Category: AI and education
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Teaching and learning with AI (part 10)
The learning community The learning community refers to the impact of the wider community on teaching and learning. These could be friends and family of students, who have interesting life stories, or professionals who are engaged in the public understanding of their subjects. It is said that “It takes a whole village to raise a…
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Using AI to deliver the biology curriculum
Jane Still and I will be presenting as part of the BERG day at the annual Association of Science Education conference 2025, in the University of Nottingham . We will be speaking on ‘Using AI to deliver the biology curriculum’ on Thursday January 9th 2025 at 08:45-09:35 in ESLC at B05. If you are at…
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Biology, AI and teachers, (part 1)
This is the presentation that Neil Ingram gave at the Association of Science Education conference in the University of Northampton in January 2024. This is the first of two parts, and thinks about how biology teachers can use generative AI.
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AI and how we teach in schools
Teaching looks so easy: all we have to do is stand up and talk. Lots of us can do that! So, if this is all there is, could an AI chat box one day become an effective classroom teacher? Obviously, a fundamental part of teaching is about instruction. Instruction is the transmission of knowledge and skills from…
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AI and the joy of early adopters
What will schools be like when AI is embedded into our lives? Much like they are now or perhaps something radically transformed? Perhaps we can see clues to the future by looking into the past? I was interested to hear Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, describing these days as being as “exciting… like the 90s are…
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Can AI become a school tutor?
One of the most dramatic claims for the “new” AI is that it will be able to act as tutors (or counsellors) for students. A recent manual for higher education by UNESCO suggests that AI could become a “personal tutor… providing personalised feedback based on information provided by students or teachers.” Some secondary schools are…
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About this blog
This is the blog of Neil Ingram and reflects a variety of my interests over the years. As a biology teacher, university academic, examiner and author. I have been deeply interested in the use of IT in schools when Windows 3.0 came out in May 1990. About ten years ago, I was invited to be…