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 […]
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 […]
We are pleased to share that we’ve finished creating a set of resources for Further Education (FE) to help build learners’ AI literacy. This has been a team effort from our working group, who helped identify and review the necessary topics. What we’ve focused on The learner resources cover a range of key areas in […]
Earlier this year, in response to member queries about cheaper alternatives to Turnitin, we established a working group to address AI detection issues in further education (FE). The aim of this group was to create guidance and provide recommendations around AI detection for the wider community. Meetings Our first meeting focused on AI detection issues […]
Following our ongoing efforts to develop AI literacy definition within Further Education (FE), we’ve now extended our focus to include learners. As the role of generative (Gen) AI in education continues to grow, it’s essential that students have a basic understanding of these tools, not only for their future careers but also to support their […]
Version 1.1 – 3rd Sept 2024. First version published 9th Aug 2024 One key challenge institutions are facing when looking to adopt Generative AI relates to age restrictions and consent issues for learners under 18. This is not a new problem; age restrictions have been in place for several years when using online tools, and institutions […]
We have received numerous questions about age restrictions and parental consent for using generative AI tools in further education (FE) institutions. We appreciate that this is a particularly challenging issue, and we are currently working on guidance which we aim to publish in the next few weeks. We hope this will help our members in […]
Our last community meetup session of the year took place on the 4th July with around 30 members taking part. We engaged in some excellent discussions around the way approaches and perceptions to AI have changed over this academic year in FE, and considered priorities for the new year. We kicked off the meetup by […]
Introduction Earlier this year, we formed a working group to discuss and develop AI literacy resources for further education learners. The aim of this group is to enhance AI literacy among learners, equipping them with the knowledge needed to navigate generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI). Meetings overview The working group has met twice. Our initial […]
Each year at Jisc we run a leadership survey, which is sent to leaders in HE and FE, with responses from vice-chancellors and principals, technology and library strategic leaders and more. The latest was sent during the spring of this year. The survey asks several questions about the perception of Jisc and our services, the […]