Mapping metaphors with generative AI: Collective perspectives in higher education
Author Identifier (ORCID)
Antony J.H. Tibbs: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6294-4516
Abstract
This chapter offers collective, creative, and deeply human insights into the advent of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) from participants in higher education. Building on earlier workshop-based research, contributors were invited to submit written reflections on the metaphors they had collaboratively generated and discussed. Thirteen participants, including academic and professional staff and one student, responded and are included as co-authors. Their reflections, shaped through a cycle of metaphor-driven creation, introspection, and collective reflection, form the basis of a collective writing methodology that foregrounds shared meaningmaking and diverse perspectives. This approach is offered as an alternative to the solution-focused responses within the sector to this rapidly changing technology. By designing for play with language and attending to affective dimensions, it opens space to reflect not only on GenAI in educational contexts, but also on a broader moment of transformation for educators, students, and institutions alike.
Document Type
Book Chapter
Date of Publication
1-1-2025
Publication Title
Rethinking Education and Agency in the Age of Human Generative AI Interaction
Publisher
IGI Global
School
School of Education
Copyright
subscription content
First Page
339
Last Page
372
Comments
Vallis, C., Wilson, S., Casey, A., Alderton, Z., Chandra, P., Chen, T., Galliano, C., Hole, J., Madhav, A., Nash, J., Ng, J. L., Rokvic, B., Taleo, W., Tibbs, A. J., van Diggele, C., & Wardak, D. (2026). Mapping metaphors with generative AI: Collective perspectives in higher education. In A. Bozkurt (Ed.), Rethinking education and agency in the age of human-generative AI interaction (pp. 339–372). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-1195-1.ch011