Outputs (12)

Dynamic Tensions: Early Insights from the Student x GenAI Project (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Illingworth, S., & Gow, S. (2025, May). Dynamic Tensions: Early Insights from the Student x GenAI Project. Presented at PCST 2025, Aberdeen

Beyond the Research-Teaching Divide: Practical Steps for Educators (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
Illingworth, S. (2025). Beyond the Research-Teaching Divide: Practical Steps for Educators. Online

Three ways to develop students’ AI literacy (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
Gonsalves, C., & Illingworth, S. (2025). Three ways to develop students’ AI literacy

Is higher education prepared for a future defined by AI, or do we need to do more to align education with technology’s changing landscape? Here are three ways to get your students to engage with it critically.

Generative AI in academia: Friend or foe? (2024)
Digital Artefact
Illingworth, S. (2024). Generative AI in academia: Friend or foe?. [Blog post]

AI’s Journey In Schools: From Chalkboards To Chatbots (2024)
Digital Artefact
Illingworth, S. (in press). AI’s Journey In Schools: From Chalkboards To Chatbots. [Blog]

Looking back at the explosive growth of generative AI since 2022, Dr Sam Illingworth advises school leaders on what the future might bring.

'ChatGPT & Me' Student Padlet Data With Reactions (2023)
Data
Drumm, L., Illingworth, S., Graham, C., Calabrese, P., Taylor, S., Dencer-Brown, I., & van Knippenberg, I. (2023). 'ChatGPT & Me' Student Padlet Data With Reactions. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.17869/enu.2023.3200728

These data are from a project which aimed to collect and analyse student attitudes to artificial intelligence (AI) and their own learning and assessment while they are studying with Edinburgh Napier University. AI tools such as ChatGPT make it easier... Read More about 'ChatGPT & Me' Student Padlet Data With Reactions.

If AI is to become a key tool in education, access has to be equal (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
Illingworth, S. (2023). If AI is to become a key tool in education, access has to be equal

ChatGPT is the push higher education needs to rethink assessment (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
Illingworth, S. (2023). ChatGPT is the push higher education needs to rethink assessment

How AI could undermine diversity in the curriculum (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
Illingworth, S. (2023). How AI could undermine diversity in the curriculum

The biases inherent in artificial intelligence are well known – and could be coming to a classroom near you. Sam Illingworth tackles the dark side of ChatGPT

ChatGPT: students could use AI to cheat, but it’s a chance to rethink assessment altogether (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
Illingworth, S. (2023). ChatGPT: students could use AI to cheat, but it’s a chance to rethink assessment altogether

Science Communication Through Poetry (2022)
Book
Illingworth, S. (2022). Science Communication Through Poetry. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96829-8

Science Communication Through Poetry aims to explore how we might communicate science effectively both to and with non-scientific audiences across the spectrum of science communication, from dissemination to dialogue, via the medium of poetry. It has... Read More about Science Communication Through Poetry.

Evidence that digital game players neglect age classification systems when deciding which games to play (2022)
Journal Article
Hollett, R., Tomkinson, S., Illingworth, S., Power, B., & Harper, T. (2022). Evidence that digital game players neglect age classification systems when deciding which games to play. PLOS ONE, 17(2), Article e0263560. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263560

This article considers players’ experiences seeking out new games to play, and their use of the Australian National Classification Scheme in doing so. The global video game industry is booming, with hundreds of games being released each month across... Read More about Evidence that digital game players neglect age classification systems when deciding which games to play.