Conference Presentations
Generative AI: Implications and Applications for Education
Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis have been at the forefront of digital education, developing innovative online tools that are transforming how we approach learning with the use of Generative AI. Since early 2023, Cope and Kalantzis have been addressing these challenges in K-12 and higher education, notably through the CyberScholar workspace. CyberScholar serves as a versatile platform designed to empower educators by allowing them to customize an AI system tailored specifically to the dynamics of their classrooms. In this presentation, they will explore Generative AI from a linguistic-semantic perspective, viewing it as a paradigm shift beyond traditional AI models. They will conclude by reexamining the concept of AI as merely an artificial replication of human intelligence, proposing instead a model of “cyber-social intelligence” that fosters a new paradigm of “cyber-social learning.” While Generative AI will not replace teachers, it will fundamentally transform their roles.
Artificial Intelligence for Education: Theory and Applications
Artificial intelligence has become a much talked-about subject, with the discussion ranging from hype to fear, though without many intermediate positions. In this presentation we offer a broad definition of artificial intelligence (following Alan Turing’s notion of “mechanical intelligence") and a narrow definition (supervised and unsupervised machine learning). On the basis of these definitions we go on to ask, what are the potentials and intrinsic limits of artificial intelligence? We illustrate ways in which we can leverage artificial intelligence in education, both in its broad and narrow senses, with research and development applications in our Learning Design and Leadership Program.
Reference: Cope, Bill, Mary Kalantzis and Duane Searsmith. 2020. "Artificial Intelligence for Education: Knowledge and Its Assessment in AI-Enabled Learning Ecologies." Educational Philosophy and Theory 52(16):1-17.
Learning for Work 2 0 - Skills for Digital Working-Learning Ecologies
The Future of Online Learning
Information Literacy and Democracy Conference
Universität Hildesheim, Germany, 19-20 June 2020
On Feedback and Formative Assessment
Presentations by Bill Cope and Rita van Haren for the English Teachers Association of Queensland Masterclass, Virtual Conference, 16 May 2020