On Tuesday 28th November we held our first AI in FE discussion clinic, with just over 50 members from around the UK joining us online to discuss issues around AI safety in FE. AI Safety in FE The first half of our session was led by Senior AI Specialist, Paddy Shepperd, who gave a […]
How To Guide: GPTs
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How To Guide: GPTs Following on from OpenAI’s Dev Day we wanted to showcase one of the major announcements from the conference, the introduction of GPTs. GPTs are custom versions of ChatGPT that allow you to combine skills, instructions, and knowledge to perform most tasks that you could want, within the limitations of a large […]
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Yesterday we had our first community meeting call, attended by an enthusiastic group of 68 members, setting a positive tone for the year ahead. Engaging Discussions in the Lean Coffee Format We embraced the Lean Coffee format, sparking three vibrant discussions that brought forward a variety of perspectives. Copyright Concerns A key topic of debate […]
HE TeacherMatic Pilot Launch
In the National Centre for AI in Tertiary Education team, we’re pleased to announce the launch of a second year-long TeacherMatic pilot. We are currently piloting this with eight Further Education Colleges, and the initial feedback is very positive, particularly around saving time. We would now like to explore how well this translates to higher […]
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AI has long been integral to many assistive technologies, and we have seen over the course of this year that there is considerable exploration occurring around the use of generative AI to enhance accessibility in education. In this post we look at a few of the emerging uses we’ve seen as well as discussing some […]
About the National Centre for AI’s program of pilots The National Centre for AI in tertiary education (NCAITE) 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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The discussion around the use of generative AI tools in education is ongoing. With more institutions looking to implement these tools in classrooms and lecture theatres we wanted to investigate their user agreements. We have focused on two key questions to answer for now – whether the tool has an age requirement and whether the […]
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This year, we kicked off the academic year with our attendance and stand at ALT-C hosted at the University of Warwick. We had a stand for the National centre for AI to showcase our AI demos sparking numerous intriguing debates and conversations and received some great feedback. Overall we spoke to around 88 people over […]
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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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 […]