Training and continuing professional education are important to the development and maintenance of highly skilled professional accountants. Efficiency and effectiveness are issues$$organizations struggle to determine what is the best and most effective way of providing such training and education. Increasingly, such training is being provided online rather than in in$-$person classes$$with the potential for a weaker, less instructive experience resulting from the difficulties in focus and motivation often experienced in online learning.

To answer this week$$s discussion questions, read the article:

Wang, Y$.,$ Shen, H$.,$ & Tai, C$.(2019,$ October $24).$ China's Efforts to Lead the Way in AI Start in Its classrooms; A fast$-$spreading use of artificial intelligence in schools from kindergartens to universities provides the country with an unrivaled database.$($PDF$)$; Wall Street Journal $($Online$).$

In your initial post, address the following questions:

Does the attention$-$monitoring system in the article offer a feasible way of improving online training? Explain.

What, if any, ethical issues arise in the utilization of this type of system for training and CPE? Explain.