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Generative AI as intellectual augmentation for the global polycrisis (metacrisis?)
When we scroll our newsfeeds, the complexity of crises feels overwhelming. The stakes are high, and windows for action are shrinking. The global "polycrisis" has been defined as "the causal entanglement of crises in multiple global systems in ways that significantly degrade humanity's prospects".
Exacerbating the polycrisis is the mainstream arrival of generative AI, which has enchanted and dismayed in equal measure, profoundly unsettling education. In my talk, I will propose that GenAI can be harnessed as a tool that augments our capacity to engage with the polycrisis. Furthermore, it could build on diagnoses of the underlying drivers of the polycrisis (sometimes termed "the metacrisis"). Perhaps this framing opens up new ways to understand how conversational AI can be used to equip students for these turbulent times.
Agenda
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Welcome and scene setting
Simon Buckingham Shum•Rupert Wegerif•Imogen Casebourne12
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Q and A
Simon Buckingham Shum•Rupert Wegerif•Imogen Casebourne12
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PhD student Bo Yu - on moderator bot
Bo YuBo will talk for 10 mins and have time for 5 mins of Q and A
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Xuanning Chen on dialogue bot
Xuanning ChenXuanning will talk for 10 mins and have time for 5 mins of Q & A.
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Dr Kevin Martin - use of Bots in Kenya
Kevin MartinDr Martin will talk for 10 mins and have time for 5 mins of Q & A.
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14
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Audience sharing session and Q & A
Simon Buckingham ShumWelcome and scene setting
Speakers
Simon Buckingham Shum
Professor at University of Technology SydneySimon Buckingham Shum is Professor of Learning Informatics at the University of Technology Sydney where he serves as inaugural director of the Connected Intelligence Centre (CIC). CIC is a transdisciplinary R&D centre inventing, piloting, evaluating and scaling personalised feedback to students through human-centred design of analytics and AI. Prior to this he was a founding member of the UK Open University’s Knowledge Media Institute (1995-2014). Simon’s career-long fascination with software’s ability to make thinking visible has seen him active in communities including Hypertext, Computational Argumentation, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Educational Technology. He has worked over the last decade to help establish the field of Learning Analytics. Simon’s background in Human-Computer Interaction always draws his attention to the human factors that determine the effective adoption of new tools for thinking, and the kinds of futures they might create at scale.
Rupert Wegerif
Founder and Academic Director of the Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI) at University of CambridgeRupert Wegerif is a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge. He is founder and academic director of the Digital Education Futures Initiative at Hughes Hall, Cambridge. He is the author of several influential books and articles in the area of educational theory, educational psychology and education with technology. His research focuses on the theory and practice of education with technology in the digital age, especially technology supported education for dialogue. He offers a new approach to education in the Internet Age: education as expanding dialogic space.
Imogen Casebourne
Innovation Lab research lead at Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI), The Bridge, Hughes Hall, University of CambridgeDr Imogen Casebourne is Research Lead of the Innovation Lab at DEFI, The Bridge, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, UK. Before moving to research, she spent many years in the Ed Tech industry as a designer of educational technology. Her research focuses on design approaches such as futures thinking in the design, development and implementation of educational technology, including mobile technology, AI and immersive experiences. She is interested in the role technology may play in supporting experiences of community and serendipity in learning. She has an MSc in Artificial Intelligence and is interested in the role it may play in education. https://www.deficambridge.org/should-we-trust-chatgpt/
Q and A
Speakers
Simon Buckingham Shum
Professor at University of Technology SydneySimon Buckingham Shum is Professor of Learning Informatics at the University of Technology Sydney where he serves as inaugural director of the Connected Intelligence Centre (CIC). CIC is a transdisciplinary R&D centre inventing, piloting, evaluating and scaling personalised feedback to students through human-centred design of analytics and AI. Prior to this he was a founding member of the UK Open University’s Knowledge Media Institute (1995-2014). Simon’s career-long fascination with software’s ability to make thinking visible has seen him active in communities including Hypertext, Computational Argumentation, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Educational Technology. He has worked over the last decade to help establish the field of Learning Analytics. Simon’s background in Human-Computer Interaction always draws his attention to the human factors that determine the effective adoption of new tools for thinking, and the kinds of futures they might create at scale.
Rupert Wegerif
Founder and Academic Director of the Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI) at University of CambridgeRupert Wegerif is a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge. He is founder and academic director of the Digital Education Futures Initiative at Hughes Hall, Cambridge. He is the author of several influential books and articles in the area of educational theory, educational psychology and education with technology. His research focuses on the theory and practice of education with technology in the digital age, especially technology supported education for dialogue. He offers a new approach to education in the Internet Age: education as expanding dialogic space.
Imogen Casebourne
Innovation Lab research lead at Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI), The Bridge, Hughes Hall, University of CambridgeDr Imogen Casebourne is Research Lead of the Innovation Lab at DEFI, The Bridge, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, UK. Before moving to research, she spent many years in the Ed Tech industry as a designer of educational technology. Her research focuses on design approaches such as futures thinking in the design, development and implementation of educational technology, including mobile technology, AI and immersive experiences. She is interested in the role technology may play in supporting experiences of community and serendipity in learning. She has an MSc in Artificial Intelligence and is interested in the role it may play in education. https://www.deficambridge.org/should-we-trust-chatgpt/
PhD student Bo Yu - on moderator bot
Bo will talk for 10 mins and have time for 5 mins of Q and A
Speakers
Bo Yu
Faculty of Education, University of CambridgeBo Yu is a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Rupert Wegerif and Dr. Steve Watson. Her research focuses on how Generative AI tools facilitate educational dialogue and collective thinking processes in higher education. Her research interests includes dialogic education, AI in education, computer supported collaborative learning, the learning sciences, learning analytics and educational data mining.
Xuanning Chen on dialogue bot
Xuanning will talk for 10 mins and have time for 5 mins of Q & A.
Speakers
Xuanning Chen
Post doctoral reseacher at Faculty of Education, University of CambridgeDr. Xuanning Chen is a postdoctoral researcher and KTP associate at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. She holds a PhD in Information Science and her research centres on two interconnected areas: (1) The first is human-AI interaction, with a particular focus on human information behaviour, such as serendipity, during these interactions. (2) The second is generative AI and its societal implications, specifically its impact on education and online business.
Dr Kevin Martin - use of Bots in Kenya
Dr Martin will talk for 10 mins and have time for 5 mins of Q & A.
Speakers
Kevin Martin
Managing Director of DEFIKevin Martin is the managing director of the Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI), at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, a translational research centre focused on technology in education. Kevin has spent 20 years at the intersection of social innovation and education, particularly on education and dialogue related initiatives in East Africa. Kevin also supports The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program (TIST), a deforestation program in East Africa and India, with education and technology related initiatives.
Kevin earned his PhD from the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, with his thesis titled Using Mobile Phones to Enhance Small Group Dialogic Learning: A Design Based Research Approach to Education Innovation in Rural East Africa. He has ongoing research interests in dialogic education, EdTech, and international development. Prior to undertaking his doctoral research, he was an Assistant Professor of Business Administration and an Associate Dean at New England College.
Audience sharing session and Q & A
Speakers
Simon Buckingham Shum
Professor at University of Technology SydneySimon Buckingham Shum is Professor of Learning Informatics at the University of Technology Sydney where he serves as inaugural director of the Connected Intelligence Centre (CIC). CIC is a transdisciplinary R&D centre inventing, piloting, evaluating and scaling personalised feedback to students through human-centred design of analytics and AI. Prior to this he was a founding member of the UK Open University’s Knowledge Media Institute (1995-2014). Simon’s career-long fascination with software’s ability to make thinking visible has seen him active in communities including Hypertext, Computational Argumentation, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Educational Technology. He has worked over the last decade to help establish the field of Learning Analytics. Simon’s background in Human-Computer Interaction always draws his attention to the human factors that determine the effective adoption of new tools for thinking, and the kinds of futures they might create at scale.
Speakers
Rupert Wegerif
Founder and Academic Director of the Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI) at University of Cambridge
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Imogen Casebourne
Innovation Lab research lead at Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI), The Bridge, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge
More Information
Xuanning Chen
Post doctoral reseacher at Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
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Simon Buckingham Shum is Professor of Learning Informatics at the University of Technology Sydney where he serves as inaugural director of the Connected Intelligence Centre (CIC). CIC is a transdisciplinary R&D centre inventing, piloting, evaluating and scaling personalised feedback to students through human-centred design of analytics and AI. Prior to this he was a founding member of the UK Open University’s Knowledge Media Institute (1995-2014). Simon’s career-long fascination with software’s ability to make thinking visible has seen him active in communities including Hypertext, Computational Argumentation, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Educational Technology. He has worked over the last decade to help establish the field of Learning Analytics. Simon’s background in Human-Computer Interaction always draws his attention to the human factors that determine the effective adoption of new tools for thinking, and the kinds of futures they might create at scale.
Rupert
Wegerif
Founder and Academic Director of the Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI) at University of Cambridge
https://www.rupertwegerif.name/Rupert Wegerif is a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge. He is founder and academic director of the Digital Education Futures Initiative at Hughes Hall, Cambridge. He is the author of several influential books and articles in the area of educational theory, educational psychology and education with technology. His research focuses on the theory and practice of education with technology in the digital age, especially technology supported education for dialogue. He offers a new approach to education in the Internet Age: education as expanding dialogic space.
Kevin Martin is the managing director of the Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI), at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, a translational research centre focused on technology in education. Kevin has spent 20 years at the intersection of social innovation and education, particularly on education and dialogue related initiatives in East Africa. Kevin also supports The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program (TIST), a deforestation program in East Africa and India, with education and technology related initiatives.
Kevin earned his PhD from the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, with his thesis titled Using Mobile Phones to Enhance Small Group Dialogic Learning: A Design Based Research Approach to Education Innovation in Rural East Africa. He has ongoing research interests in dialogic education, EdTech, and international development. Prior to undertaking his doctoral research, he was an Assistant Professor of Business Administration and an Associate Dean at New England College.
Imogen
Casebourne
Innovation Lab research lead at Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI), The Bridge, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge
Dr Imogen Casebourne is Research Lead of the Innovation Lab at DEFI, The Bridge, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, UK. Before moving to research, she spent many years in the Ed Tech industry as a designer of educational technology. Her research focuses on design approaches such as futures thinking in the design, development and implementation of educational technology, including mobile technology, AI and immersive experiences. She is interested in the role technology may play in supporting experiences of community and serendipity in learning. She has an MSc in Artificial Intelligence and is interested in the role it may play in education. https://www.deficambridge.org/should-we-trust-chatgpt/
Xuanning
Chen
Post doctoral reseacher at Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
Dr. Xuanning Chen is a postdoctoral researcher and KTP associate at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. She holds a PhD in Information Science and her research centres on two interconnected areas: (1) The first is human-AI interaction, with a particular focus on human information behaviour, such as serendipity, during these interactions. (2) The second is generative AI and its societal implications, specifically its impact on education and online business.
Bo Yu
Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
Bo Yu is a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Rupert Wegerif and Dr. Steve Watson. Her research focuses on how Generative AI tools facilitate educational dialogue and collective thinking processes in higher education. Her research interests includes dialogic education, AI in education, computer supported collaborative learning, the learning sciences, learning analytics and educational data mining.