Dear Delegates,
We are delighted to welcome you to the first Cambridge Generative AI in Education Conference, taking place at the Hilton Hotel, Cambridge!
Over the conference period there will be opportunities to hear from and engage with academics, education practitioners and policy makers.
We also eagerly anticipate rich and thought-provoking contributions from keynotes including Prof Mairéad Pratschke (University of Manchester), Prof Wayne Holmes (University College London (UCL)), Prof Jean-Gabriel Ganascia (Sorbonne University), and Prof Rupert Wegerif (University of Cambridge).
Please take advantage of the parallel sessions, coffee breaks, and evening events to inspire, reflect and connect!
As at 7 October, there are still spaces for attendees available, so if you are interested in attending, use the following link.
Important Information
Conference venue: All conference sessions will take place at Hilton Cambridge City Centre, 20 Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DT.
Pre-conference reception: Will be held in the Whale Room, at the University Museum of Zoology, Downing Street Cambridge CB2 3EJ
Conference dinner: Will be held at Hughes Hall College, Wollaston Road, Cambridge, CB1 2EW – in the Dining Hall.
Registration: Will be open throughout the conference from 08.30 on Wednesday,16 October, at the Hilton Cambridge City Centre.
Name badges: Will be issued at registration. Please wear them through the conference days so people can more easily connect with you.
Catering: Tea and coffee will be available throughout the days and a buffet lunch will be served.
For any questions, please contact us at glenlead@glenlead.com or call us: 01223 767 584.
Conference Programme
Tuesday 15th October
| 18:00 – 20:00 | Pre-conference reception, Whale Room, University Museum of Zoology |
Wednesday 16th October
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome |
| 09:10 – 10:00 | Opening Keynote Address by Prof Mairéad Pratschle (University of Manchester): The New Hybrid |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 – 11:45 | Session 1 |
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AI in Higher Education Innovations (Room A) Dr Angela Wright, The Challenges of Generative AI for Postgraduate Research Supervision Signposts Please! Dr Isabel Fischer, Navigating the Complexities of AI Integration in Higher education: From Tool Development to Adoption Challenges Dr Ian Benson, AI as a component of an action research model of learning |
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GenAI in Postgraduate Education (Room B) Dr Alona Chmilewsky, Dialogic Uses of Generative AI in PhD Scientific Writing; Expectations, Realisations, and Motivations Dr Jessica L. Parker, Negotiating Meaning with Machines: AI’s Role in Doctoral Writing Pedagogy Dr Daniel Serig, Navigating the inclusion of AI in a Doctoral Program of Education: Policy Creation, Student Use, and Issues of Equity |
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Students’ Engagement with AI (Room C) Dr Bobby Whyte, Understanding Secondary Students Conceptions of AI Ana Marija Dunaj, Attitudes of Sociology Students in Croatia on the Use, Ethical and Security Implications of ChatGPT in Education Carrie Anne Philbin, Generative AI in Computer Science Education: Impact on Student Perceptions, Creativity, and Self-Efficacy |
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| 11:45 – 12:15 | Coffee break |
| 12:45 – 13:30 | Session 2 |
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Policy and GenAI (Room A) Alistair Starling, Harnessing AI for Government Efficiency: The Estonian Model Prof Päivi Häkkinen, Human-AI collaboration and the future of education Jonathan Romic, AIED: Regulations, Interventions & Enforcement |
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GenAI and Contemporary Global Challenges (Room B) Dr Kevin Martin, Harnessing AI for Collective Intelligence: A Dialogic Approach to Mobile Learning and Knowledge Creation among Rural Communities of the Global South Dr Miné de Klerk, Navigating the Challenges of AI Integration in Global South Higher Education: A Technocritical Approach Dr Lorna Waddington, GenAI and History – “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” |
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Inequalities in Education and GenAI (Room C) Christina Supe, Addressing Historical Inequities: Empowering Marginalized Communities Through AI Adoption and Significant Human Authorship Policies Peter Bannister, Fleeced and Forgotten: The Marginalisation of International Students in Global Higher Education GenAI Academic Integrity Policies Razoun Siddiky Tohin, Bridging the Digital Divide: Leveraging Generative AI to Address Educational Inequalities |
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| 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 – 15:15 | Panel discussion, AI in Education: Friend or Foe? |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | Session 3 |
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Educational Innovations and AI (Room A) Dr Vahid Aryadoust, Using GenAI to Develop Adaptive Oral Communication Assessment Systems Amos Raban, GenAI-Assisted in Secondary-Level History Education Summative Assessment Associate Prof Christoper Hogg, Replacing Dali with DALLE:E – Recreating a 1960s ‘Happening’ to understand the impact of industrialised Creativity on Performance Ivana Greguric, Transhumanism and the Future of Human-AI: Philosophical Implications for Education and Identity |
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Challenges of Using GenAI in Education (Room B) Dr Xinyue Li, The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Learners and Teachers: A Mathematics Education Perspective Dr Achala Gupta, GenAI-led educational opportunities and challenges in the context of higher education Timothy Hallas, The ethical debates, impact and relevance of using AI large language models (LLMs) in exam-driven classrooms – a sixth form college case study Dr Jane Waite, Computing teachers’ views of LLM programming error messages explanations in the classroom |
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Individuals and GenAI (Room C) Dr Jon Cardoso-Silva, The Dual Nature of Generative AI: Two Case Studies of Student Agency and Coding Assessments in Higher Education Inbar Bobrovsky, The Diminishing Place of Individuals – Examining the Emergent Future Built by Prediction Algorithms in the Realm of Education Josh Ferry Woodard, AI for Accessible and Personalised Learning: Insights from Building an AI-Powered Note Taking and Study Tool Jessica Watson, Consulting the sector on impacts of GenAI in Education |
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| 17:00 – 18:00 | Keynote address by Prof Jean-Gabriel Ganascia (Sorbonne University): The braided structure of time in AI and information technologies |
| 19:30 | Conference dinner, Dining Hall, Hughes Hall College |
Thursday 17th October
| 09:00 – 10:00 |
09.00-10.00 Keynote Address by Prof Wayne Holmes (University College of London): Artificial Intelligence and Education. A Critical Studies Perspective Moderator: Prof Steven Watson, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Session 4 |
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Educational Institutions and GenAI (Room A) Erdinç Saçan, How educational institutions can become AI-proof Associate Prof Tatchanaamoorti Purnshatam, Development and Evaluation of a Metaeverse-based e-Pedagogy (MeP) to Enhance Student Learning Outcomes and Experiences in Health Science Education Luka Medvidovic, Data Ownership and Privacy Challenges in AI-Powered Personalized Learning Environments Dr Imogen Casebourne, A Framework for Design Based Research into AI to support Education for Collective Intelligence |
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GenAI – Pedagogical Perspectives (Room B) Ksenija Laskova, Towards a Theoretical Framework for Integrating Generative AI in UK School Pedagogy; Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Direction Prof Peter Kahn, What does it take to cultivate authentic and expansive epistemic agency on the part of the students in an AI-assisted academic landscape? Nork Zakarian, AI’s Role in Adult Education Dr Stefan Schweiger, Just Ask ChatGPT, and It’ll Tell You What to Think: Sustainability, Morality, and Ideology in ChatGPT Prof Isak Frumin, Between Fear and Hope: Current Discussions on Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education |
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LLM-Powered Learning (Room C) Associate Prof Dong-Hyu Kim, Duality of Self-Programming: Self-generated Text as a Multimodal Medium between Generative AI and User Dr Pia Kreijkes, To bot or not(e) – Effects of large language models and note-taking on text comprehension and retention¨ Rashimi Perera, The use of Generative AI in Viva-voce Sam Clarke, Education in the age of GenAI: the potential for deconstruction of digital architecture of knowledge |
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| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Session 5 |
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Policy and GenAI (Room A) Erik Brezovec, The Social Meaning of Generative AI Dorian Wild, Sociological Dimensions of Generative AI in Personalized and Group Learning Environments Dr Chanjin Zheng, LLM-powered Assessment and Learning: A Design Science Perspective Dr Salimeh Pour Mohammad, Would Gen-AI and LLMs change the core identity and viability of “golden goose” courses in HE? |
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GenAI and Contemporary Global Challenges (Room B) Niklas Scholz, Balancing Human and AI Control: Insights from Students and Teachers on the Use of Generative AI in Classrooms Joanne McGovern, AI Enthused Classroom Dr Areej Mawasi, Using a Human-Centred Design Method for Examining Teachers’ Hopes and Concerns for Classroom Orchestration with AI Assistants Matej Nakić, ChatGPT & Metacognitive Confidence: The Role of Generative AI in Promoting False Certainty Over Critical Thought |
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AI Revolution in Education (Room C) Tony Thompson-Starkey, Let the Robots Do the Work: Revolutionizing Lesson Planning with AI Dr Canh Thien Dang, Distinguishing Fact from Fiction: Student Traits, Attitudes, and AI Hallucination Detection in Business School Assessments Dr Catherine Mulligan, AI-Impacts on Cognitive Load for Learning Dr Joleen Liang, Revolutionizing Education: Commitment to Personalized Learning Through Large Adaptive Model (LAM) |
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| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30 – 16:20 | Closing Keynote Address by Prof Rupert Wegerif (University of Cambridge): Generative AI and expanding dialogic space |
| 16:20 – 16:35 | Closing of conference |
