Tag: chatbot
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AI and the Myth of Personalised Learning
“Personalised learning” is one of those educational terms used so often that it is hard to pin down exactly what it means. It has been applied to everything from one-to-one in-person tutoring to online project-based learning and, of course, AI platforms. Many schools use the term, and the intentions behind it are valid: students do…
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Expertise Not Included: One of the Biggest Problems with AI in Education
The debate about the effectiveness of AI chatbots in education continues amidst rapid AI advancements. Despite the broad knowledge and potential of AI systems, learners need expertise to effectively utilize them. The challenge lies in knowing how to ask the right questions and identify inaccuracies. Customised, purposeful applications could provide a more beneficial alternative to…
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Low-Hanging Fruit: Why AI Lesson Planning Won’t Solve Teacher Workload
Educators today are facing pressures to incorporate generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and Claude into curriculum design and lesson planning. However, research shows that the main contributors to teacher workload are administrative tasks, data collection, compliance, and reporting. Instead of focusing on lesson planning, AI could better serve educators by addressing these burdens. The…
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Build Your Own AIED Special Sauce ✨ App!
I’m throwing down a challenge to edtech developers to create products that actually enhance teaching and learning, rather than relying on superficial AI “special sauce”. In this post I demonstrate building a simple AI chatbot, showing the ease of development and the need for genuine innovation in education technology. The code for the chatbot, with…
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Building a GPT based on my book
OpenAI has just released it’s latest updates, and while I’m still not convinced about the future of chatbots in education, I can see some immediate commercial appeal and use cases for information retrieval. This platform is going to make OpenAI a lot of money, and hopefully they’ll use it to do something more interesting with…
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The ChatGPT diaries: How I actually use ChatGPT
Since its release in November 2022, I’ve used ChatGPT a lot. I’ve also seen a lot of advice on how to use ChatGPT – some good, some bad, some totally useless. I’ve also seen a gradual increase in “educational chatbots” which are basically flashy websites built on top of OpenAI’s GPT model. Other than image…
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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…
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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…
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ChatGPT in Education: Back to Basics
Chances are slim by now that you haven’t heard of ChatGPT. Every major news outlet from the Guardian to the Herald Sun has run articles on OpenAI’s latest offering, and it has featured heavily on social media newsfeeds across Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. I’ve written a lot of posts lately about ChatGPT in education, and…