EdTech Hub’s Ideas Series bring together expert opinions to explore the most pressing topics in AI for education. They provide insights into trends, debates, and innovations shaping the field.
Each piece offers individual perspectives on key issues in Education in the Age of AI, aiming to provoke thought and spark further discussion.
Who Could Benefit From Reading These?
- Advocacy groups focusing on education policy in the Global South
- Community leaders and influencers in EdTech and researchers
- Non-governmental organisations in education
Do Education Ministries Need Skunkworks to Get Ahead of AI?
AI is here and it’s changing how we work, learn, and make decisions. And yet most public delivery systems, particularly in education, aren’t set up to respond to this kind of change, let alone shape it. So here’s a question EdTech Hub’s Head of Innovation has been exploring: What if every Ministry of Education had its own Skunkworks?
What Do AI Futures Mean for Human Connection?
Responding to UNESCO’s call to revisit the purpose of education in the age of generative AI, this expert argues that debates focus too heavily on how AI changes learning, and not enough on what and why we learn. Using a decolonial lens, the piece highlights the central role of human relationships in teaching and learning, and warns that AI may deepen existing inequities if cultural and epistemic injustices are ignored.
Humanity’s Last Exam and Education in AI
Explore on expert’s reflections on the changing role and value of tests in an age where knowledge and AI tools are readily accessible. This opinion piece questions whether the growing use of AI in assessment undermines testing altogether, or whether it exposes the limitations of high-stakes exams that prioritise results over learning and position teachers and students in opposition.
