VINE GenAI Guidelines for Schools 2026 Explore the 2026 updates to VINE's Generative AI guidelines, addressing AI's evolving role in education and offering practical tools for schools.

Explore the 2026 updates to VINE's Generative AI guidelines, addressing AI's evolving role in education and offering practical tools for schools. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

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Expert Signals: Fidelity This post explores the concepts of high fidelity (hi-fi) and low fidelity (lo-fi) in music, emphasising the human essence behind audio recordings. It critiques AI's role in music and knowledge transfer, asserting that it strips away the personal nuances that convey true understanding and experience, ultimately diminishing the value of learning.

New post: every channel compresses knowledge, and what gets lost isn't random.

AI might strip all of it. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

IYKYK Part 3: Who Gets to Know? The series discusses GenAI's discoverability and access issues, highlighting how major platforms fragment capabilities through pricing tiers. Free users perceive limitations as a lack of utility, exacerbating an invisible gap between schools with varied resources. It urges for sandboxed solutions to explore advanced tools, rather than restrictive policies that hinder innovation.

This series discusses GenAI's discoverability and access issues, highlighting how major platforms fragment capabilities through pricing tiers. Free users see limitations as a lack of utility, exacerbating an invisible gap between schools with varied resources. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation

AI Agents, slop, and reclaiming the responsibility of learning

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Gradually Reclaiming Responsibility The article explores the concept of resistance in educational contexts, especially with the rise of GenAI technology. It examines how students must actively maintain ownership of their learning and critical thinking, especially as AI takes on more responsibility in the learning process. The traditional gradual release of responsibility model is adapted to consider AI's impact, emphasising that resistance is essential for genuine learning.

The Gradual Release of Responsibility model is common throughout education. But what happens when responsibility is released onto AI? #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

I’d say about six months, tops. Including this one.

A Taxonomy of Agentic AI The evolution of AI agents, particularly since 2024, has shifted from marketing hype to practical applications across various levels of capability. AI agents, defined as large language model-based applications, perform semi-autonomous tasks using code. This taxonomy categorises AI agents from simple code-using chatbots to complex teams executing multi-faceted projects, highlighting their growing significance in educational settings.

This new taxonomy categorises AI agents from simple code-using chatbots to complex teams executing multi-faceted projects. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

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The Effort Economy of Slop The concept of "AI slop" highlights the imbalance in effort between creators and consumers of content generated by artificial intelligence. As production becomes effortless, the burden shifts to the consumer.

The concept of "AI slop" highlights the imbalance in effort between creators and consumers of content generated by artificial intelligence. As production becomes effortless, the burden shifts to the consumer. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

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Processes are More Important than Prompts This post outlines five practical steps for using GenAI platforms. Applying expertise, selecting the right model, adding context, using the internet, and iterating and refining are useful skills fo…

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Processes Are More Important Than Prompts In Processes are More Important than Prompts, Leon Furze argues that "prompt engineering" has become less important as GenAI technologies have matured. His early 2023 article focused heavily on crafting perfect prompts, but technological improvements—multimodal inputs (PDFs, images, spreadsheets), internet access, thinking models, and research applications—have reduced the need for lengthy contextual prompts.

In Processes are More Important than Prompts, Leon Furze argues that "prompt engineering" has become less important as GenAI technologies have matured. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #Podcast

💯 this is tech developed by techies for techies and put in the hands of the non technical without a guide

Did You Know AI Can Do… That? The text-box and blinking cursor of GenAI chatbot interfaces is the main thing holding us back from exploring their use. Did you know AI can do... that?

The text-box and blinking cursor of GenAI chatbot interfaces is the main thing holding us back from exploring their use. Did you know AI can do... that? #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #EduSky

Resistance as a Framework for Combating Cognitive Offload The post discusses the necessity of resistance in using AI for education, comparing it to physical training. While generative AI can lead to cognitive laziness, integrating resistance can help maintain learning integrity. The author proposes a framework exploring expertise, evaluation, metacognition, cognitive stretch, and feedback to ensure beneficial AI usage.

Resistance as a Framework for Combating Cognitive Offload

The post discusses the necessity of resistance in using AI for education, comparing it to physical training. While generative AI can lead to cognitive laziness, integrating resistance can help maintain learning integrity. The author…

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Oi, so I made a thing. It's a simple close reading annotation tool that works by encoding all the data into the URL. No cloud, no logins, no permissions. Just copy/paste/annotate/share. Give it a whirl @ readcloser.com and lmk what you think #english #writing #education

You Don’t Need an AI Policy Your school, university, or business doesn't need an AI policy: you need to figure out what AI adds to the policies you already have.

Excellent guidance here from @leonfurze.com and basically what I've been saying from the start. You don't need a specific policy on AI. Look at what you already have in place - technology use agreements, academic integrity, etc.

IYKYK: How Do We Know What AI Can Really Do? The Discoverability Problem in GenAI means users are often unaware of capabilities due to poor UX. If the tech won't change, we need new mental models.

The Discoverability Problem in GenAI means users are often unaware of capabilities due to poor UX. If the tech won't change, we need new mental models #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

Agreed. I’m seeing echoes of our mid 2000s social media policies wrt sharing of images, reputational risks etc

You Don’t Need an AI Policy On Friday I told a room full of school leaders that they didn't need an AI policy, you could hear a pin drop — right up until the point people started to laugh and nod their heads. I was speaking with members of Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA), in a series of sessions which covered AI progress, risk and safety, and the practical use of GenAI platforms like Copilot and Gemini.

Your school, university, or business doesn't need an AI policy: you need to figure out what AI adds to the policies you already have. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

What Curriculum Leaders Need to Know About GenAI

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What Curriculum Leaders Need to Know About AI in 2026 Most of the AI professional development I see in schools is aimed at everyone. Whole-staff sessions covering the basics: how to use GenAI, how to write a prompt, some tools you might find useful... At the other end of the scale, you see policy sessions aimed at ICT and Business Managers, executive teams, and boards. And that's fine. I run plenty of those sessions myself.

Explore how curriculum leaders can negotiate AI challenges in education, from assessment reform to effective faculty strategies.

Hoard Your Knowledge, Then Share It Learn how to hoard your knowledge and leverage AI to solve complex problems efficiently in teaching and other fields.

Learn how to hoard your knowledge and leverage AI to solve complex problems efficiently in teaching and other fields.

Thanks Dwayne. I’m really into this “signals” idea right now so expect more writing on it!

"I think what we’re going to need, more than anything else, is human experts who are passionate, beyond all reason, about their disciplines. This has to be true of teachers and students alike."

Indeed. #skolechat #dkforsk

Great insights.
The concept of Metis (aka sailor smarts) is important when we think about differentiation with what AI and humas can each do well.
This makes me think of Horizon scanning as well and the shift from 'prediction' to 'awareness of signals'.

Expert Signals: Why Human Expertise Matters More Than Ever AI excels at codifiable knowledge but can't transmit the situated, embodied expertise that makes human experts irreplaceable. Introducing expert signals.

New post: Expert Signals. I've been thinking about what human experts actually do that AI can't, drawing on James C. Scott's distinction between techne and metis. Read more... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

The Practical AI Library is Now Open A curated, constantly updated collection of AI in education research, news, frameworks, and practical resources.

A curated, constantly updated collection of AI in education research, news, frameworks, and practical resources. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu