VLE for Artificial Intelligence – A brief introduction to application and challenges

Abstract

The remarkable evolution of technology has led to an alternative way for training and education using Virtual Learning Environments (VLE), which is becoming a very useful tool in our daily lives. Many people from all around the world can learn and gain new skills or even to use their theoretical knowledge in practice. It is very important for us to use and take advantage of the technology in all the ways that can help us. In this dissertation, we will investigate the use of a VLE for training purposes and how efficiently the users can learn a specific topic through a VLE. In this work, the training case study concerns an important issue that has recently come to light – FATE. The three topics related to FATE were Ethics, Artificial Intelligence applications and Personalization. We prepared learning materials through videos and quizzes in order to help the users evaluate their knowledge. The use of the VLE was evaluated through an online user study. In particular, with the help of a questionnaire, we evaluate the experience with and opinions of our participants for our virtual learning environment. In particular, the goals were to understand any areas for improvement in the VLE development, how useful it was for them to learn through a virtual learning environment and the overall experience. In addition, we used our literature review and the answers of the participants on our questionnaire to propose some future developments for our virtual learning environment that could help our users to learn more efficiently the topics that we will provide them.