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In this talk, Professor Niall Winters will present convivial technology (CT) as an alternative to current rhetorics on the role of generative artificial intelligence in education.
This will involve three foundations: 1. A Freirean approach that conceptualises education as a process; 2. A decolonial frame for understanding technology design and implementation; 3. An introduction to CT principles.
Building on these, Professor Niall will then discuss the ways in which approaches to convivial technology can be understood as a socially just, participatory and environmentally aware. The seminar will end with a discussion on whether this is enough to counter the dominate AI narrative in education today.
Speaker bio: Professor Niall Winters is an Honorary Norham Fellow at the Department of Education, University of Oxford and a Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College. His main research interest is advancing knowledge of the complex development processes involved in designing socially-just technology innovations. This research agenda has been supported by over €7m in funding. Niall was previously Professor of Education and Technology at the Department of Education, co-convenor of the Critical Digital Education Research Group, and Director of the MSc Education (Digital and Social Change.