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Co-authored the research paper “Defining “Open” Artificial Intelligence in Education: Expert Variations”, presented by Robert Farrow on Monday 22 June under the theme cluster “Reimagining openness: theory, technology, and futures”.
The paper reports our phenomenographic study of how 24 experts in artificial intelligence and open education understand “openness” in educational AI. Stakeholders’ understandings vary widely – some see AI as fundamentally incompatible with openness, some think it possible but not yet achieved, others point to concrete examples they consider open. We identify a framework of increasing complexity, from a binary “open or closed” view, to a linear scale of “how open”, to a multi-dimensional view distinguishing what is open (data, code, model) and to what extent, and finally a contextual understanding incorporating whom those aspects are open to and for what purposes. The aim is to help identify openwashing and support better-informed conversations about open AI in education.
Written with Vi Truong (Charles Sturt University and University of Melbourne) and Robert Farrow (The Open University).
The Open University, Milton Keynes, England
Hi 👋😊! I’m Vidminas (most people call me Vid), a postdoc on the CHAILD project splitting time between the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford and the Institute of Education, University College London.
I am interested in technology and education, and more specifically researching and developing technologies that empower people. The current CHAILD project focus is about defining and designing for agency in children and young people’s use of AI tools.
I completed my PhD at the Institute for Language, Cognition and Computation at the University of Edinburgh in March 2026, supervised by Professor Fiona McNeill and Professor Judy Robertson. The project was about better understanding and designing tools to help teachers search for educational resources.
I am always keen to chat about teaching and learning, human-computer interaction, participatory research, and designing applications for good, feel free to get in touch!