AI Education Podcast

Welcome to the AI in Education podcast With Dan Bowen from Microsoft Australia and Ray Fleming from InnovateGPT It's a weekly chat about Artificial Intelligence in Education - what it is, how it works, and the different ways it is being used. It's not too serious, or too technical, and is intended to be a good conversation of background information. Of course, as well as getting it here on the website, you can also just subscribe to your normal podcast service: “This podcast is produced by a Microsoft Australia & New Zealand employee, alongside an employee from InnovateGPT. The views and opinions expressed on this podcast are our own.”

How two people built an AI tool for 15,000 students

Mar 27, 2025

Yet again, Dan and Ray are the podcast hosts, but Ray’s AI digital twin introduces the episode!

This week's guests are:
Lee Barrett – Prompt Engineer and AI Advocate at CEnet.

Prem Radhakrishnan – AI Technical Manager at CEnet.

This episode is a two-level deep dive into the development and deployment of CEchat, an...

News & Research: The Global Shift from Policy to Practice

Mar 20, 2025

News Stories Covered in the Episode

AI Typing Like a Human? – Graham Clay’s LinkedIn post on ChatGPT Operator mimicking human keystrokes
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7292163775963557888/

The Vatican on AI Ethics – “Antiqua et Nova” report on AI, human intelligence, and ethics in...

78,000 Students, One Bold AI Ambition- Leigh Williams

Mar 13, 2025

In this episode of AI in Education, Dan and Ray sit down with Leigh Williams, CIO of Brisbane Catholic Education, to dive into one of the most ambitious AI rollouts in Australian schools. With 78,000 students and 13,000 staff, Leigh and her team implemented Microsoft Copilot at scale—reducing teacher workloads by 9+...

Education in an AI age - Graham Brown-Martin

Mar 7, 2025

Dan and Ray welcome Graham Brown Martin, a seasoned expert in education technology, for a very(!) thought-provoking conversation about navigating education in the rapidly evolving age of artificial intelligence.

In this episode:

Discover Graham's journey through multiple technological revolutions—from early...

From Butterflies to Bias: Dr. Nici Sweaney on Building Responsible AI in Schools

Feb 27, 2025

In this episode Dan and Ray sit down with Dr. Nici (Nikki) Sweaney—founder of “AI Her Way,” gender equality advocate, and globally recognized AI consultant. After a fascinating career journey from butterfly ecology to statistics to AI, Nici now helps schools and organizations create ethical, responsible,...