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Advice and Guidance

Grammarly Authorship and acknowledging AI use in assessment

Navigating the impacts of generative AI on assessment remains a complex and evolving challenge. In discussing these issues it’s been recommended to encourage students to document the creation of their work. Saving conversation logs with generative AI tools or enabling tracked changes within their documents in order to help them demonstrate their use, or lack […]

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Announcements

Announcing the launch of the LearnWise AI assistant pilot on ExploreAI

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 […]

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Advice and Guidance

AI literacy training series for staff

Join our new series of training webinars, designed to support educators on their AI literacy journey. Following our previous AI literacy series that covered topics like understanding generative AI, practical applications, AI safety, accessibility, using AI tools in daily life, and getting creative with AI, we’re excited to offer new sessions focused on AI’s impact […]

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Resources

Learner Resources on Generative AI for Further Education

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 […]

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Advice and Guidance

Generative AI Literacy Definition for Further Education Learners: Core Level

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 […]

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Examples of AI in education

Embracing Generative AI in Fashion Education

In my role as an educator, I have witnessed firsthand the rapid evolution of technology and its profound impact on the design and fashion manufacturing sectors.  One of the most exciting developments in recent years is the advent of generative AI (GenAI). GenAI is transforming the fashion industry, from product creation to trend forecasting, retail, […]

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Advice and Guidance

Generative AI as, or in, Assistive Technology

Over the last few months, we’ve had many conversations around generative AI for accessibility. These have been hugely positive and have highlighted many of the opportunities AI presents to make education a more accessible experience, which we’ve also explored in a previous blog.  We’ve also become aware though that there are some emerging, and perhaps […]

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Student perceptions

Navigating the AI Wave: Fears Regarding AI’s Role in the Future of Education

This guest post is authored by Faith Amorè Wallace (She/Her) Faith is an international student pursuing a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She aims to navigate the evolving landscape of AI in education, shedding light on its transformative potential and the imperative need for thoughtful policies to harness its full benefits. ‘We tend to overestimate the […]

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Student perceptions

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 […]

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Examples of AI in education

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 […]