Description
This collection from the Humanities Research Center (HRC) Digital Technology in Education (DTE) working group arose from questions around how rapidly emerging generative AI tools are reshaping teaching and learning in K-12 and higher education. The contributions, loosely organized around ethics, policy, and practice, adopt a humanities lens to probe how generative AI and other emerging digital technologies impact human values, experiences, and social structures, surfacing their philosophical, ethical, cultural, and societal implications for schooling. From the perspectives of practitioners and interdisciplinary scholars, the pieces showcase various dimensions of AI's creative potential in education, while also questioning its limitations and broader impacts. Together, they position AI not as a neutral tool but as a sociotechnical force that must be aligned with human values.
Publication Date
2025
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Download Foreword (104 KB)
Download Introduction (195 KB)
Download 3rd Grade Writing Enhanced by Artificial Intelligence (Case) (636 KB)
Download Using A Design Thinking Framework To Promote Practical AI in K-12 STEM Education (Greene and Xu) (283 KB)
Download Using AI to Enhance the Writing Process Given Diverse Student Populations (Donahue, Elmore, and Hendershot) (1.2 MB)
Download Personalized GPTs Between the Trained and the Trainee: A Discussion of Using GPTs for Student Success (Aljudaibi) (345 KB)
Download AI And Individualized Learning: A Practical Guide for the Present and Future (Thurston) (456 KB)
Download AI Chatbots: All That’s Needed to Learn a Language? (Godwin-Jones) (274 KB)
Download Slow Thinking in a Fast Age: Reflections on AI in the Classroom (Keyes) (619 KB)
Download Case Supplemental Material 1: “Whose Story Is It Anyway?” Slideshow (3.6 MB)
Download Case Supplemental Material 2: “Mosely Times Best Seller List” Slideshow (3.4 MB)
Download Donahue et al. Appendices (25 KB)
Download Donahue et al. Audio 1: Experimenting with Figurative Language and AI (1.2 MB)
Download Donahue et al. Audio 2: Directional Limitations of AI (556 KB)
Download Donahue et al. Audio 3: Numerical Limitations of AI (461 KB)
Download Donahue et al. Audio 4: Impact of Syntactical Order When Using Text-to-Image AI (973 KB)
Download Donahue et al. Video 1: Partners Describe and Reveal (41.0 MB)
Download Donahue et al. Video 2: Student Engagement (12.8 MB)
Download Thurston Supplemental Material 1: Lesson Plan Creation Demo (663 KB)
Download Thurston Supplemental Material 2: Activity Modification Demo - Appeal to Special Interests (326 KB)
Download Thurston Supplemental Material 3: Activity Modification Demo - Adjust Lexile Level (267 KB)
Download Thurston Supplemental Material 4: Tutoring Demo (236 KB)
Download Thurston Supplemental Material 5: Effective Prompting Demo - Iteration (160 KB)
Download Thurston Supplemental Material 6: AI Lesson Planning Template (24 KB)
Download Thurston Supplemental Material 7: Plate Tectonics Lesson - ChatGPT Version 1 (63 KB)
Download Thurston Supplemental Material 8: Plate Tectonics Lesson - Diffit (316 KB)
Download Thurston Supplemental Material 9: Plate Tectonics Lesson - ChatGPT Version 2 (68 KB)
Download Thurston Supplemental Material 10: Zapier Agent Instructions (233 KB)
Download Thurston Supplemental Material 11: Zapier Agent Conversation (945 KB)
Download Thurston Supplemental Material 12: Copilot Studio Demo Video (281.1 MB)
Download Thurston Supplemental Material 13: Example Question Bank (9 KB)
Download Thurston Supplemental Material 14: Tracking Student Proficiency (5 KB)
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21974/x4xj-za15
Digital Publisher
VCU Libraries
Subjects
Artificial intelligence -- Educational applications; Artificial intelligence -- Study and teaching; Educational technology
Keywords
AI in education, Humanities lens, PK-12 and postsecondary, AI ethics, AI policy, AI practice, Classroom applications, Design thinking, Equity and access, Large language models, Teacher professional practice, Student engagement, Digital technology integration, Educational innovation
Disciplines
Curriculum and Instruction | Curriculum and Social Inquiry | Educational Methods | Educational Technology | Elementary Education | Higher Education | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning | Secondary Education
Language
English
Rights
© 2025 The Authors. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Noderivatives 4.0 International [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Curriculum and Social Inquiry Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Educational Technology Commons, Elementary Education Commons, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Commons, Secondary Education Commons