AI in Education Podcast

This week's episode has a lot more news than research. But the research that we spend a bit of time on is the insights on how students in Australian universities are using AI. Really good insights for any educator or leader! News AI Detectors Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating—With Big Consequences https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-10-18/do-ai-detectors-work-students-face-false-cheatin...

Series 10, Episode 3 This week's episode is an interview with  Dr Anna Denejkina , who's an interdisciplinary researcher and Associate Director at The Insight Centre . We discuss her research on youth engagement with generative AI. The conversation explores the multifaceted impact of AI technology in education, addressing benefits such as upskilling and accessibility, as well as concerns related t...

This week we cover a range of AI in Education related news and academic research papers. Here's all the links you need to read more about each of the topics we dicussed: News Australia's Voluntary AI Safety Standard In September the Australian Government published: Voluntary AI Safety Standard (68pg): https://www.industry.gov.au/publications/voluntary-ai-safety-standard Proposals paper for introdu...

Welcome to the first Episode of Series 10, where we are going to take some time to review some of the fundamental changes we're going to be seeing as AI becomes more pervasive.  In this Episode we're taking a different approach, with Dan and Ray using Google's NotebookLM to create AI-delivered mini-podcasts about each other, which leads to a discussion about the backgrounds of both hosts, and a di...

This week we're joined by the brains behind South Australia's EdChat chatbot. It was the first state in Australia to start pilot a custom built generative AI chatbot for their schools, and we spent some time with the team to understand the success story. In the podcast, we heard from  Simon Chapman (Director of Digital Architecture and Operations) and Cody Little (AI Technical specialist), both fr...

Unbelievably, it's our 5th Anniversary (AI-nniversary?) and to mark the milestone of an AI podcast that's had more pivots than a robot's legs, and more chat than a chatbot, we've pulled together some of the top episodes from the 108 episodes of the podcast so far, and got the band back together ( regretfully, we were unable to persuade Beth Worral, who co-hosted in 2022-2023, to come back for our...

News This week's news we rushed through includes " Study Buddy or Influencer? ", the Australian Parliamentary Inquiry into the use of Gen AI in the Australia Education System  https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House/Employment_Education_and_Training/AIineducation/Report NSW EduChat has been extended for all teachers in all New South Wales Schools - https://www.innovationaus....

This week's guest is Professor Phillip Dawson, who is Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning at Deakin University in Australia. In addition to Phill's website , we recommend following Phill on  LinkedIn , or Twitter , where shares a lot of his work on the future of assessment, and also his passion project - The Peer Revue - where Phill combines his passion for ac...

Series 9, Episode 9 - Homework and Sex   News How do people actually use ChatGPT? How do people use ChatGPT? We analyzed real AI chatbot conversations - The Washington Post   Make AI tools to reduce teacher workloads, tech companies urged https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/aug/28/make-ai-tools-to-reduce-teacher-workloads-tech-companies-urged     New AI in Teams - and it's all free...

This week we hear from Professor Rose Luckin , from University College London and Educate Ventures Research   In the podcast, Rose mentioned the 1% project in Finland from 2020 -  here's some reporting on it  Through Educate Ventures Research there are a range of AI consultancy and training services for schools, including the AI Readiness Online Course for teachers Rose also has a monthy newslette...

News   TEQSA's new paper on Academic Integrity & AI The evolving risk to academic integrity posed by generative artificial intelligence: Options for immediate action https://www.teqsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-08/evolving-risk-to-academic-integrity-posed-by-generative-artificial-intelligence.pdf   State of Generative AI in the Enterprise: An Australian Perspective https://www.deloitte.com/au...

BONUS EPISODE ! We'd love to meet more of our listeners in person, so here's a list of events over the next few weeks when Dan, Ray, or Dan  and Ray are speaking about AI in Education. One of the things that makes the podcast special is the amazing stories we get from our guests, and there's more stories than fit into an episode, and we're always on the lookout for more. So come and say hi at any...

In this episode of the AI in Education podcast, hosts Dan and Ray welcome Amanda Bickerstaff, an experienced educator, keynote speaker, researcher, and founder of AI for Education. Amanda shares her journey from traditional teaching to embracing AI during her time in Australia and the US. She explains the transformative potential of generative AI in creating rubrics and personalizing learning whil...

Holy smokes, we missed the party that should have been Episode 100! So now we're going to have a belated party episode later. Oh well, this week's episode is not to be stopped, so yet again Dan and Ray discuss the most interesting research on the use of AI in Education from the recent publications. But before that we started with a quick news summary. All the links are here: News California's prop...

This episode of the AI in Education podcast features an interview with Anthony England , the Director of Innovative Learning Technologies at Pymble Ladies College in Sydney. Anthony, known for his impressive shirt collection and his kind-hearted approach to education, shares his insights on the challenges and opportunities presented by AI in assessment and personalisation of the learning experienc...

In this episode Dan and Ray speak to Michelle Michael and Dan Hart from the New South Wales Department of Education about their world leading trial of AI, called NSWEduChat.     Michelle is the NSW Department of Education Director: Education Support, Rural Initiatives and Gen AI. Her LinkedIn profile is here .   Dan is the Head of AI at the NSW DoE. His LinkedIn profile is here   Some of the resou...

From AI Detectors to Heartwarming Help: Two Tales of AI in a school Series 8 Episode 11  In this episode of the AI in Education podcast, hosts Ray Fleming and Dan Bowen interview Martin O'Sullivan , a UK headteacher and lifelong friend of Dan. They talk about two contrasting stories from Martin's school—one highlighting the frustration in the application of AI when students were accused of cheatin...

Another episode rounding up the latest news and research on AI in Education. The links below go straight to all the news stories and research papers discussed this week   NEWS Victorian "Generative Artificial Intelligence Policy" for government schools. https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/generative-artificial-intelligence/policy   Meeting the AI Skills Boom https://techcouncil.com.au/wp-content...

Continuing our Series 8, focused on the topic of assessment, and the impact of AI, roving reporter Ray visits Fitzroy, Victoria, to interview  Dan Ingvarson , a notable founder and executive consultant in the field of AI in education, whilst co-host Dan (Welsh Dan?) joins remotely. Dan (Ingvarson) discusses his background and extensive work in AI policy and education technology, touching upon his...

Content warning! This episode talks about an academic research paper titled "ChatGPT is bulls**t", and we've not edited the word out - in fact, we've gone to town with it, talking about the different types of it (in the strictest academic sense). So you may not want to play this in the car on your school run! The news item discussed is: Student crafts elaborate AI scheme to pass university exam, g...

Wow, this week we have a bumper episode with more resources than a GPT factory!   Any time we get a guest making their second appearance, and therefore enter our Hall of Fame, then we officially dub them "Friend of the Show". And so this week, we've got Friend of the Show Leon Furze sharing his experiences and expertise.   Here are the links and posts related to our conversation with Leon around a...

This week we set the episode timer for 15 minutes, and managed to get through just five papers before the buzzer went off! So we have plenty more papers to discuss in future episodes... ENHANCING K-12 STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE IN CHEMISTRY THROUGH CHATGPT-POWERED BLENDED LEARNING IN THE EDUCATION 4.0 ERA https://library.iated.org/view/ORTIZDEZARATE2024ENH   Empowering student self-regulated learning a...

Assessment - Chris Goodall In this episode of the AI Education Podcast, host Dan converses with Chris Goodall, the head of digital education at the Bourne Education Trust in England. They discuss the integration of AI into education, how it can be used to enhance teaching and learning processes, and the impact of personalized AI tools on students and educators. The conversation covers practical ap...

Research Update - 31st May 2024 Honestly folks, we've been trying to keep. We really have. But we have so much great content in the fortnightly (or is it bi-weekly?) interviews, that we've had to bite the bullet and switch to weekly podcasts, so that we can still fit in the Research Updates! Going forwards you'll get a longer interview-style podcast once every two weeks, and a shorter 15-20 minute...