In our final Further Education community session of 2024, we were joined by Bryony Evett Hackfort, Director of Teaching, Learning and Education at Coleg Sir Gȃr | Coleg Ceredigion. Bryony presented ‘‘To AI or not to AI’ The story so far”, sharing insights into her college’s ongoing journey with AI, and highlighting their focus on an […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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), […]
Legacy post: AI is a fast-moving technology and unfortunately this post now contains out-of-date information. The post is now available just for those that need to reference older articles. We have published a newer blog with all AI literacy training Join our new series of training webinars, designed to support educators on their AI literacy […]