This story has significance for readers across Kenya and beyond.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has had a significant influence on learning and teaching in the Grade 10 senior school curriculum under the Curriculum Based Education (CBE). Learners and teachers are making very good use of it.
AI is helping learners with their personal learning where they do research on difficult concepts and this helps with better understanding of the learning areas. Learners are now having quizzes generated for them to tackle and they then mark for themselves. Take for instance, the sub-strand netiquette in English for grade 10.
AI has a wide range of information on how the set of unwritten rules and social guidelines for polite behaviour on the internet. In addition, AI guides learners on project designs by generating images and creating presentations in a learning area such as Fine Arts, sub-strand, graphic design.
This has made learning easier and simpler as learners are exposed to digital literacy and it has encouraged communication, creativity and critical thinking which are competencies in CBE. The core competencies move the learner away from memorisation in the 8-4-4 system to skill learning education in the CBE.
I met a young man the other day who has come up with AI games that enhance learning in CBE. These games help in subject mastery, critical thinking and problem solving. They encourage learning by affirming that it does not have to be boring. Some schools in Kenya have subscribed to it for the sake of learning for as long as the learner is at school.
Perhaps, the greatest benefit of inculcating AI into learning and teaching is that it saves time. AI gives instant feedback and explains concepts fast. Teachers have also benefited from its speed. However, care should be taken because sometimes it provides inaccurate information. When AI is used responsibly, it aids learners enhance their creativity, brainstorm ideas, gain problem solving skills, enhance communication, self-efficacy and digital literacy.
Ms Mwangi is a teacher of English and Literature at NoonKopir Girls Senior School, Kitengela.
Reporting originally appeared via Nation Africa. Read the full source for additional context.