Expanding the Teacher Function at the IT Futures Conference
Michael Gallagher My colleague Markus Breines and I will be speaking today at the IT Futures Conference at the University of Edinburgh on our project exploring the role that automation might potentially…
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Digital Education project in Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda: Second Year
Our little research cluster of Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, the University of Dar es Salaam and the State University of Zanzibar in Tanzania, and Makerere University in Uganda (and…
M&M Podcast: Episodes 5 and 6 on data justice, Teacherbot, and more
In the fifth and sixth episodes of the M&M (Michael and Myles) podcast we are joined by Dr Jeremy Knox, the co-director of the Centre for Research in Digital Education…
M&M Podcast Episode 4: AI utopia, dystopia and data
In the fourth episode of the M&M (Michael and Myles) podcast we imagine utopian and dystopian narratives of adoption of AI within education, exploring how AI could be used and…
M&M Podcast #3: Definitions and Imaginaries of AI
In the third episode of the M&M (Michael and Myles) podcast, we try to define the different types of artificial intelligence (AI), and discuss the narratives and overall presentation of…
Expanding the Teacher Function: Call for Edinburgh community both online and off
We are looking for participants from the University of Edinburgh community (students and staff) to help us chart a values-based future amidst all the technological change impacting what we do…
M&M Podcast #2: Bots and the Teacher Function
‘‘What would it look like if we imagine the teacher working in partnership with the code, and / or with artificial intelligence, to offer a new kind of teaching? I…