Category: AI
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Teaching AI Writing: Purpose
This is the first post in a series exploring how multimodal generative AI (genAI) writing tools can be applied to all stages of the writing cycle, from purpose through to publication. The six stages of the writing cycle, taken from the book Practical Writing Strategies co-authored by myself and Benjamin White, encourage writers to explore…
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Deep dive with the AI Assessment Scale: Level 4
This is the fourth post in a series exploring the AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) in more detail. In the previous posts, I looked at Level 1-3. This time we head towards a balanced use of AI and explore how students might deliberately incorporate Generative AI into their work at all levels. Just a reminder if…
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Behind the scenes writing Practical AI Strategies
I used Gen AI to help write Practical AI Strategies, but not how you might think… Practical AI Strategies includes an entire section on GenAI policy and assessment. It is available from Amba Press It’s release day! Practical AI Strategies is officially out today from Amba Press. You can also get the print and ebook…
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Deep dive with the AI Assessment Scale: Level 3
This is the third post in a series exploring the AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) in more detail. Click here for the previous posts on Level 1 and Level 2 of the Scale. Level 3: AI Editing I anticipate Level 3: AI Editing will be the most common way Generative Artificial Intelligence is used in assessments…
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Comments at the Parliamentary Inquiry for Generative AI in Schools
At the end of 2023 I was invited to speak at the Parliamentary Inquiry into the use of generative artificial intelligence in the Australian education system alongside Dr Joanne O’Mara and Emma Jenkins on behalf of the Victorian Association for the Teaching of English. As part of the inquiry submissions process, VATE conducted a members’…
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Deep dive with the AI Assessment Scale: Level 2
This is the second post in a series exploring the AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) in more detail. In the previous post, I looked at Level 1: No AI. This time we move up a level and explore how students might deliberately incorporate Generative AI into the brainstorming, ideations and structuring of their work. Before I…
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Deep dive with the AI Assessment Scale: Level 1
2024 will see GenAI powered apps, chatbots, and maybe even physical devices enter our classrooms – whether we ant them there or not. Since the release of ChatGPT, assessment and academic integrity have been among the highest concerns regarding GenAI in education. Whether or not that should be the case (and in other articles I’ve…
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What is Multimodal Generative Artificial Intelligence?
The term multimodal generative intelligence is getting thrown around a lot recently – even more so now that the most popular models like GPT have added features like image recognition and generation. But what does ‘multimodal’ actually mean? What is “Multimodal”? Although the term “multimodal” might seem self-explanatory, there’s more to it than you might…
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Sneak Peak: Practical AI Strategies [Out January 31]
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Practical AI Strategies will be published January 31st by Amba Press and will be available internationally and in both hard copy and digital formats. It’s available for pre-order now and we’ll be holding both in-person and online book launches at the end of the month – more details on those coming soon! For now, here’s…
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Back to School with Generative AI: A FAQ for Schools and Universities
If 2023 was the year Generative AI dropped on us from a great height, then 2024 looks like the year for the tech to grow out of its “move fast and break things” phase. In education, it’s time to have some serious conversations about where we go from here. In 2025, I wrote a similar…