Full course description
Date and time
Wednesday 15 October 2025, 9.30 am to 3.30 pm
Delivery mode
In person at ISV, 40 Rosslyn St, West Melbourne
Audience
K-12 teachers and school leaders
Description
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has continued to disrupt many industries, including education. Since the release of ChatGPT in 2022, education providers have been coming to terms with increasingly capable, multimodal GenAI like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and DeepSeek. This session explores the practical and ethical implications of GenAI in education, and how we might adjust our assessments to remain valid in the face of the technology.
Key takeaways
- Practical understanding of how to use GenAI
- Understand the ethical implications
- Discuss assessment practices and ways to rethink assessment
- Apply knowledge in hands on workshop
Presenter information
Leon Furze
Leon Furze is a PhD student, experienced educator, consultant and educational writer. He is author of ‘Practical Reading Strategies’ and 'Practical Writing Strategies', and a VCE assessor. Leon provides professional learning and strategic planning for curriculum, literacy, and digital technologies.
Leon has taught English, Literature and Digital Technologies in Australia and the UK for over fifteen years, and was formerly Director of Learning and Teaching at Monivae College Hamilton. In 2016 he completed his Master of Education at the University of Melbourne, focusing on how Professional Learning can mitigate the risk of burnout in teachers.
His PhD is focused on Artificial Intelligence in education, and particularly the impact large language models like GPT will have on writing.