Development, Application Status and Future Prospect of Large Language Model Agents for Education

Large language model agents for education is a new generation of generative artificial intelligence technology, which could utilize the large language model to decompose and plan tasks, invoke tools and knowledge bases, and complete complex and diverse educational tasks. However, there are also problems such as shallow understanding of its technical principles and new features, incomplete exploration of application status, and unclear educational effectiveness. Therefore, this paper discussed the development situation of large language model agents for education from a technical perspective, including the design of its technical architecture and the analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of its mainstream development framework and platform. Then, in order to present the application status of large language model agents for education, this paper introduced 20 typical large language model agents for education at home and abroad for comparative analysis, extracted new features of large language model agents for education, summarized the roles of large language model agents for education in four application scenarios of teaching, learning, management, and evaluation, and introduced the application cases of large language model agents for education in different scenarios. Finally, combined with the opportunities and challenges of large language model agents for education, this paper looked forward to its future prospects. The research of this paper could promote the development and innovative application of large language model agents for education, which was conducive to promoting the digital transformation of education and the high-quality development of education.