AI-Based Virtual Teacher Assistants

Abstract

Today the education is on the verge of the digital age as new learning approaches with advanced information and communication distant learning technologies, and academic process digitalization with neural networks and machine learning. The new digital learning environments and platforms help the teacher to develop and deliver digital learning content for high school and university students making it available globally over the Internet. However, the teacher efforts are multiplied, as more and more content is to be developed. Even more, an elearning teacher is expected to be available 24/7. Digital learning environments with a computerassisted assessment feature remove some of the burdens from the educator. Another option is using virtual teacher assistants or chatbots based on trained neural networks. they can answer a wide range of student questions without the teacher’s intervention. We studied the development of such virtual teacher assistants. The recorded student/chatbot scripts can be used to indirectly estimate the student’s academic performance, and to offer a customized learning path.