Accelerated Move for AI Education in China

Purpose: This article summarizes recent developments in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in Chinese education, paying particular attention to the different applications of AI at a number of different levels. The article reviews key government policies and guidelines and suggests a course for future development. Design/Approach/Methods: The article analyzes key government policies relevant to the implementation of AI in Chinese education. Additionally, the article leverages the author’s experience as a key member of national information technology curriculum development, which involved participation in the drafting of various curriculum standards and policy documents and discussions with numerous administrative officials, teachers, and researchers. Findings: This article argues that the use of AI in Chinese education varies at different levels. AI implementation is at its early stage in elementary education; more prevalent in higher education, and even more common in the field of civic education. As a result, in multiple dimensions, Chinese students are becoming better trained to face an age of AI and working together to create an informatized education environment. Originality/Value: This article describes how China is searching for the point where top-down system design meets bottom-up applications to chart its own course for the use of AI in education.

The effect of variation in feedback pattern (teacher assessment/ peer assessment) in the electronic blogs on the development of academic achievement among secondary school students of the computer and information technology curriculum in the province of D

The research aimed to identify the effect of variation in feedback pattern (teacher assessment/ peer assessment) in the blogs on the development of academic achievement among secondary school students of the computer and information technology curriculum in the province of Dawadmi. The researcher used the semi-experimental method to answer the research question which depends on the experimental groups and the control group. The study sample consisted of (30) students from the third grade secondary school in Wethilan and Eshairan secondary school. Students were divided among the three groups, the two experimental groups and the control group where each group consists of (10) students. The study revealed a number of results, the most important of them are: The effectiveness of using blogs in developing academic achievement, and the effectiveness of feedback in the blogs on the development of academic achievement, The researcher recommends benefiting from research’s results in encouraging teachers at secondary school in different disciplines to use electronic blogs and services related to feedback and its patterns, focusing on teacher-assessment feedback pattern, and facilitating the role of the teacher as a manager and organizer for educational discussions in and outside the classroom, particularly, in the electronic blogs.

Analysis of the document of computer and information technology curriculum according to Saudi vision 2030

The study aims to analyses the document of computer and information technology curriculum for the Secondary stage according to Saudi vision 2030. The study applied analytical descriptive approach, the sample of the study was “The Curriculum of Computer and Information Technology "urgent plan" in 2013 for the Secondary stage. The content was analysed using an analysis tool, which constructed based on the strategic objectives of Saudi Vision 2030. It is content of five main themes, divided on 29 sub-goals. Statistical methods were utilized to process data frequencies and percentages. The validity and consistency of the analysis was verified by agreement over time. The study found that, the Curriculum document included most of the strategic objectives of Saudi vision 2030. The highest theme found was fifth theme "strengthening the capacity of the education and training system to meet the requirements of development and the needs of the labour market". Furthermore, the computer curriculum document has neglected/ignore to include four sub-objectives in the curriculum. The most important of which was "considering individual differences and special needs" and "involve parents in the educational process". Finally, some recommendations were proposed for the development of Curriculum document in the light of the study’s results.