in their minds for a long time. Conventional teaching methods can just draw a psychological picture in the children’s minds as they try to create it in their psyche as they listen. Each to his capacity. According to Grandview Research, the global AI tutors’ market is estimated at USD 1.99 billion in 2026.   

Integrating the strength of AI in the right direction, the educational landscape has developed a new age of personalized learning and enhanced teaching methodologies. This shift will redefine how students learn & teachers teach. Traditional classrooms rely on the same & outdated methods where the same technique is used for all. In this AI tutor’s era, the crux of teaching will be shaped according to the students' grasping capacity.         

The Need for Scalable, Quality Teaching

Due to the emergence of AI tutors, conventional education has levelled up as educational institutions have adopted the technological advancements. Teachers are the most crucial part of a child’s foundational years. Scaling up education is the need of the hour as the invasion of technologies is too fast & it needs to be imbibed in the next generation of students. As students witness the taught concepts practically in classes, the grasping of concepts becomes better & as it is believed, the upcoming generations are way smarter than the previous ones. Read further to understand in-depth:

A. Enhanced quality:

AI tutors allow for enhanced quality teaching. It accelerates the development & implementation of centralized, high-quality instructional practices that are implemented across different settings & contexts. Integrating technology & resources available on the internet, the teaching process can be enhanced & made more collaborative for making it more interesting.

B. Staying with the trends:

When EdTech bots keep up with the prevailing trends, it enables them to respond to changes quickly. Educational institutes ensure they have been keeping up with the trends to solve students' doubts as quickly as possible. Learning aged students are too sharp & always in search of quick answers. So, instead of avoiding the new technologies, teachers must adopt them as it is extremely easy & safe.   

C. Enriched professor productivity:

As AI tutors immensely help in automating certain tasks, like structuring the teaching lessons efficiently, making notes while explaining the concepts to students to come down to their level, & fostering a positive & jolly environment during the teaching. The positive environment encourages the students to learn & intrigues them about the newer concepts they learn & hear about in school every day.

How AI Tutors Address the Scaling Challenge?

Customized teaching is the style adopted by AI tutors. They automate tasks, provide adaptable solutions that enhance their capabilities to understand the concepts taught. These tutors can adapt to individual learning styles as it can study the grasping style of the students. It gives results accordingly, according to their understanding. Let’s explore some more points in this regard:

A. 24/7 availability:

This can be considered an underrated aspect or less appreciated for automated teaching. As it is forever available at our disposal, we do not give it much heed. It generates real-time feedback & support, allowing the students to study their areas of weakness & strengths. As it is all mechanized, it will deliver the content anytime, anywhere as per requirement.  

B. Teacher support:

These tutors enhance the teacher’s productivity exceptionally well. It helps the teachers to systematize their routine for the next day, week, or whole month or year. They can also gather ideas to help the students understand the concepts better. Teachers can also help with the grading ideology with the help of these machine tutors.   

• Data-driven insights (help educators identify gaps and intervene faster)

These tutors help the educators to find errors in their teaching methods & also give newer & fresher ideas to enhance their productivity in the teaching process. Teachers have authentic data-driven insights to rely on & help students grasp the concepts as they can use the same in the classroom.

Challenges and Considerations

a. Moral and data privacy issues

These AI tutors, at times, demand access to student data, which raises eyebrows among people, as it is not safe to do so. Sharing anyone’s data in today’s digital realm is no short of risk. There can be prospective scammers who can steal the data & make fake profiles of students to make illegal use of it.         

b. Over-reliance on technology vs. human mentorship

After a time, as the AI tutors provide consistent ease in tasks, teachers will get used to it & less human interaction will take place. The human’s involvement in a profession like teaching is extremely crucial. The human interaction when a student feels underconfident or stressed due to some concern about studies, the student needs emotional & moral support in this situation which isn’t possible via AI.

c. Overdependence on the internet:

The EdTech bots cannot function without internet connectivity. If by chance there are some remote areas where the internet isn’t accessible, there will no use of AI. The whole teaching process will go for a toss. The teaching will get hampered & the students will be at a loss.  

Conclusion

No doubt, educators need to consider AI tutors to help them perform better. These tutors elevate quality teaching due to their customized learning experiences, & higher ease of access. The ability of these tutors to adapt to individual student needs, provide immediate feedback, & impart an effective learning experience for all students, depending on the size of the classrooms. These tutors are here to stay & there is no looking back for the upcoming generation regarding grasping newer concepts quicker, unlike the previous generations.

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