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Why we need to talk about smart glasses with young people without calling them perverts.TL;DR: Cheap, mainstream smart glasses make POV recording easier and less visible, which has caused a huge amount of concern globally. But the underlying behaviour of young people filming and sharing their lives, is not new.

Kmart didn't create the smart glasses problem: It just made Australia notice.TL;DR Australia didn't suddenly discover the risks of AI-enabled smart glasses because Kmart started selling them for $89. The risks were already well understood.

Human (de)Centred AI in Education: Keeping People at the Heart of Artificial IntelligenceTL;DR: This article introduces the Human (de)Centred AI Framework, a practical approach for making thoughtful decisions about AI in education through the lens of people, governance and responsibility. It includes practical examples of the framework in use and an extensive curated reference list to s

Australia's Office of AI: What might this mean for education? TL;DR: (8 minutes) Australia's proposed Office of AI signals a shift in treating AI as national infrastructure rather than just a technology issue. The government aims to coordinate AI across economic growth, copyright, energy, national security, education, and public trust.

Are we still putting band-aids on haemorrhages? Reflections on the OECD AI Literacy FrameworkTL;DR The OECD and European Commission's new AI Literacy (AILit) Framework positions AI literacy as a foundational capability for students, built around four domains: Engage, Create, Manage, and Shape AI. My reading of it however, is that the framework's most important contribution is its insistence

WWOA-AI-SOE: A provocation for research informed leadershipTL;DR (3,000 words | 14–18 minute read) Australia is investing billions of dollars in AI capability, hyperscale data centres, cloud infrastructure, and digital transformation. Yet comparatively little attention appears to be directed towards understanding the long-term consequences of these developm

What is the single best AI Governance agenda for Education?TL;DR: AI governance in education is proving to not be a singular debate with a singular solution. It is increasingly recognised as a contested field shaped by competing assumptions about learning, institutional responsibility, labor, accessibility, economics, intellectual autonomy, and the role of

Canvas and what we should be talking about: Educational Technology has a data dependency problemThe recent cyber incident involving Instructure’s Canvas platform should prompt a broader reconsideration of how educational institutions think about technology. This is not the familiar “digital systems are inherently dangerous” speech, nor is it the predictable “retreat from online learning enviro

Professional Standards, Professional Safety: Why AITSL Should Recognise Teacher SafetyReading time: 9 min TL;DR: Australia's Professional Standards for Teachers should explicitly include teacher psychological and physical safety. The standards predate psychosocial hazard legislation, yet are being reviewed at the ideal moment to align professional expectations with contemporary workp

From Innovation to Societal Benefit: Should Education be a core pillar to Australia’s R&D strategy?TL;DR Australia’s innovation strategy focuses on scaling technology and economic growth, but underestimates education’s role in helping people understand, question, and navigate AI-driven systems; without investing in this societal capability, the same systems generating innovation will arguably con

From Smart Glasses to Smart Meetings: The Governance Risk of AI Transcription ToolsIn my work across AI governance, the Smart Glasses Lab, and the broader agenda of teaching responsibly with emergent technologies, I have spent a great deal of time thinking about how institutions identify and manage technological risk. In higher education, much of the conversation about generative

Australia is being warned about “supercharged” harms from artificial intelligence.7 minute read TL;DR We are being warned that AI will supercharge existing harms and education is not exempt. If we frame AI as “innovation” by current defaults, we risk being coerced into harm at scale.

Teaching With, Without, and About GenAI: A Pedagogical Framework for the Safe, Ethical and Responsible Use of Tech for Initial Teacher EducationThe European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has released a new study at the end of last year: Generative Artificial Intelligence in Secondary Education: Uses and perceptions from the perspective of early adopters across five EU Member States (Villar-Onrubia et al., 2025).

Entering 2026: Brandolini’s Law as an Orientation for AI Governance in EducationAs we move into 2026, there is a growing sense that the central challenge posed by artificial intelligence is no longer innovation/novelty, access, or even capability. The deeper challenge is orientation: how institutions, educators, and policymakers decide where to direct attention, effort, and res

Governing AI in Education Amid a Growing Digital BacklashIn Hijacking the Digital Backlash in Education we see some pretty big thinkers in this space come together to talk about how the growing digital backlash in schools is unfolding, and what alternative directions might be possible. From a narrow public debate, to phone bans and screen-time metrics, an

Australia's National AI PlanAustralia’s first National AI Plan has just been released. It aims to provide a roadmap to build an economy with AI, that benefits Australians while managing emerging risks.

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