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Kicking into Autumn with our first HE Community Call

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 […]

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AI in Education: Here and Now

Generative AI and accessibility in education 

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 […]

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AI in Education: Here and Now

Generative AI: Lifeline for students or threat to traditional assessment?

Co-authored by Marieke Guy, Head of digital assessment, UCL and Chris Thomson, Jisc. As generative AI embeds itself into the world, understanding students’ perspective on what it means for their learning and assessment is more important than ever. We live in fast moving and concerning times. The leaders at our HE institutions have found themselves […]

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Understanding AI in Education

AI & Accessibility: The present and potential future of automated transcriptions

Automating transcriptions and captions is perhaps one of the most widespread uses of artificial intelligence (AI) in education today.  When aiming to increase accessibility, these technologies— which frequently combine Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to produce text from audio —are a key focus. Indeed, the provision of captions for pre-recorded materials is a […]

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Understanding AI in Education

A Maturity Model for AI in Tertiary Education

Introduction One of the core aims for our national centre for AI in tertiary education is to help institutions along their journey to mature adoption of AI services.  To do this, we are underpinning our work with a maturity model, which we first introduced in our AI in Tertiary Education Report. This model brings together […]

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AI in Education: Here and Now

How digital assistants are promoting enhanced accessibility at the Open University

The Open University uses Taylor, an AI-based digital assistant, to improve the student experience for disabled learners. In this instalment of the Here and Now series, the national centre for AI in tertiary education speaks with Dr Tim Coughlan, Senior Lecturer in Education Technology at the Open University, to explore the benefits and practicalities of […]