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The impact of AI on the future of education

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

Artificial intelligence (AI) in education is not new. The pioneers of AI during the 1950s were cognitive scientists who were directly involved in education research (Doroudi, 2023). However, there...

Meet and Discuss – Artificial and Human Intelligence

The Artificial and Human Intelligence SIG meeting was held to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG and plans for 2024 and onwards. This meeting was hosted online, where...

Guest editing opportunity for Research Intelligence, issue 160

Education and democracy

The broken pillar: AI for feedback generation and the erosion of students’ trust

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

Learning unfolds as a dialogue between a student and a more knowledgeable other – in higher education, a lecturer – a dialogue marked by mutual respect, responsibility and trust as the key...

Academics’ perspectives on students’ use of ChatGPT: Contain, constrain or embrace the genie?

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

Introduction This blog post is a reflection on the UNESCO report (Miao & Holmes, 2023), which underscores the importance of centring educators in the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution in...

Wellbeing through the expressive arts: Supporting both student teachers and pupils in the classroom

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

During the Covid-19 pandemic emerging evidence showed the toll that the pandemic was having on the mental health of children (Anna Freud, 2020). We developed a module for our primary student...

British Educational Research Journal: Call for special issues (2024)

This opportunity is now closed. The incoming editors of the British Educational Research Journal (BERJ) intend to publish a number of special issues during their tenure, which commences in...

Tomorrow never knows: AIE a discourse of hype

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

Much hype around artificial intelligence in education (AIE) is crystallised in the language. This was demonstrated emphatically in the ‘discombobulated’ tones of a working paper from Hamilton,...

Beyond the hype: The practical and ethical implications of generative AI in education

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

Imagine a world where a machine could offer students personalised feedback, generate new content tailored to their needs, or even predict their learning outcomes. With the rapid emergence of...

Guest editing opportunity for Research Intelligence, issue 159

The future of academic publishing

BERA Conference 2023 Awards Announced

The BERA Conference 2023 was held at the Conference Aston/ Aston University, 12-14 September 2023. We are pleased to announce the conference award winners. Please click below to view the ECR Best...

Dyslexia and artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

Most readers will now most probably have heard of ChatGPT. For some this word may fill us with hope and anticipation. Others may tremble. Before we describe the potential applications of ChatGPT...