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 3 of 4 Welcome back to this blog post series Empowering Educators by Harnessing Generative AI Tools. In this blog post, we will look at another AI tool available created by Microsoft. We will look at Microsoft Copilot which recently had a name change from Microsoft Bing Chat Enterprise. This […]
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 […]
A series of guides part 1 of 4 Diving into AI tools can sometimes feel a bit daunting, to help, we’ve created a blog series that aims to empower educators by providing them with the knowledge they need to use these tools effectively. First, we will look at how to get the most from prompting. […]
This guest post is authored by Nalina Brahim-Said. Nalina is a current master’s student at the University of Bolton focusing on inclusive education in the UK curriculum and integrating AI for SEN and neurodiversity. In the context of education in the UK, the pursuit of equity should be prioritised to ensure that all students have […]
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Jamworks Pilot Launch
We are excited to announce the launch of our next pilot project, in which colleges and universities will get the chance to use Jamworks – a platform that uses AI to transform lecture recordings into well organised notes and interactive study materials – between January and May 2024. We are now encouraging expressions of interest […]
Recent discussions with our community have emphasised the importance of sharing best practices and promoting successful examples of AI use in education. Following this feedback, we are looking to create a comprehensive resource, showcasing AI use from across Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) institutions that we hope will benefit our members. We are […]
Jisc’s AI Team has again teamed up with TeacherMatic. This time we want to investigate how the generative AI tool TeacherMatic works with our Higher Education members. The aim is to evaluate how the use of the generative AI tool can be used to create teaching and learning content and reduce workload. At the start […]
You may have picked up on some of the hype around Google’s Gemini last week, and some of the controversy over the slightly fake video. They also released a 60-page technical report. I thought it might be useful to pick up some of the key facts from the report, and some thoughts about what […]
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FeedbackFruits Pilot Launch
We are excited to inform you of the launch of our next pilot project, in which colleges and universities will get the chance to use FeedbackFruits – a platform that uses AI to improve students’ academic and professional writing styles by automating feedback on structural elements like citation, academic style, grammar, and structure, leaving teachers […]