Presentation Panel
Educating with AI: Pedagogical Innovation and Ethical Practice
Date Friday, Dec 5 Time – Room: Bellevue
This panel examines how education can evolve at the intersection of creativity, technology, and ethics in the age of AI. Delegates will encounter innovative approaches from new models that blend art, design, craft, and engineering with digital tools, to practical courses that build student agency and ethical use of AI in assessment. Together, the presentations highlight how human-centric and creative pathways can guide the future of technology-enhanced learning.
Garnet Berry
Head of Education, Norvalid
I am an technology specialist with an extensive range of experience in the design and implementation of digital solutions and the impact they can have.
Having both a commercial and education background, I have a unique perspective on technology’s potential to transform the world around us.
Liandi Van den Berg
Professor, Director TELIT-SA Research Entity , North-West University
Prof Liandi van den Berg is a professor and director of the Technology Enhanced Learning and Innovative Training in South Africa (TELIT-SA) research entity in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the North-West University. Prof Liandi is a core member of the NWU institution’s Digital Business Strategy team, facilitating the digital transformation process within the university. She is actively involved in the institutional Artificial Intelligence Steering Committee, AI Hub, the institutional digital assessment task team and the NWU T&L Strategy task team to develop and review policies, procedures and guidelines as well as develop, implement and research AI and digital assessment practices. She was the leading developer of the novel training course for students and faculty on AI integration in teaching, learning and research and is currently researching various educational affordances of GenAI use for lecturers and students.
Josephine Kinsley
Senior Manager, Solutions Engineer, Blackboard by Anthology
Josephine is the Manager of the Solutions Engineering team for the EMEA region at Anthology. With over 15 years of experience in educational technology - beginning at The University of Edinburgh and later at Queen Margaret University - she brings deep expertise in Blackboard solutions, institutional policy, and academic adoption strategies. Josephine is passionate about aligning technology with teaching and learning goals, and works closely with universities to design engaging, future-ready learning environments.
Moderator
Işıl Boy Ergül
Founder, Teacher X
Dr. Işıl Boy Ergül completed her undergraduate studies in English Language Teaching at Istanbul University, her master’s degree in Educational Technologies at the University of Manchester, and her PhD in Educational Technologies at Bahçeşehir University, where she also taught postgraduate courses. In 2015, Dr. Ergül was recognized as an Apple Distinguished Educator. She has served as a lecturer and advisor at Yıldız Technical University and worked as a teacher trainer for Pilgrims in the UK.
For over a decade, Dr. Ergül has delivered a wide range of educational technology training programs both in Turkey and internationally. She is the founder of the Educational Technologies Summit (ETZ), the teacher training platform TeacherX, and CertifiX, a blockchain-based certificate management system for students. Through TeacherX, she has collaborated with over 500 schools and supported more than 25,000 teachers.
Dr. Ergül is also the Turkish ambassador for the European Training Foundation, where she leads content development for the AI group. Recently, she translated UNESCO’s “Guidance for Generative AI in Education and Research” into Turkish. She delivers keynote speeches at conferences on educational technology and AI in education.
Links
From Disruption to Direction: Equipping Students for Human-centric and Ethical AI Use in Assessment, Liandi Van den Berg
This presentation showcases a pioneering AI course designed to cultivate responsible and ethical AI use among students, grounded in the AI Assessment Scale (Perkins et al., 2024) and UNESCO's AI Competency Framework. Highlighting the course structure and empirical impact, the session illustrates how a human-centric approach to AI education can promote ethical assessment practices, support student agency, and offer a scalable model for global higher education reform.
Teaching the Third Culture—Innovations in Technology-Enhanced Learning at the Intersection of Design and Engineering
How to Enable Safe Use of AI Within Assessments — A Case Study, Garnet Berry
In this session you will learn how it is possible to distinguish authentic student work from AI generated text. We will share efficacy from a case study on how validating original student writing can be used to enable the safe use of AI with assessment. Confirming authenticity (opposite of AI Detection) is a new and positive approach to academic integrity.