Author: Angela Karadog

Here is the final part of my series of summaries of the provocative essays published in UNESCOs AI and the Future of Education  The collection argues that education requires more than technical fixes. Education is social, it will take dialogue, reflection, and imagination to co-create an inclusive, ethical, and human-centred educational future. Our stories about AI and education are still being written, and we have a collective responsibility to shape them with care, clarity, and courage. Part one is here And part 2 here Page 98: Compassion by design: Building AI with and for caring educators (Arafeh Karimi) Arafeh Karimi […]

Before most people had heard of OpenAI, Pontydysgu coordinated an Erasmus+ schools project to engage teachers in how to teach with and how to teach about AI. It covered the fundamentals; terms, technologies, ethics, and gave practical examples for using AI in the form of a toolkit and scenarios. There’s a curriculum written in a train the trainer style and a short 10 things about AI course too. The AI@School team included a mixture of teachers, teacher trainers, academics and EdTech experts. Many of them started work on the project not knowing the first thing about Artificial Intelligence. They spent […]

As education professionals, we’re always looking for new tools to remove barriers and create more inclusive classrooms. In recent years Generative AI has promised to do just that, but there hasnt been a huge emphasis on the how or the why. You might have heard of tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude in the context of essay writing, but their true power for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) lies in the potential to personalise learning at scale. Think of it your chosen GPT as a tireless teaching assistant that can instantly adapt resources to suit an individual pupil’s needs. […]

The Stanford Immigration Policy Lab has developed GeoMatch, a machine learning tool designed to optimize the placement of refugees in host countries to enhance their employment prospects. By analyzing individual refugee characteristics—such as country of origin, language skills, gender, and age—alongside the attributes of potential resettlement locations, GeoMatch predicts where refugees are most likely to find employment. Initial studies demonstrated that using GeoMatch could increase employment rates by approximately 40% in the U.S. and 75% in Switzerland. ​ Dylan Walsh, 2023, HAI Stanford Check out the AI Cookbook inventory for more literature, resources, best practices and tools.

10 Things about AI is a MOOC written for an Erasmus+ project back in 2022. The content is still relevant, particularly the background and ideas about what AI is and how AI works. Here’s Thing 1… Artificial intelligence is now an integral part of our lives but what is it exactly?  AI is not a “thing”, it isn’t a computer nor a machine.  AI is the ability of a machine to display human-like capabilities such as reasoning, learning, planning and creativity. AI systems are capable of adapting their behaviour to a certain degree by analysing the effects of previous actions […]