Technology is great: it's the tech industry that's the problem. This post explores why we need to reject the Big Tech myth of inevitability. The post Technology is Actually Pretty Great appeared first on Leon Furze.| Leon Furze
The AI Assessment Scale (v2) has officially been published in the open access Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice (JUTLP). Read more here!| Leon Furze
In our new commentary for the Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, we explore everything we have learned after two years of working on the AI Assessment Scale AIAS The post How (not) to use the AIAS appeared first on Leon Furze.| Leon Furze
The concept of "digital plastic" in generative AI highlights its characteristics: cheap, malleable, ubiquitous, and persistent. This framework promotes critical AI literacy through classroom strategies, encouraging purposeful use, awareness of implications, and fostering critical judgement in synthetic media creation.| Leon Furze
ChatGPT has released its new 'Study Mode'. What is it, and will it actually help students to learn? Or is it simply a way for OpenAI to reclaim territory from third party edtech?| Leon Furze
Deep Research is the title of a new mode in several GenAI apps, including Google’s Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and most recently, Perplexity. In this article, I will be focusing on the currently most hyped of these: OpenAI’s Deep Research. Although they weren’t first to release a product with this title (that was Google), they have […]| Leon Furze
I recently asked a group of around 3000 educators from my mailing list what they’d like to learn about GenAI. I’m incredibly lucky to have feet in a couple of camps as both an early career researcher and a consultant/author. It means I have access to the training and skills for working with lots of […] The post What Do Educators Want to Learn About GenAI? appeared first on Leon Furze.| Leon Furze
PD for GenAI isn't a "one and done" event - it needs to fit with teachers' existing disciplinary expertise and their deep, contextual understanding of what it means to teach. The post Professional Development for AI in Schools: A Three-Dimensional Approach appeared first on Leon Furze.| Leon Furze
What is Critical AI Literacy, and how might metaphors be used to teach it? We explore these questions in a new Open Access article in JIME. The post Using Metaphors to Teach Critical AI Literacy appeared first on Leon Furze.| Leon Furze
The Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector is the ideal place for experimentation with GenAI, both for educators and for small to medium enterprise owners.| Leon Furze
These stories were originally published in June-August 2025 on LinkedIn, a platform which is, frankly, best suited to marketing experts telling other marketers how to market. For some reason I thought it would be funny to start posting flash fic about the future of AI, digital technologies, and education on the world’s best B2B Marketing platform.| Leon Furze
These 5 Principles for rethinking assessment were important before GenAI, but now they're even more relevant. In this article, I explore why validity, authenticity, transparency and trust are key to assessment.| Leon Furze
Learning about, with, through, without, and against AI are all important for students and educators.| Leon Furze