Invited keynote presentation at Innovative Solutions in Education: From Gamification to Artificial Intelligence. Vilnius University, Lithuania, 29th November.

1. 22nd November 2023
Mark Brown
Photo by Nina Mercado on Unsplash

2. Two Truths and a Lie
I was born in New Zealand
I moved to Ireland 25 years ago
The last time I taught in a school was
over 30 years ago

7. In 1980…
• John Lennon assassinated
• Pink Floyd’s album The Wall is No 1
• The Pac-Man video game was released

9. 22nd November 2023
Mark Brown
Photo by Nina Mercado on Unsplash

10. “If AI and gamification are the solutions,
then what is the problem?”
“What’s wrong with
education cannot be
fixed with technology”
(Steve Jobs; cited in Oppenheimer, 1997, p.61).

11. Photo by Nina Mercado on Unsplash
What are some of underlying myths, half-truths
and contradictions about digital transformation?

14. Photo by Bankim Desai on Unsplash

15. Photo by David Clode on Unsplash
“When digital transformation is done right, it’s like a
caterpillar turning into a beautiful butterfly…

16. “…but when done wrong, all you have is a
very hungry caterpillar”
Photo by Andrew Claypool on Unsplash
(adapted from Westerman; cited in Bozkurt & Sharma, 2022, p. ii).

18. Photo by Will Porada on Unsplash
Digital transformation is more like the cross-
pollinating flight of a butterfly rather than the
direct path of a bullet.
(adapted from Cuban 2018).

19. Be wary of the ‘game changer’ discourse

20. “Digital transformation
(Dx) is a series of deep
and coordinated culture,
workforce, and
technology shifts
that enable new
educational and operating
models and transform
an institution’s
operations, strategic
directions, and value
proposition.”
https://er.educause.edu/articles/2019/7/getting-ready-for-digital-transformation-change-your-culture-workforce-and-technology

21. Photo by Mike Tsitas on Unsplash
BIG ‘T’ and little ‘t’ transformation...

23. SFDN
Technological determinism

24. Social determinism

25. Entangled
Messy

28. “How does one become a butterfly… you must
want to fly so much that you are willing to give
up being a caterpillar”.
Photo by Sonika Agarwal on Unsplash
(Trina Paulus, adapted from A. A. Milne, 1922).

29. Photo by Nina Mercado on Unsplash
How successful have we been at cultivating
transformative mindsets?

30. https://jime.open.ac.uk/articles/10.5334/jime.798
Jean-Marc Côté 1912

31. https://olc.worldbank.org/about-olc/education-meets-the-metaverse-reimagining-the-future-of-learning
1993
Teachers College Record

32. 2021

34. Project
Plato 1960s

35. Photo by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash
More things change, the more they stay the same!

36. History Repeats!

37. We need to
break free of the old
pump, pump, DUMP model
of technology-enhanced learning

38. https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2023/10/super-tutor-ai-to-support-all-learners.html

39. https://www.aitutorpro.ca

40. https://www.deviantart.com/jarbi-james/art/En-L-an-2000-At-School-941130635
2022

41. Learning by Sharing
(Connectivist)
Learning by Doing
(Constructivist)
Learning by Making
(Constructionist)
Acquisition
Creation Participation
Learning by Listening
(Instructionist)
(Brown, 2016)

43. We need to go beyond
taming the latest technology!

44. Photo by Nina Mercado on Unsplash
Is the rise of platform power in education
masking the real problems we face?

46. Ubiquitous

47. Who used ChatGPT in the last week?

50. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash
Only 10 of 7,000+ languages
have been used by GenAI
(UNESCO, 2023)

51. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000385146
UNESCO, 2023
W
hat is the educational problem?

52. 2022
DOI: 10.1111/ejed.12533

53. • Training memories
• Relevance to real-world
• Promoting learning transfer
• Academic integrity
• Playing the game
What are the assessment
problems we face?
ASSESSMENT-FOUSED AIED

54. • From onerous to feasible
• From discrete to continuous
• From uniform to adaptive
• From antiquated to modern
• From inauthentic to authentic
What are the assessment
problems we face?
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2022.100075

55. Photo by Ricky Han on Unsplash

56. Chewing
gum has a
dirty little
secret…
A sticky problem!

57. https://ospreydc.com
Stains 85% of our streets

59. Photo by Hiroko Yoshii on Unsplash

60. 1969

61. Education
in
Change
Education
for
Change
Navigating Through Entangled Narratives
COMPETING
DIGITAL
FUTURES

63. Photo by Ricky Han on Unsplash

64. Photo by Nina Mercado on Unsplash

66. Two Truths and a Lie
I was born in New Zealand
I moved to Ireland 25 years ago
The last time I taught in a school was
over 30 years ago