Another episode rounding up the latest news and research on AI in Education. The links below go straight to all the news stories and research papers discussed this week

NEWS

Victorian "Generative Artificial Intelligence Policy" for government schools.

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/generative-artificial-intelligence/policy

Meeting the AI Skills Boom

https://techcouncil.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Meeting-the-AI-Skills-Boom-2024.v2.pdf

LAUSD shelves its hyped AI chatbot to help students after collapse of firm that made it

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-03/lausds-highly-touted-ai-chatbot-to-help-students-fails-to-deliver

A class above: UNSW Sydney uses AI to power personalised paths to student success

https://news.microsoft.com/en-au/features/a-class-above-unsw-sydney-uses-ai-to-power-personalised-paths-to-student-success/

Research

Detecting ChatGPT-Generated Essays in a Large-Scale Writing Assessment: Is There a Bias Against Non-Native English Speakers?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360131524000848#bib23

GenAI Detection Tools, Adversarial Techniques and Implications for Inclusivity in Higher Education

https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.19148

Avoiding embarrassment online: Response to and inferences about chatbots when purchases activate self-presentation concerns

https://myscp.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcpy.1414

Navigating the Ethical Landscape of Multimodal Learning Analytics: A Guiding Framework

https://osf.io/preprints/edarxiv/adxuq

How Can I Get It Right? Using GPT to Rephrase Incorrect Trainee Responses

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2405.00970

AI Conversational Agent Design for Supporting Learning and Well-Being of University Students

https://osf.io/preprints/edarxiv/w4rtf

The Neglected 15%: Positive Effects of Hybrid Human-AI Tutoring Among Students with Disabilities

https://osf.io/preprints/edarxiv/y52ew

The GPT Surprise: Offering Large Language Model Chat in a Massive Coding Class Reduced Engagement but Increased Adopters Exam Performances

https://osf.io/preprints/osf/qy8zd

The Future of Feedback: Integrating Peer and Generative AI Reviews to Support Student Work

https://osf.io/preprints/edarxiv/x3dct

Is ChatGPT Transforming Academics' Writing Style?

https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08627

Can AI Provide Useful Holistic Essay Scoring?

https://osf.io/preprints/osf/7xpre

Read the excellent article about this paper in the Heching Report

Best Practices for Using AI When Writing Scientific Manuscripts

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acsnano.3c01544

A real-world test of artificial intelligence infiltration of a university examinations system: A “Turing Test” case study

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0305354