Robert Farrow
Biographic Data
| ID | 3944406 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Farrow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Farrow |
| SIGNATURE | FARROW R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Open University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7625-8396 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The double-edged sword
The integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) into the Open Educational Resources (OER) landscape represents a paradigmatic shift, transforming OER from static content into a dynamic, algorithmic infrastructure. While GenAI promises to democratize content creation and accelerate localization, it simultaneously introduces profound ethical and epistemic risks. This commentary, in this regard, adopts a speculative-critical methodolog…
The Journal of Interactive Media in Education 1996–2026
Venturing into the Unknown
Supported Open Learning and Decoloniality
Open education has been highlighted as a route to social justice and decolonisation. This paper presents reflections on decolonisation processes pertaining to three educational technology projects conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa, Myanmar and Kenya, each of which featured contributions by The Open University (UK). Through recognising the importance of under-represented Global South perspectives, we consciously and critically reflect on our cases f…
The possibilities and limits of explicable artificial intelligence (XAI) in education
Explicable AI in education (XAIED) has been proposed as a way to improve trust and ethical practice in algorithmic education. Based on a critical review of the literature, this paper argues that XAI should be understood as part of a wider socio-technical turn in AI. The socio-technical perspective indicates that explicability is a relative term. Consequently, XAIED mediation strategies developed and implemented across education stakeholder commun…
Impact of Covid-19 on Formal Education
In terms of scale, shock, and disenfranchisement, the disruption to formal education arising from COVID-19 has been unprecedented. Anecdotally, responses from teachers and educators around the world range from heightened caution to being inspired by distance education as the “new normal.” Of all the challenges, face-to-face and formal teaching have been most heavily affected. Despite some education systems demonstrating resilience, a major challe…
The cynical educator
The Cynical Educator is a resolutely Nietzschean volume which, stylistically, seems to draw its primary inspiration from Deleuze and Guattari’s two volume work Capitalism and Schizophrenia comprisi
Gaming and the limits of digital embodiment
Expert assessment of the performance of the US system for environmental regulation
A questionnaire was developed and administered to four groups of experts in order to assess their views about the attributes of ‘an ideal regulatory system’ and determine the extent to which they believe the current US system for regulating criteria air pollutants and surface water quality conforms to that ideal. A linear multi-attribute utility score was developed for each respondent and for groups identified as: academia, government, industry, …
Risk-based decision analysis in support of precautionary policies
A decision-analytic model for avoiding a risky activity is presented. The model considers the benefit and cost of avoiding the activity, the probability that the activity is unsafe, and scientific tests or studies that could be conducted to revise the probability that the activity is unsafe. For a single decision maker, thresholds are identified for his or her current subjective probability that the activity is unsafe. These thresholds indicate w…
Venturing into the Unknown
Expert assessment of the performance of the US system for environmental regulation
A questionnaire was developed and administered to four groups of experts in order to assess their views about the attributes of ‘an ideal regulatory system’ and determine the extent to which they believe the current US system for regulating criteria air pollutants and surface water quality conforms to that ideal. A linear multi-attribute utility score was developed for each respondent and for groups identified as: academia, government, industry, …
Risk-based decision analysis in support of precautionary policies
A decision-analytic model for avoiding a risky activity is presented. The model considers the benefit and cost of avoiding the activity, the probability that the activity is unsafe, and scientific tests or studies that could be conducted to revise the probability that the activity is unsafe. For a single decision maker, thresholds are identified for his or her current subjective probability that the activity is unsafe. These thresholds indicate w…
Risk-based decision analysis in support of precautionary policies
A decision-analytic model for avoiding a risky activity is presented. The model considers the benefit and cost of avoiding the activity, the probability that the activity is unsafe, and scientific tests or studies that could be conducted to revise the probability that the activity is unsafe. For a single decision maker, thresholds are identified for his or her current subjective probability that the activity is unsafe. These thresholds indicate w…
Expert assessment of the performance of the US system for environmental regulation
A questionnaire was developed and administered to four groups of experts in order to assess their views about the attributes of ‘an ideal regulatory system’ and determine the extent to which they believe the current US system for regulating criteria air pollutants and surface water quality conforms to that ideal. A linear multi-attribute utility score was developed for each respondent and for groups identified as: academia, government, industry, …
Gaming and the limits of digital embodiment
The cynical educator
The Cynical Educator is a resolutely Nietzschean volume which, stylistically, seems to draw its primary inspiration from Deleuze and Guattari’s two volume work Capitalism and Schizophrenia comprisi
Impact of Covid-19 on Formal Education
In terms of scale, shock, and disenfranchisement, the disruption to formal education arising from COVID-19 has been unprecedented. Anecdotally, responses from teachers and educators around the world range from heightened caution to being inspired by distance education as the “new normal.” Of all the challenges, face-to-face and formal teaching have been most heavily affected. Despite some education systems demonstrating resilience, a major challe…
Supported Open Learning and Decoloniality
Open education has been highlighted as a route to social justice and decolonisation. This paper presents reflections on decolonisation processes pertaining to three educational technology projects conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa, Myanmar and Kenya, each of which featured contributions by The Open University (UK). Through recognising the importance of under-represented Global South perspectives, we consciously and critically reflect on our cases f…
The possibilities and limits of explicable artificial intelligence (XAI) in education
Explicable AI in education (XAIED) has been proposed as a way to improve trust and ethical practice in algorithmic education. Based on a critical review of the literature, this paper argues that XAI should be understood as part of a wider socio-technical turn in AI. The socio-technical perspective indicates that explicability is a relative term. Consequently, XAIED mediation strategies developed and implemented across education stakeholder commun…
Venturing into the Unknown
The double-edged sword
The integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) into the Open Educational Resources (OER) landscape represents a paradigmatic shift, transforming OER from static content into a dynamic, algorithmic infrastructure. While GenAI promises to democratize content creation and accelerate localization, it simultaneously introduces profound ethical and epistemic risks. This commentary, in this regard, adopts a speculative-critical methodolog…
The Journal of Interactive Media in Education 1996–2026
Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Online Learning and Analytics (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Business (2 works)