Author: Michael Boreham Iryna Kazanchuk Melanie Tagg
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Current Market Trends
The launch of AI has resulted in a large amount of hype regarding the possibilities offered by the new technology. Is this hype justified? Is it a result of an industry push or a market pull? The answer is probably both. While the major technology companies are understandably excited by the possibilities afforded by AI and the new revenue streams that they are opening, the education community, particularly in K-12, has long been promised that PC technology will save teachers time in the classroom and in the marking and assessment processes. This is a promise that the existing iteration of PC technology and software solutions has failed to deliver for many teachers, for a variety of reasons e.g. lack of training, lack of PC literacy, access to the wrong, or outdated, devices and software solutions etc.
The rapid roll out of PC technology during the pandemic, where the global installed base of mobile PCs at K-12 increased from 91 million units in 2019 to 142 million units by the end of 2022, forced many teachers to embrace technology and did much to elevate the acceptance of mobile PCs as a central teaching and learning tool, particularly in the USA, where mobile
PC penetration exceeded 90%. Although this engagement with technology differs from market to market and even in the US from district to district and school to school.
Since Chat GPT was launched at the end of 2022, educational institutions have been faced with the dilemma of using this tool to reduce repetitive tasks as well being able to quickly translate, check grammar, generate ideas, versus potential privacy issues, plagiarism and offensive content. In addition, there has been increased pressure on already overstretched
teachers to quickly learn how to use the variety of generative AI tools that are quickly appearing in the educational space. This report assesses current state of AI PC hardware and software developments, analyses the benefits and challenges of using AI tools in education, as well as offering outlook on the shape of the sector during the next five years.
This report covers:
ӏ Market Sizing – To quantify the current levels of AI PCs adoption in K-12 and High Ed, which covers total of desktops, notebooks and Chromebook and excludes BYOD and tablet PCs.
ӏ Market Forecasting – To develop five-year shipment forecasts for AI PCs and review key factors influencing the market expansion.
ӏ Opportunities and Challenges of AI tools – To identify the pace of adoption of these tools in education.
ӏ Teaching and Learning about AI - To identify how teachers and students are currently embracing the benefits of AI technology.
ӏ AI Rules and Regulations – To gauge the state of standardisation in the approach to AI incorporation in at the regional and country levels.
ӏ Product, Technology, & Competitive Review – To identify and interpret key market developments and trends.
ӏ Institutional and Student feedback interviews with IT decision makers and students in K-12 and High Ed sector – To formulate the current state of AI tools adoption and future expectations.
| Comprehensive PDF report
| Executive summary
| K-12 and High Ed AI PC Market Size Assessment
| AI Opportunities And Challenges For Education
| Learning and Teaching With AI
| AI Guidance and Regulations
| AI PC and Software Offerings
| Cost of Ownership And Adoption of AI Technologies
| Future Expectations
| What Do Educational Institutions and Students Say About AI?
This report includes market sizing for AI ready and AI-enabled PCs based on K-12 Mobile PC tracker data, K-12 Desktop PC report data, Higher Ed Desktop and Mobile PC tracker data, channel and leading OEMs interview feedback as well as Futuresource’s own estimates.
Futuresource has been tracking, researching and consulting on the global education technology market for more than 20 years. However, since 2020, the pandemic has placed a spotlight on EdTech and the role it has played in keeping children educated, and Futuresource’s reporting has been ramped up accordingly. Any enterprise operating within the EdTech sector will benefit from this report, particularly:
| Manufacturers and their suppliers
| Resellers and VARs
| Intermediaries and supply chain
| EdTech market strategists, marketing and sales professionals
| Investors
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