Communications

Discussion

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   Three Stages of China’s Education Development. Mea- sured by the degree of the use of science and technology in education and teaching in China and the central point around education, China’s education development can be divided into three periods: the traditional education stage, the digital education stage, and the intelligent education stage. The characteristics of China’s education at different stages are shown in Table 1:
   

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   Traditional Education Stage. Traditional education is dominated by teachers. Teachers rarely use information technology when teaching and managing, but only occasion- ally use computers to assist in teaching and register basic sta- tistics of teaching. The important learning methods for students are mainly class learning and group learning under the class teaching system. Students also rarely use computer networks for learning and exploration. In short, at this stage, whether students, teachers, or schools, the use of informa- tion technology is extremely limited, and the teaching activ- ity is single-handed and is mainly accomplished independently by the teacher.
   
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   Digital Education Stage. Digital education is centered on schools. Schools establish digital infrastructures and use the Internet to achieve data interconnection among students, classes, schools, and regions and to share high-quality edu- cational resources. On the basis of the class teaching system, the use of information technology is to achieve a digital cam- pus and teaching database, breaking the constraints of learn- ing time and space. Establish a data center to realize the tracking records of important information and provide fixed data support for education and teaching decisions.
   
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   Intelligent Education Stage. Intelligent education is fur- ther developed based on Internet education. It is student- centered and uses cloud computing, big data, artificial intel- ligence, and other information technologies to record stu- dents’ full-time chain of behavioral data. Intelligent education is a personalized teaching centered on students, which can stimulate students’ potential and make all-round development possible. The current education in our country has entered the stage of networked education from tradi- tional education and is marching towards intelligent educa- tion. In the context of the current era of artificial intelligence, the government and the market use information technology, the Internet, artificial intelligence, and other technologies to integrate different links and levels with edu- cation and teaching and promote education reform from dif- ferent directions. Online education, “Internet + education,” “cloud education,” “cloud intelligent education,” “intelligent tutor system,” and other forms are driving education for- ward. China’s education informatization has basically com- pleted the infrastructure construction of campus informatization and is moving towards the direction of the deep integration of information technology and education and teaching. At the stage of Internet education, artificial intelligence based on the Internet, as an educational method and tool, has played an irreplaceable role and is a powerful assistant for teachers and students.
   

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   Teachers’ Understanding of Artificial Intelligence. Since artificial intelligence is the hottest industry today, people can deepen their understanding and application of artificial intelligence through various channels. This article investi- gates teachers’ understanding of artificial intelligence path- ways and the use of artificial intelligence in their lives. The conclusions are shown in Figure 1.
   

Figure 1 can be drawn. In life, teachers know more about common artificial intelligence products, such as voice assis- tants, image recognition, fingerprint recognition, and smart ^{home. It can be seen that artificial} intelligence has become an important part of people’s lives. But the application of intelligent products in education and teaching is not so widespread.

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