At the start of the year, we asked for volunteers to join a working group to explore FE AI literacy, with the group deciding to focus specifically on generative AI literacy. The aim is to provide staff with reference for their journey to becoming literate with generative AI. In our previous blog post, we discussed […]
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This month’s AI in FE community sessions were all about sharing approaches to generative AI use in FE. Coleg Sir Gar’s Generative AI Journey For the first part of the sessions, we were joined by Bryony Evett, from Coleg Sir Gar, who shared their institution’s evolving journey with generative AI. They have developed their approach […]
About Jisc’s Artificial Intelligence Program of Pilots Jisc’s Artificial Intelligence team provides resources and guidance to facilitate the ethical and effective adoption of AI across the sector. A key area of the team’s work is running pilots of promising AI tools and products with Jisc members. These pilots provide members with the opportunity to gain […]
On Tuesday 27th February, we had our third community meeting. We had a great group who joined us for an insightful discussion around how to provide learners with guidance around AI. The first half of our session was led by AI Technologist, James Hodgkinson, who began with a poll, asking whether their institutions had produced […]
Context This post shares the key findings from a series of staff development workshops delivered at a further education college in the north of England. In the workshop, we asked staff what they understood about how artificial intelligence (AI) is likely to impact the skills required by industry in the future. A range of curriculum […]
This month we had around 60 attendees joining to discuss the use of AI in FE at our second community meeting. We started with a brief presentation on some of the pilots run by the Jisc AI Team team over the past couple of years to showcase the variety of tools we’ve seen. Attendees […]
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 […]
Highlighting innovation AI is sometimes thought of as a futuristic technology, the impacts of which are far from imminent. In the tertiary education sector, however, this is definitely not the case. Many colleges and universities across the UK are currently harnessing AI to enhance teaching and learning, improve the student experience, and increase productivity – […]
For this instalment of the AI in Education: Here and Now series, we hear from Petroc College on how they are harnessing artificial intelligence to improve outcomes for students Petroc College’s leap into using AI in education began in 2019 when a Digital Leaders programme brought a focus and confidence to the College’s embrace of […]