Leslie Loble joins UTS to research artificial intelligence in education

NSW Education Department expert Leslie Loble has joined UTS to find out why artificial intelligence is not used well in education.

Leslie Loble, professor at UTS

One of Australia’s most notable education innovators, Leslie Loble, has joined the University of Technology Sydney as an industry professor to investigate why artificial intelligence is not performing as well as it could education.

Professor Noble, who has worked in the NSW Department of Education for over 20 years, most recently as a deputy secretary, has a one year appointment at UTS supported by the Paul Ramsay Foundation.

She said she would examine how artificial intelligence and public purpose technology can be better deployed to lift education achievement and improve outcomes for disadvantaged students.

“Where are the opportunities and risks, and how does public policy need to shift?” she asked.

While at the NSW Department of Education Professor Noble established the highly regarded Centre for Education Statistics and Innovation, the Centre for Learning Innovation, and the Catalyst Lab, an innovation and design thinking hub.

The Paul Ramsay Foundation’s chief program officer Jeni Whalan said Professor Loble’s path-breaking work would “ensure that data and technological advances are harnessed for the benefit of Australian children and their learning potential”.

While at UTS she will research the opportunities for innovation in education delivery, the conditions needed for effective, equitable and fair learning platforms, and the learning and teaching requirements that education technology can address.

She will offer recommendations which governments can use to increase the effectiveness of, and trust in, education technology.