AI in Education

5 Ways to Use AI to Boost Critical Thinking in the Classroom

This blog discusses five ways AI can be used in the classroom to enhance critical thinking, including research tools, adaptive learning, real-world simulations, collaborative platforms, and AI-generated feedback.

The Irreplaceable Human Touch in Education: Why Teachers Matter More Than AI

This blog explores how AI can assist in education but emphasises that it can never replace the emotional connection, personal guidance, and inspiration that teachers bring to their students.

HEPI Report: AI as a Learning Tool, Not a Cheat Sheet

This blog highlights how AI, as explored in the HEPI report, is a learning tool that helps students succeed by enhancing, not replacing, critical thinking skills.

Future of Assessment with AI

This blog explores how AI marking is set to transform education by providing instant feedback, reducing teacher workload, and shifting assessments from high-stakes exams to continuous, growth-focused evaluations.

Exploring the Potential: Can AI Effectively Mark Students' Work?

This blog demystifies common misconceptions about AI in assessments, explaining how AI supports rather than replaces teachers, ensures accuracy and fairness, and complies with regulations like Ofqual, enhancing both the efficiency and quality of the assessment process.

Will AI solve the 2-sigma problem in education?

This blog, building on the discussion of learning agency, explores the potential of AI tutoring systems to address Bloom's 2-sigma problem by offering personalised education, while emphasising that AI cannot replace the essential human elements—empathy, mentorship, and the fostering of lifelong learning - that educators uniquely provide.

Learning Agency: The Role of Students, Educators, and EdTech Providers

This blog discusses the shared responsibility of students, educators, and EdTech providers in fostering learning agency, emphasising that a collaborative approach is essential to optimise student outcomes in the digital age.

Boosting GCSE Science Performance: How AI Enhances Student Learning and Outcomes

This blog highlights how AI can change secondary school assessments, offering tools for real-time feedback, personalised learning pathways, streamlined grading, data-driven insights, and interactive experiences to enhance student performance and success in GCSE Science.

The usefulness of AI detection tools

This blog discusses the rise of AI detection tools in education, highlighting their potential flaws, particularly their high false positive rates, and suggests a shift towards responsible use and disclosure of AI-generated content rather than solely relying on these tools for detection.

AI in Education Trends 2024: Adoption of AI tools across schools & Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs)

This blog outlines a comprehensive guide for schools and Multi-Academy Trusts to responsibly adopt AI tools, ensuring that these technologies enhance learning experiences while maintaining high ethical standards and supporting student centred goals.

AI in Education Trends 2024: What is Ethical AI? What do teachers need to know?

This blog discusses the ethical implications of AI in education, highlighting the need for educators to address issues such as bias, privacy, autonomy, transparency, and responsible AI use to ensure these technologies enhance rather than hinder the learning experience.

AI in Education Trends 2024: Overcoming Challenges with Generative AI in Education

This blog explores the potential of Generative AI (GenAI) to change education by automating routine tasks and personalising learning while addressing the significant challenges of cheating, accuracy, analytical thinking, assessment, complacency, and ethical issues.

Recharge and Grow: Top EdTech Thought Leaders to Follow on Social Media

This blog highlights top EdTech thought leaders to follow for insights on the evolving educational landscape, AI integration, and digital innovation, offering a valuable resource for staying updated and inspired.

AI in Education Trends 2024: AI Tutors

This blog looks at AI tutors, or "tutors in your pocket." They offer personalised learning, enhanced engagement, continuous assessment, and data-driven insights, making education more accessible and equitable, although they also present challenges such as potential biases and technical limitations.

AI in Education Trends 2024: Personalised Learning.

In 2024, AI is revolutionising education through personalised learning by tailoring educational experiences to individual student needs, enhancing engagement, improving outcomes, and promoting equity. Read more about this in our blog.

AI in Education Trends 2024: What Teachers Need to Know

This blog explores the transformative AI trends in education for 2024, offering insights on personalised learning, AI tutoring, automated grading, and more, helping teachers enhance their teaching and learning experiences.

Preparing students for a tech-driven future

Read about seven key strategies to integrate technology into education, fostering digital literacy, problem-solving, and ethical tech use among students.

Ethical AI in Schools: Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Best Practices

For teachers to read about the ethical use of AI in schools, how they can overcome challenges and embrace best practices in the classroom.

Transforming Education: AI-Enhanced Pedagogical Innovations

For teachers to read about the transformative power of AI on pedagogical innovations within education

It's time to move beyond multiple choice questions for personalisation of learning journeys

Our blog delves into the evolving landscape of digital learning and assessments, with a focus on the power of personalised education. We explore how AI-assisted marking of descriptive student work offers deeper insights, fosters critical thinking, and tailors learning journeys to maximise each student's potential.

sAInaptic - AI marking that goes beyond keyword search and grouping of similar responses

In this blog post, we'll explore how sAInaptic's AI algorithm works and the remarkable benefits it offers to both educators and students.

Benefits of AI-assisted short answer marking in Science

Speed, consistency, fairness, immediate feedback, and reduction in educator workload are just some of the advantages AI marking offers. As the adoption of AI continues to grow, the educational landscape is set to change dramatically, with science education becoming more accessible, effective, and engaging for students and educators alike.