AI-powered educational games
51 %
Automated grading and feedback systems
41 %
Adaptive learning platforms
43 %
AI platforms can also be used to create scaffolded resources for students( or improve existing resources). For example, AI platforms can be used to summarise or chunk down texts or information about case studies – a strategy not just beneficial to SEND students, but all students more widely, and a good technique that could be used for revision too. This can be done through including prompts to summarise as bullet points in your profile customisation.
Finally, AI can‘ reduce time spent planning’( Buchanan, 2024). Research by the Education Endowment Foundation( 2025) suggested that using ChatGPT well can cut lesson planning time by 30 %. AI models can be asked to suggest schemes of work and lesson plans for specific topics, alongside suggested activities( and even told not to repeat types of tasks)( Griffiths, 2023). This can be used to seek inspiration, especially when teaching a new or unfamiliar location or topic( Hickman & Ghosh, 2024). It can be useful to generate ideas for tasks too; a teacher is quoted as saying“ ChatGPT is great for getting ideas I might not have thought of & pushing me out of my‘ default mode’, as an experienced teacher.”( Teaching with ChatGPT, 2025). Buchanan( 2024) notes the example of using AI to create‘ opinion statements’ or diary style responses to help some students engage more with content, for example. Other AI platforms, such as QuestionWell can be useful for creation of activities such as multiple choice quizzes.
Intelligent tutoring systems
29 %
None
6 %
Other Not
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Conclusions:
3 %
There is still much to learn regarding how best to utilise AI in education. However, the general consensus is that AI is best used for resource / activity ideas and workload saving tasks, and students should be discouraged from using AI in the classroom and for homework. Whilst there is definitely an argument for some classroom use of AI with teachers instructing students how to use AI responsibly, if students are encouraged to use AI in the classroom then they are discouraged from using independent thought,‘ knowledge recall and evaluative skills’( Harding, 2024), which will limit their ability to apply knowledge in exam situations. In the future flipped learning might become even more important to free up lesson time for evaluative, decision-making style tasks to counteract the impact student use of AI for homework tasks might have( Alcock, 2023). Students will also need to frequently complete past paper questions and essay responses in class to train students to keep considering and refining their arguments as they write, in a succinct manner, as they will otherwise become too used to the overly verbose style of AI, which allows revision after each iteration of a search( Griffiths, 2023).
Overall, this‘ disruptive technology’ is here to stay, and it is important for teachers to keep abreast of advances in it.
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