Maria Mercedes Rodrigo is from Ateneo de Manila University. For the GRAJU Inaugural Symposium, her keynote will be on "Opportunities for Joint AI Research and Innovation among Jesuit Higher Education Institutions."
Research and innovation in artificial intelligence in education takes three general forms: student-facing applications, teacher-facing applications, and system- or administration-facing applications. Student-facing applications refer to tools that are designed to support learning and assessment. These include tutoring systems that provide students with context-sensitive feedback and help and dialog-based systems that can conduct human-like conversations. Teacher-facing applications are designed to help teachers manage classrooms and monitor student performance more efficiently. System-facing applications are designed to automate aspects of school administration such as screening of admissions applications, constructing timetables, and monitoring attendance of all school personnel. In this keynote, I give a landscape review of ongoing research and development of these applications by and within Jesuit universities. I attempt to identify overlaps and gaps to arrive at open opportunities for synergy and collaboration. I end with challenges that may hamper these partnerships, including asymmetries in research cultures, funding, and data sharing.