Consultant, author and PhD candidate
As much as Generative Artificial intelligence has caused waves in education, the focus in research and publications on the impact of GenAI is still squarely on text-based models and in particular ChatGPT. That’s understandable considering the impact OpenAI’s chatbot had almost immediately from its launch November 2022. But by focusing attention on large language models…
After months of hard work and collaboration with a group of dedicated educators, I am excited to announce the launch of my online course, Practical AI Strategies, based on my book of the same name. This course is designed to help K-tertiary educators “navigate the rapidly evolving landscape” (if you know, then you know) of…
Last weekend, I saw a LinkedIn post from influential AI-educator Ethan Mollick, in which Mollick presented a YouTube channel of videos created using GenAI. Glaring copyright and IP issues notwithstanding, one thing in particular about the post rubbed me up the wrong way: the term “democratizing” applied to AI and creativity. Mollick shares a lot…
Back in 2023, I wrote an extensive series of articles called Teaching AI Ethics in which I explored nine areas of ethical concerns with artificial intelligence. In those early articles, I argued that it is absolutely necessary to wrestle with the ethical challenges of artificial intelligence, particularly as generative applications such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot,…
When you live in a research/social media bubble like I do, it’s easy to take certain things for granted. For example, I always overestimate the number of people who are using generative AI regularly in their day to day work. The reality, as of April 2024, is the majority of people within and outside of…
Practical AI Strategies was released in January and has received great reviews from educators in Australia, the US, UK, Europe, South East Asia, and across the world. Over the past couple of months, I have been working on an online course to accompany the book, and it is almost ready to launch. In this post,…
Now schools across Australia are heading into (or have already started) their term 1 holidays, I thought it would be a good time to provide a wrap-up of the best posts and resources from the last ten weeks. As always, term 1 has been incredibly busy. If you’re about to go into the holidays, I…
Last year, I co-authored a paper with Dr Mike Perkins, Dr Jasper Roe, and Associate Professor Jason MacVaugh in which we proposed the AI Assessment Scale (AIAS). The first paper, available as a preprint on arXiv, outlines the rationale for a scaled approach to using AI versus a “use/don’t use” or a blanket ban. Since…
This article has been adapted and updated from an earlier piece published in VATE’s Idiom magazine. I know we don’t talk about remote learning any more, but… The first Stage 3 lockdowns came into effect in Victoria over almost four years ago to the day, at midnight March 31st, 2020. Schools had been forewarned, and…
Across Australia and internationally, Departments of Education, School Associations, and individual schools and teachers are asking the same question of generative AI: can it solve the teacher workload problem? Over the last 18 months, I’ve seen literally hundreds of ideas discussing how AI can assist with everything from administrative tasks to classroom activities, communications with…
Just over a month ago, for reasons I can’t quite remember, I decided to try out a little experiment. I know it stemmed from that vague sense of frustration that Cal Newport claims most (tech) writers suffer at some point: the feeling of being thoroughly, pointlessly addicted to technology. Like pretty much everyone I know,…
I’ve mentioned before (here and here) that I know just about enough code to be dangerous, but not enough to make anything very sophisticated. I’m like a kid who’s learned a handful of foreign languages at school. I can order a beer in Python, HTML and CSS, but I can’t really hold a conversation with…
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