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The ½¿É«µ¼º½ Blog: Highlights of 2025

½¿É«µ¼º½ Blog end of year highlights

Snow-dusted salutations and tinsel-tinged tidings to all our readers, authors, curators and guest editors around the globe. In this, the ½¿É«µ¼º½ Blog’s tenth anniversary year, I look back over the...

A question of selfhood construction: Artificial intelligence and social injustice

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

Placing selfhood construction at the centre of social justice provides a useful lens to view emerging ethical debates around Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) and beyond. Selfhood...

Beyond the written word: What AI means for assessment in universities

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

As artificial intelligence (AI) programs such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini become increasingly integrated into student work processes, universities are confronted with an uncomfortable question....

Why shouldn’t I Google it? A case for the use of enhanced internet tools within the primary classroom

It has become second nature: when a question arises, the first thing we do is reach for our phones and access one of the plethora of internet platforms, where we may reliably assume that we will...

How foresight can help us plan the schools of tomorrow

Education policy debates often centre on the immediate: what can be achieved within a political term, or what’s feasible in response to a current crisis. But the future of education will be...

Guest editing opportunity for Research Intelligence, issue 166

½¿É«µ¼º½â€™s Publications Committee is seeking an individual or team (of up to three people) to guest edit issue 166 of Research Intelligence on the theme of Higher Education: Opportunities and...

½¿É«µ¼º½ Educational Research Book of the Year

This award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and innovative.

Generative AI in the Academy: Balancing innovation with integrity in research

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

Generative AI (GAI) has sparked debate among academics. Some see its potential to boost productivity and simplify tasks, while others worry it could undermine rigorous scholarship. Currently, most...

The environmental ethics of Generative AI: Artificial intelligence or real ignorance?

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly present in debates about education, including at policy level. Earlier this year, the UK Education Secretary (with responsibility for education in...

Digital equity in the age of generative AI: Bridging the divide in educational technology

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

The rise of educational technology (EdTech) has transformed the learning landscape, with generative artificial intelligence (AI) offering a new frontier in personalised and accessible education...

Research Ethics Case Studies 2024: Thinking it through or thinking through ‘it’? The ethics of research involving artificial intelligence and education

Research Ethics Case Studies 2024

This case study considers some of the ethical issues related to research involving artificial intelligence and education. It highlights balancing the need for data with obligations to protect...

Considering intelligence in the era of AI

There is currently, understandably, considerable debate about the potential and the risks of artificial intelligence in education. There are questions about implications for future curriculums,...