From Classroom to Impact: How Dawn Knight Uses AI to Help Students Thrive
AI in Education Podcast
In this episode, we’re joined by , a sustainability lead and specialist support educator working with deaf students in a UK secondary school (). Dawn shares how she’s using AI in simple, practical ways to make learning more accessible - not just for students with additional needs, but for everyone in the classroom. From generating transcripts and differentiated resources to using AI as a planning “checklist,” Dawn explains how these tools are helping her save time and reinvest it where it matters most: supporting students directly. The conversation explores how technology originally...
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Australia’s AI moment: Fast adoption, slow policy, big questions
AI in Education Podcast
In this episode, Dan and Ray explore how AI is rapidly reshaping education, workplaces, and policy - often faster than institutions can respond. They unpack new guidance from NSW’s NESA on student AI use, highlighting the growing tension between rules, real-world behaviour, and the need for clearer, more consistent policies across education systems. The conversation expands globally with insights from the 2026 Stanford AI Index Report, revealing that while over 80% of students are already using AI, formal education and policy frameworks are struggling to keep pace. The distinction between...
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Jocelyn Brewer - How schools and parents rethink student wellbeing in the age of AI
AI in Education Podcast
In this episode, Dan and Ray are joined by psychologist and cyber psychology expert , founder of , to unpack one of the biggest challenges facing education today: how schools and parents can support student wellbeing in an AI-driven world. Jocelyn introduces the concept of “” - a more balanced, intentional approach to technology use that moves beyond simplistic ideas like screen time limits. Together, they explore how young people are already using AI for everything from homework to navigating friendships, often in ways adults don’t fully understand. The conversation dives into the risks...
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Inside the latest AI in education research: tutors, bias, and impact
AI in Education Podcast
This week’s episode dives into a wave of new research shaping how AI is actually being used in education. We explore what works (and what doesn’t) when it comes to AI-generated feedback, including why blended, “hybrid” feedback may be the most effective approach - and why more feedback doesn’t always lead to better outcomes. The conversation then turns to one of the most important emerging issues: bias in AI systems. From subtle differences in tone to stereotyping based on student characteristics, the research highlights why educators need to be cautious about the data they provide...
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UnBlooms: Tina Austin on thinking well with AI and rethinking Bloom’s
AI in Education Podcast
joins Ray and Dan for a wide-ranging conversation about what AI adoption really looks like in US education beyond the hype, the headlines and the endless frameworks. Tina is an educator, consultant, policy adviser and the founder of GAInable. She works with schools, colleges and faculty teams on responsible AI adoption. In this episode, she shares how her work evolved from teaching bioethics and AI ethics into supporting educators across the US as they grapple with policy, privacy, assessment, tools, and changing classroom practice. The conversation explores the fragmented reality of AI in...
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AI News: the future of work we’re not ready for
AI in Education Podcast
In this AI News episode, Dan and Ray explore the fast-moving reality of AI in the workplace - and why many of us might not be as prepared as we think. They unpack a striking story of a KPMG partner fined for using AI to cheat on an AI ethics course, raising questions about assessment, responsibility, and what “cheating” even means in an AI-enabled world. The conversation then shifts to a growing trend: organisations and universities rolling out AI tools like Copilot at scale, and what this means for equity, productivity, and expectations in the workplace. Dan and Ray also dive into new...
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Stephen Heppell on Building Smarter Schools in the Age of AI
AI in Education Podcast
Professor joins Dan and Ray for a wide-ranging conversation about the future of schools, assessment, and learning in the age of AI. Stephen reflects on more than four decades of innovation in education technology — from early experiments with AI and HyperCard through to today’s generative AI systems. Drawing on work around the world, he shares stories from radical learning environments including beach schools, post-hurricane classrooms in the Cayman Islands, and experimental learning spaces designed with students themselves. A central theme of the episode is the growing gap between how...
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From Classrooms to Careers: The New AI Skills Race
AI in Education Podcast
In this news-packed episode, hosts Ray and Dan explore Purdue University’s bold new requirement for all graduates to demonstrate AI competency; and the strategic partnerships between Harvey.ai (the specialised system for the legal profession) and universities in Sydney, Oxford and Chicago. The conversation turns to the "first in the world" move by the University of Manchester to provide Microsoft 365 Copilot to 65,000 students and staff - paying homage to the legacy of Alan Turing. A highlight of the episode is the deep dive into "vibe coding"— the phenomenon of non-programmers using AI to...
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AI in Universities: Why Connection, Not Content, is Now King
AI in Education Podcast
AI in Universities: Why Connection, Not Content, is Now King This was an exciting episode, because we recorded it on campus at the world's newest university - Adelaide University. It officially started on-campus delivery this week, as it finally opened the doors after merging the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia. Amid the buzz of students arriving for week 1, and I found some time to sit down and talk about how AI is impacting universities. Eddie is the university's AI Learning and Teaching Coordinator and you may not be surprised to learn that we discussed...
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AI Research Update: 8 papers you need to know for 2026
AI in Education Podcast
Research Update: 8 papers on AI in Education you need to know for 2026 In this episode, Ray and Dan provide a rapid-fire rundown of the most significant research papers hitting the AI in Education space so far in 2026. After a series of news-heavy episodes, the hosts catch up on the data behind synthetic avatars, grading accuracy, and the psychological biases we hold against AI. Key highlights include: Synthetic Lecturers: Exploring stakeholder perspectives on digital twins and the emotional reaction to the term Deepfake in academia. The Grading Gap: Why ChatGPT...
info_outlineIn this week’s episode of the AI and Education Podcast, Ray and Dan dive into one of the most chaotic – and entertaining – weeks in AI news so far. From councils losing millions to AI-powered scams to the idea of having a “family safe word,” this one swings between hilarious and hair-raising.
They unpack what’s new in AI assessment research - including TEQSA’s AI guidance for universities, the “wicked problem” of AI and assessment, and why Turnitin’s detection tools are under fire (again). You’ll hear how South Australia’s EdChat report shows teachers and students deepening their learning with AI, and which countries are quietly leading the world in classroom AI use (spoiler: it’s not who you think).
Plus, a few surprise stats on politeness and prompt-writing - turns out being rude to AI might actually get better results.
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Links to news items discussed
AI Safety
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-14/noosa-council-scam-mayor-blames-ai-imitation/105887962
Mike Tholfsen's Microsoft 365 Copilot Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbOJliF-Cn4
South Australia's Edchat Insights Report
https://www.education.sa.gov.au/docs/ict/edchat-insights-report.pdf
Enacting assessment reform in a time of artificial intelligence
https://www.teqsa.gov.au/guides-resources/resources/corporate-publications/enacting-assessment-reform-time-artificial-intelligence
And the link to 'Assessment reform for the age of artificial intelligence' - https://www.teqsa.gov.au/guides-resources/resources/corporate-publications/assessment-reform-age-artificial-intelligence
Syracuse University gives Claude Education to all students and staff
https://news.syr.edu/2025/09/22/syracuse-university-among-first-universities-to-provide-campuswide-ai-access-to-anthropics-claude-for-education/
Jordan - the whole country, one man chat app for education
https://x.com/cryptoprio/status/1974040334737846279?s=46&t=p57lLRpTCXGNBiwhIjsl7Q
California Community Colleges also rolling out Nectir to staff and students
https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2025/10/06/california-community-colleges-ai-nectir-tutors
2025 "State of AI" report
https://www.stateof.ai/
Oxford University Press report on AI use by UK school students
https://fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/oxed/secondary/Teaching_the_AI_Native_Generation.pdf?internal=true
OECD’s latest Teaching and Learning International Survey
https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/results-from-talis-2024_90df6235-en.html
University wrongly accuses students of using artificial intelligence to cheat
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-09/artificial-intelligence-cheating-australian-catholic-university/105863524
ACU's checklist for spotting AI written text:
https://staff.acu.edu.au/our_university/news/2025/march/turnitin-ai-indicator-tool
And in researching this, I also stumbled across the Wikipedia page "Signs of AI Writing"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing
And that includes things like "LLMs overuse the rule of three - 'the good, the bad and the ugly'"; the use of Title Case; and our old friends em dashes and emojis. And if you really want to go down the rabbit hole, read the 'Talk' tab on that page, were people are discussing their own opinions/beliefs on this.
Research
The wicked problem of AI and assessment
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02602938.2025.2553340
Reimagining the Artificial Intelligence Assessment Scale: A refined framework for educational assessment
https://open-publishing.org/journals/index.php/jutlp/article/view/1707
Assessment Twins: A Protocol for AI-Vulnerable Summative Assessment
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02929
Heads we win, tails you lose: AI detectors in education.
https://osf.io/preprints/edarxiv/93w6j_v1
What Does YouTube Advise Students About Bypassing AIText Detection Tools? A Pragmatic Analysis
https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s10805-025-09675-3? sharing_token=kzKMqOrKt2K7wqe8A4GjkPe4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY4_QVVFXJUooOb6QsKcPKSMAsHQtQeY4Cum-OXBICfYzSVfT9TAv2Z95XVx8D3vm13plNOq1vh5iCbse0XidDrUCW182PR7BzDUTrlz7Gv1UGB5U-ao_gJKy9vc-WRHd_U%3D
Mind Your Tone: Investigating How Prompt Politeness Affects LLM Accuracy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04950