The Cyber-Social Learning Laboratory: Recent Publications

Learning Platforms

Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis, “The Changing Dynamics of Online Education: Five Theses on the Future of Learning,” pp.9-33 in Foreign Language Learning in the Digital Age: Theory and Pedagogy for Developing Literacies, edited by Christiane Lütge, London: Routledge, 2022, doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003032083-3.

Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis, “The Paradoxes of Open Educational Resources,” Information, Medium, and Society: Journal of Publishing Studies, 21(1):25-41, 2023a, doi: https://doi.org/10.18848/2691-1507/CGP/v21i01/25-41 

Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis, “Creating a Different Kind of Learning Management System: The CGScholar Experiment,” pp.1-18 in Promoting Next-Generation Learning Environments Through CGScholar, edited by Matthew Montebello, Hershey PA: IGI Global, 2023b, doi: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5124-3.ch001.

Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis, “A Little History of e-Learning: Finding New Ways to Learn in the PLATO Computer Education System, 1959-1976,” History of Education, 52(6):905-36, 2023c, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760X.2022.2141353.

Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis, “Platformed Learning: Reshaping Education in the Era of Learning Management Systems,” in Critical EdTech Studies and Digital Platforms in Higher Education: Varieties of Platformisation, edited by Duncan A. Thomas and Vito Laterza, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.

McMichael, Maureen A., Matthew C. Allender, Duncan Ferguson, Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis, Duane Searsmith and Samaa Haniya, “Use of a Novel Learning Management System for Teaching Critical Thinking to First Year Veterinary Students,” Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 48(2):170-80, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme.2019-0029.

Tzirides, Anastasia O., Matthew Montebello, Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis, “The Future of Online Learning and Higher Education in the Post-pandemic World ” pp.92–109 in Building the Post-Pandemic University, edited by Mark A. Carrigan, Hannah Moscovitz, Michele Martini and Susan L. Robertson, Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802204575.00014.

Artificial Intelligence in Education

Cope, Bill, Mary Kalantzis and Duane Searsmith, “Artificial Intelligence for Education: Knowledge and its Assessment in AI-enabled Learning Ecologies,” Educational Philosophy and Theory, 53(12):1229-45, 2021, doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2020.1728732.

Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis, “The Cybernetics of Learning,” Educational Philosophy and Theory, 54(14):2352-88, 2022a, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2022.2033213.

Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis, “Artificial Intelligence in the Long View: From Mechanical Intelligence to Cyber-social Systems,” Discover Artificial Intelligence, 2(13):1-18, 2022b, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s44163-022-00029-1.

Cope, Bill, Mary Kalantzis, ChengXiang Zhai, Andrea Krussel, Duane Searsmith, Duncan Ferguson, Richard Tapping and Yerko Berrocal, “Maps of Medical Reason: Applying Knowledge Graphs and Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education and Practice,” pp.133-59 in Bioinformational Philosophy and Postdigital Knowledge Ecologies, edited by Michael Peters, Petar Jandrić and Sarah Hayes, Cham CH: Springer, 2022, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95006-4_8

Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis, “A Multimodal Grammar of Artificial Intelligence: Measuring the Gains and Losses in Generative AI,” Multimodality and Society, 4(2):123-52, 2023a, doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/26349795231221699.

Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis, “On Cyber-Social Meaning: The Clause, Revised,” International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies, 21(2):1-18, 2023b, doi: https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-7882/CGP/v21i02/1-18.

Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis, “On Cyber-Social Learning: A Critique of Artificial Intelligence in Education,” in Trust and Inclusion in AI-Mediated Education: Where Human Learning Meets Learning Machines, edited by Theodora Kourkoulou, Anastasia O. Tzirides, Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis, Cham CH: Springer, 2024.

Kourkoulou, Theodora, Anastasia O. (Olnancy) Tzirides, Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis, eds, Trust and Inclusion in AI-Mediated Education: Where Human Learning Meets Learning Machines, Cham CH: Springer, 2024.

Robertson, Shanthi, Liam Magee and Karen Soldatić, “Intersectional Inquiry, on the Ground and in the Algorithm,” Qualitative Inquiry, 28(7):814–26, 2022.

Tzirides, Anastasia Olga (Olnancy), “Artificial Intelligence Integration in Translingual Language Learning: Enhancing Communication and Digital Literacy,” in Trust and Inclusion in AI-Mediated Education: Where Human Learning Meets Learning Machines, edited by Theodora Kourkoulou, Anastasia O. (Olnancy) Tzirides, Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis, Cham CH: Springer, 2024.

Generative AI

 Chen, Bodong, Xinran Zhu and Fernando Díaz del Castillo, “Integrating Generative AI in Knowledge Building,” Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 5, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2023.100184.

Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis, “Generative AI Comes to School (GPT and All That Fuss): What Now?,” Educational Philosophy and Theory, 59(6):840-44, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2023.2213437.

Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis, “Generative AI as a Writing Technology: Challenges and Opportunities for Education,” in Encyclopedia of Educational Innovation, edited by Michael A. Peters and Richard Heraud, Singapore: Springer, 2024.

Horn, Zoe, Liam Magee and Anna Munster, “Lost in the Logistical Funhouse: Speculative Design as Synthetic Media Enterprise,” arXiv, arXiv:2312.14424:1-17, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2312.14424.

Hristova, Tsvetelina, Liam Magee and Karen Soldatic, “The Problem of Alignment,” arXiv, 2401.00210, 2023.

Khan, Awais Hameed, Hiruni Kegalle, Rhea D’Silva, Ned Watt, Daniel Whelan-Shamy, Lida Ghahremanlou and Liam Magee, “Automating Thematic Analysis: How LLMs Analyse Controversial Topics,” arXiv, 2405.06919 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2405.06919.

Magee, Liam, Vanicka Arora and Luke Munn, “Structured Like a Language Model: Analysing AI as an Automated Subject,” arXiv, 2212.05058, 2022, doi: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2212.05058.

Magee, Liam and Vanicka Arora, “Attention is All You Want: Machinic Gaze and the Anthropocene,” arXiv, 2405.09734, 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2405.09734.

Magee, Liam, Vanicka Arora, Gus Gollings and Norma Lam-Saw, “The Drama Machine: Simulating Character Development with LLM Agents,” arXiv, 2408.01725, 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2408.01725.

Munn, Luke, Liam Magee and Vanicka Arora, “Truth Machines: Synthesizing Veracity in AI Language Models,” AI and Society, 2023a, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-023-01756-4.

Munn, Luke, Liam Magee and Vanicka Arora, “Unmaking AI Imagemaking: A Methodological Toolkit for Critical Investigation,” arXiv, 2307.09753:1-14, 2023b, doi: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2307.09753.

Tzirides, Anastasia O., Gabriela Zapata, Akash Saini, Duane Searsmith, Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis, Vania Carvalho de Castro, Theodora Kourkoulou, John Jones, Rodrigo Abrantes da Silva, Jen Whiting and Nikoleta Polyxeni Kastania, “Generative AI: Implications and Applications for Education,” arXiv, 2305.07605, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2305.07605.

Tzirides, Anastasia O. (Olnancy), Akash Saini, Gabriela Zapata, Duane Searsmith, Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis, Vania Castro, Theodora Kourkoulou, John Jones, Rodrigo Abrantes da Silva, Jen Whiting and Nikoleta Polyxeni Kastania, “Generative AI in Education: Reflections from Application with Student Work,” in Trust and Inclusion in AI-Mediated Education: Where Human Learning Meets Learning Machines, edited by Theodora Kourkoulou, Anastasia O. (Olnancy) Tzirides, Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis, Cham CH: Springer, 2024.

Peer Review and AI Review – Research in CGScholar

Saini, Akash K., Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis and Gabriela C. Zapata, “The Future of Feedback: Integrating Peer and Generative AI Reviews to Support Student Work,” EdArXiv, 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.35542/osf.io/x3dct.

Tzirides, Anastasia Olga (Olnancy), Gabriela Zapata , Nikoleta Polyxeni Kastania, Akash K. Saini, Vania Castro, Sakinah Abdul Rahman Ismael, Yu-ling You, Tamara Afonso dos Santos, Duane Searsmith, Casey O’Brien, Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis, “Combining Human and Artificial Intelligence for Enhanced AI Literacy in Higher Education,” Computers and Education Open, CAEO 100184:1-13, 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeo.2024.100184.

Zapata, Gabriela C., Akash K. Saini, Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis and Duane Searsmith, “Peer-Reviews and AI Feedback Compared: University Students’ Preferences,” EdArXiv Preprints, 2024a, doi: https://doi.org/10.35542/osf.io/uy8qp.

Zapata, Gabriela C., Akash K. Saini, Anastasia Olga (Olnancy) Tzirides, Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis, “The Role of AI Feedback in University Students’ Learning Experiences: An Exploration Grounded in Activity Theory,” Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal, Forthcoming, 2024b.

Computer-Mediated Social Learning

 Chen, Bodong, Xinran Zhu and Hong Shui. 2022. “Socio-Semantic Network Motifs Framework for Discourse Analysis.” Pp. 500-06 in LAK22: 12th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference. New York.

James, Paul, Jason Lal, Ashley Liao, Liam Magee and Karen Soldatic, “Algorithmic Decision-making in Social Work Practice and Pedagogy: Confronting the Competency/Critique Dilemma,” Social Work Education, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2023.2195425.

Marsden, Linda, Luke Munn, Liam Magee, Matthew Ferrinda, Justin St. Pierre and Amanda Third, “Inclusive Online Learning in Australia: Barriers and Enablers,” Education and Information Technologies, 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-024-13012-3.

Tzirides, Anastasia O., Akash K. Saini, Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis and Duane Searsmith, “Cyber-Social Research: Emerging Paradigms for Interventionist Education Research in the Postdigital Era,” pp.86-102 in Constructing Postdigital Research edited by Petar Jandrić, Alison MacKenzie and Jeremy Knox, Cham CH: Springer, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35411-3_5.

Zhu, Xinran and Bodong Chen, “Understanding Idea Creation in Collaborative Discourse through Networks: The Joint Attention-Interaction-Creation (AIC) Framework,” arXiv, 2305.16262, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2305.16262.

Zhu, Xinran, Hong Shui and Bodong Chen. 2023. “The Synthesis Lab: Empowering Collaborative Learning in Higher Education through Knowledge Synthesis.” Pp. 245-48 in CSCW ’23 Companion: Companion Publication of the 2023 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing.

Zhu, Xinran, Yeonji Jung, Bodong Chen, Daniel Hickey, Grant Chartrand, Jeremiah Remi Kalir, Justin Hodgson, Chris Andrews, Alyssa Wise, Hong Shui, Pingting Chen and Rukmini Manasa Avadhanam. 2024. “Bridging Social Annotation Practice with Perspectives from the Learning Sciences and CSCL.” in Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS).

Literacy and Multiliteracies

Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis, Making Sense: Reference, Agency and Structure in a Grammar of Multimodal Meaning, Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316459645.

Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis, “Pedagogies for Digital Learning: From Transpositional Grammar to the Literacies of Education,” pp.34-53 in Multimodal Literacies Across Digital Learning Contexts, edited by Maria Grazia Sindoni and Ilaria Moschini, London: Routledge, 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003134244.

Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis, “Towards Education Justice: Multiliteracies Revisited,” pp.1-33 in Multiliteracies in International Educational Contexts: Towards Education Justice, edited by Gabriela C. Zapata, Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope, London: Routledge, 2023a.

Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis, “Multiliteracies: A Literature Review,” pp.34-75 in Multiliteracies in International Educational Contexts: Towards Education Justice?, edited by Gabriela C. Zapata, Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope, London: Routledge, 2023b.

Cope, Bill, Mary Kalantzis and Anastasia O. Tzirides, “Meaning Without Borders: From Translanguaging to Transposition in the Era of Digitally-Mediated Meaning,” pp.329-70 in Multifaceted Multilingualism, edited by Kleanthes K. Grohmann, Amsterdam NL: John Benjamins, 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1075/sibil.66.13cop.

Kalantzis, Mary and Bill Cope, Adding Sense: Context and Interest in a Grammar of Multimodal Meaning, Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108862059.

Kalantzis, Mary and Bill Cope, “After Language: A Grammar of Multiform Transposition,” pp.34-64 in Foreign Language Learning in the Digital Age: Theory and Pedagogy for Developing Literacies, edited by Christiane Lütge, London: Routledge, 2022, doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003032083-4.

Kalantzis, Mary and Bill Cope, “Multiliteracies: A Short Update,” International Journal of Literacies, 30(2):1-15, 2023a, doi: https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-0136/CGP/v30i02/1-15.

Kalantzis, Mary and Bill Cope, “Multiliteracies: Life of an Idea,” International Journal of Literacies, 30(2):17-89, 2023b, doi: https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-0136/CGP/v30i02/17-89.

Kalantzis, Mary and Bill Cope, “Literacy in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,” EdArXiv, 2024a, doi: https://doi.org/10.35542/osf.io/es5kb.

Kalantzis, Mary and Bill Cope, “Multiliteracies in Education,” in The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, edited by Carol A. Chapelle, Southern Gate UK: John Wiley and Sons, 2024b.

Lim, Fei Victor, Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis, “A Metalanguage for Learning: Rebalancing the Cognitive with the Socio-Material,” Frontiers in Communication, 7(Article 830613):1-15, 2022, doi: http://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2022.830613.

Tzirides, Anastasia O., Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis, “Contemporary Contexts for Learning: An Overview,” pp.258-66 in International Encyclopedia of Education, 4th Edition, edited by Robert J. Tierney, Fazal Rizvi and Kadriye Erkican, Amsterdam NL: Elsevier, 2023, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818630-5.14034-5.

Tzirides, Anastasia O., Vania Carvalho de Castro, Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis, “Multimodality and Transposition in Collaborative Language Learning,” in Multimodal Literacy in English as an Additional Language in Higher Education, edited by Mercedes Querol Julián and Inmaculada Fortanet Gómez, London: Taylor and Francis, 2024a.

Tzirides, Anastasia O., Vania Carvalho de Castro, Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis, “(Multi-)Literacies,” pp.115-30 in Bloomsbury Handbook of Language Learning and Technology, edited by Regine Hampel and Uschi Stickler, London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024b.

Tzirides, Anastasia O., Vania Carvalho de Castro, Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis, “Multimodality and Transposition in Collaborative Language Learning,” in Multimodal Literacy in English as an Additional Language in Higher Education, edited by Mercedes Querol Julián and Inmaculada Fortanet Gómez, London: Taylor and Francis, 2025 Forthcoming.

Zapata, Gabriela C., Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope, eds, Multiliteracies in International Educational Contexts: Towards Education Justice London: Routledge, 2023.

Zhu, Xinran, Bodong Chen, Rukmini Manasa Avadhanam, Hong Shui and Raymond Zhuo Zhang, “Reading and Connecting: Using Social Annotation in Online Classes,” Information and Learning Sciences, 121(5/6):261-71, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-04-2020-0117.

Zhu, Xinran, Hong Shui and Bodong Chen, “Beyond Reading Together: Facilitating Knowledge Construction Through Participation Roles and Social Annotation in College Classrooms,” The Internet and Higher Education, 59(Article 100919), 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2023.100919.

“All We Mean” Podcast Series

Episode 1 – What is Meaning?
Episode 2 – Too Much Communication?
Episode 3 – Learning Happens Where There’s Meaning
Episode 4 – Can A.I. Mean?
Episode 5 – What Decision Means
Episode 6 – How the Hypothesis Means
Episode 7 – This is What Language Means 
Episode 8 – What Does It Even Mean for a Machine to Generate?
Episode 9: Once More–What Does It Even Mean for a Machine to be Generative?

Hosted by Daniel Shea, with Mary Kalantzis, Bill Cope and guests.