Welcome back! We welcomed back our AI in Further Education community meet ups this month and had an excellent first session that kicked off our new format for the academic year. Attendees joined us to watch a fantastic presentation from Roddy Peters, Group Head of Digital Skills at Windsor Forest Colleges group, who shared all […]
Once again, we had a great turnout and lively discussion in our recent community meetup. We covered a few discussion points including: The first centred around how institutions capture and disseminate the use of AI within their teaching practices. Participants shared various approaches, highlighting the need for case studies and real-life examples of use in […]
(note: last updated 16th Oct 2024 – see here for the update history.) We are getting a lot of questions about licensing options for generative AI tools, so we thought it would be useful to summarise the current situation. It’s fair to say that things are still moving quickly, and there are a fair number […]
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We’ve had some questions about how our working groups function. These groups are essential to our community, working collaboratively to create helpful resources. Our working groups do more than just meet, they actively contribute to and shape resources that benefit everyone The Commitment In our working groups, members commit to an hour-long call every month […]
AI literacy is becoming essential, to help you keep pace with rapid developments in this field, we’ve updated our mini-MOOC, An introduction to generative AI in education, to provide practical and current insights. The course now includes an introduction to generative AI and its fundamental concepts. It also explores how tools like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, […]
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 […]
This post was created as a support resource for participants of the image generation pilot. It may also be helpful to anyone who’s interested in the applications of generative AI and image generation in education. Getting started If you decide to use Adobe Firefly at your oranisation, follow the steps set out below: Go to […]
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 ChatGPT Plus (the paid for version), will create images for users based on their input. To do this, […]
This post was created as a support resource for participants of the image generation pilot. It may also be helpful to anyone who’s interested in the applications of generative AI and image generation in education. Overview Canva is an easy-to-use online platform for creating social media graphics, presentations, promotional items, and websites. Canva itself […]