School of Education

Mark Peart, Gabriella Rodolico and Lavinia Hirsu have been successful in obtaining IAA funding for their project: “SCOPED”, to disseminate the reflective practice and pedagogical reasoning toolkit for digital and AI practice. The IAA project will be in partnership with schools and Education Scotland.

At its core, SCOPED seeks to strengthen partnerships between educational stakeholders and build shared capacity for the thoughtful, ethical, and evidence-informed use of digital technologies and AI in education, through a reflective toolkit.

The toolkit is designed as a flexible resource structured into four interconnected parts:
Part 1: Exploring personal assumptions and beliefs about technology
Part 2: Analysing real classroom practice using analytical frameworks
Part 3: Designing and integrating digital tools into learning activities thoughtfully
Part 4: Sustaining reflective practice and ongoing professional learning

Grounded in theory and informed by co-design, the toolkit aims to support educators in developing critically reflective, ethically aware digital practice in an evolving educational landscape. As digital technologies and AI continue to reshape education, there is an urgent need to move beyond adoption towards informed, pedagogical, reflective, and context-sensitive use.

SCOPED is about creating meaningful knowledge exchange, ensuring that research, policy, and classroom practice are deeply connected.

First published: 9 July 2026