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Advice and Guidance

Grammarly Authorship and acknowledging AI use in assessment

Navigating the impacts of generative AI on assessment remains a complex and evolving challenge. In discussing these issues it’s been recommended to encourage students to document the creation of their work. Saving conversation logs with generative AI tools or enabling tracked changes within their documents in order to help them demonstrate their use, or lack […]

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Staying current - articles and announcements

November interesting articles and announcements round up

Our usual monthly round up of everything AI: Reports & Papers To What Extent Has Artificial Intelligence Impacted EFL Teaching and Learning? A Systematic Review  A review of research papers published from 2020 – 2023 around how AI has impacted EFL (English as a foreign language) teaching and learning. Educate Beyond the Hype report. This […]

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Announcements

Announcing the launch of the LearnWise AI assistant pilot on ExploreAI

Jisc and LearnWise AI are delighted to announce our collaboration in bringing their AI Assistant to our Explore AI page. This is part of our extensive pilot for Higher and Further Education Member Institutions across the UK, aiming to bring greater value and support to both students and staff by streamlining information gathering and navigation […]

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Product Pilots

An introduction to using Ideogram for Image Generation

This post was created as a support resource for participants of the image generation pilot. It may also be helpful for anyone who’s interested in the applications of generative AI and image generation in education. Overview During one of our Image Generation Pilot drop-in sessions, Shaun Daubney (Digital Marketing and Communications Lead at Newbury College), […]

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Advice and Guidance

AI literacy training series for staff

Join our new series of training webinars, designed to support educators on their AI literacy journey. Following our previous AI literacy series that covered topics like understanding generative AI, practical applications, AI safety, accessibility, using AI tools in daily life, and getting creative with AI, we’re excited to offer new sessions focused on AI’s impact […]

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Advice and Guidance

Navigating the terms and conditions of generative AI

(note: last updated 31 October 2024 – see here for the update history.) Table of Contents Overview of AI tools and data practices Text generation tools ChatGPT (OpenAI) Google Gemini Anthropic Claude Microsoft Copilot (Consumer versions) Microsoft Copilot (Enterprise versions) Perplexity Quillbot Poe (Quora’s AI Assistant Platform) Image generation tools DALL∙E (OpenAI) Midjourney Adobe Firefly […]

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Advice and Guidance

ChatGPT as a legal review tool

Going through legal information can be a tiresome task and is one that not everyone manages to do with ease. Understanding legal information can be complex as it is often difficult to read and can be time consuming to filter through. Lately, I have been experimenting with the use of ChatGPT as a legal review […]

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Product Pilots

LearnWise Pilot Update

  We are pleased to relay that the LearnWise pilot has now kicked off, with 15 colleges and universities (listed below) participating from October to December 2024.  LearnWise is an AI-powered platform designed to streamline students’ access to support services. From answering queries on how to submit assignments to offering guidance on course enrollment, LearnWise […]

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Product Pilots

TeacherMatic HE Pilot Report

In 2023, Jisc partnered with TeacherMatic to explore how AI-driven tools can enhance teaching productivity in higher education. Following a successful pilot in the Further Education (FE) sector, a new pilot was launched with seven Higher Education (HE) institutions to assess TeacherMatic’s ability to support teaching across different disciplines. This blog post provides an overview […]

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AI in Education Community

Our first AI in FE Community meet up of the year

Welcome back! We welcomed back our AI in Further Education community meet ups this month and had an excellent first session that kicked off our new format for the academic year. Attendees joined us to watch a fantastic presentation from Roddy Peters, Group Head of Digital Skills at Windsor Forest Colleges group, who shared all […]