How Artificial Intelligence shaping the E-learning industry

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April 29, 2021 | 52 Views

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Artificial Intelligence is creating a buzz in town right now. According to recent research,  the AI market will grow to a $190 billion industry by 2025. 

First coined by John McCarthy in the mid-1950s the term (Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer just an element of science fiction films but it has become a significant part of our everyday lives as well. 

The Oxford dictionary describes artificial intelligence as “The theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages.”

AI is a machine that does wonders like solving problems that can be saved only by the human brain. It leaves everyone awestruck. Have you ever wondered how your mobile knows the likely words to be used? How do you get the exact word suggestions while texting someone that has been running in your head? Well, all credit goes to the AI that is incorporated within our mobile devices. The AI engine analyses our pattern of text and appears with the same suggestions the next time we text someone.

We can already see evidence of the significant role played by AI in market segments like Manufacturing and Research & Development and now in areas like E-learning as well. AI, the emerging technology, is drastically transforming the E-learning landscape. 

Artificial Intelligence and E-learning

Whether it is business, financial services or even education, AI’s digital and dynamic nature is offering opportunities to people. In the realm of E-learning, AI enhances engagement in a way that is not possible through outdated documents or in a fixed environment. Synergistically, AI can impel and accelerate the development of new learning frontiers and the creation of innovative technologies.

Researchers believe that the use of AI in the education industry will grow by 47.5% through 2021. 

In the coming years, the technology’s impact will exist anywhere from kindergarten through higher education to corporate training, offering the opportunity to create adaptive learning features with personalized tools to enhance learners’ experience.

5 ways Artificial Intelligence will shape E-learning 

  1. Smart Learning Content

Smart content is a trending word in the world of E-learning these days as AI can generate digital content with the same level of grammatical expertise as their human doppelganger. Smart learning content creation is being introduced at all levels from elementary to post-secondary to corporate environments. It ranges from digitized guides of textbooks to customizable learning digital interfaces.

AI helps organizations in compressing the content, makes study guides easy to understand by troubleshooting steps summary, flashcards, and intelligent stimulations. All in all, AI technology decreases the burden of learners. Smart learning content can also be used to create a digital curriculum and content across a variety of devices, including audio, video, and an online assistant.

Artificial Intelligence is also being experimented with to create or create new content. AI is already being used to create responses using existing online training resources. Soon, AI can be used to generate the entire content of an eLearning course, taking away immense pressure from the instructional originators.

  1. Define Learner’s Pathways

Artificial Intelligence is all known for gathering and analyzing the data of individuals every time they connect with technology. That’s what can help to determine the learner’s pathways through the education process more effectively. Learning is a domain that has been largely dominated by human-to-human interaction. The adaptation of AI has been more gradual to develop the necessary human-like attributes of receptivity, versatility, and understanding. AI’s ability to interpret piles of data in real-time and automatically give new content or detailed learning parameters to meet learners’ need for persistent, targeted practice, and feedback. This enables teachers and trainers to better understand the learner’s performance and organise more effective personalized learning plans. AI technology can:

  • Define the next level to achieve by the learner
  • Direct him/her to that level by giving the appropriate content
  • Help to coordinate with the learner’s already acquired skills, knowledge, experience, individual learning style, and pace.
  1. Personalize Learning

After so many years of experience and observation, it is clear that the learning process is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Today when we are getting personalized shopping and entertainment then why not personalized education? 

Providing every learner with the same form of content is a very common approach in corporate training. It is because catering to and meeting the needs of every learner can be a time taking task for trainers. The one-size-fits-all approach is not suitable for everybody as they have their own pace and style of learning. 

AI is at the rescue for this situation. It tracks the previous performance of an individual and uses the data to modify the current learning material, thus rendering a personalized learning experience. Within an E-learning course, AI can track learners’ growth, which will help recognise the areas where each learner lacks learning thus modifying the material accordingly.

  1. Virtual Assistant

Since AI automated virtual assistants have come into the picture, the entire E-learning scenario has been reshaped. Some virtual human mentors and facilitators can think and act like humans. 

Programmers try to engineer virtual assistants with the natural language abilities to do just that. Virtual assistants like Chatbots can still parse enough grammar to manage conversations with students, making them an encouraging educational tool. Virtual assistants can respond to the student’s queries and grow more proficient when they are used within a specific branch of knowledge.

A modern trending technology known as the “gesture recognition technology” or “touchless technology” provides virtual facilitators with the ability to respond or naturally act like humans, responding to both verbal and nonverbal cues.

  1. Improve Accessibility

One of the most positive effects of AI-based online education is to make learning more accessible to learners with disabilities. AI makes learning more convenient through programs that can use language processing algorithms to provide more dynamic descriptions of visual content, subtitle live speech, and act as a virtual assistant for learners who need help accessing course materials. AI can play an important role in educating individuals with disabilities too.

  • AI can convert spoken language into captions and transcripts, thus helping the hearing-impaired understand the subject easily.
  • AI can act as a virtual assistant to individuals who deal with mobility issues. This will assist them to engage with the e-learning course and products in the workplace even better. 


Artificial Intelligence is definitely stealing the show right now. AI can do wonders in the E-learning landscape if implemented the right way. No doubt that it will take some time to rule over the entire E-learning industry. It is just the start and the future will reveal enthralling and innovative ways to make learning even more affluent.

To wrap up, AI implemented into the e-learning solutions helps to:

  • Create custom-tailored learning paths
  • Personalize the online courses, providing the proper materials to appropriate learners
  • Analyze the content for enhancing the engagement of the learners
  • Make the learning process and grading more automated and streamlined

    If you too have an idea and want to get it implemented to create a custom e-learning portal let’s get connected for a free consultation today.


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