Skip to content

Toggle service links

About

SAGE-RAI Project

Can responsible Generative AI (GenAI) lead to improved student outcomes? In SAGE-RAI, we utilise partner-applied education-oriented GenAI tools to explore this. Inspired by Bloom’s 1984 study on 1-to-1 teaching’s efficacy and the potential for cost-effective, scalable personalised education, we aim to unlock this potential. Human based tutoring will always have limits to how far it can scale and we are thus investigating how responsible GenAI can enhance scalability, offer highly personalised learning experiences, and generate student feedback. Our goal is to create a platform supporting assessment and student guidance while responsibly applying GenAI, addressing challenges of misinformation, copyright, and bias. The journey embodies educational innovation for better outcomes.

News

Recent Project Related News

Exploring the Role of AI in Education: Benefits, Risks, and the Future of Learning

Exploring the Role of AI in Education: Benefits, Risks, and the Future of Learning

Exploring the Role of AI in Education: Benefits, Risks, and the Future of Learning

Exploring the Future of Adult Learning: The Open University’s GenAI Conference at MKAIFest

Exploring the Future of Adult Learning: The Open University’s GenAI Conference at MKAIFest

Exploring the Future of Adult Learning: The Open University’s GenAI Conference at MKAIFest

Exploring Innovations in Education: A Seminar on AI and Learning

Exploring Innovations in Education: A Seminar on AI and Learning

Exploring Innovations in Education: A Seminar on AI and Learning

See All News

Research and Development

Related Projects

Our projects span a diverse range of fields, each designed to address pressing challenges and harness opportunities in their respective domains.

GenAI-OU Logo

GenAI-OU

This project brings together Research and Innovation at the OU associated with Learning, Teaching and Generative AI (GenAI). The OU has a long tradition in using the latest technology to enhance the learning experience; beginning with radio, television, personal computers, the internet and mobile devices, GenAI has the potential to become even more transformative than these examples.

ShiftingPower Logo

ShiftingPower

In this project, we are seeking a new paradigm for thinking about what can and should be done with AI Technology, which cannot be reduced to cultural complexity and which takes into account the reality of world forces (such as power and wealth) that help to predict what is likely to happen.

CORE-GPT Logo

CORE-GPT

CORE-GPT is a step change in academic question answering. Our key development is that the provided answer is not just drawn from the model itself, as is done with ChatGPT and others, but is based on, and backed by, CORE’s vast corpus of 34 million open access scientific articles.

See All Related Projects

People

The Team

The project team consists of the following members from The Open University (OU) and The Open Data Institute (ODI):

Photo of John Domingue

John Domingue

Prof John Domingue serves as the overall PI and Main Contact. John Domingue is a full Professor of Computer Science at the Knowledge Media Institute (KMi), the Open University’s technology Research and Innovation centre in the STEM Faculty, and the President of STI International, which runs the ESWC conference series.

Photo of Alexander Mikroyannidis

Alexander Mikroyannidis

Dr Alexander Mikroyannidis leads the OpenLearn deployment of the AI Digital Assistant. Dr Mikroyannidis is a Senior Research Fellow in KMi. His research expertise is in the field of Technology-Enhanced Learning, investigating the use of novel educational technologies for enhancing personalised, self-regulated, and lifelong learning, as well as open education.

Photo of Aisling Third

Aisling Third

Dr Aisling Third leads the technical work on the AI Digital Assistant with a strong EDI perspective. She is a Research Fellow in KMi, where she specialises in self-sovereignty in AI and the Web. She investigates technical and social solutions to major global concerns about equality, exploitation, and misuse of personal data.

Photo of Joseph Kwarteng

Joseph Kwarteng

Dr Joseph Kwarteng is a Research Associate at the Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) of The Open University.
He specialises in the intersection of responsible artificial intelligence (AI), social justice, and education, pioneering initiatives that integrate these critical areas.

See The Full Team

Resources

Outputs

The project outputs (reports, publications, interactive learning materials, software demonstrators) are featured here. Stay tuned!

Publications

Mikroyannidis, Alexander; Domingue, John; Third, Aisling; Tarrant, David and Pieroni, Tom (2024). Smart Assessment and Guided Education with Responsible AI. In: 20th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS 2024), 10-13 Jun 2024, Thessaloniki, Greece, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

Download Accepted Manuscript (PDF)

See All Outputs

CONTACT US

Knowledge Media Institute
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1908 653800

Fax: +44 (0)1908 653169

Email: KMi Support

COMMENT

If you have any comments, suggestions or general feedback regarding our website, please email us at the address below.

Email: Digital Development Services