Categories
Advice and Guidance

Guidance on AI Image Generation: learnings from our pilot

  Photorealistic image created by Shaun Daubney, Newbury College, using Ideogram.   Introduction  Jisc’s Artificial Intelligence team runs pilot projects to help the education sector build confidence and capability in using AI. These pilots give participating staff and students direct experience using AI technologies, and the resulting insights are shared across the wider sector.  In autumn […]

Categories
News

KEATH pilot – call for applications

This pilot is part of our wider AI in Assessment Pilot for 2025–26. If you haven’t already, we recommend starting with the AI in Assessment Pilot blog to understand the context of the overarching project.   In this blog, you’ll find out:  About KEATH What the pilot will involve  What’s expected of pilot participants  About KEATH KEATH […]

Categories
News

Graide Pilot – call for applications

  This pilot is part of our wider AI in Assessment Pilot for 2025–26. If you haven’t already, we recommend starting with the AI in Assessment Pilot blog to understand the context of the overarching project.   In this blog, you’ll find out:  About Graide  What the pilot will involve  What’s expected of pilot participants  About Graide  […]

Categories
News

TeacherMatic Assessment Pilot – call for applications

This pilot is part of our wider AI in Assessment Pilot for 2025–26. If you haven’t already, we recommend starting with the AI in Assessment Pilot blog to understand the context of the overarching project.  In this blog, you’ll find out:  About TeacherMatic  What the pilot will involve  What’s expected of pilot participants  About TeacherMatic  TeacherMatic […]

Categories
News

AI in Assessment Pilot

Educators are under growing pressure — and many are exploring how AI tools might help them save time whilst maintaining or enhancing their impact.  Marking and feedback are essential but time-intensive parts of the education process. As such we’re launching a new project to help the sector explore how AI can support staff and reduce […]

Categories
Opinion

Opinion: Still Relevant, Still Thought Provoking: What Jisc’s AI and Ethics Module Can Teach Us Today

  Figure 1 – Andrew’s examples of how applications of facial recognition fit into his Creepiness Matrix  When Jisc’s self-paced Artificial Intelligence and Ethics course was first launched back in 2021, ChatGPT hadn’t yet appeared on the scene. OpenAI was still a niche name. Generative AI tools weren’t generating headlines—or policies. So you’d be forgiven […]

Categories
Advice and Guidance

Generative AI and Social Inclusion

    Before the release of ChatGPT late in 2022, predictions abounded on how the emergence of AI would impact social inclusion. Those with a positive outlook, for instance, forecasted that AI would make lifelong learning more affordable and higher in quality, enabling more inclusive opportunities throughout people’s lives. Others, meanwhile, warned that the digital […]

Categories
Advice and Guidance How-To Guides

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), […]

Categories
News

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 […]

Categories
News

Image Generation Pilot Resource Bank

  This post will serve as a resource bank for the image generation pilot. Here, pilot participants will find links to a range of resources that we think they’ll find useful. Even if you’re not taking part in the pilot, the resources here may still be helpful, particularly if you want to learn more about […]