#215 AI in Education with Daisy Christodoulou

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Episode details

In this in-depth interview, Daisy Christodoulou explores the evolution of AI in education assessment, focusing on the capabilities and limitations of large language models and AI auto-marking systems. She discusses the history, current state, and future potential of AI in assessment, emphasising the importance of human oversight and the challenges of AI interpretability. Daisy Christodoulou discusses the impact of AI on education, assessment, professional development, and resource creation, emphasising the importance of human oversight and strategic integration of technology.

Takeaways

  1. History of AI in assessment
  2. Limitations of early AI auto-markers
  3. Comparison of absolute and comparative judgment
  4. Second-order effects and AI biases
  5. Human-in-the-loop in AI assessment AI’s role in assessment and grading
  6. Importance of human oversight in AI systems
  7. AI’s impact on teacher professional development
  8. Resource creation and lesson planning with AI
  9. Future of education technology and infrastructure

Video:

Links from Daisy

  1. No More Marking Substack: substack.nomoremarking.com
  2. Her books are: 7 Myths about EducationMaking Good ProgressTeachers v Tech, and I Can’t Stop Thinking About VAR
  3. No More Marking can be found at: nomoremarking.com

New stuff I have been working on:

  1. My Tips for Teachers Guides to… series
  2. Our Eedi RCT and paper with Google
  3. My updated mrbartonmnaths website.

My usual plugs

Write-up of the episode

  • My 5-takeaways write-up is here.

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