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AI in Education Community

AI in assessment: Considering assistive technology users

In November, as part of a week of engagement for Jisc’s accessibility and assistive technology communities, we held a discussion session to consider current issues around AI use in assessment and the impacts on assistive technology users.   Our aim was to bring the AI, accessibility and assistive technology communities together to hear about current experiences […]

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AI in Education Community

Nov ’24 HE Community meetup

Our November community meeting followed the usual Lean Coffee format and a lively discussion was held, covering three areas: AI-Assisted Marking Tools: A Slow yet Steady Integration The conversation revealed a cautious but growing interest in AI-assisted marking tools. While some institutions are experimenting with proprietary solutions, many are awaiting enhancements to existing systems like […]

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AI in Education Community

AI in FE community November meetup – AI literacy for learners

For our November AI in FE session, we were joined by Adam Leeson, Lead Quality Practitioner in Digital Pedagogy from SMB Group. Adam led an interactive and insightful session on developing AI literacy. Taking us through their journey to developing staff and learner AI literacy through practical steps like creating policies, staff training, and learner […]

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Advice and Guidance

Navigating the terms and conditions of generative AI

(note: last updated 21 November 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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Product Pilots

Prompting insights from our image generation pilot sessions

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. We’ve had some fantastic insights shared during our image generation pilot drop-in sessions. Recently, much of the focus has been […]

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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 […]