Artificial Intelligence in After-school Education (on the Example of Tourism and Local Studies Institutions

The article is devoted to the problem of using artificial intelligence in the activities of after-school educational institutions of tourism and local studies. The possible directions of using artificial intelligence specifically in the educational process of study groups, in the organizational and managerial activities of after-school educational institutions, in the organization and arrangement of mass events are identified. Specific forms of using artificial intelligence in after-school tourism and local studies education institutions are highlighted to ensure the safety of events, prepare tourist trips, hikes, excursions, and organize the work of tourist route and qualification commissions. Based on a educators' survey of after-school education institutions of Ukraine using Google forms, the level of use of information and communication technologies and artificial intelligence by pedagogical staff of after-school education institutions of tourism and local studies is determined. The level of understanding by teachers of the concept of “artificial intelligence” and ways of its use in educational activities in after-school education is determined. The technologies of artificial intelligence used by educators, the directions of using artificial intelligence (search for necessary information, creation of text, graphic and test educational materials, creation of news and advertising materials, monitoring of the security situation) are determined. The organizational, methodological and technical problems that, in the opinion of educators, hinder the use of artificial intelligence technologies, ways for educators to acquire competencies in the use of artificial intelligence technologies are highlighted. It has been established that the main source of educators' acquisition of competencies in artificial intelligence is self-education