What is AI in Education?
AI in Education is a cross-sector initiative instigated by Bourne Education Trust (BET), and Epsom College. It brings together senior and experienced figures who have worked in both the state and independent sectors.
We are motivated by a belief that if schools and colleges are to optimise the benefits of AI, they will need to supplement guidance from the government and tech industry to provide real-time, specific, and informed advice to the sector.
We believe it is imperative that we maximise the vast benefits of AI across education while minimising the very real and present hazards and dangers.
Our Mission
Our aim is to optimise AI’s implementation in education to serve the interests of all stakeholders, including students, teachers, administrative staff, parents, governors, and the broader community.
We are committed to leveraging AI as a tool to augment human intelligence and expertise, with a particular focus on benefiting the most vulnerable. This includes individuals from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, those with additional learning needs, and people from diverse backgrounds.
We are very clear of the risks of AI, which are very real.
Infantilisation of students (and staff)
Moral risk, not least through deep fake
Perceptions about cheating and dishonesty
Lack of responsibility – or answers to the question : who is in charge?
Impact on jobs
The gains are many, but will only be realised if the risks are understood and addressed:
Personalised tuition
Personalised formative assessment
Opportunities for AI facilitated VR to enhance student experience of a range of STEM, social science and humanities subjects
Enhanced opportunities for students to learn at their own time, in their own way
Increased efficiency of teachers’ preparation, delivery, assessment and reporting
Our Vision
To offer impartial, expert, and judicious advice on services and products coming onto the market in the UK and internationally by offering leading-edge thinking and advice on education applications, AI technology, and learning data analytics.
To level up education in the UK for the first time in history and address Britain’s chronically poor social mobility.
To provide clarity over the fraught ethical and moral dimensions of AI, providing reassurance to parents, governors, and staff on the best way to optimise the benefits of AI and mitigate the downsides.
To help prepare our young people better for employment and society in a world of AI.
To enable the UK to become a global leader and centre of excellence in using AI to transform the educational experience.
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