Tag: bias

• AI Principles to Practical Strategies: How Schools Can Apply the National AI Framework

  

  The draft schools AI framework for education is currently open for feedback, alongside a House Standing Committee parliamentary inquiry into Generative Artificial Intelligence in education.   The draft framework represents an important step for schools trying to adapt to the challenges and opportunities of Generative AI. I’ve been working with schools on developing their own…

  Leon Furze

  August 7, 2023

  AI, assessment, curriculum, Digital, education

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• Teaching Writing with Generative AI

  

  This post is based on a presentation I ran recently at the AATE conference. It takes the writing cycle approach from our book ‘Practical Writing Strategies‘ and applies Generative AI at various stages. One of the most pressing concerns at the recent Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE) conference was the implications of…

  Leon Furze

  July 13, 2023

  AI, Digital, Practical Writing Strategies, writing

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• The AI Iceberg: Understanding ChatGPT

  

  Analogies are useful for understanding complex ideas, and there are plenty of complexities for educators trying to wrap their heads around ChatGPT. In this post, I’ll try to explain some of the features of the chatbot and the model it’s built on top of. I’m deliberately avoiding any kind of analogy that represents the AI…

  Leon Furze

  May 18, 2023

  AI, Digital, education

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• Teaching Writing in the Age of AI: Reinventing English

  

  This is the fifth and final post in the series Teaching Writing in the Age of AI. Check out the other posts in the series: In this series, I’ve explored how teaching writing might change as the adoption of Artificial Intelligence accelerates. Late 2022 was a watershed moment in AI, with ChatGPT pushing generative AI…

  Leon Furze

  February 27, 2023

  AI, assessment, curriculum, writing

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• Teaching AI Ethics

  

  Update: since I wrote this original post covering the nine areas, I’ve expanded each one into a complete article. Have a read through this post, and then when you’re ready to dive deeper into AI ethics, check out the full series here. If you linked to this post as part of a course or university…

  Leon Furze

  January 26, 2023

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