AI in Education Podcast

AI in Education: Who Gets to Decide?

Aug 27, 2026

Who gets to decide how AI is used in education? Government decides what happens to assessment. Google decides whether Gemini appears by default. OpenAI and parents decide controls for teenagers. Universities and unions decide workplace AI arrangements. Regulators decide expectations around consent. And schools are...

When Does AI Help Learning - and When Does It Replace It?

Aug 20, 2026

What does the research actually tell us about when generative AI helps learning, and when it starts to replace it?

Ray and Dan are joined by Dr Natasha Arthars and Dr Hongzhi (Veronica) Yang from the University of Sydney, and Dr Matthew Hill from the Barker Institute, to explore the new "Young People, Learning and...

Is AI Helping Students Perform, or Actually Learn?

Aug 13, 2026

This week, Ray and Dan end up discussing a fundamental question: what is education actually for in the age of AI?

They explore new EU AI Act transparency requirements and the emerging role of AI watermarking, including what this could mean for the often-unreliable world of AI detection.

The conversation then turns to...

The Hidden Gender Gap in AI Education, with Juliana Peloche

Aug 6, 2026

The Hidden Gender Gap in AI Education, with Juliana Peloche

In this episode of the AI in Education Podcast, we welcome Juliana Peloche to explore one of the most important (and often overlooked) conversations in educational AI: the gender gap.

Juliana shares how a Year 5 student's curiosity about AI sparked her own...