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Edinburgh
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Digital tech & education | Projects on digital learning futures & data-driven biology in education | Editor @LMT_Journal | Same handle on bsky and masto too
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Code Acts in Education: Genetic Predispositions in Education Policy

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By YearBy Year, Ben Williamson
| National Education Policy Center (NEPC)
For several years, the idea of using genetic information about students as the basis for education policy has been gaining traction in the UK. The scientific work underpinning claims of the relevance of genetics to education policy and practice is, however, significantly contested, as colleagues and I detailed in a new paper.
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Code Acts in Education: The Problem With Evidence Production on AI in Education

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By YearBy Year, Ben Williamson
| National Education Policy Center (NEPC)
The research field of artificial intelligence in education (AIED) has a long history of investigating the effects of AI on learning and other educational outcomes. Calls for more evidence on AI in education have grown louder since the arrival of generative AI. The result is that countless AIED studies have been completed or are underway to find statistically significant evidence of its effects. These efforts to enumerate the effects of AI, however, vary enormously in terms of quality.
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Code Acts in Education: AI and the Amplification of Academic Content Assetization

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By YearBy Year, Ben Williamson
| National Education Policy Center (NEPC)
Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash A new AI-driven digital learning platform launched by Arizona State University has set off alarm bells among academics for its exploitation of scholarly work. ASU Atomic is a pilot platform that uses generative AI to allow subscribing users to automatically create bespoke micro-courses out of content previously created by staff for other courses and purposes.
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