This is oriented much more toward K-12 teachers than it is higher education, but a new-ish report from McKinsey & Company brings up possible teacher benefits of advances in AI and other educational technology. Specifically, they make the argument that K-12 teachers could save 13 hours a week (roughly a fourth of total work time) by automating some tasks that they normally have to complete manually.
That saved 13 hours seems especially important when you consider another finding from their surveys: only 49% of teacher work time is going toward direct interaction with students. An extra 13 hours might have a pretty big impact on teaching and learning, and at minimum could help reduce burnout. I suspect this wouldn’t save as much time for college faculty, but it raises some interesting ideas for both K-12 and higher education.
