The research group AI in HE that is part of the Research Centre Policy, Pedagogy and Practice (PPP) is holding an event on Friday 24th of January at in Mainhouse G-17 at Bath Spa university. We have a day long in-person and hybrid seminar to discuss different views and approaches to AI in education. The day begins at 10 in the morning and will run until 16:00 including Q &A.
The day will start with two invited speakers, Mark Carrigan from Manchester University who blogs here, and Helen Beetham also from Manchester and who writes very critically about AI in Substack.
We have three PhD candidates who will share their work in progress:
Eva Shakel is a Learning Developer at Bath Spa University with over a decade of experience supporting students in Higher Education. Prior to this, she worked in leadership development and as a lecturer in sociology. Her current doctoral research explores how students engage with generative AI tools, focusing on the relationship between their concerns, agency, and reflexivity in shaping patterns of use. Eva has developed institution-wide guidance and training on GenAI for students, contributing to informed and ethical AI use.
PhD title: The uses and abuses of ChatGPT: Students’ concerns, agency, and reflection in action with Generative AI
Ashley Ogborn is Course Leader, PGCE Secondary Computing & PGCE Secondary Business Studies, School of Education
PhD title: A pedagogical framework for using Generative Artificial Intelligence
Gibson Dzimbiri is a computer science instructor at Malawi University of Science and Technology, with experience in programming and software development background.
PhD title: Exploring the use of AI in overcrowded classrooms in primary schools in Africa. A case study of Malawi.
My understanding is it’s open in person. If you’d like to join online, get in touch here and I’ll send you the link before hand:
Mark Carrigan 