From Learner Agency to Civic Agency: The limits of the “human in the loop”
I have written before about the importance of agency […]
PISA 2025: What the New Results Tell Us – and What They Cannot
The latest results from the OECD’s Programme for International […]
Changing the Curriculum for an Uncertain AI Future
Two recent contributions to the discussion of AI and […]
Not So Fast on AI Tutors
There is a lot of money going into AI in education at the moment. Despite a series of research reports questioning the effectiveness of AI-driven systems, and the insistence of international organisations such as UNESCO – and increasingly of national governments – on keeping a human in the loop, the big software companies are still pursuing their dream of AI teachers. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others continue to present education as the next great opportunity for large language models. This may be partly because AI adoption in industry has been less straightforward than the early hype suggested. Education, by contrast, […]
Navigating the AI Hype: A Sceptic’s Look at Practical Uses for Teachers
I admit that I am somewhat sceptical about the […]
AI Readiness and VET Pedagogy
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre recently published a […]
