These digital assistants are designed for teachers and students of pedagogical universities, as well as for teachers and parents interested in pedagogy, psychology and raising children.
AI is based on large language models, further trained on the works of scientists and educators. "Graduate Students" will be the guests of the summer festival of Moscow State Pedagogical University Red Brick Fest on July 4. They will answer questions from students, applicants and their parents in the courtyard of the university.
MSPU scientists have "revived" the legacy of great teachers with the help of artificial intelligence and created Telegram messenger services that upload the works of the founders of Russian pedagogy. Since neither Konstantin Ushinsky nor Lev Vygotsky can be responsible for the judgments developed by artificial intelligence, even trained on their scientific works, the MSPU named its project "Ushinsky Graduate Student" and "Vygotsky Graduate Student".
Teachers can use them when preparing questions for checking and self-checking students, planning lectures. Virtual "Graduate Students" of great teachers will help students reduce the time spent searching for necessary information and at the same time increase their motivation to study fundamental problems of pedagogy.
"The pedagogical legacy of Ushinsky and Vygotsky is the foundation on which Russian pedagogy is based. And the use of such tools as artificial intelligence is already a reality, without which it is difficult to imagine the modern educational process. Interacting with the neural network, the student gets acquainted with his future activities in a game form, while studying serious things," said one of the project participants, Director of the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology of Education at Moscow State Pedagogical University, Professor Alexander Savenkov.
The developed "Graduate Students" are based on the large language model of YandexGPT, explained Roman Kupriyanov, Head of the Information Technology and Services Department at Moscow State Pedagogical University. They contain two volumes of scientific works by Konstantin Ushinsky and six volumes of works by Lev Vygotsky. When a user sends a request, the program analyzes the works of teachers and generates a response based on them.
"There are already virtual characters in the world who communicate with the user in the style of movie characters or historical figures. The digital "Graduate Students" of great teachers created at the Moscow State Pedagogical University are intended for use in the educational process by teachers and students," Roman Kupriyanov noted.
Each of the “Graduate Students” can be used as a pedagogical encyclopedia. The model selects quotes upon request, conducts a reasoned analysis and helps to draw conclusions. And since Ushinsky and Vygotsky are representatives of different eras and professional views, the user has the opportunity to ask the same question to both “Graduate Students”, receive comprehensive answers, compare them and use them in life or work.