Invited seminar at Vilnius University
Gave an invited seminar at Vilnius University’s Institute of Applied Mathematics, part of “Dirbtinio intelekto naudojimas studijų procese: iššūkiai ir sprendimo būdai” — their seminar series on “using AI in the study process: challenges and solutions”. The talk was about recent findings from the CHAILD project, titled Vaikų ir paauglių agentiškumas sąveikaujant su generatyviniu DI — “Children’s and teenagers’ agency when interacting with generative AI”.
We discussed the concept of agency, why it is desirable (and limitations to this), as well as what conditions affect agency. I drew on our literature review paper that had been recently accepted at IDC 2026. The session closed with a discussion of what this means for university students and the people teaching them.
Vilnius, Lithuania
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!