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Unlocking the potential of AI in education hinges on our ability to navigate its ethical terrain while fostering inclusivity. In this transformative session, issues of ethics and inclusion that arise with widespread student AI usage will be identified. Practical methodologies designed to empower students to navigate ethical dilemmas in AI usage will be anchored in… Read more » about Ethical and inclusive approaches to student use of AI – webinar 13 March 12.00-13.00
AI Assistance or AI Replacement? An Academic integrity conversation Tuesday 28th November 3-4pm – Join the webinar! The sudden availability of generative AI technologies that can be used to replace students in the assessment process has been a shock to the HE sector. Many university staff haven’t had the opportunity to get familiar with generative… Read more » about AI Assistance or AI Replacement? – webinar Tues 28th Nov 3-4pm
Join this webinar organised by the FMC Learning and Development Team for ‘AI-text detection: the challenges for academic integrity’ where Dr Robin Crockett, Academic Integrity Lead at the University of Northampton, explores the hurdles faced in maintaining academic integrity. AI writing tools (and other generative AIs) are here to stay and are improving all the… Read more » about AI text detection: the challenges for academic integrity – webinar 15th Nov 2-3pm
We hope you enjoyed the recent series of online seminars on academic integrity organised by the FMC Learning Development Team and facilitated by FLIE. Experts from around the world joined us to discuss the variety of academic misconduct that is evident globally and offered opportunities for support and guidance on how to mitigate academic offences…. Read more » about Academic Integrity Webinar Series 2022/2023 – Catalogue
Join us for an exciting webinar, ‘A Ghostwriter in the Machine,’ led by Klaus Mundt and Mike Groves, discussing the recent years of Machine Translation (MT) and its emergence as a useful writing tool for students and academics whose first language is not English. However, there are limitations and implications that come with the use… Read more » about A Ghostwriter in the Machine
The next talk in the Academic Integrity webinar series ‘The Student View of Contract Cheating’. Presented by Deborah Horrocks from Turnitin Join the webinar on Wednesday 10th May 2-3pm, and view the abstract below: “In 2022 Turnitin conducted a student survey asking about their attitudes to essay mills and contract cheating – it showed students… Read more » about The Student View of Contract Cheating
A potentially controversial topic in the discourse of our Academic Integrity webinar series, ‘Toward a Continuum of Academic Misconduct’ is led by Professor Bruce Macfarlane, introducing the ways in which the attitude toward academic integrity has blurred lines in the debate on what constitutes misconduct. Join the webinar on Wednesday 2nd May 12-1pm, and view… Read more » about Towards a Continuum of Academic Misconduct
The Academic Integrity webinar series continues with the topic of artificial intelligence; Beatriz Moya and Leeanne Morrow will lead the talk ‘Foundational Literacies and Academic Integrity Skills: Ideas for Student Support in an Artificial Intelligence Era’, engaging its audience on the potential of these tools and delving into detail on skills that can help curb… Read more » about Foundational Literacies & Academic Integrity Skills
Next Monday we’re continuing with the webinar series on AcademicIntegrity after a long pause due to the industrial strike action. Led by Lynn Cliplef, Mitchell Hengen, Caitlin Munn and Josh Seeland, the talk will offer an engaging insight into working examples of how to build a culture of Academic Integrity at your institution. This is… Read more » about Slow & Steady: Establishing an Institutional Culture of Academic Integrity
Our Academic Integrity webinar series brought to you by FLIE and the FMC Learning Development Team in association with ALDinHE continues this March. All sessions are running online via Zoom. Sign up via the FLIE Eventbrite page or using the links below. Alternatively, BU staff can simply join on the day and time by clicking on… Read more » about Academic Integrity webinars this March
