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Learning brains
A recent paper titled “Your brain on ChatGPT” has generated a lot of controversy and dispute. The much-discussed findings from a team based at MIT were reported to indicate that generative AI use for essay writing induces damaging “neural and … Continue reading
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Training and valuing the brain through neurotechnology
A neurotechnology company has just released a new headset device that claims to improve “cognitive fitness” by scanning and training users’ brains. The device, called Athena, is being marketed by Muse as enabling customers to “Future-Proof Your Brain”, enhance their … Continue reading
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Critical keywords of AI in education
Notes for a keynote talk presented at the event Digital Autonomy in Education: a public responsibility, convened by the Governing the Digital Society initiative at Utrecht University and Kennisnet, 7 November 2024, for an audience of school leaders, teachers, teacher … Continue reading
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AI in education is a public problem
Over the past year or so, a narrative that AI will inevitably transform education has become widespread. You can find it in the pronouncements of investors, tech industry figures, educational entrepreneurs, and academic thought leaders. If you are looking for … Continue reading
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Nudging assets
The acquisition of the global education platform Blackboard by Anthology has brought the mundane Learning Management System back to attention. While full details of the deal remain to be seen, and it won’t be closed until the end of the … Continue reading
New biological data and knowledge in education
Novel sources of data about the biological processes involved in learning are beginning to surface in research on education. As the sciences of the human body have been transformed by advances in computing power and data analysis, researchers have begun … Continue reading
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Breaking open the black box of edtech brokers
Mathias Decuypere and Ben Williamson A new kind of organization has appeared on the education technology landscape. Education technology ‘brokers’ are organizations that operate between the commercial edtech industry and state schools, providing guidance and evidence on edtech procurement and … Continue reading
Digital data and the post-pandemic university
Ben Williamson Prepared for the QAA Scotland Enhancement Themes 2020 conference on 3 November 2020 Digital data technologies are at the centre of many current controversies. From Airbnb driving up over-tourism and property prices, to Twitter taking measures to reduce … Continue reading
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The social life of Artificial Intelligence in education
Ben Williamson Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become the subject of both hype and horror in education. During the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, AI in education (AIed) attracted serious investor interest, market speculation, and enthusiastic technofuturist predictions. At the same time, algorithms … Continue reading
Emergency edtech
Ben Williamson Education institutions around the world are switching to ‘remote’ teaching and learning, and the education technology industry is generously offering its products to support them in the current emergency. To a significant extent, the emergency edtech response is … Continue reading
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