From Chalkboards to Smart Boards: Teaching Pedagogy in the Age of AI.
The scratching sound of the blackboard, which once captivated the students and made them scribble notes in their books, is now shifting to the sounds of notifications and images. This is not just a simple message notification, but a significant update that is transforming academia, ushering in a new way for teachers and students to engage with education. Remember the blackboards, with white chalk and how they turned white with black markers, these boards of deep engagement are undergoing a massive shift. The monopoly is threatened by the new elephant in the room, that is Artificial Intelligence (AI). The teacher now goes to the classroom with a laptop, students open their tablets, and voila, a new classroom of the 21 st century is here. Books are giving way to e-books, and education is not heavy anymore. Writing on the board, an interface of human and technology is creating space for animated learning, vivid visual diagrams and other handouts, not with a bang but with...