Our AI-Powered Lesson Design for English Teachers course is here to revolutionize the way you teach. Designed specifically for English language educators and materials writers, this course equips you with cutting-edge AI tools to streamline your planning process, freeing up valuable time for what matters most—your students.
What is multimodal literacy and why is it so important? In this session, we will look at the role of video and how it can support the development of multimodal literacy. Join us as we showcase a range of techniques and activities that teachers can use to exploit their existing video materials, or to develop their own.
Explore the potential of running Large Language Models (LLMs) locally on your own device. From enhanced privacy and offline capabilities to reduced dependency on big tech, discover how local AI could transform education. This hands-on exploration compares local LLM performance with cloud-based solutions like Claude AI, examining both technical requirements and practical applications for teachers.
Nik Peachey's insight:
Interesting article here from the AI Language Teacher on running an LLM on your laptop - Some very compelling arguments for it.
Understanding how young people are using AI at home and at school—and the differences between their adoption and that of their parents—should inform a school's approach to AI tools and policies, and also how we prepare young people for a future where AI could change everything. This new report provides important perspectives on how young people themselves feel about generative AI and how they're using it.
The rise of Generative AI (and tools such as ChatGPT) and their potential impact on education have been discussed and debated ad-nauseam. The key question, as teacher educators, is what it is that teachers need to know to intelligently integrate these technologies in their practice?
The AI competency framework for teachers addresses this gap by defining the knowledge, skills, and values teachers must master in the age of AI. Developed with principles of protecting teachers’ rights, enhancing human agency, and promoting sustainability, the publication outlines 15 competencies across five dimensions: Human-centred mindset, Ethics of AI, AI foundations and applications, AI pedagogy, and AI for professional learning. These competencies are categorized into three progression levels: Acquire, Deepen, and Create.
The risks posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI) are of considerable concern to academics, auditors, policymakers, AI companies, and the public. However, a lack of shared understanding of AI risks can impede our ability to comprehensively discuss, research, and react to them. This paper addresses this gap by creating an AI Risk Repository to serve as a common frame of reference.
This lesson plan enables learners to develop a deeper understanding of what AI is and how it is developing. During the lesson, learners will develop AI-related vocabulary to discuss their opinions about AI, watch a short video about different types of AI and finally make predictions about what AI will be able to do in the future.Lesson outcomesAll learners will:
This lesson plan enables learners to explore some of the issues, risks and benefits of AI and how it can be used to help them develop their language skills. During the lesson students will brainstorm vocabulary they associate with AI, read about and discuss some potential risks and benefits of AI, listen to people talking about the impact of AI on education and try out some ideas for using AI to develop their English skills
From questions concerning dependency and accuracy, to assessment validity, privacy, equity, creativity, its effects on the development of students’ skills and the achievement of educational objectives, AI has provoked a great deal of curiosity and concern in educational circles.
AI tools for planning and create EFL lesson, activities and materials that are more personalized for your EFL student, without compromising on quality.
Nik Peachey's insight:
My latest article for Oxford TEFL - AI tools for planning EFL lessons • Oxford TEFL
To have a better understanding of how AI is changing the landscape of second language acquisition, we, the authors of this article—a language educator and an undergraduate student—have joined forces and surveyed over 100 individuals, between language learners and instructors, across several higher education institutions in the United States. The survey aims to capture a vignette of the current impact of AI tools on language learners and educators. More specifically, we seek to understand how frequently these tools are being used, the motivations behind their use, and their perceived (in)effectiveness.
While Ofqual urges caution, delaying progress risks widening the digital divide and leaving students unprepared for a tech-driven future. This post explores why we can't afford to wait on digital exams, the benefits of rapid implementation, and how to balance innovation with prudent…
Nik Peachey's insight:
Interesting article on the pace of change in education.
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has captured the attention of the education community. Some educators are enamored with the opportunities to use GenAI to tackle long-standing issues and close opportunity gaps. Others focus on challenges caused by GenAI upending traditional learning structures, as well as concerns about academic integrity and inaccuracies of AI-Generated materials. Whether enthusiastic, circumspect, or somewhere in between, it is crucial for all educators to be equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary for success in an AI-driven world.
More often than not, younger people I teach seem to have less digital dexterity that I do - given than I'm over 50 and grew up without a mobile phone - why is this? This post picks up from a discussion I have had on more than one occasion with a good friend of mine.…
This working paper reviews the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on equity and inclusion in education, focusing on learner-centred, teacher-led and other institutional AI tools. It highlights the potential of AI in, e.g. adapting learning while also addressing challenges such as access issues, inherent biases and the need for comprehensive teacher training.
This lesson is designed to enable learners to use two AI prompts. One will enable an AI chatbot to become their English-speaking friend. It will ask them questions appropriate to their age and level and help them if they get stuck. The second prompt will enable the chatbot to create activities based around their level and the topic of their choice.
The trend for using social media for teacher development started before the Covid-19 pandemic but has now become a far more common and established practice. This report explains why the use of social media is an important tool for teacher development and looks at how online learning theories may be applied to this kind of teacher education.
The term “artificial intelligence” itself is neither particularly accurate nor helpful – much of what we refer to as AI is not actually doing any ‘learning’ and the term itself is so loaded with connotations that bring to mind images of the Terminator or other dystopian sci-fi tropes that it is beginning to get in the way.
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