All entries for April 2024

Insights from a faculty session to Integrate AI in teaching practice

This blog is in two parts and was written by Dr. Neha Gupta and Dr. Susanne Beck, Assistant Professors, ISMA Group, Warwick Business School.

Part 1: Planning to deliver a faculty session to integrate AI into teaching practice (Date: 19th April 2024)

This blog share ideas under consideration in preparation to lead a faculty session about integrating AI in Teaching and Learning practices in various forms in a Higher Education setting. The session will be one of the parallel breakout sessions during the annual event at Warwick Business School, the Teaching and Learning Symposium 2023-24, where faculty from all groups (i.e. various disciplines) engage in peer dialogues, discussions, and activities around how the learning and teaching needs in the higher education landscape are evolving. The broad aims of the session are to inspire discussions and ideas about how to use Generative AI (GenAI) and emerging technologies to foster relevant skills enhancing students' employability.

The leading faculty (co-authors of this blog) plan to use a pool of resources from the WIHEA AI Learning Circle, JISC and a Harvard AI pedagogy project to stimulate discussion on the use of AI practices across higher education. A demo of hands-on examples and of AI Tools and prompts used by colleagues from WBS and beyond, such as Ethan Mollick, will help the attendees see how practically they can engage with AI, for example in setting up assessment tasks with the use of ChatGPT. A notable aspect of the session will be the demonstration of AI tools. For example, CODY AI, a web-based AI tool capable of generating bots to address student queries efficiently by using LLM will be demonstrated using the existing knowledge base from the student handbook to answer dissertation related queries. This demonstration will exemplify how AI can streamline administrative tasks, such as responding to common student inquiries, thereby optimising staff resources and minimising response times.

As the job market evolves, students must be equipped with both domain-specific knowledge and technological proficiency. Integrating AI into teaching not only prepares students for future careers but also empowers them to engage with and leverage technology responsibly. The AI technology is out there and students are going to be using AI tools in their future work places. During their job interviews they will be asked about these tools and about their opinion on these tools. As educators, it is our responsibility to provide students with opportunities to experiment with these tools during their learning journey and allow them to form their own experiences and opinions. Perhaps, educators should recognise that they should have an open mind to experiment with emerging AI tools that offer immense potential in enhancing teaching and assessment practices. Yet, its implementation must be guided by ethical considerations and a commitment to fostering critical thinking skills among students.

Feel free to reach out to Dr. Neha Gupta neha.gupta@wbs.ac.uk for more details about the session.

Abigail Ball : Yesterday 09:00 |  Tags: AI Assessment Neha Gupta Pedagogy Planning Reflections Susanne Beck Teaching |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Green Space 2024

Today is the CTE annual Green Space conference. The conference page link has the schedule and bios about the presenters. Once the conference is over, any recordings of the keynote and parallel sessions will be available from the same link.

Abigail Ball : 22 Apr 2024 10:15 |  Tags: Environment Reflections Sustainable Teaching |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Theory into practice

Have a look at the new Theory into Practice blog for tips on linking theory and practice.

Abigail Ball : 15 Apr 2024 09:00 |  Tags: Practice Research Teaching Theory |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

BERA_blog

The British Educational Research Association (BERA) blog has a range of topical subjects you may be interested in reading such as AI and sustainability:

https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog

Abigail Ball : 08 Apr 2024 10:39 |  Tags: Research Teaching |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem