LLMs in Education: Novel Perspectives, Challenges, and Opportunities

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.11917v1
• Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:29:22 GMT
• Title: LLMs in Education: Novel Perspectives, Challenges, and Opportunities
• Authors: Bashar Alhafni, Sowmya Vajjala, Stefano Bannò, Kaushal Kumar Maurya, Ekaterina Kochmar,
• Abstract summary: The role of large language models (LLMs) in education is an increasing area of interest today. This tutorial provides an overview of the educational applications of NLP.
• Score: 11.361215739202471
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: The role of large language models (LLMs) in education is an increasing area of interest today, considering the new opportunities they offer for teaching, learning, and assessment. This cutting-edge tutorial provides an overview of the educational applications of NLP and the impact that the recent advances in LLMs have had on this field. We will discuss the key challenges and opportunities presented by LLMs, grounding them in the context of four major educational applications: reading, writing, and speaking skills, and intelligent tutoring systems (ITS). This COLING 2025 tutorial is designed for researchers and practitioners interested in the educational applications of NLP and the role LLMs have to play in this area. It is the first of its kind to address this timely topic.

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