openAIED SIG June

openTEL is pleased to announce that next week’s openAIED Special Interest Group will include a presentation on the design and implementation of educational Virtual Reality and a discussion of ethics in AIED.

Supporting the design and implementation of educational Virtual Reality

Lawrence Kizilkaya, LDS Learning & Production

ETHICS in AIED: Who Cares? Discussion

Wayne Holmes, IET

openTEL is pleased to announce that next week’s openAIED Special Interest Group will include a presentation on the design and implementation of educational Virtual Reality and a discussion of ethics in AIED.

Supporting the design and implementation of educational Virtual Reality

Lawrence Kizilkaya

Abstract: The Learning Innovation team at The Open University, the UK’s largest higher education institution, is leading a project to support the design and implementation of educational Virtual Reality (VR). Using an iterative design methodology enables the team to explore VR’s educational affordances, and the new opportunities these represent to educators over established media forms. The design and development of two VR applications utilizing IBM Watson’s Artificial Intelligence (AI), for language learning and phlebotomy, has resulted in design principles that reinforces understanding of implementing AI in VR. The design principles are part of a broader ‘suitability toolkit’ enabling a practical assessment of the appropriateness of VR in educational contexts early in the design process.

Bio: Lawrence’s background is in teaching, publishing, broadcast journalism and the Higher Education sector with the UK’s largest academic institution, the Open University. He has a breadth of experience in education ranging from classroom teaching to one-on-one private tuition and course production to MOOC development. Lawrence has designed many mobile learning apps as well as the learning design features of a bespoke visual authoring tool. Lawrence’s role and expertise sees him applying effective pedagogies to improve new and existing tools and systems. Hi recent interests include education in virtual reality and the affordances of digital course design.

ETHICS in AIED: Who Cares? Discussion

Wayne Holmes

Abstract: Ahead of presenting the ETHICS in AIED: Who Cares? Workshop at the 20th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education in Chicago, Wayne will give an overview of the workshop and lead a discussion on provocative statements related to AIED ethics.

Bio: Wayne Holmes (PhD, University of Oxford) is a Lecturer in Learning Sciences and Innovation, in the Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University. He co-leads openAIED and OU work in Artificial intelligence in Education. He is also a member of the UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group for Artificial Intelligence (Education Taskforce), lead author of Artificial Intelligence in Education. Promise and Implications for Teaching and Learning (2019), and contributor to UNESCO’s Policy Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence in Education.

We look forward to seeing you at 14:00 on 13th June in the Ambient Lab, Jennie Lee.