In the rapidly evolving landscape of educational technology, generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT continue to impact teaching and learning experiences. Integrating GenAI into assessments isn’t about using new technology; it’s about enhancing the way we evaluate learning by enabling higher-level cognitive tasks. Students want education to adapt and embrace GenAI as they see […]
On the 24th March, we ran our latest AI in FE Community meet-up. This time we started with a lean coffee style discussion which allowed participants to vote on topics they would like to discuss. This was followed by a breakout session around approaches to assessment and AI. Lean Coffee During our Lean Coffee session, […]
We had another lively call with around 68 members dropping in. We started with a Lean coffee format – our standard opening session and this kicked off a lively conversation around licensing terms. Microsoft have now removed the 300 license minimum for Copilot 365 and this is allowing some institutions to think about piloting. At […]
A series of guides part 4 of 4 Welcome to the concluding instalment of our Empowering Educators by Harnessing Generative AI tools. Google Bard was part of Google’s LaMDA family of large language models, Bard has undergone significant evolution, transitioning first to the PaLM model and subsequently to Gemini. Google Gemini is a multimodal tool, […]
A series of guides part 2 of 4 In this second chapter of the Empowering Educators by Harnessing Generative AI Tools: A series of guides, we build upon our introductory post where we looked at how to prompt. If you have not done so already, we’d recommend reading our first blog post Part 1 of […]
Legacy post: AI is a fast-moving technology and unfortunately this post now contains out-of-date information. The post is now available just for those that need to reference older articles. Generative AI is a part of AI that creates new content from text, images, or speech. You can use generative AI tools for many purposes. They […]
We’ve had a few member institutions contact us to ask for updated advice on AI detection software. This includes asking about recommendations for alternatives to Turnitin, so we thought it would be useful to produce some updated information. First, the information in our previous blog post ‘AI writing detectors – concepts and considerations’ still holds, […]
The release of ChatGPT coincided with an environment of rising anxiety around academic integrity brought about by the move to online assessment post COVID. This, at least, was the experience of my colleagues and I in the Digital Assessment Advisory at UCL and seemed to reflect concerns elsewhere. The result was, and remains, a demand […]
Assessment Menu – list of sources This source list relates to the Assesssment Menu resource available here – Click here to download the Assessment menu (.pptx). Suggestions are drawn from range of sources, largely Lydia Arnolds Top Trumps and revised or AI-ed where appropriate by Isobel Bowditch. AI case studies. Adapted from Lydia Arnold AI […]
Recently, we organised five discussion forums for tertiary education students, on Generative AI. Our aim was to understand how students are currently using this technology and explore its potential impact on their learning experience. To ensure a broad range of perspectives, we conducted both online and face-to-face sessions, allowing students to engage and express their […]