The Evolution of AI-Driven Educational Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Florin-Valeriu Pantelimon, Razvan Bologa, Andrei Toma and Bogdan-Stefan Posedaru
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Florin-Valeriu Pantelimon: Department of Computer Science and Cybernetics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania
Razvan Bologa: Department of Computer Science and Cybernetics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania
Andrei Toma: Department of Computer Science and Cybernetics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania
Bogdan-Stefan Posedaru: Department of Computer Science and Cybernetics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 23, 1-10

Abstract: COVID-19 had a major impact on education, substantially stimulating the need for digital remote education. From paperback books to PDFs, from physical classes to e-conferencing, and from various traditional mechanisms of information transmission to systems that are driven by artificial intelligence and use adaptive learning approaches, all of these had to be adopted by both teachers and students. This paper analyzes the use of an adaptive learning system before and during the COVID-19 pandemic from a statistical point of view on a set of data gathered in Romania during a pilot project. The main data inputs are the number of students that enrolled for a certain course, the percentage of students that successfully completed it, and information about their age group, location and main area of interest. Our study finds that the use of artificial intelligence has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and, by analyzing the data obtained during the study, we managed to prove that artificial-intelligence-driven tools and systems have gained traction among all the parties involved in the educational process.

Keywords: COVID-19; artificial intelligence; education; adaptive learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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