Julie Lindsay visits University of Jyväskylä to collaborate on an AI BIP course

ILE (Innovative Learning environment) research group hosted Julie Lindsay from University of Southern Queensland in May. She has over 30 years of experience in education and she has worked in different regions as an educational technology teacher. In Jyväskylä she collaborated on developing and implementing the AI BIP course. The idea of the course was to re-think and explore teaching and learning in the era of artificial intelligence. During her visit, Julie and the ILE research group also collaborated on creating a one-of-a-kind podcast about AI technologies in education, addressing common misunderstandings and raising awareness of well-being perspectives. More information about the podcast will be released soon. Sign up for the ILE newsletter to get notified.

Published

27.6.2026

Julie Lindsay is the Senior Education Technology Advisor at the University of Southern Queensland, Learning and Teaching Futures Portfolio. She has a master of arts in music and a master of arts in educational technology leadership and she completed her PhD in 2019 at the University of Southern Queensland which focused on online global collaborative educators and pedagogical change. Her recent work focuses on AI in education, specifically in asynchronous global settings and cosmology, which means a method of learning while connected to the world using digital technologies. She Contributed to the AI Pedagogy and Well-Being, BIP course and co-developed AINO, an AI-based learning partner supporting collaborative learning.

During her visit, Julie Lindsay brought her extensive experience in educational technology, global collaboration, and innovative learning environments to the ILE Research Group. The collaboration focused on developing the AI Pedagogy and Well-being course, which aimed to support educators in exploring how artificial intelligence is changing teaching and learning practices and also it was in close collaboration with Kati Clements and Orsolya Tuba among other colleagues from the ILE research group.

The AI Pedagogy and Well-being course examined artificial intelligence as part of the future of education and encouraged participants to consider how AI can be used to support creativity, collaboration, and meaningful learning experiences. The course also explored questions around responsible AI use, the changing role of educators, and how learning environments can adapt to new technological developments. Julie contributed her expertise in AI-enhanced learning and educational technology, exploring responsible AI use in education. Julie together with the Jyväskylä ILE Team also co-developed “AINO”, an Ai-based learning partner that supports collaborative learning in groups. AINO acted as an additional member of each student group, which created an interesting new kind of group dynamics as AI as co-learning partner. Students stated that it might be easier to use AINO at asynchronous situations rather than sitting down around a table where one group member is ‘a laptop’.

Thank you!

For more information, please contact project researcher Orsolya Tuba at orslolya.o.tuba@jyu.fi