An inquiry into generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) in education says the implementation of AI in education should be made a national priority by the Australian government, overseen by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority (TEQSA). The House of ...
More »Where education depts are at with AI, state by state
Trials of AI chatbots in some states are underway, meant to improve student learning, free up teacher time and teach students to be digitally literate, whilst others are yet to start testing the tech. Education ministers from all Australian states ...
More »‘Not my boy.’ When teachers are harassed by students, some schools and parents fail to help
Since the start of this school year, we have been surveying teachers in South Australia about sexist views among students. This is part of our research into how online worlds are shaping Australian schooling. In May, we reported the first ...
More »Students using AI paraphrasing tools can now be detected
New technology can now flag when students use AI paraphrasing services to cover up using generative artificial intelligence services like ChatGPT to write essays and assessments. Turnitin, a company that offers services that can detect plagiarism and AI use in ...
More »Deepfake AI pornography is becoming more common – what can parents and schools do to prevent it?
A Victorian school community is reeling after fake, sexually explicit images of female students were generated using artificial intelligence and then shared on social media. About 50 high school students at Bacchus Marsh Grammar had their images altered. A teenage ...
More »First NSW generative AI classroom assistant
The NSW Department of Education has partnered with Microsoft to develop a generative AI app, custom built for the NSW education system for teachers and students in Year 5 and up after ChatGPT was banned last year. NSWEduChat offers the ...
More »Kids General Assembly says ‘listen to us’
An AI amalgamation of 80 faces and voices of children around the globe has delivered a manifesto on behalf of the world’s children to global leaders. ‘Uni’ was unveiled at the Children’s General Assembly in Billund, Denmark, in September to ...
More »Developing the future of literacy through AI
Australian schools should learn how to use artificial intelligence in the classroom rather than banning them if they want to keep up with 'modern writing', an education expert has said. In an upcoming study, Deakin University will partner with Victorian ...
More »EduTECH 2019: How analytics and AI are closing the ‘feedback loop’
Analytics and AI are combining to provide fantastic insights into “student learning and progress”. While today's learning platforms can provide basic feedback on, say, how much of text a student has read or whether they have completed a section of ...
More »Preparing the next generation of students to work in AI-driven environments
What do you want to be when you’re older? It’s a question nearly every teenager is asked, yet it’s an increasingly redundant line of enquiry. Not because today’s students don’t have aspirations – far from it – but because many ...
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