The Revolution Has Arrived: What the Current State of Large Language Models in Education Implies for the Future

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02180v1
• Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2025 22:23:26 GMT
• Title: The Revolution Has Arrived: What the Current State of Large Language Models in Education Implies for the Future
• Authors: Russell Beale,
• Abstract summary: We review the domains in which large language models have been used, and discuss a variety of use cases, their successes and failures.<n>We consider the main design challenges facing LLMs if they are to become truly helpful and effective as educational systems.<n>We make clear that the new interaction paradigms they bring are significant and argue that this approach will become so ubiquitous it will become the default way in which we interact with technologies.
• Score: 1.2691047660244332
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Large language Models have only been widely available since 2022 and yet in less than three years have had a significant impact on approaches to education and educational technology. Here we review the domains in which they have been used, and discuss a variety of use cases, their successes and failures. We then progress to discussing how this is changing the dynamic for learners and educators, consider the main design challenges facing LLMs if they are to become truly helpful and effective as educational systems, and reflect on the learning paradigms they support. We make clear that the new interaction paradigms they bring are significant and argue that this approach will become so ubiquitous it will become the default way in which we interact with technologies, and revolutionise what people expect from computer systems in general. This leads us to present some specific and significant considerations for the design of educational technology in the future that are likely to be needed to ensure acceptance by the changing expectations of learners and users.

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