The editorial team for these two books, a diverse and distributed team in different locations of the world (United Kingdom, Canada and Greece), worked over several months together to release the highly successful crowd-sourced, open-access book early in 2023. They curated emerging experimentations on learning and teaching with GenAI.
Their call brought together 101 Ideas from Educators, Researchers and Students from 18 countries and captured the GenAI landscape at the time and creative uses in this area as the wider open educational community responded overwhelmingly positively, and generously agreed to share their ideas with anybody in the world.
The team includes the following people
Project Lead:
- Chrissi Nerantzi, School of Education, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Project Members:
- Sandra Abegglen, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, University of Calgary
- Marianthi Karatsiori, University of Macedonia, Greece.
- Antonio Martínez-Arboleda, School of Languages, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
- Javiera Atenas, School of Social Sciences, University of Suffolk United Kingdom.
- Chris Rowell, University of the Arts London, United Kingdom.
Student partners (collection/graphic design):
- Bushra Hashim, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, University of Calgary, Canada
- Leonor Aguero Vivas, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, University of Calgary, Canada
The output of their efforts is two openly licensed books
- 101 Creative Ideas to Use AI in Education featuring 101 contributions from 19 countries: Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Ireland, Jordan, Liberia, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom and the US.
- Towards AI Literacy: 101+ Creative and Critical Practices, Perspectives and Purposes featuring 119 contributions from 22 countries including Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay.
The books have been included in resources that provide guidance around the use of GenAI including courses and workshops in different parts of the world. The editorial team has created a platform for students to share their work as co-presenters and authors of publications, therefore helping the next generation of educators to build capacity in this area and experience open educational practices first hand.
They have been spreading the critical and creative use of GenAI to support learning and teach with GenAI and have captured information linked to this publication how and where it has been used in the following posts
- #OA Book: 101 Creative Ideas to Use AI in Education (June 23, 2023)
- #OER: Towards AI Literacy (June 18, 2024)
The impact of this work on my role as an open supporter and advocate, as well as on the larger education community, has been profound and transformative. The collaborative and inclusive approach demonstrated by the editorial team has provided a powerful model for how open educational practices can be effectively implemented and scaled. Their success in bringing together diverse voices from around the world to share innovative ideas on using AI in education has inspired me to further embrace and advocate for open, collaborative projects in my own work.
Award Nominator
As an open educational resource, the project encompasses the breadth of quality one wishes to see; contributors collected and edited the ideas about AI in education in a meaningful way. The project is beneficial for various communities; students can draw information from the ideas relevant to artificial intelligence, and educators can leverage it to optimize their teaching and pedagogy.
Award Reviewer
This is a celebration of what I call ‘little people’, meaning you don’t have to be a big shot to do something powerful. You only need the willingness to share, the caring for others, and the belief that wonderful things can happen when we work together. In this case, AI is also a hot topic: one we all have been forced to face in one way or another and all of a sudden; the celebrity of the initiative to crowd-source these ideas is commendable.
Award Reviewer
