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Professor Lydia Arnold shared some inspiring insights in her AI Summit Keynote last week. Professor Arnold took us on a fascinating journey, starting with her research in assessment design and exploring the multifaceted layers of authenticity in assessments. She shared invaluable insights on the importance of developing feedback literacy processes with students, and cautioning us… Read more » about BU AI Summit part 2 – slides and recording
We’re continuing to share examples from our Student AI Literacy series of exercises, created by FLIE for you to use with your students to help develop their AI literacy. Each exercise is designed to be led within a classroom environment with students undertaking a guided hands-on activity, improving skills such as prompting and evaluating AI… Read more » about Student AI literacy exercises – AI as a coach
AI Detectors: At best, buying us a little time to get our act together? – Dr Robin Crockett 15.00-16.00 6 Mar 2025 Part of the Academic Integrity online webinar series Feb/Mar 2025 AI ‘writers’ – chatbots – continue to improve and the text-quality continues to get closer to human equivalence, posing even more questions about… Read more » about AI Detectors – Academic Integrity online webinar series
Ramadan is the 9th month of the Islamic calendar. It’s considered one of the most spiritual times of the year and signifies the time during which the Qur’an was revealed. Different people will be celebrating Ramadan in various ways. Many Muslims find Ramadan is a time where their usual spiritual practice increases, whilst other Muslims find… Read more » about Ramadan: How to support our Muslim colleagues and students
Studiosity have teamed up with Universities UK to offer a free trial of their AI study success service ‘Writing Feedback Plus & Study Assist’. The tool provides AI-generated feedback for students on their formative assessments. Students apply the changes themselves and learn as they go. The feedback covers 5 main areas: spelling and grammar, structure,… Read more » about Free trial of Studiosity formative feedback tool
We’re continuing to share examples from our Student AI Literacy series of exercises, created by FLIE for you to use with your students to help develop their AI literacy. Each exercise is designed to be led within a classroom environment with students undertaking a guided hands-on activity, improving skills such as prompting and evaluating AI… Read more » about Student AI literacy resources – AI as a revision buddy
Towards Ethical Academic Publishing and Dissemination – Dr Irene Glendinning 14.30-15.30 27 Feb 2025 Part of the Academic Integrity online webinar series Feb/Mar 2025 Challenging corruption and malpractice in academic publishing and dissemination is crucial, because reliability of academic publications, and presentations at conferences and in the media, provide fundamental building blocks for innovative research…. Read more » about Towards Ethical Academic Publishing and Dissemination – Academic Integrity online webinar series
Join us for the AI Summit (part 2!) on Wednesday 26 February 11.00-14.30 Create Lecture Theatre, Fusion building. Sign up here via Eventbrite Get ready for round two of the AI Summit- more speakers, more insights, more networking opportunities to dive deeper into the world of AI. Assessment in a Rapidly Changing World, Prof Lydia… Read more » about Join us next week at the AI Summit – Wed 26 Feb
Each Jisc attendance register has a set of attendance statuses that can be set for students per session. For attendance at timetabled unit sessions, you only need to use the Attended and Not attended statuses. Authorised absences Authorised absences are not recorded on Jisc – they are recorded on the Engage App by Programme Support Staff. Authorised… Read more » about Jisc Attendance capture – recording Notified absences
Geli, Martyn and Uma are delighted to confirm that at last, our long awaited book has been published. Thank you to our BU friends, and to colleagues from around the world, who have submitted case studies discussing their own personal experiences of using technology in interesting and innovative ways to support teaching and learning in… Read more » about Teaching and Learning with Innovative Technologies in Higher Education
