This talk will consider the opportunities and risks of using generative artificial intelligence in education and suggest ways in which teachers and students can frame the way they approach AI to ensure they remain ‘in control’ and develop critical, creative approaches to using AI.
Kate Borthwick is Professor of Digital Education in Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. She is the Lead for AI in education at the University and founding chair of the University Digital Education Advisory Group. She is Director of the University open online course programme and is an award-winning lecturer in applied linguistics and in online learning design. She is twice-elected Vice-President of the European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning and a member of the Editorial Board of ReCALL journal. She lectures and supervises students working digitally-mediated language learning and teaching.
