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ARTICLE · 18 JANUARY 2024

AI In Education: What Trust Leaders Should Be Thinking About

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This article looks at the opportunities, challenges and risks of generative AI for schools and trust leaders.

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Alacoque Marvin
Alacoque Marvin
Michael Crowther
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This article looks at the opportunities, challenges and risks of generative AI for schools and trust leaders.

As a starting point, school and trust leaders should consider the Department for Education's 'Generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education' which sets out the position of the DfE on the use of generative AI.

The opportunities

Whilst there are undoubtedly complex legal and moral issues to navigate with AI (some of which we will consider below), there are also significant potential opportunities to exploit. These include:

Personalised learning

This is thought to be one of the most promising applications of AI in education. AI can be used to analyse a student's learning style, strengths and weaknesses to tailor educational content to the pupil's specific needs. This means that students could learn at their own pace, focusing on areas where they need improvement and skipping over material they've already mastered. This could lead to improved

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