Abstract
This article speculates on the future of higher education as online technology, specifically adaptive learning and analytics as infused by artificial intelligence software, develops and matures. Online and adaptive learning have already advanced within the academy, but the most significant changes are yet to come. These evolving technologies have the potential to change the traditional roles in our colleges and universities to the point that many educators will reconsider their purposes as teachers, researchers and administrators.
Highlights
This article speculates on the future of higher education as online technology, adaptive learning and analytics as infused by artificial intelligence software, develops and matures
In 2018, the contest was not won by academics. It was won by a team at DeepMind, the artificial intelligence (AI) lab owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, Incorporated
DeepMind can lean on the massive computer data centers that underpin Google as well as many of the world’s top AI researchers, who know how to get the most out of these facilities
Summary
This article speculates on the future of higher education as online technology, adaptive learning and analytics as infused by artificial intelligence software, develops and matures. It is not the purpose of this article to review this issue as it relates to the entire human race but to speculate on the future of higher education as online technology, such as AIinfused adaptive software and analytics, changes the traditional role of educators in our colleges and universities. While adaptive learning integrated with learning analytics is in its early stages, it will continue over the decade to change the way most teaching and learning is conducted in higher education.
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