DISCERNMENT OF STAKEHOLDERS OF MASS COMMUNICATION TOWARDS IMPACT OF PERSONALIZED ADAPTIVE LEARNING ON HOTS IN SMART LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

Abstract

The evolution of artificial intelligence has revolutionized the learning world and changed the fabric of societies. They have greatly impacted healthcare, agriculture, the economy, and transportation. Education is not immunized either. Due to this many intelligent technologies have gradually evolved like learner analytics, big data, IoT, and cloud computing which have made the learning environment smart. In turn, these smart learning environments have catered to the specific needs of the learners according to their characteristics and provide real-time feedback on the assessed learning thereby tailoring the content accordingly. So this study employs a mixed-method research design for conducting the study by taking a sample of 160 students and 20 faculty members for the survey while 5 administrators of Mass Communication were interviewed for data collection. The results reveal that personalized adaptive learning positively impacts higher-order thinking skills and smart learning environments are discerned to impact education positively.

Keywords: Discernment, Personalized adaptive learning, HOTS, Smart learning environment