Artificial intelligence has been integrated into the online education platform Metodbox.

Bahçeşehir College, one of the participants of the Future AI Summit 2024, an artificial intelligence summit held in Turkey and the Mena region, introduced the artificial intelligence application that it integrated into the online education platform Metodbox, which it offers to its students.  

Many technology companies participated in the Future AI 2024 Summit, an international artificial intelligence summit held in Istanbul. Some of the world's largest international technology companies were also introduced at the summit. Among the innovations introduced was the MetodboxAI technology to be implemented by Bahçeşehir College. The introduction of MetodboxAI, which offers personalized learning in the field of education, was made by BK Mobile General Manager İsrafil Dilmeç and Bahçeşehir College Deputy General Manager Dr. Özge Aslan. In the MetodboxAI application, artificial intelligence serves as a virtual assistant for students and helps them gain according to their deficiencies.  

Speaking about education and developing technology at the two-day summit held at Bahçeşehir University’s Kemerburgaz Campus, which was established for technology and entrepreneurship, Bahçeşehir College General Manager Özlem Dağ made important assessments regarding the impact of artificial intelligence on the future of teaching before the presentation. Dağ said, “Teachers will always have the most important role in education, but artificial intelligence technologies will change the way teachers work and their programs. Teachers have the main responsibility for teaching. However, in addition to academic duties, a significant portion of teachers’ time and educational resources are devoted to administrative tasks. The MetodboxAI teacher assistant will allow teachers to focus more on pedagogy and less on technical tasks. Teachers will be able to spend more time on lesson planning, providing individualized support to their students, and providing guidance.” 

18.04.2024

112 THOUSAND HOURS OF VIDEO, 77 BILLION PARAMETERS 

Explaining the technical features and working method of the system, İsrafil Dilmeç stated that Metodbox AI, where students have the opportunity to learn according to their levels, works with artificial intelligence assistance. Emphasizing the importance of the data created for the application, Dilmeç stated that 77 billion parameters were created for MetodboxAI. Stating that they processed 1 million 80 thousand data so that students can get correct and understandable answers to the questions they will ask, Dilmeç said that they processed 112 thousand hours of video prepared by Bahçeşehir College for this data. İsrafil Dilmeç said that MetodboxAI, which includes different applications for kindergarten, primary, secondary and high school levels, can also increase efficiency in distance education. Emphasizing that the system can detect students who leave the screen or engage in extracurricular activities thanks to mouse movements and cameras, Dilmeç stated that the monitoring of the teaching process becomes easier with the warnings sent to teachers. 

‘WE ESTABLISHED THE SYSTEM TO MAKE THE JOB OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS EASIER’

Özge Aslan, who stated that they did this system entirely to make the teacher's job easier, said, “Students can sit in front of the screen and repeat the topics they learned in class at school, learn new topics or prepare projects on topics they are curious about. At this point, our assistant was designed as a system that supports the student in preparing projects, exam guidance and reviewing topics. Of course, it will not replace the teacher, but we are talking about a system that allows the student to work one-on-one according to their own learning speed and level. When designing this system, it provides completely different guidance for each student. A very important point is that it analyzes the data in the exam results taken by the students and directs the subject explanation video and question solution according to the level of each student. The system asks our students questions with question banks. It presents questions or subject explanation videos according to the level of the student. We offer students a completely personalized learning environment. MetodboxAI is actually the result of a study that has been going on for ten years. We started as a result of a very long study. First of all, we brought ‘Metobox’ to life as an artificial intelligence-supported platform. Of course, as technology and science progressed, Metodbox continued to develop and advance. There are huge differences between the work we did before the pandemic and the work we do now. We still continue to update, add innovations and develop,” he said.