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Education and Technology

The classroom is changing. Artificial intelligence and robotics are challenging how students learn and helping us understand our own way of thinking. What does the future hold for education and technology?

© Richard Margolin

AI in education will help us understand how we think
Robot teachers are the start of an evolving relationship with artificial intelligence
‘Surveillance creep’ as cameras spread on campus
Whether benign or intrusive, monitoring of students and teachers is commonplace in many schools
Education robots offer leg-up to disadvantaged students
Autistic children find robots’ simplified facial features easier to understand than humans
How AI eases teachers’ heavy workloads
Using robots for mundane tasks frees up more time to spend with students
Tech retraining employed to narrow Stem gender gap
AI-driven programmes are helping women return to the workforce in male-dominated sectors
AI, education and ethics: who should profit from learning?
Artificial intelligence carries potential for good in the classroom, but risks abuse by businesses