AI in Education: Practical Approaches and Emerging Possibilities

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The British Academy of Management (BAM) E-Business and Information Systems Management Special Interest Group (SIG), in collaboration with the Socio-Technical Systems (STS) Technical Committee of the IEEE Society on the Social Implications of Technology (SSIT), invites colleagues to a webinar exploring the evolving role of artificial intelligence in higher education. As universities adapt to rapid technological change, AI is emerging not only as a tool for automation, but as a catalyst for rethinking how we design, deliver, and support teaching and learning. This session, comprised of four parts, focuses on the practical and pedagogic dimensions of using AI to enhance teaching and learning.

In the first part of the session, Savvas Papagiannidis, Dinara Davlembayeva, Liucen Pan and Davit Marikyan will share insights from their ongoing work on selecting AI tools for pedagogic content creation. As AI becomes increasingly embedded in courses, the ability to make informed choices about these tools is essential for educators. AI has the potential to support more efficient content development, but it also raises pedagogic, ethical, and practical questions, which will be explored during this presentation, with particular focus on the affordances and complexities of AI tools for text, audio, video, and other media formats.

In the second part of the session, Armin Alimardani will offer a closer look at how tailored AI-driven solutions can enhance academic practice, presenting a talk titled “Creating Specialised Chatbots for Education and Research.” This presentation will provide a demonstration of the Safe-to-Fail AI platform, designed to support educators through the provision AI-enabled educational and research tools.

The third part of the session will provide participants with an opportunity to ask questions and share their own experiences and reflections.

The concluding part of the webinar, facilitated by Roba Abbas, will take the form of a collaborative discovery (co-discovery) session, encouraging critical and creative thinking about AI in the context of teaching and learning. Participants will be invited to share their AI literacy wish list, and reflect on the related benefits, concerns and opportunities.