Category: Pedagogy
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3 Levels of Lesson Planning with GenAI
Generative AI, including ChatGPT, has impacted education. It now incorporates image recognition, text-to-speech, and code generation. Three levels for using GenAI in education are outlined in this post: Basic Prompts, Adding Context (including file uploads), and Custom Chatbots and Projects. The goal is to enhance, not replace, human expertise in teaching. Approach AI-generated content critically.
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GenAI Across the Disciplines: Visual Communication Design with Melissa Avery
Over the next couple of months I’ll be speaking with teachers across the disciplines to understand how they’re using Generative AI in their subject areas. I’ve recently published a series on Generative AI Strategy for Faculty Leaders, and I believe it’s incredibly important to understand the different implications of the technology in a range of…
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Catch Up With Pedagogy
I’m calling bullshit on the idea that pedagogy needs to catch up with AI. As an educator who uses AI, I know firsthand its profound limitations. Technologists’ view of education is condescending and contemptuous. AI companies need to spend time in classrooms and update themselves on modern pedagogy.
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GenAI Across the Disciplines: Design and Technology with Philip Murdoch
Over the next couple of months I’ll be speaking with teachers across the disciplines to understand how they’re using Generative AI in their subject areas. I’ve recently published a series on Generative AI Strategy for Faculty Leaders, and I believe it’s incredibly important to understand the different implications of the technology in a range of…
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Generative AI in Vocational Education: Beyond Chatbots
Earlier this week, I attended a conference on AI run by The Hatchery in Melbourne alongside some great presenters and panelists representing a cross-section of K-12 and higher education. During one of the panels, Emily Ashcroft of University of Canberra mentioned that many of the voices we were hearing came from the Independent sector, and…
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Good ideas: When to use GenAI for brainstorming
Applying Generative AI like ChatGPT and Copilot to brainstorming is one of the most touted uses, and there are plenty of situations where the technology is well-suited to idea generation. At the same time, it’s not always a great idea to offload the creative process to GenAI. In this post, I’ll explore a few different…
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Making meaning with multimodal GenAI
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…
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Artificial Intelligence and Teacher Workload: Can AI Actually Save Educators Time?
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…
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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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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…