Blooms AI is an AI-powered tutoring platform designed specifically for education. It offers personalized AI learning companions for students at secondary and tertiary level institutions. When Blooms AI is partnered with students in the physical classroom it is hypothesised that students would have enhanced cognitive engagement and increased confidence in the learning that they pursue.

Teaching AI ethics AI platforms are nowembedded in our classes, our students’ workflows, and our own professionalpractice - often whether we like it or not. But the ethical dimensions ofthese technologies, from bias and privacy to labour exploitation and emotional manipulation,are rarely discussed in ways that translate into teaching and policy.

‘i’ before ’ee’ the importance of ‘c’ Aboriginal peopleexperience greater socio-economic and health inequity than non-Aboriginalpeople. Despite the funding and implementation of numerous programs aimed atredressing this disadvantage, substantial inequity continues to burdenAboriginal people and communities.

AI platforms are now embedded in our classes, our students’ workflows, and our own professional practice - often whether we like it or not. But the ethical dimensions of these technologies, from bias and privacy to labour exploitation and emotional manipulation, are rarely discussed in ways that translate into teaching and policy.

Since 2022, with the advent of ChatGPT, GenAI is impacting on ways that teaching and learning is being conceptualised, delivered and assessed. This presentation provides an overview of three research projects that have been undertaken examining the use of AI at UTS and in NSW secondary schools.