Augmenting AI and Human Capabilities in Competency-Based Learning

The nature of education and training have dramatically changed due in large part to the advancement of technology. These advancements require changes in the skillsets of the learner. Research and history have shown that continuing to hire talents to fill gaps of knowledge and ad-hoc fixes are not typically enough to keep up with rapid innovation and change. This conceptual paper provides an innovative conceptualization of how to capitalize on the value of emerging AI technologies for education and training. We propose a holistic approach to augment AI and human capabilities in a competency-based learning environment. We argue that to successfully create an AI-based augmented training system, the fit between the learning task and the AI technology as well as the human-AI augmentation must be considered. These areas are explained in the specific context of competency-based learning.