Tamkang University(TKU) has established the College of Artificial Innovative Intelligence(AII), which allows students to take courses anytime and anywhere, and a hands-on lab that can analyze students' reactions during class in real time through artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
In order to create an environment of teaching demonstration, AII unites the latest educational technology and AI technology that ViewSonic hold to provide courses on different topics and present them in the virtual platforms, including the latest AI technology , IoT, big data, cloud computing, etc., and how these technologies are connected to innovation and entrepreneurship.
The Dean of the College of Artificial Innovative Intelligence, Tzung-Hang Lee said that TKU will build an all-cloud campus and all the courses are available for free to all the students on campus to take anytime and anywhere. Virtual platforms combined with Digital education platform and AI technology from ViewSonic not only to benefit teachers and students, but alse provide service and digital transformation for 280,000 alumni and companies.
Hands-on lab set up by AII is equipped with ViewSonic’s myViewBoard Sens .Through the built-in AI technology, it can automatically recognize the facial expressions of students, and then analyze emotions such as anger, sadness, and happiness. Teachers can use mobile phones and other devices to watch and adjust in real time, and the analysis information will also be uploaded to the cloud platform as a reference for subsequent learning effect analysis.
James Chu, CEO of ViewSonic Corporation, indicated that through the cooperation with TKU , he hopes to implement the concept of "Classroom 4.0" with digital, real-time and interactive teaching as the core. This time, AI technology is also applied to the education scene. Analyze student reactions and the classroom environment, so that front-line educators and schools can grasp feedback from student and continue to optimize teaching and environment.
(Data source, Economy Daily News, 2020-12-22)