New Research Project: AI as a peer vs Students as peers.

SMART Technologies refreshed our Collaborative Classroom, the first classroom in the world that had more than one SMARTBoard. The projectors are gone and the flat panels are in!

At a similar time, there is a move in education to explore how AI might change education. Like the mass adoption of technology in the 2000’s, much time and energy was spent with little change as we tried to understand best practices. History is about to repeat itself.

This research project is an attempt to bring evidence to the polarized and emotional opinions.

How might students interacting with peers at a SMARTBoard compare with students interacting with an AI peer?