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Ai Avatars as Personal Tutors: a New Pedagogical Paradigm

Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: In the context of the rapid digital transformation of society, education finds itself at the epicenter of contradictions: on the one hand, it must maintain the humanistic mission of personality formation, on the other — adapt to new technological realities. One of the most radical and breakthrough solutions on this path are AI avatars, which are capable of radically changing the pedagogical paradigm. Unlike traditional digital tools limited to content delivery and administration functions, AI avatars integrate the capabilities of generative artificial intelligence, multimodal interaction and emotional analytics, which allows them to act as personal mentors — flexible, adaptive and empathic. This technological evolution opens up new horizons: the transition from “mass standardized learning” to hyper-personalized educational trajectories; the formation of a culture of support and mentoring accessible to every student, regardless of social and geographical context; transformation of the role of the teacher, who ceases to be the only source of knowledge and becomes a curator of meanings, a mediator and an architect of the educational environment. However, the introduction of AI avatars is not limited to a technological upgrade — it is about changing the very logic of education, where a digital mentor becomes not an auxiliary tool, but a full-fledged participant in pedagogical interaction. This requires the development of new methodologies, a revision of educational standards, and the development of ethical regulators. Otherwise, there is a threat of “digital colonization of the consciousness” of students, increased inequality, and the loss of the humanistic core of pedagogy.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17213487
Authors: GELMANOVA ZOYA SALIKHOVNA, SAULSKY YURI NIKOLAEVICH, PETROVSKAYA ASIA STANISLAVOVNA, FAYEZ WAZANI ABDUL WALID, SAULSKAYA OLGA ANATOLIEVNA
Language: English
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7083577318
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