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Join two former teachers – EdTech funder Libby Hills and AI researcher Owen Henkel – for a series about AI in education, guest hosted on BOLD. Each episode, Libby and Owen ask experts to help educators sift the useful insights from the AI hype.

Episodes

How are teachers using AI?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 10 September 2026
Learning & Education AI
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Why chatbots aren’t the future of educational AI

Owen Henkel / 20 August 2026
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education Education technology AI
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Getting ahead of AI’s risks in education

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 30 July 2026
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education AI
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How should governments shape educational AI?

Owen Henkel / 9 July 2026
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education AI
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Does AI make learners cognitively weaker?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 18 June 2026
Podcasts Technology Development AI
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What do ‘AI agents’ mean for classrooms?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 7 May 2026
Podcasts Learning & Education AI
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Voice AI is listening, but is it hearing what students say?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 23 April 2026
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education AI
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Could your child’s new best friend be an AI teddy?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 26 March 2026
Podcasts Technology Development AI
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Will AI bring back oral exams?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 12 March 2026
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education AI
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Can AI automate just the ‘boring’ parts of teaching?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 26 February 2026
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education Education technology Education systems
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Are roboteachers ready for the classroom?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 12 February 2026
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education Education technology
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How should EdTech integrate into mathematics classrooms?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 11 December 2025
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education STEM Education technology
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Rethinking how time is spent in school

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 27 November 2025
Podcasts Learning & Education Education technology
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What’s working and what’s broken in AI assessments of learning?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 13 November 2025
Podcasts Learning & Education AI
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Is safety compromised when students talk to AI chatbots?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 30 October 2025
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education AI
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Teen mental health and technology

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 16 October 2025
Podcasts Technology Development Technology and society Mental health
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The trouble with AI detectors in academic settings

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 2 October 2025
Podcasts Learning & Education AI
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Rewiring the Brain: Reading, AI and the Science of Literacy

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 18 September 2025
Podcasts Technology Development 21st century skills
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Assessment in education: To AI or not to AI?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 14 August 2025
Podcasts Learning & Education 21st century skills
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Does writing essays with ChatGPT affect the brain?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 17 July 2025
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education AI
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Can voice AI support children’s literacy?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 17 June 2025
Podcasts Learning & Education Reading and writing Education technology
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Using AI to hone self-regulation (not outsource it)

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 6 May 2025
Podcasts Learning & Education 21st century skills
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How disruptive will AI be for education?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 22 April 2025
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education AI
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Why context is important for educational AI tools

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 26 March 2025
Podcasts Technology Education technology
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Where does AI add value in education?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 17 March 2025
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education AI
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What do we actually know about GenAI in education?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 25 February 2025
Podcasts Learning & Education Education technology
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Is two years of learning possible in six weeks with AI?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 10 February 2025
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education AI
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What can AI tell us about how babies learn language?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 27 January 2025
Podcasts Development Language
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How many minutes can ChatGPT save teachers a week?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 13 January 2025
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education AI
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 How and why Google built their educational AI tool

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 16 December 2024
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education AI
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AI tutoring: How good can it get?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 2 December 2024
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education Education technology AI
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How is Google engaging with AI and education?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 18 November 2024
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education Education technology AI
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In what ways is educational AI biased?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 21 October 2024
Podcasts Learning & Education Education technology AI
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Should AI ‘think aloud’ to help student learning?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 8 October 2024
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education Education technology AI
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How AI can help teachers tackle student misconceptions

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 23 September 2024
Podcasts Learning & Education Education technology AI
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Why AI’s tendency to agree can be bad for learning

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 9 September 2024
Podcasts Learning & Education Education technology AI
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How useful are AI lesson planning tools?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 26 August 2024
Podcasts Learning & Education Education technology AI
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Can AI harm learning?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 12 August 2024
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AI EdTech in low resource settings

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 29 July 2024
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education Education technology AI
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What do teachers, parents, and students really think about AI chatbots?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 15 July 2024
Podcasts Learning & Education Education technology
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How are teachers currently using AI?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 1 July 2024
Podcasts Learning & Education Teaching methods AI
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Voice AI for teacher feedback

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 18 June 2024
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Can AI be an effective personal tutor?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 3 June 2024
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Three decades of AI in education: Assessment to classroom collaboration

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 20 May 2024
Podcasts Learning & Education Education technology AI
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What are the risks and rewards of AI in education?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 8 April 2024
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What out-there EdTech idea would you buy or sell?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 25 March 2024
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education Education technology
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Behind the scenes of building AI EdTech for schools

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 12 March 2024
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How impactful can an AI tutor be?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 26 February 2024
Podcasts Learning & Education Education technology AI
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Investing in the future of learning: Can AI unlock new learning experiences?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 13 February 2024
Podcasts Technology Learning & Education 21st century skills
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Hallucination rates of large language models: What are the impacts in education?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 1 February 2024
Podcasts Learning & Education 21st century skills
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Navigating assessment in the age of AI: What counts as cheating?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 15 January 2024
Podcasts Learning & Education Education technology 21st century skills
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The quest to save teachers’ Sunday evenings with AI

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 18 December 2023
Podcasts Learning & Education Education technology AI
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Helping teachers one AI experiment at a time

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 4 December 2023
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How do AI education chatbots actually work?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 20 November 2023
Podcasts Learning & Education Education technology
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Is AI the answer to better feedback for teachers?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 23 October 2023
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Should ChatGPT replace teachers’ red pens?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 9 October 2023
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