Tag: ethics
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Teaching AI Ethics 2025: Introduction
Over the next few months, I’ll be updating my 2023 Teaching AI Ethics collection. In this post, I’ll explain why the updates are necessary and give a recap on the nine original areas from the series. When I wrote the original series in 2023, ChatGPT was only just on people’s radars. I had started my…
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Generative AI doesn’t “democratize creativity”
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…
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Some technologies are created with values, others have values thrust upon them
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,…
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AI Q&A: Steve Brophy and Using GenAI for Spec Fic in the Classroom
This post is the second in a series of Q&A interviews with educators working with generative AI. These posts will explore K-12 and tertiary perspectives of teachers, academics, and professionals who are grappling with the implications of these new technologies. Steve Brophy is Director of Digital Transformation at Ivanhoe Grammar School in Melbourne. He and…
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AI Q&A: Anna Mills on balancing the critical and creative aspects of generative AI
This post is the first in a series of Q&A interviews with educators working with generative AI. These posts will explore K-12 and tertiary perspectives of teachers, academics, and professionals who are grappling with the implications of these new technologies. Anna Mills is a community college writing teacher, open textbook author, and an advocate for…
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UNESCO Guidelines for Generative AI: Practical Applications for Schools
Following Digital Learning Week in Paris, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization published a comprehensive document containing guidelines for Generative AI (GAI) in education and research, and exploring the implications for policy. The guidelines are linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals through Goal 4: ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote…
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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…
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The AI Assessment Scale: From no AI to full AI
AI chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT have kicked the hornet’s nest in education. From articles declaring the “end of everything” (writing, the English classroom, the entire education system…) to claims that AI will revolutionise education, we’ve seen the full spectrum of hype. What we’re yet to see much of, however, are practical solutions for dealing with…
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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 Writing in the Age of AI: Assessment and “Cheating”
This is the fourth post in a series on Teaching Writing in the Age of AI. The first post provided an overview of some of the changes we’re facing as the number of AI writing tools increases. Post two covered conversations about academic integrity, and the third post offered some practical advice on teaching students…