Imagining AI Futures for Education

This is a teaching resource for Levels 3 and 4, and could be adapted for Level 5. It introduces learners to the importance of critical imagination and creative expression in understanding welcome and unwelcome futures for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education. Use this resource to uncover how different visions of the future of education connect with young people’s hopes, fears and values. This topic can fit within most subject areas, and also PSE. It could be adapted further to suit particular subject areas in Secondary. 

Approach  

Learners work in small groups and complete the tasks under the management of the classroom teacher. Learners will respond to ideas of the future of AI and education in a creative medium that suits them. 

Acknowledgements

This resource was created for the “AI futures for Scottish education” project in the Centre for Research in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh. The project team was Jen Ross, Judy Robertson and Cara Wilson, with project partner Goodison Group in Scotland, and expert resource design and development from Elspeth Maxwell of Dog & Fox Design and Tommy Lawson. With thanks to the teachers who helped shape the resource and piloted it in their schools. The project team gratefully acknowledges funding from the University of Edinburgh’s ESRC Impact Accelerator Account.