Following our pilot of TeacherMatic with eight Further Education (FE) colleges, we decided to explore its potential within the Higher Education (HE) sector. In early 2024, we launched a new pilot with seven universities: University College Birmingham, Stranmillis University College, University of Chester, University of East Anglia, University of Strathclyde, University of Sunderland and University […]
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Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) – a ubiquitous tool in tertiary education – have begun to harness generative AI, leading to exciting new features and functionality. In this case study, we explore how University of Westminster and Northumbria University have been utilising Blackboard® Learn Ultra’s AI Design Assistant, which includes features that generate assessment rubrics, course […]
Following on from our previous blog post, and while our Resource Hub is being built, we wanted to share a few other standout examples showcasing AI use in education. In this blog, we’ve included some examples spanning subject areas and utilising different AI tools. We hope that these ideas will spark curiosity and inspire you […]
Following our initial Student Perceptions of Generative AI report last year, we recognised the need to continue the discussion with students/learners as the technology continues to evolve. Over this past winter, we have run a series of nine in-person student discussion forums with over 200 students across colleges and universities to revisit student/learner perceptions of […]
Following our initial Student Perceptions of Generative AI report last year, we recognised the need to continue the discussion with students/learners as the technology continues to evolve. Over this past winter, we have run a series of nine in-person student discussion forums with over 200 students across colleges and universities to revisit student/learner perceptions of […]
Following our initial Student Perceptions of Generative AI report last year, we recognised the need to continue the discussion with students/learners as the technology continues to evolve. Over this past winter, we have run a series of nine in-person student discussion forums with over 200 students across colleges and universities to revisit student/learner perceptions of […]
At the start of 2024, our community responded enthusiastically to our call out for standout examples showcasing AI use in education. Thank you to all who have shared so far. As we are working on compiling the online resource, we wanted to share some of the submissions we’ve received already. In this blog, we’ve included […]
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Learner Guidance for FE
(Note: updated 23rd Jan 2024 ) We’ve had lots of interest in the best way to provide advice to learners in colleges. One approach is to clearly seperate policies (which are more formal statements) from more friendly, learner facing advice. In this blog post we’ve created an example of learner advice for comment and feedback. […]
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AI: Empowering Inclusive Education
This guest post is authored by Nalina Brahim-Said. Nalina is a current master’s student at the University of Bolton focusing on inclusive education in the UK curriculum and integrating AI for SEN and neurodiversity. In the context of education in the UK, the pursuit of equity should be prioritised to ensure that all students have […]
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, […]