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AI Detection – Latest Recommendations

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, […]

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AI in Education: Here and Now

Assessment Menu: Designing assessment in an AI enabled world

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 […]

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Exploring the Significance of Generative AI for Students

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 […]

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AI in Education: Here and Now Chatbot Pilot: Learning Together

Reflections and outcomes from our chatbot pilots

Introduction We’ve just finished our extended chatbot pilots, started in 2022, in collaboration with Bolton College.  A lot has changed in the world of chatbots since we started, particularly with the release of ChatGPT.  We think a lot more is going to change over the next year as well. The chatbot pilots were well received, […]

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Meeting student needs: Equipping students for generative AI in tertiary education

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 […]

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Exploring the role of generative AI in assessments: A student perspective

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 […]

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AI in Education: Here and Now NCAI Pilots Understanding AI in Education

National Centre for AI – Graide Pilot Overview 

About the national centre for AI’s programme of pilots  The National Centre for AI in tertiary education (NCAI) aims to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in education. One of the ways the team is achieving this is by leading a series of pilots, allowing Jisc members to gain direct experience of implementing AI, […]

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Generative AI and student concerns

Generative AI, is the topic everyone is talking about, including students. 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 […]

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Generative AI and how students are using it

Generative AI is the topic everyone is talking about, including students. 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. In this blog post, we’ll delve into the diverse ways […]

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A Generative AI Primer

Publishing an intro to generative AI is a challenge as things are moving so quickly.  However, we think things have now settled down enough for us to bring together information in a single place, to create a short primer.  We aim to publish this as a more formal guide that will be updated regularly, but […]