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Do we need specialised AI tools for education and instructional design?
In last weeks edition of her newsletter, Philippa Hardman reported on an interesting research project she has undertaken to explore the effectiveness of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Claude, ... -
What is the purpose of Vocational Education and Training?
Is Artificial Intelligence challenging us to rethink the purpose of Vocational Education and Training? Perhaps that is going too far, but there are signs of questions being asked. For the ... -
AI and Critical Hype Studies
What ever you think about Artificial Intelligence, it cannot be denied that it has generated - and continues to generate - a lot of hype. And in the AI and ... -
Transforming Vocational Education - AI in Theory and Practice
George Bekiaridis and Graham Attwell have made a keynote presentation to the Second Conference on the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture and Vocational Education and Training to be held ... -
What are Learning Tools?
There's an interesting post from Philippa Hardman in her newsletter today. Entitled Are ChatGPT, Claude & NotebookLM *Really* Disrupting Education? her research asks how much and how well do popular ... -
AI and Motivation for Learning
Here's the follow up I promised in my last post about earners' and teachers' Agency and Gen AI. Motivation plays a crucial role in the learning process. As opposed to ... -
Teachers' and Learners' Agency and Generative AI
It is true that there is plenty being written about AI in education - almost to the extent that it is the only thing being written about education. But as ... -
Who owns your data?
Arguments over what data should be allowed to be used for training Large Language Models rumble on. Ironically it is LinkedIn which hosts hundreds of discussion is AI which is ... -
AI and Ed: pitfalls but encouraging signs
In August I became hopeful that the hype around Generative AI was beginning to die down. Now I thought we might get a gap to do some serious research and ... -
Pedagogical Approaches and Google NotebookLM
Some ten or so years ago myself and Jenny Hughes were commissioned by Lifelong Learning UK to produce a Literature review on Pedagogic approaches to using technology for learning. As ...