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Advice and Guidance

Embracing Generative AI in Assessments: A Guided Approach

In the rapidly evolving landscape of educational technology, generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT continue to impact teaching and learning experiences.  Integrating GenAI into assessments isn’t about using new technology; it’s about enhancing the way we evaluate learning by enabling higher-level cognitive tasks. Students want education to adapt and embrace GenAI as they see […]

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A Generative AI Primer

Publishing an intro to generative AI is a challenge as things are moving so quickly.  However, we think things have now settled down enough for us to bring together information in a single place, to create a short primer.  This blog post will be updated as needed, and we have also produced a version as […]

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Advice and Guidance

AI and Assistive Technology – Grammarly

We’ve recently been part of more and more discussions around the uses of Generative AI as, or in, Assistive Technology.   Grammarly has emerged as a key tool in this discussion due to its unique combination of being a well-established assistive tool, with an existing student and learner userbase, available to users 16+, that has made […]

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Resources

AI Literacy Training Series: How to Access the Recordings and Presentations

(note: last updated 06 August 2024 – see here for the update history.) We hope you were able to join our newly developed series of five AI literacy webinars. These sessions are designed to cover crucial topics such as understanding generative AI, its practical applications, AI safety, accessibility, the use of AI tools in daily […]

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What do we mean by open-source AI?

I’ve been writing a blog post about AI Sovereignty this week, and as I did it felt that I was going to get responses that ‘open-source was the answer’, so I thought it would be useful delve into this as well.  The particular issue I want to explore is that some of the concepts behind […]

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Examples of AI in education

A request for generative AI consent processes in Further Education

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 […]

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Examples of AI in education

Navigating the Future: Higher Education policies and guidance on generative AI

In our previous blog, we highlighted the transformative potential of generative AI in Higher Education (HE) and called for examples of AI policies and guidance from the HE sector. The response has been fantastic, and we are excited to share more examples from our community. We hope that these will help institutions develop thoughtful, ethical, […]

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Examples of AI in education

Introducing our Generative AI in Practice page

We are excited to announce that our Generative AI in Practice page is now live! This work was inspired by our community’s feedback on the importance of sharing best practices and examples of AI use in Further and Higher Education institutions, emphasising the value of learning from one another. Thank you to everyone who has […]

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Advice and Guidance AI in Education Community

HE Generative AI Literacy Definition

Download a Welsh Language version of this resource AI literacy is essential for navigating the rapidly evolving landscape of generative AI (GenAI). We have framed our approach around three fundamental areas—Terms, Tools, and Tasks— to create a comprehensive approach to understanding and applying GenAI effectively. Adopting this model should ensure that staff members are not […]

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Product Notes – Blackboard Learn Ultra AI Design Assistant

About Anthology Blackboard Anthology was created through the merger of four of the world’s leading education technology companies: Blackboard, Campus Management, Campus Labs, and iModules. For more information, you can visit their About Us page. This product note will explore how Blackboard® Learn Ultra has incorporated generative AI to enhance course creation. We will examine […]