I’ve been thinking about something that’s shifted my perspective on AI in education. What if we’re approaching this all wrong? What if, instead of seeing AI as a tool we use in education (like we use a calculator, laptop or a whiteboard), we thought of it as a medium through which education happens (like how […]

The course on Future Learning Organisations sparked something in my brain, shifting how I see various aspects of education. But it was at the book launch for Dr James Lamb & Dr Lucila Carvalho’s “*Towards harmonious, positive, postdigital Spaces for Learning*” where the pieces really fell into place. Here’s what hit me: in our postdigital […]

“To those who have, more will be given.” This biblical phrase, which sociologist Robert K. Merton dubbed the Matthew Effect, has long haunted discussions of inequality. As I watch the AI hype, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), and their supposed effects education, I can’t help but wonder: are we on the brink of another example […]

I’ve been wrestling with a question: how do we integrate Generative AI into education without short-circuiting the actual learning process? It’s a tricky balance – these AI tools are incredibly powerful at creation (think top of Bloom’s taxonomy), but what happens if students skip straight to the end, missing all those crucial learning steps along […]

Just over two weeks ago, I decided to run an experiment on myself. The question was simple: when I need a break from studying, what happens if I use an LLM instead of scrolling through social media? Like many, I’d fallen into the habit of reaching for Instagram or Reddit whenever I needed a quick […]

The experiment I mentioned in my last post is still ongoing, and seems to be going well, but I’ll tell you more about that in a week or so.   I started this project thinking about how Large Language Models (LLMs) could disrupt (or are disrupting?) one of the frameworks used in education – Bloom’s […]

“Mum, I’m bored!” Those words echoed through my childhood in the 90s, a familiar refrain that would often be met with a shrug and a suggestion to “Invent something! Think of something to do!” Fast forward to today, and I find myself lost for words at how drastically things have changed. The plea I now […]

My question stems from the position I formed as we began this course. When we read the news or browse social media we’re often given forecasts of a catastrophic future. Whether it’s due to climate change, or the ‘wrong’ political party taking power, or a new armed conflict which has sparked. This catastrophic future is […]

Imagine thinking of the future and the feelings that emerge are anxiety, apprehension and unease. The only way to deal with this was to prepare for the inevitable. To brace for that tidal wave of the future, and hope we make it out alive. That was my subconscious disposition towards the future as I walked […]