An AI-based Solution for Enhancing Delivery of Digital Learning for Future Teachers

Abstract: There has been a recent and rapid shift to digital learning hastened by the pandemic but also influenced by ubiquitous availability of digital tools and platforms now, making digital learning ever more accessible. An integral and one of the most difficult part of scaling digital learning and teaching is to be able to assess learner's knowledge and competency. An educator can record a lecture or create digital content that can be delivered to thousands of learners but assessing learners is extremely time consuming. In the paper, we propose an AI-based solution namely VidVersityQG for generating questions automatically from pre-recorded video lectures. The solution can automatically generate different types of assessment questions (including short answer, multiple choice, true/false and fill in the blank questions) based on contextual and semantic information inferred from the videos. The proposed solution takes a human-centred approach, wherein teachers are provided the ability to modify/edit any AI generated questions. This approach encourages trust and engagement of teachers in the use and implementation of AI in education. The AI-based solution was evaluated for its accuracy in generating questions by 7 experienced teaching professionals and 117 education videos from multiple domains provided to us by our industry partner VidVersity. VidVersityQG solution showed promising results in generating high-quality questions automatically from video thereby significantly reducing the time and effort for educators in manual question generation.