Abstract:

Technology advances quickly, responding to several concerns, possibilities, and challenges. As a result, it is impossible to neglect technology in today's modern life. Banks, hospitals, commerce, aviation, and schools are businesses that have already adopted technologies with Artificial Intelligence (AI) to deal with their demands and necessities.

New models of robots and sophisticated machines often come to the market to help people with daily and repetitive tasks. The benefits of technology are clear. However, there are questions about human replacement by robots and machines of all kinds and formats.

The new reality will surpass old traditional patterns. There is a shift to a new world with machines and robots, new employment qualifications, and job possibilities and opportunities. While some jobs will disappear, others will not be affected so drastically. These considerations have their foundation in the arguments presented at The World Economic Forum (2016), which states that the momentous change is underway, emphasising that our actions today will determine whether the change mainly results in massive displacement of workers or the emergence of new opportunities.

Technology has a massive presence in the education. The numerous classes and learning vehicles available online are examples. The essence of teaching is expertise and interactions between teacher and students; nevertheless, the technical feasibility of supporting these processes is still low. People's interactions in education must not be composed of automatic actions of greetings and exchange of results of tasks. Success in the learning process demands a spontaneous exchange of feelings that permeate human interactions. These spontaneous feelings (care, affection, attention, for instance) are not yet shared, experimented with, and expressed by machines.

It is a fact that technology is present in our lives (from a simple cell phone to sophisticated AI machines) and affects our routines and lives in one way or another. AI is not new. People have been interacting with AI for years. It is a technology that is here to stay, and it has its presence in educational processes. Teachers should not fear it. Teachers need to face it and use it for the best pedagogical purposes possible. Teachers should never forget that they are the ones who embrace and adapts technology to their educational objectives, methods, and practices. The teacher's role is and will be essential in the educational process. The relationship with the students is still necessary.

Based on the authors' experience, this paper emphasises that AI is an ally to help improve teaching. AI does not replace teachers. The myth of teachers' replacement cannot obscure the AI benefits to teachers' pedagogical practices. Teachers must believe in their role in the educational process and tailor AI technology to better fit their teaching methods and approaches.

The paper presents some aspects of AI technology’s presence in people's routines and jobs, presenting the definition of AI and some applications in various sectors of society; it follows by presenting applications of technology based on AI in education. It highlights the role of the teacher as a facilitator and mediator in the adoption of AI to enhance teaching pedagogical practices. The paper also underlines the challenge of applying collaborative didactics to teaching, reasoning that AI complements these teaching practices, not replacing teachers.

Keywords:

Teaching myths, customised teaching, teaching with technology, AI for teaching.