AI use among teachers continues to grow
Meanwhile, independent research from Stanford University’s SCALE Initiative underscores how quickly teachers learn to appreciate AI’s potential for improving their workflow.
The researchers analyzed more than 9,000 teachers who were brand new to the platform SchoolAI over 90 days. What they found was that more than 40% of teachers became “regular” or “power users,” meaning they used the tool for up to 49 days.
Teachers also relied heavily on chatbot assistants, which accounted for more than 50% of their activity.
Chris Agnew, director of the Generative AI for Education Hub at Stanford, says AI is challenging many decades-old methods of instruction. However, that’s not a bad thing.
“We’ve been talking about more authentic assessment means for 25 years and the need to evolve schools to build more focus on durable skills,” Agnew says. “We have not done a great job of doing that, so the silver lining is that AI might force that.”
