AI and learning was deeply divisive when large language models first arrived. Many saw it as a threat to the entire education system.

Rebecca Weber saw opportunity for teachers and for students.

After nearly two decades in education, Rebecca is now helping lead one of the most ambitious AI rollouts in Australian schools, building tools that are already saving teachers thousands of hours and reshaping how students learn.

In this conversation we unpack how South Australia became a global early adopter of AI in education, and how design thinking helped turn a real classroom problem into a tool now used across hundreds of schools.

We explore what happens when teachers and students learn together using AI as a tool, why productive struggle still matters in learning, and why technology should amplify human capability, not replace it.