AI policy in higher education through an ecopedagogical frame

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Title: AI policy in higher education through an ecopedagogical frame

Speaker: Dewa Wardak

Chair: James Lamb, Centre for Research in Digital Education

Venue: online

Abstract:

Ecopedagogies are an area of educational research and practice that support critical examinations of the politics of socio-environmental connections through local, global and planetary lenses. This presentation introduces a newly developed ecopedagogies framework designed to critically examine the integration of Artificial Intelligence in higher education policy for a more just and sustainable world.

The talk outlines the rationale behind the framework, its development process and its relevance to current debates on sustainability and equity in higher education.

Preliminary findings from a pilot study in the Australian context are shared, based on content analysis of AI-related education policy. The presentation invites participants to consider how ecopedagogical principles such as environmental awareness, social justice and planetary wellbeing can inform more ethical and sustainable approaches to AI integration in teaching and learning in higher education.

Bio:

Dewa Wardak is a Senior Lecturer in Business Educational Development at the University of Sydney Business School. With a background in Learning Sciences and Technologies, her research explores digital and postdigital education, networked learning, pattern languages, object-based learning, and the experiences of international students in higher education. She is passionate about advancing sustainable leadership in business education by integrating SDG-driven pedagogical approaches to foster responsible leadership.

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