Dr. Imogen Casebourne
Innovation Lab Research Lead
DEFI - Digital Education Futures Initiative Cambridge, Hughes Hall- University of Cambridge
Cambridge, UK
Dr. Imogen Casebourne’s Talk
From Traditional AI to LLMs: A Shift to AI-Supported Dialogue?
What role might Language Learning Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT play in the future of education? This talk will consider this question, highlighting the differences between LLM-based AI and more traditional AI architectures that have been more prevalent in education until recently, and considering what role each might play in education going forward.
The potential for creating customized educational dialogue bots using LLMs will be explored, with a practical demonstration of the applications of this technology. The talk will also present concepts from a forthcoming book chapter co-authored with Professor Rupert Wegerif, which considers education facilitated by LLMs as a dialogic process. This perspective involves circulating collective knowledge through individual minds, potentially expanding our collective understanding. The focus is on how AI can foster and support creative dialogue, contributing to this circulation of knowledge.
About Dr. Imogen Casebourne
Dr. Imogen Casebourne leads the Digital Education Futures Initiative’s (DEFI) Innovation Lab at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. She’s interested in the design, development, deployment, and evaluation of educational technology, especially artificial intelligence, as well as in the role technology might play in supporting experiences of community, dialogue, and serendipity in learning. She is also interested in educational futures and works on DEFI’s futures and horizon-scanning initiatives. Previously Dr. Casebourne spent many years leading the design of learning technology projects at an educational technology company.